Thank for your kindness you are showing me & the world. It’s a wonderful antidote to the massive cruelty sweeping our nation. (ADHD is my legacy as well.)
Thank you, Shanley. So happy to hear that Ezra's MRI is scheduled. I have no doubt but that all will be well. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. (Shawshank Redemption)
I think it was your turn of phrase in the header that “hope begins before anything glows that drew me in to read this Sunday’s post from start to finish. It resonated with my own experiences this week, especially in waiting with hope for a repair that may or may not be supported. Tomorrow after waiting a sufficient time for a response will pose the question again briefly but more direct in hopes to get a response that allows me to move forward whether the answer is positive or not. Being in a state of limbo for an extended time is what is most hurtful and demands at time patience or alternatively action, not so much as a demand but soliciting a courtesy for another to step into imagining themselves in your shoes and caring enough to give an honest response.
Today’s plan is to pose the question again asking kindly for the generosity of a reply.
Whether or not I receive an answer, it’s on ne to carry on and move forward and holding kindness as important in my own actions as the question has to do with a repair to a floor that with a safety concern that I offered a solution to remedy and bear a good portion of the cost in a building I dont own but am under contract for the year ahead. This is in a move to a new space after 30 years in one where I built everything myself at my own expense with an owner who preferred tenants not bother him with their concerns if that would entail any investment in time or money. The new place doesn’t give that permission to care and do a repair to a space I dont own but hope to inhabit and care for while in residence. My parents always taught us to be good stewards and in living leave a place in better condition than when you stepped foot inside assuming responsibilty in your capacity as a temporary or long term tenant. Will see if that matters as its the way I anticipate being The building that’s over a hundred years old is worth caring about in any case.
Lovely writing once again. Your words paint such a vivid picture of your growing family. The story about glow worms is an added bonus - I remember seeing them for the first time on a French campsite, and being absolutely entranced.
Your articles are a Godsend amongst today's insanity! Not only your sparkling writing, but the way you appreciate your family and your life in an Oregon forest. We are your "extended family"!
And I chuckled at the "Mom-and-Stepmom", as I had similar moments raising my kids. It is such a blessing that you two get along! 💕
Thank for your kindness you are showing me & the world. It’s a wonderful antidote to the massive cruelty sweeping our nation. (ADHD is my legacy as well.)
Thank you, Shanley. So happy to hear that Ezra's MRI is scheduled. I have no doubt but that all will be well. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. (Shawshank Redemption)
Beautiful thoughts beautifully expressed. Thank you, Shanley.
I think it was your turn of phrase in the header that “hope begins before anything glows that drew me in to read this Sunday’s post from start to finish. It resonated with my own experiences this week, especially in waiting with hope for a repair that may or may not be supported. Tomorrow after waiting a sufficient time for a response will pose the question again briefly but more direct in hopes to get a response that allows me to move forward whether the answer is positive or not. Being in a state of limbo for an extended time is what is most hurtful and demands at time patience or alternatively action, not so much as a demand but soliciting a courtesy for another to step into imagining themselves in your shoes and caring enough to give an honest response.
Today’s plan is to pose the question again asking kindly for the generosity of a reply.
Whether or not I receive an answer, it’s on ne to carry on and move forward and holding kindness as important in my own actions as the question has to do with a repair to a floor that with a safety concern that I offered a solution to remedy and bear a good portion of the cost in a building I dont own but am under contract for the year ahead. This is in a move to a new space after 30 years in one where I built everything myself at my own expense with an owner who preferred tenants not bother him with their concerns if that would entail any investment in time or money. The new place doesn’t give that permission to care and do a repair to a space I dont own but hope to inhabit and care for while in residence. My parents always taught us to be good stewards and in living leave a place in better condition than when you stepped foot inside assuming responsibilty in your capacity as a temporary or long term tenant. Will see if that matters as its the way I anticipate being The building that’s over a hundred years old is worth caring about in any case.
Lovely writing once again. Your words paint such a vivid picture of your growing family. The story about glow worms is an added bonus - I remember seeing them for the first time on a French campsite, and being absolutely entranced.
Your articles are a Godsend amongst today's insanity! Not only your sparkling writing, but the way you appreciate your family and your life in an Oregon forest. We are your "extended family"!
And I chuckled at the "Mom-and-Stepmom", as I had similar moments raising my kids. It is such a blessing that you two get along! 💕
Beautiful.
your sense of individual humanity and global oneness is so inspiring. thank you.