"productive" is our exercise-bike-word right now. go go go and never seem to finish anything!
"congratulations" is taking on a new meaning. we're getting lots of congratulations, but there're always sad eyes behind the word.
"anticipation" fills my mind, even though it's never spoken. my whole life is spent anticipating something.
"remember" is associated with the millions of memories that surface while i look at the pictures that still need to be scrapbooked before we leave. (i don't mind this at all...i love this "task!")
"wednesday" is "finally!" word, because it's when i finally have my appointment with mayo!
some other words that have been really speaking to my heart have come in the form of a poem put to music that we're singing in school. the melody feels spiritual to me, and every time the kids sing it my heart recovers a little more...i'm starting to feel thankful for my time here, not just sad that we're leaving.
"the pasture"
i'm going out to clean the pasture spring;
i'll only stop to rake the leaves away
and wait to watch the water clear, i may:
i sha'n't be gone long. you come too.
i'm going out to fetch the little calf
that's standing by the mother. it is so young,
it totters when she licks it with her tongue.
i sha'n't be gone long. you come too.
these words embody all that is simplicity in life...raking leaves, watching a mother lick her calf, watching water. and then, the narrator invites the person he loves to come with and experience the beauties of life. simple words, big meaning.
a pretty good recording (of couse, i think we do it better!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4syWiBEts0&feature=related
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the final words came from one of my special needs girls this week. we've always had a pretty close bond, and she took the news that we're leaving pretty hard. i'll post her whole letter later, but these words made me smile (and i quote), "you are the queen of the wind because you are so beautiful." ah...words from the heart. :)
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