i hope my words are strange and wondrous,

like kisses that quiet all things superfluous,

so that we can all stop and

listen

i love the rain.

i love umbrellas, and puddles and raindrops on branches

i love the smell of rain.

the little things in life are the best kinds of things.

today was a day filled with the nicest little things.

went out for women's group today,

my hunger and desire to become a woman of God grows everyday and i eagerly seek as many ways as possible to grow.

then went for vision statement meeting,

i feel so overwhelmingly blessed to be in a community of people where so many opportunities to learn and grow are available.

in short it was wonderful.

and dinner conversations always are.

it is remarkably refreshing to feel joyful and happy,

after two months of slopping through the muck.

and for now everything is peaceful and i enjoy the quiet.

and i'm waiting and loving and living and laughing

for the day when the spaces between my fingers fill up again.

but until then there is love, and He sustains me

as do all the beautiful people i know.

and till then it is enough to be happily me,

to know love and know life, and to know that i be

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and it gets tough,

but i can't help but wait

for better promises to come.