Day Forty Four 2012

I picked up grandson Elijah from school this afternoon. I feel grateful that he likes to share with me things that happened during his day. One of his highs--checking out a new book from the school library ('Pokemon'--he was looking forward to reading it at home this evening). His low for the day--learning that a classmate's mom had died (this same classmate had already lost his dad) and now he has to live with his grandparents. I could hear the regret in his voice when he was telling me the story. He's such a good kid, blessed with a tender heart.

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.
Robert Frost

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Day One Hundred Sixty Three 2010

I Got A Rock

Neil and I went rock shopping this afternoon. He's going to build some pathways in our front and back yards.

It all looks alike....but not really. There are different colored stones--pinks, grays, yellows and browns.

Each skid of stone weighs around 4,000 pounds, so we couldn't haul it in the back of our truck.

You'd think the pieces would be broken into bits being dumped out like this.

Of course, some of it did break, but most of it survived the fall. I don't envy Neil's task of having to haul these heavy things around the yard, but he's done it before when he built the pathway on the north side of our house. It's going to look great when it's finished. Stay tuned.