The Frith: January 2006

Saturday, January 28, 2006

SMUG

MY NAME IS THE FRITH. TODAY I AM FEELING SMUG. I FINALLY AM BEING FED WITH A BOTTLE. I LET MAMA THINK IT WAS HER IDEA. THAT FINGER FEEDING TUBE IS SO LAST YEAR.

Friday, January 27, 2006

A GATHERING OF LADIES

OMI AND ANNA (FRITHA'S GOD-SISTER) AND KATIA (HONOURARY AUNTIE) .. AND MAMA, WITH SKINNY LITTLE FRITH LOOKING LIKE A MUPPET AGAIN.

Saturday, January 14, 2006

SLEEPING WITH POOH

THE WEE FRITH HAVING A NAP IN HER CAR SEAT.. (THANK-YOU TO MIKE AND SUSAN NG FOR THE INDIRECT DONATION OF THIS SEAT, IT IS A LIFESAVER)

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

MS GRUMPY PANTS

GET THAT $%#@&*% CAMERA OUT OF MY $%#@&*% FACE.

Sunday, January 08, 2006

MUPPET

FOR SOME REASON FRITH LOOKS LIKE A MUPPET TO ME IN THIS PICTURE.

NO, NOT THAT MUPPET.

Sunday, January 01, 2006

CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER

SITTING IN OMI'S LAP - AND LOOKING, AS USUAL, MATURE AND SOMEWHAT INTERESTED IN WHAT GOES ON. BUT NOT TOO INTERESTED.

PROUD MAMA

NOTICE THE FRITH'S LEGS ARE GETTING A LITTLE LESS SKELETAL. AFTER A FIVE-HOUR CRYING JAG (YES, BOTH OF US) THE FRITH AND I WENT TO THE GROCERY STORE AT TWO IN THE MORNING AND PICKED OUT A FORMULA. IT HAS ADDED ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS. I FEEL GUILTY, BUT THANK CHRIST - AT LEAST SHE FINALLY FINALLY SEEMS FULL.

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DERIVING FROM THE ANCIENT WORD "PRIYAS" MEANING "ONE'S OWN", FRITH'S ORIGINAL MEANING WAS PROBABLY SOMETHING LIKE "THE PEACE ENJOYED WHILE AMONG ONE'S OWN FAMILY OR TRIBE" .. FRITH IS OFTEN TRANSLATED SIMPLY AS "PEACE".

THE FULL MEANING OF FRITH ENCOMPASSES PEACE BUT EXTENDS WELL BEYOND IT, TO COVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL AND ESSENTIAL FOUNDATIONS OF HUMAN SOCIAL LIFE. THE TERM FRITH CAPTURED A HUGE PROPORTION OF EVERYTHING GOOD THAT COULD EXIST IN LIFE, AND ALL OF THESE GREW OUT OF THE ROOTS OF THE KINDRED ITSELF -- THE KINDRED RELATIONSHIP.

ANCIENT VIKINGS WOULD INVOKE AN AGREEMENT AMONG ALL PRESENT THAT ARGUMENTS AND DISAGREEMENTS ARE LEFT 'OUTSIDE' THE DOOR DURING CELEBRATION : A 'PROMISE' TO KEEP FRITH. ANYBODY WHO DID NOT RESPECT THIS WOULD HAVE LOST FACE AND ALSO HONOUR. IN THE OLDEN DAYS ONE WOULD HAVE TO LEAVE ALL WEAPONS OUTSIDE, TO ENSURE THAT DISCUSSIONS DIDN'T END IN BLOODSHED. SO FRITH IS AN AGREEMENT AMONG SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO RESPECT EACH OTHER TO KEEP 'PEACE'.

FRITH DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE SHOULD ALL GET ALONG; IT MEANS THAT WE SHOULD ALL STAND, AND ACT, FOR SOMETHING REAL AND MEANINGFUL, AND THAT THOSE OF US WHO FIND OURSELVES STANDING FOR ENOUGH OF THE SAME IMPORTANT THINGS SHOULD STAND TOGETHER, IN LIFELONG COMMITMENTS WITHOUT CONSTANTLY WEIGHING THE BENEFITS AGAINST THE COSTS.

IN ESSENCE, FRITH IS NOT AN ABSENCE, BUT A PRESENCE. IT IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF STRIFE; RATHER IT FILLS THE SPACES BETWEEN PEOPLE WITH SOMETHING THAT IS STRONGER AND MORE IMPORTANT, MORE MEANINGFUL, THAN STRIFE.

FRITH IS AN ACTIVE, DELIBERATE, MINDFUL PEACE.