New Kid Pics

After putting up these photos the first time, it was brought to my attention that some people out there might not know my kids.....Isaac, 6, is our oldest - and he is a lot like me. He is generally pretty amiable and fun, but he is also pretty tightly wound and is quite the little dreamer. He loves to play video games. Shkuri is also 6, and is a force of nature...she is bold and seems to be good at everything she tries. She has a quick temper and wants everything to be fair and just all of the time. Hamda is 5, and seems to always be wearing a grin. She is very sweet natured, but has quite a steely inside - if she has made up her mind, she will not be easily commanded. Elias, 3 1/2, and Hamda are the best of playmates - they play together all day long. Elias is now about 80% little boy and 20% baby still. I cling to the baby that remains. He likes things very ordered and gets along well with all of the kids.
Tonight I was finally able to see Atonement. It is a rather devastating story - I had read the book and loved it and found the movie a very good adaptation. I had made up my mind to post a poem every Tuesday on the blog again, so here is When You are Old by Yeats.

WHEN you are old and gray and full of sleep,

And nodding by the fire, take down this book,

And slowly read, and dream of the soft look

Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,

And loved your beauty with love false or true,

But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,

And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,

Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled

And paced upon the mountains overhead

And hid his face among a crowd of stars.