llama song

This is for my mom:

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama

When the tears come...

Life comes at you
thick and fast.
New awareness beams in
like a hot Bethlehem sun.
The shock of living
in an occupied territory
Beats against American
Ignorance and self-absorption.

The spiritual blessings
of walking where Jesus walked;
Meeting people who witness
their faith everyday.
Tendering relationships,
exchanging addresses and promises.

Sleepless nights,
when the tears come,
God is there.

I'm in a band!

I've said this before.
I'm in the band...St. Charles West H.S.
Gotta go to band practice...Marching Mizzou.
Even said, "I'm with the band," while waiting for my boyfriend to play a gig.

Now "I'm in a band" means a gastric lap band. It's called the Realize Band, maybe because it's designed to help me realize I feel full with significantly less food.
I've lost 22 pounds in six weeks! and I look and feel better!
Best band ever!!!

Human Being or Human Doing?

Am I a human being or a human doing? What are you?
For most of my life I have thrived on lists: lists of things to do, to read, to shop, places to go, calls to make, work projects, and goals to accomplish.
It was a pleasure to vanquish each day's list, checking items off as I rushed along.

The gift of this summer has been a time of extended healing after surgery, slowing down and listening to my body. The first week I felt an inner peace stretching out as I focused on caring for my body in new ways. My spirit felt so grateful that I resolved to maintain that peace, even after I returned to work. To my surprise, I've been able to sustain that inner peace for three weeks now.

Doctors are always telling me to reduce stress. It's been on my to-do list for a long time. Can I finally check it off?
I still make lists, but I'm not as attached to them. That's the gift of being 47.

Prayer for the Journey

On this journey of life, O God, be our companion, be our guide. Show us where to go. Wherever we are, in the journey from birth to death, grant us your peace. We thank you for each other, our companions in the journey of faith. We pray for those with whom we travel on this planet as it makes its rounds of the sun. Bring us together to a new world of peace, through Jesus Christ, who lived and died that all might be one. Amen.

Love and Possibility

I awake each morning, full of love and possibility.

One cross word and the love evaporates...

What is the possibility of getting it back?

Fear

Fear...
Face it. Name it. Explore it.
Don't let it stop you.

Scare yourself...
Dare it. Try it. Leap over it.
Exhilarating.

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