Familial hierarchy

"I'd appreciate it if you moved out of my way," says Selah to the dog.

The dog turns and looks at her and moves out of her way, she smiles and laughs, surprised. "Did you see that? He obeyed me! Now, go make my bed and put away my legos!"

a few recent photos of our the family

Kids Say The Darndest Things...

I was walking hand-in-hand with Selah exiting our local grocery store. A small group of people were standing near the entrance, talking with a very old woman. The old woman was smiling and nodding, and leaning desperately onto a carved cane. She looked sweet and wise.

I overheard someone say, "Tell 'em how old you are now, Mom!"

And the old woman said she was 103 years old.

"It is AMAZING she is still alive, huh, Mama?!!!" Says Selah as we're in perfect earshot.

Plume

Hope: Wow. Look at that beautiful plume.

Selah: I don't know what a "plume" is. What I see is a galloping bunch of horses, wrestling up over each other, into the sky. They're taking Pele's message to the Sun.