Life Updates of a Larger Magnitude

XXIX. My love for you does not depend upon Your love for me; it is complete abandon Abandoning completion, love to stand on And love to stand when Love must stand alone: I love you in Love’s joy and past the ache Of silent questions when “I love you” hints Returning and receives an eloquence Of silence in reply; destroys this heart And every shattered part of it shall love Enough to be another heart; shall move In orbit ‘round the sun of you and make The sum of us a universe; impart To me the smallest part of you, And we shall be a universe times two. **I found this poem years and years ago, I cannot remember how. I loved it so deeply and instantly that the beautiful phrases have stuck with me for perhaps a decade. Tonight I was thinking about writing some poetry and found my attempts woefully lacking. I wanted to remember what it felt like to read amazing poetry. I dove into the interwebs to find this poem, and found it on one page. One lone google page. ...

Mamacita was in town for 2 weeks, and being the begetter of this DIY diva, she wanted to do some projects. Or, she wanted to take over my project and finish it up for me. Yes, please! (Remember last time I "convinced" them to tile my kitchen backsplash? They don't actually require much convincing.) So, I pulled out all the miscellaneous cans of paint in my garage and I let her pick a color for the banquette table. We then set to work painting it: I gathered supplies, she did the work. Great teamwork. First it needed to be sanded, and some holes patched, and then we got to the fun part. Of course, coat #1 of paint revealed that our putty (Durham's water putty - magical stuff) shrunk when we filled the holes. So this time around, she put the putty on but left an excess on the top. Then when it dried, a little sand paper took it down nice and flat. That Mom, she has such great tips. We ended up putting about 4 coats on, and then I waited a few hours till it...