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I had one of the greatest days. One of those days where you are outside-looking-in, but in motion with everything going on around you... one of those really in-tune days, I think it blossomed out of the intent I started the day with:

"I am going to take in love and life in any way I can today, and whatever comes to me as poison I am going to trust in the divine design of my body and the Spirit to protect my soul and discard it."

Another personal attitude I am trying to incorporate into this idea (the idea of being able to discard poison, especially any sort of anguish, bitterness, or pettiness that festers into infectious sores) is this:

"May I love greater than I can humanly love today, extend my heart into the world as a hope offering... and, should the world trample it, stomp it, kick it, spit on it... may I choose to pick it up, revive and refresh it through further acceptance of the blessing that has already come... and my I choose to remain vulnerable and love once more."

It seems this helped my attitude from food to conversation to worries... I am still perfecting the wording, and such...but so far I have found that it helps me to not stay in the mind-set that I am obviously flawed, and basically a jacked up excuse of a human...just because of the fallen nature of man. It occurred to me recently, if I continue to choose to focus on the 'badness' of my self and humankind, and not be in the 'now' of consciously choosing each and every day to accept more of the blessing that Jesus is...then I am rejecting His concept of cleaning up this world...one soul at a time.

So, that is my new goal...in this life, in this process of being aware of my expectations, choosing to be awake in my choices (from breakfast to curriculum to parenting to relationships...), and not only awake but responsible for what I have chosen... to be vulnerable, in the healthiest sense. To trust in the full and eternal blessing that occurred upon Golgotha, to accept more Jesus and to let the Divine design work the poison out.

May you find love in unexpected places today.

Love, Kelly

I am working on collecting scripture and poetry for labor. If you have any you'd like to share, please leave me a comment with your favorite verses or poem. I will truly appreciate it!

Here's something God and I are working on:

as you descend,
i will receive you, uplift you, feed you,
shelter you in your newfound womb of my arms
withholding this world with my right
drawing you further into my heart with my left
&, although i am limited by my strength alone…
i stock my trust in Greater arms that have consoled me
that this shall be the way it is until I can hold you no more.



Uh…I am still working out the kinks though. ☺

Love, Kelly

A Benediction for Fathers

In the beginning, from the womb of His hand
caked in sand, birthed into form
a place for His very heart: a son of His own.

Raised on wisdom, feasted on eons of passion, lullaby’d to an eternity of dreams—
meticulously drafted, designed, hand-crafted…
appointed to appreciation, the overseer to love and care for all creation:
to father the new, the fresh, the weak,
to minister the orphaned, the old, the outcast on the street.
But guard not by back and brow alone,
as you know the tenderness of woman is from what you are sewn
and wisdom, yes, of the Word emblazoned upon your soul.

Never left alone by grace, know the All Father who made you at will…
is yearning to guide & walk beside you still.

May the grace, mercy, and peace that come only from God the Father and our Lord Jesus the Liberating King mark your life and the lives of everyone touched by your words and deeds.*


(* This last part is from 1 Timothy of The Voice)

Alas, the end is near...

Here's a question:

What do...

Galveston
The Zoo
The Museum of Natural Science
Miller Outdoor Theatre
HITS Theatre
Ballet, Tap & Jazz
Park days
Co-op days
Two kids
and a Mom with an ENORMOUS gas bill have in common?

YES! We're home schoolers! And alas, the end of our first year home schooling is coming to a close. We're still going to have to tidy up some loose ends over the summer, but rest assured by September we'll be ready for fifth and second grade with new baby in tow! (Someone please remind me of this enthusiasm, albeit sarcasm in September)

Honestly, though, we really love the groove of home schooling. :)


On the pregnancy front...I am in love already :) ...all is going so very well, and we are looking forward to meeting this happy, healthy baby in August!

In this ever increasing Houston heat, may God's grace be a shady refuge to you.

Love, Kelly