your prayers, because looking back on the day now, it was the sort that could have turned out very badly for a lot of reasons, most of which are "i'm a foolish, foolish woman." but it was like our whole family was surrounded by a thick bubble of grace- there we were inside, seeing everything rainbow through that smooth, protective shell.
the dentist, the grocery store (flowers and balloons and a bottle of whine, oh my), the bank, a restaurant for lunch ("you were so brave at the dentist! happy birthday nicholas! let's celebrate!"), back home to decorate and enjoy each others company, tommy home early from work, a visit to 