Excuse the disarray, gentle readers. A new year brings reorganization of the old and cluttered, rededication to particular journeys and diving into new long term projects. This year, these ideas are very exciting and before I leave my bed on New Year’s Day, I am appreciating the energy that seems to be at my disposal. I look forward to 2015 with a gentle enthusiasm which is almost a surprised but which has become familiar and comfortable. When I make my bed in the morning, I remember when all that I wanted was for the day to end and to return to my bed. I am still close enough to the years of grieving to viscerally remember being without the energy to begin a single idea. I am no longer there. Alleluia! Continue reading
Tag: writing
ripples
The kindness piece of a few weeks ago is moving around a little bit. To review and remember, it was first published in our school newsletter. Then, a friend and Randall parent, Sari Judge, used it in her online newspaper column: http://www.isthmusparents.com/articles/article.php?article=41987. Last week, Ed Hughes, a school board member in Madison, incorporated it into his latest blog entry: http://edhughesschoolblog.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/kindness/
I like believing in the ripples.