Friday, April 9, 2010

written affirmation

My dear friend Meag is gifted at giving gifts. Some how she sent me mail while overseas (somehow I think I may need to thank her mom for sending it from the States). The point is she thinks ahead...she is one of the most thoughtful people I know. There is something that melts inside of me when knowing there is someone else thinking about me. To know that someone else cherishes me and intentionally creates something that attempts to reflect that love is a gift in itself. It is rare that I receive a hand written letter nowadays. I miss that. I think I want to be better about sending written letters and affirmations to those I care about.



Handmade card from an artist in Lagos, Nigeria.

It's the little things...shells in a tea package!

Even the inside of the package is lavishly colorful
Hand sewn to close the package!

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Perspective...

I am working on a creative project for school...
I have gotten lost in the raw words of Sabrina Ward Harrison...here is what I have picked up after flipping through her pages:

Study to know yourself as you really are.
Belong to yourself.
Your soul will awaken.
Get out of your nightgown and lie naked in moonlight.
Share your real self.
Nourishing voyage.
Splendidly imperfect.
When did I start doubting who I am?
I have learned that frustration is allowed and talking it through is necessary.
We are all facing choices that define us.


Sunday, April 4, 2010

Alexis' First Easter Egg Hunt

Happy Easter!
Risen...Jesus has risen indeed






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"When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares."

~Henri Nouwen