Share the Joy: Rebecca and Gavin

There are two entries on my JOY list

even though I’m a little late in posting.

Rebecca is on the mend, so I thank you

for all the good thoughts and prayers for her.

It's a joy for me to see her here,

looking sassy with Deb and Steph.

You rock -- all of you!

I got to spend the afternoon and evening

in our state’s Senate gallery, waiting for

the vote on the Marriage Equality Bill.

My son Gavin is interning this session

for Senator Mary Margaret Haugen,

the most senior senator.

(Ok - not a good picture, but he didn't want me

to take this picture. He does love getting to dress like

a businessman instead of a college student.) 

Because she announced two weeks ago

that she’d changed her position and

would vote in favor of the bill,

Gavin has had to deal with a lot of unhappy people

and a bunch of reporters and camera folks.

So yesterday was BIG for his office.

The bill passed the Senate 28 -21,

a wider than expected margin.

The person with the microphone is Senator Murray,

the bill's sponsor. The woman in the red top and black pants

is our governor, Christine Gregoire.

(There will be a signature drive for a referendum

putting the issue before the voters, so it’s not

a for-sure thing that same sex marriage will be available).

It was a joy to meet the senator and her staff

and see my son so enthused about the political process.

It was fun to ride home with him and hear about him

standing behind the governor in the wings and

even chatting with her.

So what’s your bundle of joy this week?

1. do a post that tells and shows us

what gives you joy.

2. Capture the URL of the specific post and paste it

into the Mr. Linky box along with your name.

3. Then click the NEXT box (or the link)

to choose an image from the post to hook to Mr. Linky's list

so that people are enticed to visit your blog.

If you just can't get it to work, send me the info

and I'll try to link it for you.

4. Visit other players -- as many as possible --

and let their joy infect you.

Leave them a comment, because everyone enJOYS

getting positive feedback.

Let's start an epidemic of joy!