who is?

You are present

You are certainly present. 

You are effective,

influencing,

you make a difference.

You are a person,

flaw and skill

and muscle and bone.

But are you trustworthy?

You were there,

and so was I.

I remember,

at least I think I do.

Do you remember?

Even if you do.

Are you trustworthy?

hurried vs. productive

I have decided.

Hurried and Productive

do not mean the same thing.

[And should not look the same.]

once again

Last night, reading in Midnight's Children, a passage caught my heart. It starts out talking about how when one of the characters was growing up, he shared a room with a painter. This painter started out specializing in miniatures, but his paintings grew as he tried to fit "the whole of life into his art."

Remembering the artist and past roommate, this character notices how life refuses to remain in miniature. Refuses to be painted even life sized. The complexities of life and the connections each event, each person, each idea make with each other make it impossible to describe life without constantly expanding the medium. 

Frustrating and beautiful and maybe encouraging? Maybe hopeful?

Frustrating for obvious reasons, as a person who attempts to describe their world, or to master it with creativity.

But maybe beautiful and encouraging because all of that complexity and connection points to something deeper and bigger and fuller than life itself. As we attempt to describe life, we add to it, we create another layer, we add another facet. That tapestry, while not managed by human hands, is woven by an artist, a creator. There is hope in the idea that the dizzying variety and complexity and utter unlifesizedness of life points to one whose life sustains it all. 

here's hoping!

1. Have a baby. (Soon, please!)

2. Family walks to go get ice cream. We can literally walk. (How much do I love this new place!!??)

3. Go to the park, pack a picnic.

4. Make new friends in the new town. Making friends in adult life is...not like college.

5. Attend at least 1 true barbecue. (Grill, burgers, beers.) A beer-b-q?

6. Keep my brain "on" by posting a few times a week. But no legalism on this one, eh?

7. Achieve my goal of a frame wall. And plate wall. Home depot, you are my friend. 

8. Read some new novels. First on the list is Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie. So good so far.

9. Go somewhere with live music. Baby optional.

10. Continue my love affair with the farmer's market. Not tough.

11. Read Scripture to baby girl. I wonder if she'll remember it from her days in the womb. Maybe she'll be instantly calmed by my reading to the Bible to her. One can hope. It would be a great thing to tell future babysitters- really freak them out. And a good thing to remind her of when she's a teenager. 

catch for us the foxes

layers.

Adulthood: 

Childhood, with additional layers.

Sometimes, identical ones.

my fave.

at 8.5 months pregnant,

this has never been MORE helpful to me. 

insta-life