~Summit Supplication~

I hiked to the tip top of my mountain today.

Had alot on my mind.

Many things on my list.

Things I needed to ask Him.

Questions I wanted answered.

Gifts I sought.

Wisdom I felt was being withheld.

Blessings I intended on begging.

Each step on the ascent added yet another inquiry of my heart...

I felt like that child that all adults grow to both love and loathe with my endless: Who? What? When? Where? WHY? and HOWs?

And as I reached the summit, I readied myself to pray.

Inhaled to catch my breath and steady my stream of thought...prepared to launch into my list of wants and needs.

I opened my mouth and moved my lips...and as I looked down into the Valley I call home...that list diminished one by one.

A whispered "Thank You" sent into the sky...soon became a shout--high into the heavens....of gratitude, joy, light and love...of frustration, sadness, pain and worry wound tightly together...an all-encompassing awareness.

~THANK YOU~

Over the Edge and Back~

"...by bringing myself over the edge and back, I discovered a passion to live my days fully, a conviction that will sustain me like sweet water on the periodically barren plain of our short lives."-- Jonathan Waterman

*Just finished climbing with two of the best friends a girl could ask for...tackling a mountain with this makeshift family of three--right in the middle of this magnificent ocean. And now that I am safe and sound descending from that summit...everything's reset~

Bring it on Monday, I am ready for you~