Meri's Musings

It's easy to stalk JoY this time of year. Family gatherings the excited anticipation in children's eyes the near-manic intensity in the grocery store on Christmas eve day (well, maybe most people don't find that joyful) I found plenty of JoY over the past week, mostly in the form of pint-size people. Little Oliver is now almost seven weeks old.  Good as gold. Loves to be upright. Is a good snuggler. His cousin Serenity  got a rush of joy  from holding him. Logan had fun playing with Serenity, finger puppets and hot wheels (which the cats found absolutely fascinating) and then there was the present-opening part. Poor kid has too many Christmas appearances to count, but each one comes with presents. I want to give him Christmas memories  beyond the ripping of paper and the temporary frenzy of things, so I engineered an outing. Last year,  we nearly froze our fingers wa...

When things the magnitude of the disaster in Japan happen, we often feel so overwhelmed and so impotent that we do nothing. Not because we don't care, but because we just don't know how to make a meaningful contribution. Here's a way. Your contribution can be small or large, so long as it comes from the heart. (Clicking on the doll photo will take you to our team's fundraising page so you can join our effort.) p.s. My friend Jen's contribution got us really close to our goal of purchasing a second box -- so it's time to think bigger! Thanks to all of you who've opened your hearts to make a difference.

Longing is the voice of your soul.   It constantly calls you to be fully present  in your life: to live to the full  the one life given to you. -  John O'Donohue (Eternal Echoes) I long for inspiration, to stumble into love,  to feel as if I can stop juggling projects  and bring them to fruition.  I long to be heard,  to make a difference,  to just BE instead of DOING   way too often.  I long to let go of things not worth holding on to  so my life can hold things shiny and new.  I long to learn how.  Where is your soul calling you?