All posts by Helen

Stillness Memories and Figs

Gratitude

Very Grateful for~

God’s invitation to stillness
Memories of the Essex River cruise that Garrett organized
GPS directions
Jim at the Hertz counter
Renee, at the AA ticket counter at Logan aiport
Larry, painting the front door a beautiful new color called “Opening Night”
Amelia bringing Ruby to the airport
Tara Mohr’s thoughts on distinguishing the inner critic’s voice from realistic thinking
fresh figs

Whether it’s a song, a stranger, a mountain, a rain drop, a tea kettle, an article, a sentence, a footstep, feel it all – look around you. All of this is for you. Take it and have gratitude. Give it and feel love. ~Zooey Deschanel

God’s provision of friends

Gratitude

Very Grateful for~

God’s provision of friends

Garrett and his generosity

Picking us up at the airport

Bringing such positivity and support our way

Introducing us to Cassie and her zest-filled energy

And introducing us to Tapas!

How nice to have a friend to trust in Garrett

A beautiful day on a cruise on the Essex River

Not having to know or do anything

Just flowing with the ripple

a friend may be reckoned the masterpiece of nature ~ Emerson

Laughter, Singing…and Naps

Gratitude

Very Grateful for~

God’s healing

Laughter

Tylenol

Getting my sutures out!!

Ice water

The beauty of singing

Naps

My journal

A morning after rain

Forgiveness to letting go of a bell rope. If you have ever seen a country church with a bell in the steeple, you will remember that to get the bell ringing you have to tug awhile. Once it has begun to ring, you merely maintain the momentum. As long as you keep pulling, the bell keeps ringing. Forgiveness is letting go of the rope. It is just that simple. But when you do so, the bell keeps ringing. Momentum is still at work. However, if you keep your hands off the rope, the bell will begin to slow and eventually stop. ~Corrie Ten Boom

Back-to-School

Gratitude

Very Grateful for~

God’s architecture

Back-to-School

Setting up a new back-to-school tradition with Amelia

The mom, waiting for the school bus, with her daughter

The family down the street, taking back-to-school pictures with their kids

Having some tables to give to Amelia to use in her classroom

Jerilynn’s support

Ongoing recovery

Realizing “it”-a couple of sandpaper people in my life- just isn’t fair and there is nothing I can do about “it”

Reading an article about women who expressed the greatest happiest in their twenties were two and a half times as likely to live to age 85, and five times as likely to live to age 94. http://activehappiness.com/2012/08/five-minutes-a-day-for-a-longer-happier-life/

“Emotions are the colors of the soul; they are spectacular and incredible. When you don’t feel, the world becomes dull and colorless.” ~ The Shack by William P. Young

Gratitude

Very Grateful for~

God’s availability

New mittens in coral (fall is coming soon!)

Water for plants and trees

Rare August rain

Frequent flyer miles

The music of Steven Halpern

Janet

The Marys

Sugar cookies

“Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any.” Orson Scott Card

Receiving Outreach

Gratitude

Very Grateful for~

God’s scheduling

This thought: “take that worry from in front of you and see the people who love you, the way things keep working out, the way the sun rises each morning” http://pinterest.com/pin/275493702176507473/

Garrett’s phone call at just the exact right moment…just before I might have toppled

Carol’s emails and her affirmation that it is the best thing to feel everything not just the good feelings but also the bad

Dr. R

Rescheduling

Hearing back on two job possibilities

Getting through an interview the very next day

Garrett’s email and offer of help and his gentle advice, “you need to ask for help”

The freedom question, then, is not whether we can do whatever we want, but whether we can do what we most deeply want. ~Gerald May
What do you want?~Jesus of Nazareth (John 1:38)