First of all, we had a wonderful Easter.  The kids hunted for Easter Eggs, and Ashton was pleased beyond words that he got bubbles.  He carried that damn bottle around for an hour saying bubbles a million times.  The kids had candy for breakfast - which is always fun.  Ashton kept going out the back door with chocolate in his mouth and coming inside with a peanut in his mouth - which was driving me insane, since we did not have any peanuts in the house.  After the fourth time he did this - Todd and I started flipping out.  I said “What the hell is he doing, going out back and trading a damn squirrel for some chocolate?”  Well it turns out that

I bought

the Easter Bunny brought Hershey Kisses w/ Almonds, instead of the regular ones - DUH!  I am going to have to have a talk with that bunny!

I also thought I would share some pics from last week (pics courtesy of Delane).  My buddy Delane came in town with his wonderful family and met us (me, Dena and the kids) at “The Purple Cow” (home of the famous purple milkshake) for some dinner and dessert.  The kids had a blast and I was so happy to meet them finally!  Delane and his wife have been blog buddies of mine for a while now.  They live in Mayberry - YES, the actual Mayberry.  Well, when they were on there way out of town, they dropped off a present for Dena and I on my front porch - some very cute T-Shirts, aren’t they awesome?

Todd was jealous - he can’t wear it, cause it’s too small!

I love this damn video clip.  If I play it at home on the computer, Ashton says “do it again” over and over and then makes puking noises and then laughes his butt off - it the kind of sick humor that makes my day!

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Something pretty for you, since I am in a good mood!!!

ON LOVE
Then said Almitra, “Speak to us of Love.”

And he raised his head and looked upon the people, and there fell a stillness upon them. And with a great voice he said:
When love beckons to you follow him,
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him,
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him,
Though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth. Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God’s sacred feast.
All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a fragment of Life’s heart.
But if in your fear you would seek only love’s peace and love’s pleasure,
Then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love’s threshing-floor,
Into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears.
Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself.
Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; For love is sufficient unto love. When you love you should not say, “God is in my heart,” but rather, I am in the heart of God.”
And think not you can direct the course of love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips.

ON MARRIAGE
Then Almitra spoke again and said, “And what of Marriage, master?”

And he answered saying:
You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days.
Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
Love one another but make not a bond of love:
Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.
Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf.
Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone,
Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.
Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.
And stand together, yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.

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