Sunday, June 28, 2009


It is the eve of my 39th birthday and I just feel so grateful to be alive, to be immersed in love, to have all that I could want. Dana. Briana. And now this little bud that opens inside of me. So much more that I could say.

I wept hearing this song when I first learned I was with child. And now, it calls to me, tonight as the page turns into a new year, filling me with love and gratitude and calm.

"Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini, Hosanna in excelsis"

"Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the Highest"

Benedictus. From Karl Jenkin's "The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace."

4 comments:

Flore said...

Brandi, I hope you had a great celebration yesterday! And I wish you good health and even happier times with the extending family!

Brandi, Dana and Briana Bates said...

Thank you Flore. Will you pay a visit to Lupeni this summer? We'd love to see you.

Flore said...

We should come to Lupeni around the end of July - beginning of August. We'll pay a visit to you then, if you're home!

Brandi, Dana and Briana Bates said...

Flore, Viata's 10th b-day party is scheduled for Sat., Aug. 1. Will you be here? Let us know.