It’s been quite a while since we last wrote. I hope you accept our apologies for that. As most of you already know it’s been a pretty intense few weeks. Along with all the bad, there have been some pretty wonderful things that happened around here. First of all it was Alex’s BURFDAY!!! YAY!!! He’s an old man now and I can say that because I’m still a young pup till tomorrow, which is kind of unfair since we’re a day ahead here. It’s like I got cheated out of an entire day of my life. But what can you do? For Alex’s burfday we had a burfay breakfast as well as going out later in the evening with everyone. That was while everyone was still here and I’m pretty grateful that we all got to share that night and relax for a bit before all of this happened.
For anyone who might be reading our blog and who hasn’t heard yet, I guess I should tell you all that’s happened here. It’s hard to really know what to say though. On November 19, Kirsten Wolcott, our second grade teacher and friend, went missing. After a search by the students, her body was found a short way from the school. That whole day it rained so hard we were drenched as soon as we stepped outside. As cheesy as it sounds, my kids told me God was crying and I kind of like thinking of that. The stress and incredible emotions from all this cause three of the girls to go back home for the year so our family out here has been left a little empty.
For a short time, we all had the immense luck or privilege, or honor or whatever to all live here in something close to paradise. For a second, it felt like we had all come close to something like perfect. You can feel it in the air on your skin it’s as if our bodies know this is what life is supposed to feel like. I swear the colors are more vivid and in the evenings the sun glows so bright it feels like its setting right off the end of the world just out of sight.
From everything we keep hearing from Kirsten’s parents and from others, she felt the same way about being here. She was happy and all we can say after everything is that we’re pretty happy just to have gotten to be here for a little while with her.
This is Alex now. I can think of one thing for sure to add to this post. That is, thank you so much for being there (and even here) for us! More than you can know, we appreciate all of your emails, your calls, your letters and packages, and even the visits (Linda)! All these things, they kept us strong, held our broken insides together. The blanket of support from our friends, family, school, and even people we don’t even know is amazing. Again, thank you all so much for your support. We love you all and think you are all stellar. Like the baboon.
