Small ~JJ Heller

Cardboard cutouts on the floor,
People wish that You were more like
what they wanted You to be.
Eventually, they won't have much of You at all
in their theology.
The walls are closing in on You.
You cannot be contained at all.

I don't want to make You small.
I don't want to fit You in my pocket..
a cross around my throat.

You are brighter than the sun.
You're closer than
the tiny thoughts I have of You,
but I could never fathom You.

At all.

Broken mouldings all around.
Broken people hit the groud
when they discover that
You're not here for our benefit.
You love
in spite of us.
You use
the least of us....
to prove the strong aren't really strong .

At all.

A Short, Slow Life ~Elizabeth Bishop early 50's

We lived in a pocket of Time.
It was close, it was warn.
Along the dark seam of the river
the houses,the barns, the two churches,
hid like white crumbs
in a fluff of gray willows and elms,
till Time made one of his gestures;
his nails scratched the shingled roof.
Roughly his hand reached in,
and tumbled us out.

Other quotes

"Laughter is the best dinnertime music." ~Carleton Kendrick

"They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world.
-someone to love,
-something to do,
-and something to hope for."
~Tom Bodett

"Ah, There is nothing like staying home for real comfort."
~Jane Austin

"A family in harmony will prosper in everything"
~Chinese proverb

"The ordinary arts we practice everyday at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest."
~Thomas More

Memorial Weekend

Saturday we meet Jon and Sonia and the kidlets at Horsethief Lake. Just a day trip..it is a mid point for each of us to drive..perfect. The kids enjoyed swimming and the raft. I got major sun and enjoyed being with family who also happens to be friends. That so rarely is the case and is a treasure. It ended up being very relaxing. The kids had a great time.

We came home and rested Sunday, and Isaac started getting very sick..by Monday mornig I couldn't bring his temp down. Serg went to the HUGE Value Village Sale early (to get the best stuff) :) and when he got home, I took Ike to the ER. They ran blood work and said it was just a nasty flu..not the swine one. He has made a quick recovery adn I think I'll send him to school this afternoon.

The illness prompted me to scrub the house down with vinegar. I cut some of my flourishing roses from the yard and brought them in to decorate the bathrooms and our bedrooms..Huge red delicious smelling roses...I also palnted peach ones and yellow ones with pink just at the tips of the petals...my pumpkins are pushing up their fuzzy little shoots and the strawberries are already red. Yellow flowers are all over my tomato plants, although something else thinks their leaves are yummy..have to get some spray.

Noah is anxious to get his cast off this Friday. We shall see..I'm guessing they will put him in another one for a bit..but he is determined that Friday will be the day...poor boy! At least it will be off for most of the summer and he will get to go to Pinevalley this year.



I read from the Proverbs this morning...feeling ready to tackle the day..