I don't know if you can make out the detail of my bracelet in the picture, but it is Noah's Ark in the middle and each link is a set of animals marching two by two. I received it on January 9th from a friend of ours on his birthday, the day after mine, the day before Noah's 7 month birthday. Our friend, David, had gone on a solo retreat 3 years ago at a monastery up near Snowmass and had wandered into the gift shop. There he saw this Noah's Ark bracelet and bought it for no one in particular. (He's a single guy, so buying a piece of jewelry with animals on it wasn't necessarily his idea of a relic to "win" a girl's heart...) He put it in his bedside table and thought that one day he'd know who should receive it. He said that he had forgotten about the bracelet until his birthday this year when he opened the drawer to read a list or note that he and his father had written together on their birthdays last year (his dad's birthday was the 10th). That is when he saw the bracelet again, and when he realized for whom he had purchased it three years prior. Just days later, Noah got to meet David's father face to face...

*I just wanted to tell you guys that Jason and I are, in fact, going to write a book about our journey with Noah. Many of you have suggested it and I didn't want to ignore your encouraging comments regarding this. We have actually been thinking about it during our whole journey, but God has potentially opened some doors, so, we are praying for direction and His favor regarding this pursuit. We don't want to write one just to write one. If God wants it to happen, it will, and we'll do it openly, with raw and real emotion, just as we have with the blog. Heck, you've gotten to know us by now to know that it won't be a book about "blowing sunshine" but about reality here on earth...we'll keep you posted.