Showing posts with label greatful. Show all posts
Showing posts with label greatful. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

twirling. impressions of life.

you know that sensation you get from spinning... round and round and round--just trying to stay upright.
life is like that. twirling. round and round. it passes in a blur. i fall. and get up again; brushing off dirt, willing myself to move forward. fast and hazy, days and nights flash by as memories while i swirl on. bits of light and color surface, but the world becomes lost from view as mind and body tip-dizzy and scattered. then... collapse. but in the falling, God gives the moments for slow motion. moments for seeing clearly. moments for stopping. moments for light and love and laughter. the constant staying-on-my-feet becomes dim as my Savior lifts me up and twirls me in the dance of a lifetime. 
   
[a shot i took last week of my beautiful friend.]

Sunday, September 11, 2011

home of the free... because of the brave.

thinking back 10 years... standing in the living room watching first 1 then 2 towers go up in smoke... crying with my mom...  seeing the giant plums of smoke and ash and debris cover american soil... trying to comprehend the tragedy in my 7 year old mind... i remember so vividly.
i thank God for the brave men and women in new york that day who sacrificed their lives to rescue others.
and i thank God for the brave men and women today who sacrifice their lives to keep me safe.