Tulla's Missing

Our dog, Tulla is missing.  She's been gone since yesterday early evening and the kids and I are missing her terribly.  She's almost 11 years old but still plays like a puppy.  She loves kids and is totally a house dog.  Unfortunately, she dug a hole under our fence in the backyard and went to have some fun on her own, I guess.  She's done it once before while we were on vacation and the dog catcher ended up finding her.  We had to pay almost $200 to get her back.  I vowed that if it ever happened again, I'd just leave her there 'cause she's too expensive to bail out.  But I'm pretty sure that if we find her there now, I'd pay just about anything.  The kids and I are having a pretty sad day.

Relentless

From Relentless by Dean Koontz:

"As always, the eye sees more than the mind can comprehend, and we go through life self-blinded to much that lies before us.  We want a simple world, but we live in a magnificently complex one, and rather than open ourselves to it, we perceive the world through filters that make it less daunting.  Complexity implies meaning.  We are afraid of meaning."

Protest

Brittney was upset that Zeke went in her room without asking permission. 

So she formed a protest. 

She got a few of the kids to walk around the house banging on metal bowls. 

Zeke was not happy!

Zeke

Zeke loves to get his picture taken!

Bill Says

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"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure

is trying to please everybody." - Bill Cosby

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The World According to Brittney

A preteen girl has some pretty strange ideas.  I'm still wondering exactly when my name changed from "mom" to "dude!"?

The Patience Stone

From The Patience Stone by Atiq Rahimi:

As in life, my daughter, for this story to have a happy ending there must be a sacrifice.  In other works, somebody's misfortune.  Never forget, every piece of happiness must be paid for by two misfortunes. 'But why?'  I asked with naive suprise.  He replied with simple words:  My daughter, unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, not everyone in the world can attain happiness, in real life or in a story.  the happiness of some engenders the hardship of others.  It's sad, but true.  So, in this story, you need misfortune and sacrifice in order to arrive at a happy ending.   But your self-regard, and your care for your loves ones, prevents you from considering this.