An Ever-Widening Circle...

I find it strange that today’s writing and rambling have been initiated by a timer, a createive writing exercise with a friend and a latte including a few free flowing thoughts as hands poised precariously over keys on my computer. It has been too long for my liking since I spent time in the space. The space which allows all of who I’ve become to mingle with the me that I am yet to become. Where what I have experienced and what will become my furture, meet. Where those who I’ve been shaped by to who will be added to that ever-widening circle of friends. I find it hard to come in and out of this space quickly and only desire to engage when I have ample time. Ample time to sit, to let my mind wander down that lane full peaks and mountains of joy which could never be fully captured here. A place and people I miss terribly. And full of valley’s so low it make me hesitate to even enter this space at all. And in that, maybe there lies a lesson. Life is like that; before the cold snap is over, the spring flowers begin to bloom. One season slows to a end, yet before it is finished another season starts. So with my face still wet and warm with tears, I face a new season with all the hope and myriad of mixed feelings that new seasons naturally bring. The old me is standing at the shore, stretching onto her toes and waving me off into the distance wondering if she’ll return. Therein lies another question. But for now, I am standing in a boat floating into new scenery. Knowing where I’ve been, but not all too sure of where I'm going.

I sit down and row with a heavy heart yet with strong arms and spirit…knowing that this is the path God has chosen for me now. There are great things ahead…even better than before?! Can that be?

Next stop for now: a week of scans. And to stack my books onto my new bookshelf in the corner, next to my desk near the light switch on the wall. Yes, I've definitely moved to a different world since my last post. But then again...a lot more than that has changed and is different. A lot. Yet I find myself in the midst of an ever-widening circle of friends. That is one thing that I am so VERY grateful for.

some people that i've been especially blessed by in that circle of friends: