We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.

from Pope John Paul II - the most human and lovely (though I'm not Catholic)

HALLELUJAH!

Lots of hallelujahs today!

Yesterday, my wonderful middle son Jamie married the lovely Breanna in Toronto.

Jamie and Bre celebrating at the Bier Markt!

This was the legal bit of their marriage. The main ceremony takes place mid-April in the Dominican Republic.

I can't wait to see them, and Laurie and Irene, and Laurie and Irene's bump!

Happy, happy days for the Coxons.

Hallelujah is our song,  indeed!

...that's what you hope for. The sunshine on your face,warm enough to make your heart sing.

Sarah Ockler, from Bittersweet

My heart's singing today.

First - the sunshine, and a lovely ride in its warmth.

Second - yesterday, I finished a huge piece of work. (Huge in effort, not in size of paper!) It's called 'Graded social integration: maintaining expectations of recovery and therapeutic optimism in secure and rehabilitation services.' So, not only was it a joy to finish, but fulfilling to write.

Third - I'm listening to Ziggy Stardust.

That reminds me of being a teenager, which I still am in so many ways.

Fourth? Oh, I think my list's long enough already.

“A quiet secluded life in the country"

 "...with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to them; then work which one hopes may be of some use; then rest, nature, books, music, love for one's neighbour — such is my idea of happiness.”

Me and Leo Tolstoy.

Like that, we are.

Ever since I read War and Peace as an extremely pretentious fourteen year old.

Here's me and Alfie enjoying our quiet secluded life in the country:

How very, very lucky we are!

The rest is up to me.