Ordinary Life

The question was:  ' What does this song mean to you ? '  Well sir, if you want to know the truth...  '.. .o n a good day, it's amen. On others, I think maybe I've got myself fooled in one more of my oh-so-clever ways...   When disorder spills over into (what is supposed to be) my reordering season,  I have to admit, I have the capacity to doubt every last thing.  Sometimes I sober up and realize I'm being silly (again) - there is so much to be grateful for.  Other times, I smash the bottle against the wall and snarl 'who. do. you. think. you. are?' It is then I beg Him to draw near...and wait.  Sometimes I wait and wait and wait. It is the only shred of faith I own; to stay here, alive and waiting.' ~ * ~

  In August, I began to design some announcements and a website or two for when Riley would be born. Most of my inspiration came from the verses we were given at WinShape and the idea that we were forever hemmed in. Sometimes the memories can be heavy or pinch in all the ways we meant well but went wrong. Tucked somewhere deep in our pockets, we all carry the crumpled drafts of who we used to be, who we intended to be, and who we thought we were.  Write your plans in pencil. Don't throw the rough draft years  away.  Who we are today is who we've spent our lives becoming Bittersweet to re-visit these pages? Well, sure.  But, I still sang along to the songs.  BREWPORT: http://kellyandclay.wix.com/home  RILEY WREN: http://kellyandclay.wix.com/rileywren

In July 2010 , we celebrated Independence Day on Harbor Island and the kids attended Baby Bootie Camp to get ready for new baby sister Riley.      At Bootie Camp, we learned to hold babies, give bottles and change diapers. There were fun foods and lots of shower games, too - like Baby Food Roulette, Baby Sculpting and Bottle Races to list a few. These pictures brought a smile to my face, it is one of my favorite memories. I am grateful for my children and for the times we got to share. 

I looked around the room with grateful affection for the people present and a tinge of sadness over those notably absent. After 43 years, the guest of honor was retiring, exchanging his pulpit for an RVangelism crusade.  (You can retire from church, but never the call.)  The last-minute invitation to attend came after church on a Sunday where I'd just  spent the final hymn and closing prayer at my own church rationalizing naps as biblically-required rest. It had been a long week of all nighters and challenging circumstances. The week ahead promised more of the same.  Had they said 'Amen' yet or had I nodded off again? It was that kind of Sunday.  It is hard to admit I was struggling because it is always hard for me to admit that. I can't always put into words where a dilemma lies. If you don't know how to spell elephant, there can't be one in the room, see?  When the low gas light comes on, you can still eek out a good 20 miles if you're lucky - no cause fo...

Just on the cusp of June, no photos were uploaded during that month, only some before and after. Perhaps we were in the car a lot. 2010 National Champions and home education with Wings (EdVenture & Butterfly Observatory) 

  A decade has past and still, there are places that never leave one's soul. Beaufort is one of those places for me and likely always will be. 

Now I lay me... still awake it's Three AM Midnight of the soul  I'm fishing for words fathoming depths only imagined I cannot anchor here,  Do not wake my love I pray... Keep moving on. 

Same old, same old song, new melodies interwoven... You're not here It's better that way And also, no  it isn't. I watch a low-budget movie We are in it. We are everywhere When you disappear I tell a friend that I have been Both May and cold December Himself,  an August Eagle circling nearer  me He is as far from you as I can get Better or not, we agree It's how things have to  be The movie says Grenen is a land between two seas. Quick embrace on shifting sands, before you fade into you and I flow back to me. Read About Grenen here:   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenen  'Same Old Song' by Iron & Wine: 

  'Just friends' will do.