a quiet start

i'm off to a quiet start to the year 

which is what i needed

i end the first

with what is now tradition---

celebrating my birthday 

with my best friends Sarah and Evan

a family

who I have come to see

as my own

i love these two boys

-O+E-

E is very funny these days.

when he says my name

it sounds very French

"Me-ree"

-as if croissants were just  a  plate away-

O is as sweet as ever

he took that photo of me.

my eyes are baggy

from having stayed up late

to catch my family
and a dear friend
--jecee--

on skype

thousands of miles away

i miss them very much

and wish I could be

*

there

*

*

but here

*

is no small consolation

either

life

is 

good.

i hope your first week of this dragon of a year

 is as calm and as full of promise