a little ode to M & J

(Let's pretend I posted this on Sunday morning)
.

As you drive off into new horizons

picture us waving in your driveway

sharing in your excitement

for new opportunities

(although we don't like them right now).

Thank you

for loving us just as we are,

for adoring our girl

and being her first friends,

for coaxing her to take her first steps

across the room to you.

For all the times

you listened,

for your quiet support

in a noisy week,

for your sage advice

and open minds,

for showing us that scientists

have poetic souls.

.

For Tweedy love,
for whole days together

doing nothing much,

for apple picking,

for sharing the backseat with Sydney

all the way to BC,

for killing us kindly on game nights.

For inspiring us

with your kindness,

your brilliance

and your fondness

for each other.

We will see you soon.

(Sorry for the pukey poem, but we are feeling a bit pukey around here without our beloved friends.)