use your voice. it seems simple but in reality it's complex. we use our voices to teach the young and to whisper our darkest fears and sweetest dreams. our voices give form, shape and vision to our memories, cultures and ideas. there is no division, no better or worse, no right or wrong in our voices. they are our most valuable and powerful assests.
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| my cell phone broke and the one i was using to replace it isn't work out. i feel like have not talked to so many of you and i am so sorry. i can't be reached by cell phone anymore and my house line is the only way to reach me. im sorry for all the phone calls that i have not returned and how frustating it is - trust me it's on this end too. renee - i have been listening to david gray's new one all morning and thinking of you -oh boy is he good. jill - i have been calling lgyc but you are a busy girly girl. amy - two text messages that all we have had and i think of you every time i walk into starbucks. paul - im a jerk and we never got together - how about you just come by for fun no car trips. ellen - we got the teen camp cd - i would like to see my rock star friend....possible? mellissa - quit sleeping and get over here. k -love...carrera christmas 2005 was a success. every night i get an itching for felicity...hmm. chadwick im glad that we got to watch one bears game together even if i did get major stomach grossness from toots. AND where the heck is justin. hannah am i ever going to see you? i missed you all so much even those i didn't mention and hopefully will be able to see you. |
they say it's your birthday... joanna marie jardine. most consider this girl the most attractive jardine and i don't think that they are wrong. my gift this summer was that i was able to get the spend time you joanna and for the first time really get to know you. this summer you became my friend - not just a sister. and you are a pretty good friend to have. i love you and i can't wait to get to spend more time with you in just...5 days. happy birthday girl. |
colby mecher - though he was far from home this summer he was still close to my heart (does that make up for it colby?) and i do believe this is one of my all time favorite memories from camp...  shane cash is back on the island hopetown girls - riding in the box car races and everything - we snuck a picture just for you ladies who would appreciate it...  and to close up this little web entry - home is near. brooke said that is was 20 degrees yesterday...whoa. |
i once read a book that said that brokenness is life's nature: that lives and hearts get broken - those of people we love, those of people that we will never meet. it said that this world sometimes feels like a waiting room of the emergency ward and that we who are more or less ok for now need to take the tenderness possible care of the more wounded people in the waiting room, until the healer comes.
i keep coming back to this thought. maybe it's the fact that this weekend i was surrounded by people that were in complete love but at the same time others who were in complete pain. that both these extremes were in the same room at the same time dealing with completely different things. maybe it's the fact that my days are spent with 20 seven year olds that constantly need shoes tied, nose's wiped, problems solved, strictness but hugs all in one moment. or that i get to spend most morning drinking tea and watching the beauty of the sunrise but then walk out of my house and see the complete ugliness in of the world as i am riding to school. but it has become more and more obvious how much this world needs love. and how it is our job to pass that love on. in love there is power. love someone for who they are - love with understanding and watch the change that comes. the change fussing at them or ignoring them would never bring.
i have been changed because of love and i think that it's our job to pass on the power of love to others - give others a glimpse of christ.
