One More

It's NieNie's birthday today, and Christian has unlocked her blog so well wishers can comment.  Normally this would be a little too public mob for me, but I think quantity might be just the ticket to help her through her latest challenge.  So I encourage you to not worry about erudite sentiments, but just pop over and add your snowflake to the avalanche.  It's rare that such little effort can add up to something so nice.

I'm a Wreck

Once again I couldn't sleep, but rather than while away the time Etsy-ing, I thought I'd work toward my goal of having more current family photos in our home, so towards that end I went to daughter N's blog and began scrolling thru all her posts starting from the very first.

What an emotional roller coaster!! Two years worth of remembrances, goals, photographs, passions, distractions, struggles, parties, births, accomplishments, -- all those valleys and peaks....   I began getting way too emotional so I thought, Ok, I'll take a break and go see what nienie's new movie is all about....... thinking it was going to be something light and frothy and fun.....  I had no idea.  It's an amazing spiritual powerhouse. So beautiful.  So reaffirming. I could have turned off all the electricity in the world and still would've been able to read by the light in the room, it was just Spirit Full.

All my words are just too clunky for the feelings of the night. My cup brimmeth over. I watched the sunrise, all quiet around me, thinking very deep thoughts, feeling grateful for my family and life, the gospel and meaningfullness.

The installation pictured above was one of my favorites, though an image does it no justice. Thousands of nylon threads hung from the ceiling, shimmering and drifting on the slightest breeze, like spiderwebs. Nearby, a plague displayed this scripture: 

"And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind, and earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire, a still small voice." 

~from N's blog archives, 5/5/2009

It's Not Easy Being Green

A few weeks ago I was reading nienie's post about cupcakes and without even thinking my mind flashed "You just eat cupcakes whenever you want, you lucky dog!"  Considering her circumstances, I can imagine her getting a good laugh at being called a "lucky dog", but that's what I felt at that moment - pure envy.

I have no great point to make.  It just made me laugh.  And finding a deadly sin ridiculous seems healthy.

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