may twenty-fourteen

the merry month of May... 

"In the winter, it looks like the trees have all died. Their leaves wither and drop off. They stand like skeletons against the cold, desolate sky.  But did you know before even a single leaf falls to the ground, next spring’s bud is ready? Next summer’s leaf is furled inside that tiny bud, waiting. And Jesus says there is nothing broken that won’t be mended, nothing sick that won’t be healed, nothing dead that won’t live again.  Because God is making everything sad come untrue! We can’t see it now- but remember the fruit tree in winter? It looks dead. But the buds are ready to go.  And come spring—blossom and fruit!" 

-Sally Lloyd Jones Thoughts that Make Your Heart Sing

Eugene Peterson says that “to eyes that see, every bush is a burning bush.”

"Love allows understanding to dawn, and understanding is precious. Where you are understood, you are at home.  Understanding nourishes belonging. When you really feel understood, you feel free to release yourself into the trust and shelter of the other person's soul."  -John O'Donohue 

 Sunflower Relay- Methow Valley 

mother's day weekend 2014

half- [haf, hahf] 

noun, plural halves  [havz, hahvz] 
1. one of two equal or approximately equal parts of a divisiblewhole, as an object, or unit of measure or time; a part of a wholeequal or almost equal to the remainder.
2. a quantity or amount equal to such a part (½).

 Lift up your hearts with a smile

Lift up your feet with a dance

Lift up your spirits with a song

It's family time, it's family time, it's family time...

The more that you read, the more things you will know. 

The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” -Dr. Suess 

nine [nahyn]

noun

1. a cardinal number, eight plus one.

2. a symbol for this number, as 9 or IX.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. a baseball team.

5. a playing card with nine pips.

celebrating in style with a lacrosse birthday party 

Glinda: "For the record, I knew you had it in you all along." 

Oz: "Greatness?" 
Glinda: "No. Better than that. Goodness." 

This past Sunday morning was the Emerald City Run and it was a BALL! 
I wore Kim Kredich's Glinda dress for the event to honor the good witch that she is and the fight she has won against breast cancer this past year. 
Carrying a wand and holding the dress up were an added workout,
but it was totally worth it and such fun running here in Emerald City on that fine morning.

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. 

It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. 

It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend."

  -Melody Beattie