Obviously

"Mom? You know how I bought lunch at school today and everything?"

"I do."

"There was a pancake and a potato thing that looked like a latke and a sausage patty-thing and an orange.  You know what that means? There was a theme."

"Yeah, it sounds like the theme was 'breakfast.'"

"No. I think the theme was 'circles.'"

The Move: Settling In, Sort Of

I don't know, but this was what was happening when I walked into the new bedroom. (By the end of the day, Teddy had a real bed to sit on so he stopped pacing the top of the box-spring.)

Moving: It's Here

The move is upon us. We're packed, mostly. We're boxed up, pretty much. We're sort of kind of ready as we'll ever be. Our address changes today.

Moving: The Teddy

"Mom? Do you think Teddy knows we're moving?"

"I think he definitely knows something is up."

"Do you think he'll like the new house?"

"Yep. His favorite people will be there and there's a nice backyard."

"That's why I'm going to like it too."

Moving: The Kitchen

"Mom? Why did you use a bad word before?"

"I'm sorry, Bob. I shouldn't have done that. I was having a problem putting in the shelf paper."

"What are you doing now?"

"Alphabetizing the spices."

"Should I expect the swearing to happen when you do that too?"

Smacksy Sunday Links

About grief: A question filled with pain, an answer filled with grace.

Yuja Wang plays piano inside the Steinway factory. Impossibly beautiful.

And an unlikely pair of best friends.

Happy Sunday.

Smacksy Saturday Photo: My Godfather

This photo was taken in 1964 on the day of my christening. The very young couple on the left are my parents. The one holding me is my dad's sister, my Godmother, Aunt Sophie. Next to her is my Godfather, Uncle Daryl. My uncle passed away yesterday at the age of eighty-eight. He will be missed.