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The Sun Also Rises…

…even on a Monday…

I think this photo looks like an impressionist painting….it makes me happy!  I have a love affair with the sky….and I always have.  I used to stare at the clouds, as a child, and pretend I was up there - in their “fluffiness”……….I still have my head in the clouds, most days.

I’ve set aside today to look for my little shopping cart girl. I’ve been dreaming about her a lot lately…and this post reminded me that sometimes dreams can inspire us to work harder - that I can’t ever forget those who can’t help themselves.

I have this dream that, maybe someday, my little shopping cart girl will be able to stare at the clouds too, and dream her little girl dreams…. 

…and maybe I can help her make one or two come true.

That would really be a dream to me.

Peace.

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on October 13, 2008
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Happy Wednesday…ode to Forrest and Jenny…

I guess because of the post I wrote yesterday (”Knowing Him Best“), I dreamed about the movie “Forrest Gump”. Let me explain:

In my dream, I could see Forrest trying to run with his braces on his legs, and I could hear Jenny yelling, “Run, Forrest, run!”.  All through the night, my mind kept flashing back to the moment when the braces fell off and Forrest began to run unfettered…like the wind.

This is what love does.  This is what a soul mate can do.  A woman can give a man the courage and strength to run - to break free of his failures and his past - to run and be strong.  And a man can give a woman the shelter she’s never known.  He can protect her from the things that haunt her…bulldozing the bad places and keeping her safe.

I don’t know why I dreamed of “Forrest Gump” - I wouldn’t have put it at the top of my list of romantic movies…

…but I guess it really is - it is a love story….

…and, you know, love wins! :-)

Have a happy Wednesday!

Keep on running!

Peace.

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on September 24, 2008
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Happy Blogaversary…oh yeah, and goodbye Starbucks!

oh yeah, so i’ve now been officially blogging for one year.

woo-hoo!…ow! that makes my head hurt. so does thinking…and now since my new favorite thing to ponder is compound interest, my head is killing me. but, on the up-side: if i just invest my “starbucks” money in a low risk mutual fund for the next forty years, i could accrue over a million dollars…

…that could buy a whole lot of headache medicine - and fund a village in Africa…and open a Dream Center…and adopt some orphans…and - wow this headache is a doozy. maybe if i just dream about all of this it won’t hurt my head so much.

the baptisms went great! it’s been fun to have people in our home so much lately.

anyway, now i’m going to try to sleep off my shenanigans from this morning…and dream of accruing interest and mutual funds and…

…well, of finding my little shopping cart girl and taking her to get ice cream and every pair of shoes we can find that she likes…and dreams like that.

okay, so the thought of that has just ended my starbucks addiction…cold turkey. i’m completely serious - every time i want to buy another over-priced latte, i’ll just imagine her face…

i have to go now…it’s bad enough to try to type with a doozy of a headache, but now i have serious planning to do, all while becoming ever-more emotional…hey, i’m a drama queen! it’s what i do! :-)
so, all-in-all, it’s been a pretty good…but interesting, day.

and now off to dream.

peace to you…

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on May 18, 2008
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Who Knows?

…so I’m really tempted not to blog at all - no one’s reading right now anyway.

Kayleigh and Barry are going to her senior prom tonight - she looked gorgeous…of course (Thanks, Andrea! :-) ). It made me feel proud…and old. Oh well, I think having an 18 year old is going to be full of occasions like that. I’ll take the feeling old part to get the feeling proud part…

And tomorrow’s Mother’s Day…

I’ll write about that tomorrow, but it does make me think of my very first Mother’s Day - I was so young, it’s a wonder Kayleigh even survived…

Friday’s Food Drop got me thinking…

When we were in Dallas for the Creative Church Conference, I heard about the “Dream Centers” around the country - places that rescue prostitutes and runaways and keep them safe until they get back on their feet.

Last night, as I was crying over the little girl in the shopping cart, Byron couldn’t console me - so instead he decided to get my mind working on a plan…

“Remember the Dream Center?” he said, “Maybe we need to go out to California and find out how they do that”.

It was only then that I stopped crying - my tears do no one any good anyway…unless they facilitate some kind of action…

So, we’ll see…who knows? The Orlando Rescue Mission Warehouse did have an old (really old) limo in the parking lot for sale. Maybe I’ll buy it and paint it and use it to rescue people…

maybe…

We’ll see. I’m thinking it would look great all tricked out with flames and a Barbie pink plush interior…or maybe turquoise…

I’m just going to keep dreaming and planning…who knows what may come of it.

Dreams are crazy and powerful things… I just feel this sense of urgency when it comes to making some of my dreams a reality…

Anyway, maybe I’ll call about the limo…and buy a can of paint. Maybe…

Have a peaceful night.

And sweet dreams.

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on May 10, 2008
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