lucky...

I've never been a fan of goodbyes.

I cry a lot. And I am ultra-sentimental. (Example: I bawled my eyes out while walking slowly and lovingly through each room to say goodbye to a tiny furnished apartment my family had lived in for all of a week or so while my dad was in training in San Diego when I was a little girl. I haven't changed much.)

But, life is about living and changing and always, always moving forward. And, sometimes (often), this means a lot of goodbyes. I've certainly had my fair share. Goodbyes to places, to habits, to childhood, to loves, to hurts, to cars, to weaknesses, to homes, to toys, to clothes, to pieces of myself, to friends, to family....

It's never easy (at least not for me), and rarely fun.

But, today, as I say another goodbye, I am thankful. So very thankful.

"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard."

A.A. Milne

Yes, I am one very lucky girl. And Life. Is Good.

farewell, discovery....

Discovery launched on its final mission today.



I only have a minute, so for now I'll just say, for the final time....

Good luck and God speed, Discovery!

life. is. good.

Have you ever had one of those days where you just wake up really happy?



Today is one of those days for me.

There are so many things in my life that are not at all as I'd hoped they would be. My heart aches as I never knew was possible. I often shed tears of pain and sorrow and worry.

At the same time, I am blessed far beyond my capacity to receive. I have thousands of reasons to smile. I laugh every day. I am loved.

And I am happy. And hopeful. And, oh, so grateful.

"I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing." - Agatha Christie

And I feel myself needing to say thank you. Thank you for my life.



But even more, thank you for His.