The Books, The Celebration and The Gratitude

Thank you to everyone who remembered Hart yesterday! I am grateful beyond expression to know people are remembering him or thinking of our sweet, baby Hart on this special day. To hear from people on his Birthday, fills my soul. Thank you to those of you who honored him by performing acts of love. I hope you will join me in trying to continue to make love the default.

Singing "Happy Birthday" (plus 2 behind the camera and 2 on FaceTime) 

Each year in honor of Hart's birthday we buy a book (or several) published during the year. There's always a debate about whether we should buy him a younger children's book or a book that would be age appropriate. We've never really settled on a solution, so, like most things in our lives, we're all over the place. I envision grandchildren at different ages choosing Hart's books to read, so we need books for various ages. But, I also imagine reading the books to Baby Hart, which leads me to younger book choices. This year we got three books-each for different ages, because...choices, and my inability to make them!

Last night, after a very late dinner (As in-usually in bed, for sure in pjs by now, late), we opened Hart's gifts and sang Happy Birthday. It wasn't our most vocally solid effort, but thanks to an 8 hour road trip and FaceTime, most of our heart was in the room and that was everything!

This year's books:
Finding Orion by John David Anderson
Who Did It First? 50 Scientists, Artists, and Mathematicians Who Revolutionized the World by Julie Leung, illustrated by Caitlin Kuhwald
Let the Pun Shine by Teo Zirinis