Music Monday....a dedication

 "Take It On Faith"

There’s only one road
In and out of my heart
I don’t know where it ends
And where it starts
But the night is young
Younger than we
So lets burn right and wrong
I’ll forgive you
And you’ll forgive me
Take it on faith
That I’ll be there
When the pain comes
And I’ll take it all on faith
That you will try, try not to run
When it’s hard, so hard
I can be on fire
Yah I can hold my own
But inside I’m just a girl
Who’s scared to be alone
Today was hard
But tomorrow’s new
And if you’re there for me
I’ll be there for you
Yes I will see us through
And I’m taking it on faith
That I’ll be there when the pain comes
And I’ll take it on faith
That you will try, try not to run
When its hard, so hard
I’ll take it on faith that you’ll be there
When the pain comes
I’ll take it all on faith
That you will try, try not to run
Take it on faith
Take it on faith
Take it on faith
Take it on faith
Take it on faith
Take it on faith
When it’s hard
so hard

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This post is dedicated to my dear sister-friend

Angela

as she lives each day

the best she can

with courage

and eloquence

beyond measure...

as cancer walks with her

in the shadows.

I love you my friend!

you can find her latest post here

What are you grateful for today 
my lovelies?

Love and Light

Mondays Offering...why I do the work that I do

“An anthropologist proposed a game to children in an African tribe. He put a basket full of fruit near a tree and told the children that whoever got there first won the sweet fruits. When he told them to run, they all took each others hands and ran together, then sat together enjoying their treats. When he asked them why they had run like that when one could have had all the fruits for himself, they said, ‘UBUNTU, how can one of us be happy if all the other ones are sad?’ (‘UBUNTU’ in the Xhosa culture means: ‘I am because we are.)” (Credit: +Sara Del Valle)

This story is why I do the work I do

Those faces are why I do the work that I do

Those homes are why I do the work that I do

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I do it all because I live with the belief  

that we are all connected

that we call come from one Source

Created by one Spirit

Each of us equal

Each of us mattering

Each of us knowing

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In one week I leave

to go back to my other home

I am ready to be used as an instrument of Love

and I take you with me

Your gifts of money and love

will be carried down and felt and appreciated...

*

As I continue my preparations to leave

I hope to find time to come by and see you

but if I do not

know that I could not be doing this

without you, your love, your support

Thank you my lovelies of love and light

your love is a precious gift

I leave you today 

with an offering of prayer

 

Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi

Great Spirit, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury,pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

So it is
All my relations

Amen

 Love and Light

 

Mondays Offering...a little bit of BiG

The pilgrimage has begun...

with you my lovelies!

Have you seen my total

so far?

Alone I am  lone tree

standing by the vast largeness

of endless needs

but with all of you

I am not alone

we stand rooted and tall 

beside one another

a community

of hearts that give

hearts that are big

hearts that hear the call

and respond...

So many of you wrote to me

"I only have a little"...

look what your little built!

Something so BIG

and that after only one week

I know more is coming in

you've told me so.

beautiful delicate hearts

that you have shared with me

and now in turn

I will share with them...

those who I will walk with in the trenches

those who live on the front lines

in the battlefield of poverty

all the stories

all the digging deep

all the open hearts

all the pure giving

I will take with me

the power goes beyond

what the money can do

the power lines in the purity

that it has been given

and I get to be the one to carry that

I feel so blessed to be a part

of such a brave community of women

you have honoured me with your trust

you have honoured me with your love

you have honoured me with your support

and I thank you

I am giving you each a heart hug

the kind where our heart energy intertwines

when we feel our hearts pumping in synch

the kind of hug that you feel in your whole body

that is the hug I give to each of you who responded

beyond the monetary

your words of encouragement

you belief in giving

whatever that looks like...

You have touched me

and will touch others

I love you

thank you

your little

my lovelies

is so

BIG!

Love and Light

(images take over the weekend

on a family hike)

Reflections of Thanksgiving...

some of my favourite Thanksgiving moments

on my family trip 

to my brothers place 

in the next province over...

~sleeping children

~a dog ready to ride

~Rogers Pass

elevation 1,330m or 4,360 ft 

~a magical place in the middle of no where

~driving through The Rockies...

...to the wide open spaces of the prairies

~having face time with a bloggy soul sister

and her family!

what a treat that was 

thanks Kmarie for your amazing hospitality

there is nothing like being able to pass all the "standard" pleasantries

when meeting someone for the first time

that is the interesting thing about meeting blogger friends

you have already bared your soul

so there is no need for appetizers, 

you get right to the main course of conversation

so refreshing!

~road side graveyards

~my fellow weekend warrior paintballers!!!

oh yeah baby

mama loved the paintball!

~spending time with one of my favourite people in the world

and his lovely family

~my beautiful niece getting engaged

and being there to take their engagement photos for them

~good food and fellowship

~silly games and belly laughter

~quality wine at good prices

~and this guy

a great way to end it all...

Feeling blessed

Feeling full

Feeling like even when it rains

the Sun in shining bright

How are you feeling my Lovelies?

Love and Light

Monday Offering...Summer Time Views and Gratitude Prayers

My Summer Prayer

Guide me Mother

Protect me Father 

Remind me who I am

Open my heart To Your Love and Light

Keep Grace and Understanding

close by my side

Let me be slow to anger

Qucik to Joy

Help me see what I need to see

Help me learn what I need to learn

Help me be what I need to be

Speak to me

Guide me

Mold me

Make me

Jesus~

be my constant companion

as I walk this toad

Whisper your Wisdom

in my ears

Radiate your love

all around

And above all

Bask me in your 

Infinite Joy

May this Life reflect

All that You are

Great Spirit

The Great I AM

May it reflect your 

Abundant Love -your

Abundant Wisdom -your

Abundant Understanding

For without You

I am nothing

Without You

I am lost in the Abyss

Without You

I am not Me

I am grateful for this time

I am grateful for this space

I am grateful for Strength

I am grateful for Truth

I am grateful for Love

I am grateful and

I am willing to be used

by You

And so it is

Amen

(morning meditations by the fire)

This is

our home away from home

for the next month

the rains fell this weekend

but held off enough

for us to get 

The GordLord

(our travel trailer)

up to our creek side spot

in the wood...

Happy Long Weekend Canada!

Love and Light