Month: May 2018

Of course it’s nice to celebrate moms on Mother’s Day, but for the parents of missionaries, it’s a special day because it’s one of two days each year we get to talk with them. So, yesterday evening we connected with Kyra over Google Hangouts (yay bigscreen TV!) and had a great chat for almost two hours.

We traded jokes and stories, and had a great time. It’s always a little sad to say goodbye, but in her weekly email today she mentioned that it wasn’t as hard for her to hang up as it had been at Christmas (our other day to talk). She’s working hard and making us proud.

Proving that they’re not the intellectual kings of the animal world, once again we found a baby bunny had fallen into our window well. This seems to happen often, and it’s always an opportunity for Zaque to climb down and rescue the little guys.

Afterward he usually sits on the couch with the traumatized bunny, and quietly pets him. It’s kind of touching how gentle he is with the critters.

As of today, I have a new mantra.

(from Inception)

For over fifteen years, I’ve shopped at various times at B&H Photo and Video, which is a family-owned camera and electronics business in New York. They have good prices on everything, and I always prefer the mom-and-pop stores over the behemoth corporations.

Now that I’m getting more serious about my photography, I find myself poking around for better lenses, and that journey often takes me over to B&H. Today I was looking at a few lenses, and although I wasn’t ready to click “buy” on any of them, I noticed this message at the top of every page on the web site:

Clearly the B&H owners are Jewish, and since it’s Saturday, they’re observing Shabbat. I think it’s really cool that they actually close their online store during their holy day. I have a deep respect for people who don’t let “the world” interfere with their faith.

Last night, Zaque headed out to prom with his good friend Ma’ata. They had a great time, of course, and it’s always nice to know she’s just as goofy as he is.