Grab that leash and walk it!

Artist:  Yanell

The children in the library who enjoy reading to Demi often gift me with drawings that they made during the week.  This one eventually became the illustration for the weekly bookmark I make for the kids with the words, "I read to Demi today."

My heart breaks for the folks in Joplin, Missouri - and it was already broken for the folks suffering from the flooding Mississippi and the earlier tornadoes.  I heard on the news that 2011 has had more natural disasters than any other year in U.S. history and we're not even half-way through!

I'm embarrassed to say that our own weather has been absolutely spectacular.  The skies have been clear with a warming sun and the temperature has been in the low 70ºs, the kind of weather that makes you want to take a walk and be grateful that you're still alive.

So I did.