Beauty and Pain

Today was a glorious day and also a hard day. There were 2 little boys who got lost in the woods last night. They were gone all night and it was very emotional. There was lots of searching and lots of praying. Thank God they were found safe and sound. This morning, however, before I knew they were found, I was still praying. I was outside, looking at my flowers in the rain, wondering how cold and wet that little 5 year old and 7 year old were. I saw the beauty in the flowers and in the moss, but I also felt pain wondering if they were okay. My little boy is 5. I can't imagine him lost or alone overnight in the woods. I am glad he is safe. I am glad those other boys are safe. The simple beauty of the small flowers and greenery in my yard shows my thankfulness.....

Like a foolish dreamer, trying to build a highway to the sky

All my hopes would come tumbling down, and I never knew just why

Until today, when you pulled away the clouds that hung like curtains on my eyes

Well I've been blind all these wasted years and I thought I was so wise

But then you took me by surprise

Like waking up from the longest dream, how real it seemed

Until your love broke through

I've been lost in a fantasy, that blinded me

Until your love broke through

All my life I've been searching for that crazy missing part

And with one touch, you just rolled away the stone that held my heart

And now I see that the answer was as easy, as just asking you in

And I am so sure I could never doubt your gentle touch again

It's like the power of the wind

Like waking up from the longest dream, how real it seemed

Until your love broke through

I've been lost in a fantasy, that blinded me

Until your love, until your love, broke through

Lyrics from "Your Love Broke Through" by Keith Green

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What I've Been Working on Lately

Spring Flowers 2013

"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. " 

Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

"No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves."

Amelia Earhart

"Spring is the time of plans and projects."

Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

Spring Basket

I was fooling around with cotton yarn this week, and ended up making this blue and white basket. I crocheted it with two strands together to make it thick. I will be keeping this one for myself, and it will probably end up being used to put dishcloths in for craft fair tables. I think it looks much prettier stuffed full of colorful dishcloths and hotpads :)