It's been a couple months since I've posted here. In a lot of ways it has been a good spring. My heart has been full and I've found I couldn't even begin to put words on a page. The longer I wait though, the harder it gets. Blogging for me is a bit like gardening (which I did tonight). I have a huge vision in my head of what can be. I see so much potential. In the garden I look at our 2 raised garden beds and I'm seeing vegetables and herbs, canning in the fall, space for larger garden boxes next year and a fruit tree or 2. However, it has been a whole week since we bought a few starts and some soil and they've sat between our garage at nights and the box by day-getting watered 2-3 times a day. I couldn't even begin because I was too busy dreaming and too worried to have it planned just right before beginning. Writing is like that too. I have often composed posts in my head. I write them while I run or while I drive. I have posts about cultural observations, funny things we've experienced that weren't so funny in the moment but now I can laugh about, answers to prayer, and events we are part of. My thoughts are often all tied together though and, a bit like the twine I used to mark off the grids on the garden boxes, when I start to search for the end the middle comes unraveled and all of sudden there are multiple loops all with possibilities. And so I write nothing, content to have my thoughts all filled up in my heart. I often read Mary's song in the gospels and marvel with her at God's plan. My heart is also full as I sit in the moment, awe-struck at how God is still alive and at work, and wonder of wonders...even using me in his great big story! For those who regularly follow our journey here, I hope that this is the beginning of some more writing. We planted the gardens tonight-even though I'm 2 plants short. We started and while I see so many more things we can do, I'm grateful and excited for what is actually to grow! I'm sure with my great gardening abilities I'll have a few posts to laugh about it all. For those who don't know me in real life, this is my first time at a garden and well, let's just say my friends do NOT know me for my ability to keep plants alive! Happy spring wherever you are-may you have lots of fresh air and new life in your world!
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March 2016
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