FestiveNow

Patience [written on the 11th of February 2002] Consider the hanger: day upon day it wears the white gown that waits for me. I wait for one day in June that I will take over its duty. For that one day, the hanger will be relieved. And in my borrowed gown I shall declare to choose only one every day. Happy DECADE Mister (Doctor in a while!) William Franklin Koogler!!! I'm so glad that the Lord matched us up. Here's to double digits until "death do us part!" I could not ask for a better husband!!!!!!!!!!

I can relate. Though Kate & Liam are not infants (as I was when my mom wrote this) I am guilty of not writing more. Thank you for this Mom!!! "Feb. 18, 1980" "Dear Darby, I write these words in between trips to your crib I'm stuffed full of feeling for you-- so much I want to put down,    to remember    to share and then you cry and I run and the writing that would keep                   it all for us is never done. I love your demanding I love being your mother and I would rather hold you rather feel your tiny fuzzy      baby-haired head rather see your smile and watch me in your eyes than write a best seller. or anything. So please understand when you ask me some day        what was it like? and I don't remember or why I didn't write more    to you or about you, Darby, I was so busy loving you."