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Brevity: Not. My. Forte.)
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As the mercury makes its slow descend, we here in the valley of the sun are all squirming with excitement. Stretching, we wiggle our fingers and toes, ready to spread out in the warm sun and cool breeze. Park days are back in business again and every weekend is [...]
Archive for the ‘Lyra’ Category
circle of life (& Lyra’s birth story)
Posted in Grieving/healing/finding Hope, Life after, Lyra on October 9, 2009 | 16 Comments »
seven moons
Posted in Lyra on July 9, 2009 | 15 Comments »
You came to us naked, nary a thread on your back, empty-handed, pure heart and not a single baggage. But you brought with you immense joy and limitless possibilities. With bare fists and chubby fingers you whack our skies open, peeling back the corners to crack everything wider,
wider,
wider.
Seven full moons have swelled since you arrived, [...]
79 things, my sweet little Lyra
Posted in Lyra on May 17, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I am not writing a weekly “update” of you like I did with your eldest sister.
But that does not mean I love you any less.
I love you so much sometimes I’m afraid that love will crush you, tender little one.
Every parent think they have the cutest, most beautiful, sweetest little one, and I am no [...]
100
Posted in Grieving/healing/finding Hope, Life after, Lyra on April 19, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Today, she is 100 days old.
I cannot believe it- that she is here, that she is growing so beautifully.
Looking at her so active and alive, I still cannot believe that Ferdinand is dead.
Often I feel when I turn around I am going to see him, just standing there, smiling gently at me.
And then I will [...]
two worlds
Posted in Lyra on March 12, 2009 | 13 Comments »
Question: how many of you think Lyra was named purely for the astrological origins of her name?
I have been hesitant to share this for various reasons… but anyway, I started to think about “Lyra” as a name after we watched the movie The Golden Compass. I went on to read the entire Pullman’s Triology, His [...]
she is
Posted in Life after, Lyra on January 19, 2009 | 31 Comments »
Lyra Phoenix
Lyra (LIE-rah) is of Greek origin, though it is Latin for Lyre, one of the most ancient musical instruments to be played. It is also the name of a small but ancient star constellation, containing Vega, the 5th brightest star in the sky. The Lyra constellation is bordered by the dragon Draco, the Greek [...]
