Dust

This is a poem I wrote in September of 2008. I've heard that if you have a poem online, technically it counts as being published (and that can be a bad thing for writers/poets). I don't care--if you want to use it, just be sure to put my name with it. Oh, and also let me know so that I can tell you how it's supposed to be formatted. It doesn't do a very good job on blogspot because the margins are narrow. Thanks!

Dust

Seeds planted

tie the earth to the Heavens—

to the bestower of life—

and soon new blossoms fall gently—

floating on slow waves—

trailing clouds—

as if newly washed—

freshly fallen—

and at dawn are found with dew,

stems and roots grown downward,

helping the earth and helping themselves.

But those seeds I planted—

the ones I hoped for—

the string still tied and taut to Heaven—

whispers empty of rain;

tell me,

where is this magic powder

that made Adam breathe,

that called to babes

and made them cry?

I borrowed some elements from Wordsworth's Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood. Sorry I keep bringing up infertility--I'll try to not do it too much in the future. ;)

7th ANNIVERSARY!

John and I have been married for 7 years. Crazy.

Hahaha, I love this pic because John looks like he's 17! This was one of our engaggment pics. (That's how John likes to spell the word.) (And John was 26 in this pic, btw.)

So, we already have a blast together everyday. We go out to dinner at least once a week--sometimes romantic, sometimes just fun. We take a trip with the car or with our legs up mountains just to look at the view. We go to movies every once-in-a-while. We hang out with friends. We cuddle. A lot. We stay up late together more than we should. We walk around IKEA or the mall for fun. Without kids, we're always together when we're not at work! And we're often doing something fun!

So, what are we going to do for our 7th anniversary? I wanted to do something crazy like bungee jumping, but it so happens that I wasn't feeling very well that day. Sad face.

I'm sorry to say that we didn't do anything extremely adventurous. The most adventurous thing we did, probably, was to take half-days from work. (Yes, we are very blessed to be able to do that on short notice!)

The next adventurous thing we did was.... lay on 20 different beds! We decided it might be nice to buy a new bed, so we hung out with one salesman for like two hours and tried out the really cool Select Comfort (the ones where you find your "sleep number"). I must say, those really are the best beds out there. I've never laid in something so amazing. (And notice that I use the word "in" instead of "on". That's totally how it is.)

It's fun doing the whole sleep number thing because you realize things about yourself and your spouse. John's number is 35 (15 is the softest and 100 is the firmest). He totally loved this pillow-top that was memory foam and feather down. With the pillow top on, he was still a 35. I was a 50.

After Select Comfort, we went to IKEA and laid on their beds for another couple of hours. Hey, it's exhausting work! We went from the most expensive beds to the cheapest. We ended up buying a new pillow and 2 IKEA chocolate bars. :) Happy Anniversary! haha

Choklad ljus for John (milk chocolate) and choklad mörk for me (dark chocolate). Hahaha--I loves John's face!

Sorry!

Dear Friends, Family and random Strangers,

So, our camera broke. :( I'll get back to this blog as soon as we get it fixed or we buy a new one. Ugh. A blog just isn't much good without pictures, is it?

Sorry!

Annie