our boy is 15!

I know he is fifteen today - hard to believe - but he is still my baby. Loves animals, people, sports, drumming, and his family. 

Love you Shawnie!!!

garden update and some harvesting

This post shows the fruits, literally and figuratively, of our labor for the last four months since we returned home. The fruit trees are all growing, some more slowly than others. We got a a lot of rain this spring and the plants are all pretty ding dang happy. Me too!

swami time

Back in January Annabel and I went on a tour of four Hawaiian islands with Dayamrita Swami, Amma's senior representative. We had such a great time connecting with old friends and we made some new ones too. Gary and Shawn met us on one of the islands, where we stayed in a huge house near the sea. We stayed with a group of over twenty people in different places and spent a lot of time in reflective prayer and meditation. We toured a botanical garden and ate loads of tropical fruits from trees, we heard stories from an attorney who represented Martin Luther King, we hiked and biked along the ocean, we got stuck in an airport for several hours but still managed to have fun passing the time while playing games together, we prayed for world peace during a fake ballistic missile threat, and we were relieved to hear it was just a mistake! Annabel played her bass with the band during sets of devotional songs, and all in all, we had lots of laughter, love and peaceful moments.

love

A while ago Shawn wanted to make me a meal.

"Relax Mom," he said.
"Go do something for yourself Mom," he insisted.
"You work so hard Mom," he said.
"I'll make you lunch Mom," he added.

Then he politely asked me to leave the kitchen so I did.

He called me up some time later and had me sit at our table. Then my son served me, one course at a time, the most beautifully prepared food, presented with finesse only a fourteen-year-old boy could conjure up.

I love this kid.

fam

This is from a year ago. I love these monkeys so much. Sky is now off to college and we miss her.