It's Time to Grow, Girl

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Some days when I'm sitting down to write the blog article in my journal, I have so much trouble unraveling the thoughts whipping around in my head that it feels like dumping a 5,000 piece puzzle out onto a table and deciding where to begin. Do I sort the dominant edge pieces, then fill in the middle or should I just randomly pull out a center piece and go with that? More times than not, I pluck the most "noisy" thought out, plop it on a page and work from there. Today, however, I'm beginning from the cornerstones (or edge pieces).

The things that balance my world are my Tribe, my careers of teaching and writing, and my Faith (not necessarily in that order, and frequently the order itself changes depending on the day). It is within these three places that my roots grow the strongest. They are like rich, fertile soil that nourishes an feeds my soul. Some of the roots connected to certain members of my Tribe are thick with time and age, while others are smaller, more tender connections. Both are of equal importance to me even though they are very different.

It is up in those highest places, where new leaves reach mightily for the sun, however, that capture my essence today. I feel the growth as I stretch up as high as I can possibly extend myself and strain to force myself even further. I remember what the wind feels like beneath my wings when I can no longer remain on terra firma and must fly! I am changing and it is wildly exciting, but a little frightening too. The undertone of angst to be found in the new will not hold me back, though. No longer do I remain captured in my self-imposed cage of fear from my past and that is a glorious feeling indeed! Whatever your weekend entails, I hope it includes many sweet, waking dreams and flying things (...okay, except for mosquitoes, which are completely UNFUN and tornadoes, which are far worse!). Until Monday, embrace your life with JOY in your heart...and eat the cookies!