Best Seat In The House

There's an expression that goes:

"If you want the best seat in the house ...

... move the cats!"

Here's to the "Best Seat In The House"!

~ Happy Birthday, Heather ~

From All of Us!


p.s. - You only missed being a Capricorn by this much! ;^)

(You can visit the Best Seat In The House and wish her a Happy Birthday here)

"...should be happy." (August, 24th, 2007)

Last week I posted a comment about a dream I had involving an appearance by Jen.

Immediately afterwards, I thought, posting this recollection was probably made a bit against my better judgment; dreams, after all, tend to be very personal and, some might argue, describing their contents to others too self-indulgent (Ha! So, when did *that* ever stop me before, right? ;^).

However, the missive did seem to strike a very positive note with a number of folks so I'm glad it resulted in good feelings for many of you out there. Her 'visits' are, naturally, welcomed anytime.

Thanks for indulging me...

What I'm also thankful for, though, is that, without having been prompted or even being aware of the dream/posting yet, my wife, Heather, went out the very next day and bought 22' of "Dragonfly Garden String Lights" (see attachment) and said, "Here I got these as a gift for you so you can remember Jen by."

Nice touch, Sweetheart.

They're strung along the roof on the front of our house above our new mandarin orange (still green-fruited, really) tree ~ yep, them and pecan trees grow like all-Sam-Hill down here in Texas.

Pie, anyone?

I'm glad she apparently had a similar '+vibe+' from that day and decided to spread the joy!

Happy New Year,

Dennis

Memorial Service Reflection (May 18th, 2007)

I'm thankful that if there has to be such a sad moment in our lives that we all have the strength to walk forward from it as changed and better people.

I'm thankful Bern and Jen met.

I'm thankful they brought the world their beautiful children.

I'm thankful in knowing Bern will have the love & support he and his family, needs to grow and feel great joy again.

I'm thankful for catching up with all the long lost friends and elementary school teachers(!!) at Jen's wonderful service (and, yes, I'm thankful for the perfect weather that day).

I'm thankful that our friends Bethany & Glenn gave birth to a beautiful, healthy baby girl that will someday be president(!).

I'm thankful that our dear friend Beth Manning came and stayed with us last weekend so we could support one another and manage the highs and lows together - because that's exactly what lifelong friendships are all about.

I'm thankful that Beth made it safely back to San Francisco to be once again embraced by her lovely family.

I'm thankful that Chris Arruda, Amy Cole and everybody else involved in planning and creating the service are such smart, competent, talented, excellent people.

I'm very thankful for my patient and loving wife, Heather.

I'm thankful for anyone making it this far down my 'thankful list'...! ;^)

There's much more to be thankful for but I'll stop here ... for now.

Than~xo

Dennis

p.s. - oh, and one more thing... I'm thankful for "Fire".