Today I was painting my hallway. Keagan was helping me and entertaining me. We were talking and I said something about "Let it be known" that something was something or other. His thoughts on that were..."Why can't it be "Let it be yesses"? I have to wonder if the three year old gets tired of all the noes. I'll have to teach him about homonyms later. But I wonder to? Why not more yesses? How about more thankfulness...more looking on the bright side...more choosing joy? At the reunion last summer Bruce's family sang Yes Lord Yes... To Your way and to Your will..... Surrender.... So that was my little spot of inspiration for the day.
Last time I posted I mentioned being in a quiet spot. It's curious to me how one can be in a quiet spot internally but super busy externally and then be in a quiet season externally but Internally be in a season of seeking and crying and lonely. Zerrick and Susanna's reception in our yard is over and my many siblings showing up for us was a cherry on top. It felt like a relaxed good reception and I spent most of it watching people and listening in on little groups of chatter. And then the twelve hours with my siblings on Saturday. God worked it out so I could have tiny little snitches of chat that I could be assured that I got the most of the gift of them even being here. We all stood around and prayed and cried and sobbed together for a short time before Bruce's left. Healing. I still feel emotional about it. And now it's qu...
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