I love listening to people's stories...their journey's in life....and how they got to where the are. Some are funny, upbeat, positive...others are inspiring, challenging. All tweek something inside me. A hope that we're all trying to live out our best lives. It makes me grateful....thankful for stories that bridge us....Today I'm thankful for.....
-the six women who shared their hearts with me this week. Each one inspired me to walk more gently, more respectful.....from the outside looking at most of these women, you'd never know the tough stuff they struggle with.I'm honoured to have had them share pieces of their lives with me in a definite heartfelt way.
-my youngest told me a story....about being lost in the rainforest. She told me she was very dirty and needed me to send her lots of soap.....she wrote her creative story on little index cards and kept running in for me to read another piece of the story. I laughed so hard at her crazy imagination and saw a side of her that is so totally neat. She's my kid that I have to fight with to take a bath but once she's in the water, I have to fight to get her out.
-I wasn't going to do it....but at the last minute I decided to do the namowrite thingy. The goal is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. I'm writing about growing up Jewish and how that has framed my faith today. I didn't think I had a lot to say but I'm already over 3000 words.
-The stories of so many people live inside me. My cyber buddy Gaye Anderson who passed away a few months ago from Pancreatic Cancer.....Her stories about fly fishing....and how much she adored her father, husband and son still float in my head. An older man I met at the park while waiting for my girls....his tales about his cherished wife who passed a year ago....and why he loves nature and books and people are there too....and many of the stories from you guys.....funny ones....difficult ones to read.....inspiring ones....they're all there too.
-And the best...the one I could never ever forget.....His story....it's one that changed everything.....A story that really shines and which brought me from no hope to knowing hope.
