and I think that he is missing us, too. Yesterday, when I spoke to Brendan, he asked, “What are you doing at home?” “Does Elizabeth have more teeth?” “Is she saying any new words?”

I also learned that it was Brendan and my sister who suggested that my brother-in-law take Theresa (Brendan’s best friend) and his daughter, who is the same age as Theresa, crabbing this weekend. Brendan thinks that Theresa will “have the time of her life” with her uncle and cousin.