Buffalo Butt Rainbow

 

Ah, while other people were posting glorious pictures of a double rainbow in our neighborhood, the best we could muster was a single rainbow.  To compensate for this, we arranged the phone with a large buffalo rump directly in front of the rainbow.  Yes, you can't see the colors of the rainbow so well.  I can only attribute this to the brilliance and fine artisan quality of this buffalo bottom.

This was a nice place to go eat today, a place that offered hot wings for Madison, who was surprisingly conservative with her selection.  She ultimately found out that she probably could have gone a bit hotter with her choice, but there was a scale of about twelve choices there, each with varying degrees of heat, and of course each name grew incrementally more threatening as you went up the list.  Ultimately, she settled on the most mundane choice, that one being called "hot."  And she enjoyed the meal.  You can see the one mighty curly fry that she was so impressed with here.  All of this was dipped into the hot sauce, completely immersed with hot.

Earlier, Madison was out with Camille, and the two of them were on a trip to Brewster's for some emergency ice cream.  After hearing about Ba-Ba's passing last night, Camille took it upon herself to invite Madison out for ice cream this afternoon.

They had a great time.  Madison really enjoys hanging out with Camille, and we're happy that she has someone that she can confide in and have a good time with.  Camille is a great influence, and a wonderful friend of the family.  She spent so long last night on the phone with Madison, right after Madison discovered the news about Ba-Ba.  It was so nice to have someone there to help.

You can see she was with Camille's cousin, and her mom was there too.  They went to Belk immediately after that, and Madison got herself a nice shirt, courtesy of the Barrett family.  It was a very sweet gesture, from such selfless people!

You can see here how they like selfies.  Camille posted these pictures online, but few people know the story behind them.  It's a story of someone caring enough to be with Madison on her day off, treating her to ice cream and girl time shopping, all to help ease the pain.

You can't put a price tag on this.  Later, Mommy and Nana were on the video call, and you can see how we have it set up here on the big television.  I just plugged it in so they could be up there. 

Tomorrow is a big church day, so we got to bed a little early tonight. But before that, we read and we prayed together.  Soon, our family will be back together again, but this time is very hard on everyone.  It's a super difficult season for us, one filled with many tears and pain.  But friends like the Barretts are such a treasure, showing the love of God in such a dramatic way that it can never be repaid fully.  But that's just the point about true love.  It's never about oneself or personal gain, but rather service to others, helping others, and shining a light in a dark place, and brightening this dismal world.