a day in the life of moi:
wake up around 8:30 or 9
put on the old swimsuit, grab the towel and keys...and out the door
swim alongside all of the retired folk in williamsburg at the rec center
come home...make lunch for me and the mama
watch some of my favorite cooking shows on the food network
shower/organize my life
work on fundraising letters
dinner
more organization/wasting away in front of a movie
phone calls
sleep
yup.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Monday, May 22, 2006
so it ends and begins...
i am home.
and overwhelmed by many things...much of which involves finding space for the amazing amounts of belongings i have accrued in the past six years. that's what my summer in williamsburg means to me...putting my past away and making room for what's next.
i am not going to lie. i am still emotional...even ridiculous lifetime movies are causing the tears to flow. and it hasn't even been a week since i kissed harrisonburg goodbye. but that's OK. i am learning how to grieve...in front of others.
and it's not even harrisonburg that i will miss...it will be what it did for me...through everyone and everything. even leaving the lighthouse was hard...and not because i want to keep living in that old house. it occured to me the moment i passed my frame in the upstairs hallway. i collaged the word 'beauty' among other elements, well before i conquered that demon in my life...and i realized that it was within the walls of the lighthouse that i learned how to be beautiful for Him.
those are the moments i am embracing and tucking away for safe keeping.
my current encouragement comes from the beloved nelly...
i praise the Lord for what i consider to be your big "LET GO" because your leap of faith speaks volumes to me about shooting for the stars and letting God take you to that one place in the universe where He would have you be. what a place it's going to be! how He's going to use you!
so i guess that is what this summer is all about.
letting go.
contemplating His path for me.
having faith big enough to just sit in His shadow and let Him mold me.
in looking back through my journal, i came across a poem i wrote a couple of months ago. only now does it seem relevant.
and when i think of you, i smile.
in remembrance.
in hope.
of what was.
and is to come.
and i feel at home.
Lord, make me ready.
hit it.
and overwhelmed by many things...much of which involves finding space for the amazing amounts of belongings i have accrued in the past six years. that's what my summer in williamsburg means to me...putting my past away and making room for what's next.
i am not going to lie. i am still emotional...even ridiculous lifetime movies are causing the tears to flow. and it hasn't even been a week since i kissed harrisonburg goodbye. but that's OK. i am learning how to grieve...in front of others.
and it's not even harrisonburg that i will miss...it will be what it did for me...through everyone and everything. even leaving the lighthouse was hard...and not because i want to keep living in that old house. it occured to me the moment i passed my frame in the upstairs hallway. i collaged the word 'beauty' among other elements, well before i conquered that demon in my life...and i realized that it was within the walls of the lighthouse that i learned how to be beautiful for Him.
those are the moments i am embracing and tucking away for safe keeping.
my current encouragement comes from the beloved nelly...
i praise the Lord for what i consider to be your big "LET GO" because your leap of faith speaks volumes to me about shooting for the stars and letting God take you to that one place in the universe where He would have you be. what a place it's going to be! how He's going to use you!
so i guess that is what this summer is all about.
letting go.
contemplating His path for me.
having faith big enough to just sit in His shadow and let Him mold me.
in looking back through my journal, i came across a poem i wrote a couple of months ago. only now does it seem relevant.
and when i think of you, i smile.
in remembrance.
in hope.
of what was.
and is to come.
and i feel at home.
Lord, make me ready.
hit it.
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