Daily Archive: March 7, 2004

07
Mar
2004

WEEKEND WRAP-UP

Good Bits If nothing is coming in, nothing will be going out. Real Live Preacher Just kill him already! A Girl Named Bob Some of us are just searching for our daughters. World According to Chuck This is the time of year when winter and spring have a kind of shoving contest. Pamela Dean Making Over Mona (link via One Good Thing) Better Bits: connecting with Becky on the phone yesterday The brown-eyed stare and fierce hug Karin gave me last night Martin’s happiness upon finally wiggling out baby tooth #2 Anders vacuuming and mopping the kitchen floor A book...

07
Mar
2004

CONNECTION

When I was 13, I met someone who would be one of my best friends for the rest of my life. I mean best friends in the Anne and Diana sense. Becky and I spent three years tying our hearts around each other. All of my best friends, and there are only 4 of them, and 2 of them have slid into the ether of busy lives, were made in 3-year bursts of intensity. The first 2 were caused by my father’s Air Force move schedule, the 3rd by the vagaries of college life, and the last by the expat...