Kyrie Yeshua
I am made small beneath the weight
of such gratitude
of such gracious outpouring
beneath the weight of this cup overflowing
How did I come to think that
any meaningful step could be made
alone?
I am made small
beneath the weight
of this cup
And am made vast, again
In the midst of such company
In the midst of such gracious outpouring
So, add someone else to the list of our people who are doing cool things with their lives! Letitia Ugwueke (formerly Johnson) is singing as part of the chorus for the LA Opera Company production of Porgy and Bess. Go Leti!
Happy Birthday Baby!
It’s Mike’s big day, and in honor of said occurance I thought we could all get together and come up with 31 (yes, it’s the big 3-1) “titles” for Mike. Be creative, sentimental, corny, cheesy…whatever.
Here, I’ll start:
1. Husband
2. Father
3. Brother
4. Son
Okay, basic and easy to see coming, so get a little more creative and help me celebrate my man’s big day.
5. Impromptu wedding pianist
Happy Birthday Mike from the Reinch family!
Er…. that’s the Reinsch family. Karen is taking Remedial Foreign-sounding Last Name Spelling class at Volunteer State Community College. She’s only up to the M’s though.
6. Hello Professor!
7. The Moderator
Love to you, Michael – you’re a light in my life.
Cerise
8. Rippin’ Piano Playin’ Dude
Happy Birthday old guy. You’re catching up with me! HA!
9. Bathroom Philosophy Reader
10. Grunting BBQ Man
11. Pun-Definitely-Intended Guy
Gee, I’m glad you were born, too. You’re worth celebrating!
12. Drum Major
(Apparantly he still dabbles in this hobby??)
Happy Birthday!
13. Thelonioichael
14. Mr. Gretchen
15. Sophia’s sugar daddy
Happy over 30 day!
16. Genius!
17. Evangelist (Apple/Makers/Smoove Jazz)
18.) Early Adopter
19.) Artist
20.) Pastor
21.) Genius
22.) Humorist
23.) Caregiver
24.) Geek
25. He who makes us think — whether we wanted to or not.
26. The Blogatollah
Oh for pete’s sake, peops…can’t we get it to 31 for our beloved blogmeister???
27. Winner of the coveted 2006 first annual “He Who Is The Most Techno Savvy Gets To Put The Spotlight On His Cute Little Daughter” award!
28. He whom fatherhood has made sexier; imagine what he’ll be like after the second one…
29. He who loves his wife well.
30. Funny Man (as opposed to Funny Lady, enacted by Barbra Streisand)
31. Karaoke Side-Splitter
Cerise
Oh what a bottle of cheap wine and the lyrics to “Bitch” will do…thanks for recalling that memory Cerise:)
Yeah – that’s one of the extremely rare memories I have of you two, actually. What an amazing weekend.
Cerise
[quote comment="23738"]Oh what a bottle of cheap wine and the lyrics to “Bitch” will do…thanks for recalling that memory Cerise:)[/quote]
My favorite part of that evening was when the Karaoke hostess assumed I had made a mistake, and written down the wrong song. The peanut gallery quickly insisted that it was the right song.
Zack 6:44 pm on 1 March 2009 Permalink
You left out, “Lest ye who f*cks up the bead-board, be banned from housewarmings forever.”
:)
michael lee 9:26 am on 2 March 2009 Permalink
I think that was pretty strongly implied in the piece, Zack.
Zack 7:48 pm on 2 March 2009 Permalink
damn. Does this mean that I get to spend some time in the Time Out room?
Gretchen 8:42 pm on 2 March 2009 Permalink
which room would that be? Thanks for the awesome shelves by the way. You rock.
Zack 9:00 pm on 2 March 2009 Permalink
The Time-Out room is actually the front closet. After I built the box with enough support for a person to sit on, Mike seemed to think it was OK to stuff your children in there.
I was gonna call Child Protective Services immediately, but I got distracted by the dangerous and exotic combination of beer and power tools.
Chad 9:02 pm on 2 March 2009 Permalink
Hey, what time does the move-fest begin on Wed? I may be late to the party, but I’m bringing my dancing shoes… err… work gloves.