Had a great visit with my father's sister from Idaho, who we last saw almost ten years ago.

Almost went apple picking yesterday but was outvoted by the kids.

Hit the outlet malls for some spiffy new Reeboks and a flirt or two at Lane Bryant, then found a great little beach to sit at for a spell before hitting a mall on the way home so the kids could spend all their money on video games.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.