07 October 2003 - 1:16 a.m.

Cubs win!!!

Da Bears win!

. . .and the Beautiful Young Man called me into the study to show me the game currently entrancing him, featuring a bungee-jumping teddy bear collecting bunnies for ballast.

I tell you, nine years of marriage and the only word that comes to mind is "gobsmacked."

One year ago: counting blessings.