December weather —gray and wet, damp more than cold —does not inspire festivities. Neither do the circumstances of our larger community — justice, kindness, compassion seem never-present. Pondering the absence of fair minded people to think fairly about issues that we’ve all talked about since before I was born has quieted my typing fingers. I have no unique perspective, I do not move in a large world, the issues that I am passionate about may touch peripherally on the challenges of the day, but I have so little to add. And yet the racial, ethnic, religious and neuro-diversity of our community is something that I cannot absent myself from. Do I do wrong to turn from the issues of the day in favor of my passions?
Month: December 2014
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It looks like Julia’s dancing ballerina dinosaurs will again be offered as part of a Paper Cloud Apparel fund raiser. This time, they have asked if we have a local cause we would like to have proceeds going to. I thought of the adaptive skating program that Julia is going to on Sunday afternoons. Julia and a gaggle of other kids from very little to older teens work with volunteers in small groups and one on one to learn to skate. The same folks offer an adaptive hockey team for older kids and adults and I know at least one person who is on the team. Julia struggles a bit but she is willing to go each week and she is getting better little by little.
Chasing Joy 