Melanie's sketch of Mason

just adorable.

fantabulous birthday

I received my ashes...

I received my ashes on Ash Wednesday.

The ashes marked me as one of Christ's own.

I carry that mark on my forehead,

but I let it lodge deep in my soul.

As these ashes are infused with the joy and the sorrow

that abide within the soul of my life,

I let the holiness of those ashes

smolder with all that resides within,

giving birth to something unadulterated,

something so full of Sacred grace,

that it can be offered as a fragrant offering

to the Lord of Heaven.

I am not marked for this Wednesday only.

I am not only marked for this Lenten season,

but it seems to be a marking

that I will carry

forever.

✙

also...

Lili Ruth got her ashes--

wish I had a picture.

This is her sorting rocks at Zamma's:

☆ Chloe is 13 ☆

"Where did you come from, baby dear?

Out of the everywhere into the here..."

February 16, 1997--Chloe's birthday

Quote by Khalil Gibran

✙Julia, Summer of 1953✙

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet,

and the winds long to play with your hair."

~Khalil Gibran

❤❤❤Happy Valentine's Day❤❤❤

Make a Smilebox greeting

Winter Wonderland

(I took this picture a few minutes later--after the sun was up. I didn't make any adjustments on either photo.)

STATUE OF RECONCILIATION

The statue is by Josefina de Vasconcellos who made it at the age of 90. It was donated to Coventry Cathedral (England) by Richard Branson on the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II (1995).

"Essential to the work of reconciliation is a nonjudgmental presence. We are not sent to the world to judge, to condemn, to evaluate, to classify, or to label. When we walk around as if we have to make up our mind about people and tell them what is wrong with them and how they should change, we will only create more division."

Henri Nouwen

Wonder what was wrong with Mason?

Seems like a long time ago since he was 2 years old--what a sweet little boy he was! I love him so much!