The changing room

I had such a laugh with Rebecca yesterday. We quickly dashed to the shop to exchange something and we went into the biggest changing room I have ever seen. I tried on a top and then strutted for Becca and did a little dance... I needed to use the space given to me!

"So, Becca, do you like this?"
"I don't think so"
"What don't you like about it?"
"That top is very cool." Like a splash of cold water... I'm just not that cool...

Late afternoon light

Reflections

This morning I was thinking about what we are entrusted with in... around my birthday I do a little evaluating... thinking. What has this year meant, what will the next year hold. What to do with what we have, will I be a wall flower or will I dance?

I thought about being fearless... pursuing and reflecting who we are on the inside. Not a polite facade but the depths of what we feel and who we are. I thought to myself... if I were really brave, how would I choose? With work, with service, with life. It is for freedom that we are free, after all!

What about continuing to dream and learn. Continuing as the scholar throughout our lives. Where would we go? Scores of paths and opportunities I think.

I read Matthew 25 about the virgins and their oil. Oil talks about intimacy, passion, worship. I don't want to run out of oil. I want to be a seeker of the real thing. The stuff that's under the surface. I also want to seek the One that entrusted our passions to us in the first place, the Giver not just the gift.

I hope my ramblings make some kind of sense, from one 'reflector' to another.
Pursue the better things!

Weekends are for...

finishing projects... I almost thought that I wouldn't be wearing my scarf this winter... slow knitter.



and I finished Rebecca's sherbet pink one.



Now I must complete the vases.

Happy Day

Yesterday was a happy (birth)day for the one I love. Happy Birthday You!!

There are lots that I love about him... I love his realness! He is honest without being harsh. He dreams big. He is v e r y consistent. Sometimes it drives me dang crazy but it's so good. The world is confusing but he is not. His words and his ways are intentional and how he ended up with a gal that ... "uuuuuh... must we decide that today?... any day?..." is a minor miracle. Opposites attract and all that, I guess. Then there are other things... his green eyes, his hands, his understanding of the fine print, his tenderness - what's not to love. I definitely got the long end of the stick!



Nothing like a pink paper crown for a celebration.

I read something by C Spurgeon this week that I thought I would pass on, 'May your character not be a writing upon the sand but an inscription upon rock' - an abiding thing!

Simplicity

After running from pillar to post since sunrise, I feel wilted and it's still not over as mealtime approaches. In today's curious heat, something cool (and hasty) is required. A crisp salad and leftover Spaghetti.



Enjoy... what I think will be a glorious sunset tonight!

An surprising morning

My little one woke up this morning, came slowly up the stairs to where I was and crawled onto my lap where she was covered with a blanket... and gently returned to her slumber.

I got to hold all her preciousness in my arms for a long while and breath in her sleepy scent. It was wonderful. This rare incident will undergird me all day long. I'm smiling now, just thinking about it.

"Wonderful are your works, my soul knows it very well"

Psalm 139.14