She thought of how to angle the roof
and how long to make the eaves overhang
(and I checked the math)
And twenty three years ago
She set post to foundation
(and I did a great deal of “hold the other end” of things)
And twenty two years ago
We moved in to our beautiful Taigh Connlaich
And for twenty two years, on the shortest, darkest days of the year,
the sunlight comes streaming in every window,
full on
and hits the back wall
and covers the whole dark stone floor in radiance
and keeps our little family warm.