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there and back again skip to main skip to sidebar there and back again tuesday november 29 2016 thank you ann voskamp the house is silent and i am grateful quiet time for stillness for thoughtfulness for confronting the things deep within that are unsettled and wearisome and weighty enough that they illicit tears i am cracked and parched and desperate for someone to soothe i reach for a book words to fill the last few moments of wakefulness and realizing the book i am presently reading frankenstein is left downstairs i reach out almost reluctantly for ann voskamp s book one thousand gift which is a permanent fixture on my bedside table the past few days have been well a bit angsty and panicky and hard the struggle for joy a painfully real struggle the ordinary which i normally see as life giving and hope filled clouded not full of beauty but dreadfully dull monotonous meaningless and yet even in my dread i reach for this book on thanksgiving and living the eucharistic life and find again what initially drew me to this work so many years ago a source of healing a promise of peace once again thanks giving thanks deliberately and constantly if i felt the joy draining from me perhaps it was because i stopped saying thank you and forgetting to quote my staretz mary oliver that my work is loving the world loving the world right where i am at loving those right in front of me i am a hunter of beauty and i move slow and i keep the eyes wide every fiber of every muscle sensing all wonder and this is the thrill of the hunt and i could be an expert on the life full the beauty meat that lurks in every moment i hunger to taste life god thank you ann voskamp posted by beth at 11 27 pm 1 comments friday june 6 2014 turning seven the boys crowded into the kitchen where they made a wonderful mess as they creamed the sugar into the butter pounding fiercely with wooden spoons until they had achieved a perfectly smooth emulsion they each broke one egg into a bowl stirring with such vigor i was glad i hadn t given them a bowl made of glass they measured flour and baking soda with enormous concentration and buttered the pan so carefully that not a millimeter remained bare then they dusted it with clouds of flour as i surveyed my ruined kitchen it occurred to me that life really couldn t get any better than this froom ruth reichl s garlic and sapphires russell chose carrot cake with cream cheese frosting which he didn t eat elliot chose chocolate cake with vanilla butter cream which russell did eat happy seventh birthday to the sons of thunder posted by beth at 12 37 am 2 comments saturday may 31 2014 lovely to be thy guest o god thou art my god early will i seek thee my soul thirsteth for thee my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land where no water is because thy lovingkindness is better than life my lips shall praise thee because thou hast been my help therefore in the shadow of thy wings will i rejoice from psalm 63 there is a stillness enveloping this day inside i hear the rhythmic patter of feet running up and down the stairs the flip of a light switch off and on laughter pure and without reservation i am roused from my drowsiness by a bird chattering her laud outside the kitchen window the cicadas relentless in their droning song the leaves gently fanning away the heat of the day the slight ripple of water in the birdbath all of creation praises you but i do not what was i created for to feed these children to wash these dishes to create a home to hold a hand to empty myself and embrace each person surrounding me my sacred trust i am small insignificant but the lord is at my side i am here be still listen christ seems to whisper you are not alone the morning light flickers on the faces of the saints all around me and beckons me to remember to remember that i am a part of a greater whole a living thread in this crushingly beautiful tapestry of all creation the body of christ glory to thee o god for the feast day of life cleaning up my kitchen today and found these thoughts from nearly a year ago scrawled on a piece of paper the title and quotes were taken from my favorite akathist http www saintjonah org services thanksgiving htm posted by beth at 5 07 pm 0 comments friday may 23 2014 a parent s prayer love begins at home love lives in homes and that is why there is so much suffering and so much unhappiness in the world today if we listen to jesus he will tell us what he said before love one another as i have loved you he has loved us through suffering dying on the cross for us and so if we are to love one another if we are to bring that love into life again we have to begin at home mother teresa o heavenly father make me a better parent teach me to understand my children to listen patiently to what they have to say and to answer all their questions kindly keep me from interrupting them or contradicting them make me as courteous to them as i would have them be to me forbid that i should ever laugh at their mistakes or resort to shame or ridicule when they displease me may i never punish them for my own selfish satisfaction or to show my power let me not tempt my children to lie or steal and guide me hour by hour that i may demonstrate by all that i say and do that honesty produces happiness when i m out of sorts help me 0 lord to hold my tongue may i ever be mindful that my children are children and i should not expect of them the judgments of adults let me not rob them of the opportunity to wait on themselves and to make decisions bless me with the bigness to grant them all their reasonable requests and the courage to deny them privileges i know will do them harm make me fair and just and kind and fit me o lord to be loved and respected and imitated by my children amen by fr james meena the word may 1978 peace and goodness posted by beth at 5 26 pm 2 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom blog archive 2016 1 november 1 thank you ann voskamp 2014 6 june 1 may 4 january 1 2013 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