Today a lovely young woman came in the shop. She bought a few things and as usual, we talked. She gave me goose bumps because out of her mouth came the words I wanted to say. "We just can't do it alone...life. And we have to have really good people around us." We nodded and smiled and shook hands with vigor. But she hung with me as she left.
We're as good as the people around us. Wow!!!! The truth in a mouthful. I am constantly whelmed, not overwhelmed, because that has a connotation of out of control. I'm just whelmed...amazed, awed, grateful...all that and more. The people around us are truely magical.
How is it that we have been so blessed? At the shop for example. It's a team. A team that would do anything for the other and yet are completely indepentent in their own right.
Margaret. Unique beyond discussion and yet common as air. Beautiful, dedicated, talented, and committed to self, integrity, honesty and the truth. Her humor. Her strength and willingness to lift and haul. Her forthrightness. A valued touchstone.
Ubaldo. He gets more hours in a day than humanly possible. This man is treasure. He makes magic every day. Magic that lifts us up. Magic that makes us laugh. Magic that makes messes disappear and beauty take its place. Unique? One of a kind!
Alicia. Young and lovely. Struggling with life's truths. Dedicated to becomming. A most trustworthy and beautiful granddaughter.
Daniel and Daysean. An unlikely pair to be teamed but perfect. Their work and dedication to the shop is undenyably critical and amazing. Their attitute with every request is playful and competent.
So that's the shop.
But the shop's not our only life. We have dear friends from church, from the movie club and from our past who have warmed us with joy, or avacados, or socks, or Brandy. Ones we've walked with and shared life stories with. One's that have been there forever.
We really are only as good as the people we surround ourselves with. Jed and I have been blessed beyond any possible expectation with people. People who expect nothing from us and yet give so much of themselves.
We have a Christian housekeeper and a Christian gardner and a Christian caregiver. Sounds like an old Somther's Brothers song...."what do you think about that? "
For all those who have touched our lives, we thank God. For the ones we will meet tomorrow, we thank God.
We're as good as the people around us. Wow!!!! The truth in a mouthful. I am constantly whelmed, not overwhelmed, because that has a connotation of out of control. I'm just whelmed...amazed, awed, grateful...all that and more. The people around us are truely magical.
How is it that we have been so blessed? At the shop for example. It's a team. A team that would do anything for the other and yet are completely indepentent in their own right.
Margaret. Unique beyond discussion and yet common as air. Beautiful, dedicated, talented, and committed to self, integrity, honesty and the truth. Her humor. Her strength and willingness to lift and haul. Her forthrightness. A valued touchstone.
Ubaldo. He gets more hours in a day than humanly possible. This man is treasure. He makes magic every day. Magic that lifts us up. Magic that makes us laugh. Magic that makes messes disappear and beauty take its place. Unique? One of a kind!
Alicia. Young and lovely. Struggling with life's truths. Dedicated to becomming. A most trustworthy and beautiful granddaughter.
Daniel and Daysean. An unlikely pair to be teamed but perfect. Their work and dedication to the shop is undenyably critical and amazing. Their attitute with every request is playful and competent.
So that's the shop.
But the shop's not our only life. We have dear friends from church, from the movie club and from our past who have warmed us with joy, or avacados, or socks, or Brandy. Ones we've walked with and shared life stories with. One's that have been there forever.
We really are only as good as the people we surround ourselves with. Jed and I have been blessed beyond any possible expectation with people. People who expect nothing from us and yet give so much of themselves.
We have a Christian housekeeper and a Christian gardner and a Christian caregiver. Sounds like an old Somther's Brothers song...."what do you think about that? "
For all those who have touched our lives, we thank God. For the ones we will meet tomorrow, we thank God.
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