Just have to share this...

Evelyn posted this video. I felt like it was a hug of encouragement and peace around my shoulders... so I'm reposting it...

For Mary...

Mary...
Resting in peace.

quotes that I wish Congress would read...

When we were in DC last month, we visited several monuments on the National Mall. We stopped by the Lincoln Memorial (always awe-inspiring) and saw the World War 2 Memorial for the first time. On our way around part of the Tidal Basin, we walked through the FDR Memorial. The quotes that were carved into the monuments were quite striking...

Pictures say it best. Would that our Congress (and President) would re-read them, and stop pandering to sound bites, creating media frenzies over their latest piece of pork spending, and think about the present and future generations!!!

Lincoln:



Roosevelt:





May peace... true peace that comes from Christ... reign.

Deb

from my heart...

musing at twilight

i stand and i watch
and wait
and weep
and wonder

why now?
why not later?
why not never?

i stand and i pray
and dream
and ask
and ponder

then when?
and where?
and could i ever?

footprints ahead
and beside
and behind
scattered in seemingly purposelessness
and aligned in purposefulness

God knows
God sees
God redesigns

the waves
come crashing on and on
higher and higher on the sand
tomorrow starts new

no blots
no mistakes
no pain
(except what i bring to it
and God allows)

still makes no sense
the whys
the worries
the wonder

God's love is bigger
stronger
deeper
overswells me
but does not overwhelm me

and for this night
this twilight prayer
that is more than enough
to break the dawn

Deb Vaughn
March 5, 2008