You are the gift, you are the proof
the Lord looks down and warms my roof
You are the light, you are the sign
that I am loved and life is mine.
Chris Rice

Missy hopes for Something

Red

Look at me.

Credo

I believe that for every drop of rain that falls, a flower grows.

grandma dee's buttons

Gardenin' with W

C: Don't cut the worms in half.
W: Oh don't worry. A thin film will form around the exposed area and mitosis will occur, causing the worm to completely regenerate.
C: Yeah... well, just don't cut the worms in half.

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W: Those tomatoes look like they're dying.
C: I reckon they just need some water and they'll be fine.
W: Did you know there are two different types of Root Systems: fibrous and taproot; the first is where....

I swear all that boy reads is his Science Book, and all he watches besides Animal Planet, Discovery, and PBS Nature shows is Spongebob and probably that only because he likes marine biology.

Hands

When I was very little I had a kind of eczema that affected my fingers, made them constantly itch, raw, sting. The time it was worse I had to go to the Doctor and my right hand was bound up in white.

I think I remember it not so much because it hurt, but because I was very important then.

A half truth

One of these is true -

1) Today I woke up without having the thought "more sleep", opened the bright curtains for sunlight, then looked for awhile at someone in the mirror and thought she is beautiful

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2) This dark and rainy morning I woke and stumbled out of bed to gaze in a mirror at tired eyes and a speechless face surrounded by defiant black curls that had somehow worked themselves into a real 'fro and I thought well somehow she is beautiful anyway

Hands

Perhaps a year before we moved and found a teacher, my mother's hands first guided mine on little keys, teaching me the simple songs she knew.

Hands

A long time ago, my five year old hands stole into those of Jesus and he has not let me go yet.