I will light a star candle 8 o'clock Alaska time. I will gaze upon it and meditate on the sweetnesses and the stings of life.

Last night I was thinking about those tiny boys and 'saw' them as young lads racing through the yard, as boys on their first day of school, as gawky long-legged preteens, as boys out on the town with their dates and finally as men with babes of their own and I thanked the Great Benevolence that brings us all here- and from my view, time after time for all time.

Wes and Bretta, thank you for letting us share this anxious but blessed time with you, even in a small way.

Ebbie