As a Chanukah gift
for Julia we had bought tickets for The Big Apple Circus performance yesterday
for her and her big sister Ella. It is always fascinating taking Julia to such
things because she watches all the goings on with great intensity, really
taking in the experience in a way that seems to be beyond what you might expect
from a four-year-old. On the way home, we asked her to name the part she liked
best, but she simply could not identify a “favorite” part: she loved every
minute! I think she really meant it.
It is hard to get
good pictures in that lighting but here are a couple we managed to snap.
Afterwards the whole
family gathered at Dina and Aaron’s house for a barbeque, but I guess we were
all too busy eating to take any pictures! At the same time, once the children
ran off to play the adults spent much of the time discussing the terrible
tragedy that had befallen Aaron’s extended family during the past week: the
death of one of Aaron’s cousins from a drug overdose. Apparently, this has
become a far too frequent event among young people throughout the country, particularly
in Baltimore where his cousin lived. The sketchy details of the events surrounding
his death are just so terribly distressing that I cannot write about it. While
we have certainly heard many reports about the increasing number of young
people losing their lives to drug overdoses, you never expect this will happen
to someone you know, someone who had actually celebrated with the extended family
at Joshua’s Bar Mitzvah last year. It is all just too sad for any words.
The weather has been
lovely the last few days. Even the two trees about which we had worried at the
end of last season look like they are doing just fine. I just hope I will have
enough energy to appreciate the yard this summer.
Love,
Rebecca
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