I could have named this post "tenacity"
or "endurance."
I could have named it "patience."
I could have given this post just about any Quaker
virtue and it would fit.
But Joy.
Joy comes in the morning.
Robert Edward shot into the world weighing a mere 5 pounds and looking
rather fierce. "Would someone give me a decent meal?" he asked, waving arms and legs and bleating in indignation. "I've been hanging on in there for nine months with only half a placenta. Now that I've shown what stuff I'm made of, give me a couple of good sound names and some calories."
An anxious start to life, but we have grateful hearts. Barb, Dylan, and Robbie are doing well but sister Rachael insists her brother's name is Clifford.
Bless God
Crucifix left standing in rubble of cathedral in Port au Prince
Solid Rock
About Me
- Constance
- Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada
- The horrific earthquakes in Haiti have stirred up many memories for me. Rob and I worked there for five months when we were young and first married. I have followed events in Haiti with a heavy heart over the years. Two years ago I wrote a novel (novel outline really) for the Muskoka Novel Marathon. It was a 72 hour nearly sleepless write-fest which produced Tout Bagay! a novel about Haiti. It received some good criticism and I left in my computer, never thinking I'd return to the topic. However, the Haitian earthquake caused me to rethink this and I am rewriting the novel and posting it here and on Hubpages with ads from Adsense to raise money for earthquake relief.
A few left by special order
Proud Papa Rob
3 comments:
HURRAH! Is there any day so sweet as that when a babe of our heart opens eyes and demanding lungs into this world?
My Charles insisted that Joshua's name was Tessa - but Clifford? It's a great name! Joy to you and yours. Anj
Clifford like Clifford the dog? That bit made me laugh right out loud!
What great news. Sounds like that little Robbie and his mommy are both made of tough stuff. Blessings to all of you!
Yes, Lisa, it is Clifford the dog. We were all quite surprised when Rachael named her Christmas doll Clifford, but even more surpised when she insisted her new baby brother was Clifford. On the other hand, on the way home after she first meeting him, she broke into a spontaneous song of "Baby Robbie" to the tune of Clementine. It was very sweet.
C
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