A record of the incessant and trivial chatter running through my head.
 I am currently tucked away in a corner of a crowded cafe. It’s the lunchtime peak and voices echo from every direction. To my left sits an older married couple. It’s hard not to notice how few words pass between them. How’s your salad? Silence. Do you want a cookie? Silence. I wonder if their […]     Earlier this week I chuckled when I read a status update of a friend on Facebook. She shared that she had just returned home from taking her daughter to preschool in her p.j.’s for P.J. day. When she arrived, however, she learned that P.J. day was not that day, but the following day. I imagined […]
 About eight years ago, I was required to sit in front of a video camera and tell an unknown person why they should accept me into their graduate program. I recall the afternoon vividly. It was a Monday–the day Chad and I had off work. I remember sitting on a chair in the living room […]  I have spent the last few days trying to decide how I want to make this introduction. How do I adequately introduce a woman for whom words are so very inadequate? A woman whose spirit is so much bigger than her small stature? A woman whose impact reaches so far that I’m certain her influence […]  Things change. There are times when change happens in a moment. Other times, it takes a life time. Always, though, things change. Things change especially if you live where we live. Last week the sun shined brightly in the sky. The warmth of it’s rays reached far enough to point the gauge of the thermometer […]
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Ahhh, I am so bad at this. I'm always playing the "when xyz…" game. I need to stop and listen too. Thanks for the reminder.
I felt like this during this past weekend too–WHEN I WAS TALKING WITH YOU!!!! I think we both did a good job at living in the NOW! We were Friend to Friend. Nothing else mattered. I mean seriously, we walked the mall and barely noticed people, loud noises, chaos and even the stores that were surrounding us! It felt like time had stopped…no joke! And then the time we sat at Noodle & Company swapping real life stories…I didn't notice much of anyone when we were there…heck, I forgot about the meal and barely ate my food! 🙂 I can't remember the last time I just sat still and took life in with a friend….if so, it must have been a long long long time ago! I am so glad we took the time to slow down and listen to each other. True friendship, indeed! I hope to do more of this "living in the now" thing with my precious family! Because moments like that are precious!!!!
JoEllen
JoEllen. . .I agree with every word you wrote.
Every. single. word.
Thank you Summer!!! We need to live in the NOW!! We can't worry about then because we never know what will happen.
Thanks for the reminder!!!!
LY