declan

While everyone else tried an "extreme sport" (does it surprise you that I didn't?) I elected to rest. I could feel the nagging of a cold waiting to happen, and would rather avoid it. I did, however, go outside for a leisurely walk and ended up sitting by the river.

Declan, the conference leader's five yr. old son, came to the river to play. We discovered the joy of dropping leaves into the river and watching them float down until we couldn't see them anymore. Some sank. Some got caught on rocks. But some of them made it really far. Deckland really came to life - just smiling and talking a mile a minute - and he enjoyed most the speedboats (his name for the dried bamboo leaves). It just goes to show that kids still find joy in rocks and sticks for toys.