Innocence

Olivia fell asleep

On my chest,

Snoring through her little

Nose,

Cozy in her

White dress,

Drawing attention

Without even trying.

We love to stop and look

At innocence.

It feels rare

And is captured so perfectly

In the feather-down hair

On a baby’s head –

In long soft lashes

And closed eyes.

Look today, though,

For the sleeping infant

Inside your own heart.

Innocence is not forgotten,

Only abandoned.

You still have the chance

To take her in

Your arms.

HT

Friday Felicities - 9/3/10

Ah, Friday.  Time to list things from the week that made us happy.  Time to remember Natalie and how she always found things to be grateful for, even in the worst of situations.

A mostly unpacked craft room

A book that inspired me to love people more

Haydn reading to me from an article about Russia and Poland

David drawing a picture for Uncle Greg this morning, because he misses him

David writing a song at the breakfast table

Morning devotions with my sons

Olivia sleeping on me at Em's wedding

Ribbons around flower girl feet

Feeling like myself again

Heather

Friday Felicities - 8/27/10

Friday Felicities

Wonderful conference with David's teacher

Haydn enjoying his life more

Hearing about my boys on the zip line

Audio books for when I am driving

Free wifi at McDonald's

Olive Garden with Corey

Heather

Remembering my Baptism

Water,
Wet and clear,
Begging me to feel
Pure again.

HT

Friday Felicities - 8/20/10

It is time for Friday Felicities.  I just spent a while trying to figure out Mr. Linky.  I am confused.  It says I have to upgrade to a silver account to use the service.  Um....  No?  So, we will stick to links in the comments for now.

Suggestions?

Friday Felicities

In Memory of Natalie Rose

Ivy League on my toes

Laughing at myself b/c I tried to "click" to turn pages in a hardback book

Free chocolates for having a Nook in B&N

Corey's excitement over his new phone

God as judge (and only God)

Beth Moore using Return of the King in Bible Study

Dad posting old pictures on Facebook

Cute onesie for my niece

Clearance shoes 

David going on his first church retreat without us

Haydn having good days at school this week

Heather

Hey there Nook Users!

Nooksters?  Nookites?  Nookies?

I am posting a list of the ebooks I own that have the "lend me" option.  So, if anyone wants to borrow one, let me know.

Holy Bible (ESV)
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Room with a View by E M Forster
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Early Works of Edna St Vincent Millay

Confession

I like myself.

I don't mean I think I am better than anyone else or cooler or smarter or funnier.

I mean: 

I like myself.

I do not think I am fat.  I like my freckles.  I love having pale skin and dark hair. I have a wobble to my belly and stretchmarks on my thighs.  And, I don't care about those things the way I used to.  I have no illusions that I could be a bikini model or a calendar girl, but I don't want to be either of those things, so who cares?

I like me.

Heather