Friday, February 28, 2025

February Twenty-Twenty Five

 

Because
So I can’t save the world—
can’t save even myself,
can’t wrap my arms around
every frightened child, can’t
foster peace among nations,
can’t bring love to all who
feel unlovable.
So I practice opening my heart
right here in this room and being gentle
with my insufficiency. I practice
walking down the street heart first.
And if it is insufficient to share love,
I will practice loving anyway.
I want to converse about truth,
about trust. I want to invite compassion
into every interaction.
One willing heart can’t stop a war.
One willing heart can’t feed all the hungry.
And sometimes, daunted by a task too big,
I tell myself what’s the use of trying?
But today, the invitation is clear:
to be ridiculously courageous in love.
To open the heart like a lilac in May,
knowing freeze is possible
and opening anyway.
To take love seriously.
To give love wildly.
To race up to the world
as if I were a puppy,
adoring and unjaded,
stumbling on my own exuberance.
To feel the shock of indifference,
of anger, of cruelty, of fear,
and stay open. To love as if it matters,
as if the world depends on it.
-by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer










Thursday, February 27, 2025

Throwback Thursday 2-27

 

February 27, 2003 

February 27, 2003

February 27, 2004

February 27, 2004

February 27, 2004

February 27, 2005

February 27, 2006

February 27, 2006

February 27, 2006

February 27, 2006

February 27, 2007

February 27, 2007

February 27, 2008 

February 27, 2008 

February 27, 2009 

February 27, 2009 

February 27, 2009 

February 27, 2010 

February 27, 2010 

February 27, 2010 

February 27, 2011

February 27, 2011

February 27, 2012

February 27, 2012

February 27, 2013

February 27, 2015

February 27, 2016 

February 27, 2017 

February 27, 2018 

February 27, 2019 

February 27, 2020 

February 27, 2021

February 27, 2022 

February 27, 2022 

February 27, 2022 

February 27, 2024 

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Birthday Queen


Such fun to celebrate this lady who is turning 18 this week!! 




birthday candle in a tater tot!!! 
🎂💓


and a few birthday shots below through the years....
February 27, 2017 

February 27, 2018 

April  2019 

February 2020 

February 2020 

February 2023