And Abraham Went Out . . .

Welcome.

Many thanks to Meredith Bergin for snapping photos for us! We didn't manage to get many of the vigil but captured a few of the set-up out front. It was a beautiful weekend! We are so grateful to everyone for pitching in to help us put together a prayerful, memorable, and celebratory couple of days.

Included in the program was a poem written by Doug after a beloved friend was killed in a car accident in 1999.

We displayed a handful of Doug's poetry out front, along with a journal and recent page of notes.

Casket handmade by dear family friends. The first people who welcomed us to Montana.

Our pastor and his wife have been such a support to both Doug and myself.

A number of dear friends traveled from out of state.

The ladies of the parish put together quite the luncheon.

My talented sister arranged the luncheon flowers.

Hello, hello!!

It's been a while since I've posted anything here. Yes, it has been quite the year (understatement, right?). Lots of hard, hard things going on. But ya know, there's been plenty of beautiful mixed in. So why not rejoice in that, I say?!

I just dumped all the pictures from my phone onto the computer. When I go into blogger to paste pictures, the square with the pictures is super small. Normally, I would look through all the pictures on the computer first and write down numbers of the pictures that I want to use. Then I would put them in order sequentially. In the old days, I would write up a nice commentary. Not much of that going on here today. These are all out of order and I don't have time to look through and pick the best ones. I just clicked away and this is what we get. Better than nothing!!

Enjoy!! Much love from me to you!!!

Doug took this pic today. This is the book we got Rusty's name from. Read it to M scores of times.

M's new neighborhood friend. Fast, great friends! They are having a great summer with their gel blasters. They are planning a big war with other kids in the park down the streeet.