May Sunday Funday

Our weekly video is of last weekend, spend with wonderful friends:

This past week was full of rain (and a leaky basement), and my husband went on a men's retreat. When the husband is away, the wife...misses him and reads a book. This book was "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver. A beautiful and tragic look into the 1960s Congo. Just two quotes for you:
"Bongo Bango Bingo. That is the story of Congo they are telling now in America: a tale of cannibals. I know about this kind of story--the lonely look down upon the hungry; the hungry look down upon the starving. the guilty blame the damaged. those of doubtful righteousness speak of cannibals, the unquestionably vile, the sinners and the damned. It makes everyone feel much better."

"To live is to be marked. To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know."

Reads from the Interwebs:
1. How to stop the cycle of hurt
2. Visiting home might not be all you dreamed
3. Hey Jimmy Kimmel
4. What I want all parents to do if their child tells them they were abused