Beginning

I am beginning to love you even though we have never met. I am beginning to feel that you truly are a part of me with each passing day and that has brought a warm smile from deep inside my heart.

I have written about you in the past and hoped for your impossible presence in my life, never dreaming that you would find me and love me for all of your days as I will love you.

What A Difference A Year Makes

Today is my 39th Birthday. It is hard to believe it has rolled around again. On this day last year, I was headed from Zurich to Barcelona, looking forward to meeting new friends and celebrating international-style. 

This year I have awakened to a very quiet house, a familiar house. I love the stillness of this morning. I woke up praying again, and not for myself. I love the simplicity of my life right now. I say that, and then I laughed a little out loud and Maggie just snorted and opened one eye and glared at me to be quiet. 

My life is actually quite complicated at the moment and will remain so for the rest of my days. I am getting my head around all that. So today as I begin to stir, I am so thankful for my life. I am thankful to have lived a beautiful year between 38 and 39 and I am thankful for the special grace God gave to me once I became comfortable just being in my own skin. I wish you all a wonderful June 5th - and all the days until the next... xoxo, Bug

Soft Boiled Egg

I am a soft boiled egg. There is a thin veneer of hardness that covers me, protecting my soft warm interior. A three minute egg is the way I describe myself. If you hold me without knowing who I am really, you might mistake me for hard boiled; like the brightly colored eggs of Easter hunts that can be dropped, and picked up undamaged save for a few cracks along the surface. 

I look the same as those resilient eggs on the surface, but I am not. If you drop me, I will break in half, spilling the contents and secrets that are contained so delicately inside the thin protective barrier I show you. 

People are often much different that we perceive them to be. Let's all remember to look closer, to be careful and to appreciate the layers contained within us all.