Dividend    That's my word for today.  A dividend is getting something without having to do something to earn it.  The mail brought the monthly statement of our I R A  which we started years ago mainly as a tax deduction.  Over the years it has grown some (its not huge!) and sometimes it went backwards.  This year it has actually grown for 2 months in a row!  That is a dividend.  We also received word of an even better dividend.  Finally, finally Sharolyn's boy got here.  (last night actually)  That make 25!  It is so much better then an I R A.  This is what 'joy and rejoicing' is.  This is the stuff that really matters.  Right now I feel far away from the little guy, because I am far away.  But he is ours now and will always be.  We are really happy for Sharolyn and David.  A lot of stuff in my life is uncertain and even exasperating, but family is not one of them.  (That is true, but not true at the same time.)  I still am trying to figure it all out and there is so much that seems unsettled, but a new grand child is very settling.  Family may well be the only thing that is settling.  Here it is only Wednesday night and I already feel like I'm ready for the weekend to be here.  Too bad.  Tomorrow is only Thursday.