11.26.2020

Happy Thanksgiving!




I'm supposed to be peeling potatoes right now, not plopping a baby on a blanket in bad lighting and then blogging snapshots!







I can't help myself. One day shy of two weeks old, our little Ransom is already sprouting plump cheeks.









Gratitude spills over. Thank you, Father, for all these our gifts.






 

11.17.2020

Little R.A. of Sunshine











Sunbeam is here!







Sunbeam joined us on the the outside on Friday, November 13th.


5:15 p.m.
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21 inches from crown to toe
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7 pounds, 14 ounces of sweet perfection






 


After painfully weeding out names I love, we finally found his.

Ransom Arthur Owen, the greatest gift.


11.11.2020

A Sunbeam for Popsy






After Dad died, I looked through his collection of old calendars and tried to peer into his mind through the notes and doodles he put on certain dates. On the anniversary of my Grandpa Johnson's death, Dad had a bare notation-- "Dad"-- with a simple crying face. It sunk deeply, in part because of Dad's complex relationship with his father, and also because he was reticent to express this sorrow in words.

Ever since, in my planners, I've followed suit.

Yesterday was the day we marked Dad's exit from earth, and today is Sunbeam's due date. Death, life, grief, joy-- we get pieces of it all here on earth, sometimes jumbled all together.

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I had a doctor's appointment today, ran (hobbled) errands for most of the day, and before I changed into scruffy work clothes to descend into the Basement of Horror and Doom, I asked Millie to take a few pictures of this baby still in belly, perhaps for the last time, on an auspicious day of rain and fog.











We love you, little Sunbeam, indeed.











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We love you, too, Dad, and miss you still.
Someday you'll meet this baby!




 

11.06.2020

2020 Hallowe'en GIF-- Because Now It's Tradition






 
The best part is that Millie had no idea I was trying to murder her again.  She was blind, after all.