Monday, April 28, 2014

Invitation: Vienne's 6th Birthday Remembrance


VIENNE'S NAME MEANS "ALIVE AND FULL OF LIVE".
AND, COINCIDENTALLY, SHE WAS BORN ON 
A DAY THAT CELEBRATES LIFE IN THE NEW
BUDS OF SPRING - MAY DAY.
PLEASE JOIN US THIS YEAT AS WE 
CONTINUE OUR TRADITION OF SCATTERING
WILDFLOWER SEEDS, THIS
THURSDAY MAY 1
WHEREVER YOU ARE AT -
WHETHER IT BE YOUR YARD, OUTSIDE OF YOUR WORK,
OR A FAVORITE PARK.  IF YOU DON'T MIND, 
PLEASE SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH US,
EITHER PRIVATELY OR ON HERE.
WE LOVE TO KNOW HOW PEOPLE TOOK A MOMENT
TO REMEMBER OUR GIRL.  YOUR PARTICIPATION
IS A BIGGER GIFT THAN YOU COULD
EVER KNOW.
THANK YOU!!

**Here is a glimpse at what transpired from last year's
celebration of Vienne's Life:


Here is a reflection of birthdays past:








Friday, April 4, 2014

deja vu

The other morning, Ivy was sitting on the counter (like V always did) and she started just randomly rocking from side to side and singing "I wear…I wear…." in this sing-song tune….exactly like I've heard it before….somewhere.  It was one of those frozen moments when I just stood and stared.  I couldn't figure out where I had heard it from….or where she had heard it from…but I swear it sounded like Vienne singing through her.  It actually kinda creeped me out for a sec.  Then after a bit I finally realized that she must've heard it from a video of Vienne singing about her birthday.  In the video, I asked V what she was going to wear to her 3rd birthday party and she didn't know so she just stammered and sang "I wear….I wear" (with her eyes looking up off to the side, like she was trying to figure it out)…and then I filled it in with "a party dress".  So, Ivy saw this video like maybe a month ago??  Once.  It is not a big part of the video and V is singing the entire way thru, so this line doesn't really stand out from the rest.  Ivy has NEVER sung this before.  But suddenly, she pulls it from her little memory and starts mimicking her sister to a  T.  Same voice.  Same tune.  Same inflections.  Same position on the counter...

Crazy.  Almost eery


Here is the video of Vienne (it is one I have shared before.)