simply ten good things

  

 

~hand strung prayer beads~

~gifts from a bestie~

~shawl in progress~

~yarn for dreaming~

~bunnies in a basket~

~bottles, jars, and rocks~

~Easter table~

~puppies greeting one another~

~breathing ideas~

~pretty towels and a mirror~

"Oh, sometimes there's nothing like a list of goodness to start the day, to slow it all down, to plant us right where we are, and to carry it with us as we begin the week.
Do you need that today?
Give it a go - simply ten good things.

(And Happy Monday to you!)"

from SouleMama

Sexual Assault Center 10th Annual Walk in Their Shoes

Saturday dh, dd and I participated in the Sexual Assault Center's 10th annual Walk in Their Shoes Celebration Walk. For obvious reasons, this event is near and dear to my heart. 

This year's walk was particularly inspiring to me, as I saw many families walking together in support of survivors. What a blessing to have such familial support! One family in particular has made matching shirts emblazoned with the word brave on the front. On the pack of each shirt was either the word survivor or supporter. I got a moment to speak with the girls' mother, grandmother and grandfather before the walk. Later as the walk began, the girls' mother came up and took my hand offering words of encouragement to me! Wow!

A couple of other interesting things from the the walk:
B.A.C.A. of Tennessee -- This was a really cool concept to me. I am familiar with the idea that a lot of biker groups do service projects, but I was unfamiliar with this. Check out their website. I got to talk with a few of them and they were just terrific. They led off the Celebration Walk on their bikes!

Cool People Care is a website I had seen before. They sell merchandise that makes the world a better place. Go check it out and if you decide to buy use the coupon code SACENTER  and 10% of what you spend will be donated to the Sexual Assault Center!


Here are few more pictures from the day! If you have a similar program in your area, I encourage you to get involved. You won't be sorry!

Happy Easter 2011

Holy Saturday

O Lord, let my soul rise up to meet you
as the day rises to meet the sun.


Glory to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.


Come, let us bow down and bend the knee: let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.


Psalm 31:1-5


¹ In you, LORD, I have taken refuge;
   let me never be put to shame;
   deliver me in your righteousness.
² Turn your ear to me,
   come quickly to my rescue;
be my rock of refuge,
   a strong fortress to save me.
³ Since you are my rock and my fortress,
   for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
⁴ Keep me free from the trap that is set for me,
   for you are my refuge.
⁵ Into your hands I commit my spirit;
   redeem me, LORD, my faithful God.


As you hovered over the darkness that covered the earth at the beginning of time, may your Spirit move among us in the silence of this day, preparing us for a new life. Amen.


(Taken from Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals)

Feel Good Friday -- April 22, 2011

Things that made me smile this week:

My ridiculously well organized closet!

My prayer beads!

My swinging hedgehog and new dragonfly!

And my happy green lounge for summer

sunning!

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Thankful Thursday -- April 21, 2011

This week finds me in list mode:

1. The best Besties in the world! Three life long friends who helped me clean out my bonus room closet this week. It's so soothing I may just stay in there!

2. A tough/good day at therapy yesterday. Struggling with some old issues, but was able to talk about it with my therapist. Making some headway on the abuse.

3. A good walk yesterday afternoon even though it was cloudy and a little chilly. Picked some honeysuckle to remind me of important things. I also "rescued" some Tulip Poplar blossoms that were on the ground after our storms. Now they are floating in a crystal bowl on my kitchen counter.

4. A really good conversation with my dd and ds about a concert they went to. I am proud of the people they are becoming and the realizations they have. I hope to continue to grow right along with them.


5. A new study on the book of Esther. My Precepts group will be focusing on Esther for 4 weeks before we break for the summer. An uplifting way to end our year.

        

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