...11.29.15...

the quieter you become,

the more you can hear.

~ram dass

november.

the frost looks beautiful on you.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...if i had known...

If I had known everything
I know about who you are
back when I didn’t know
a thing about you
I would’ve pulled you aside
sooner & said Thank You
for being one of the most
incredible people I will
ever know.

~storypeople

i am going with a candle light shadow.

as the snow has gently started to fall.

all of lower michigan is headed for snow cover today.

especially southern michigan.

i am located where your ring sits on your left hand.

we are suppose to get only 2"-4"

let the "i'm in the ditch" begin.

as people forget how to drive on snow.

and continue to drive like it's summer time out.

at least we've been blessed with no snow until today.

who would you say "thank you" to?

light + objects = shadows

just BE.

robin.

...11.15.15...

  

 

What color are souls? she said &
I said, Color isn’t that much of an issue
when you’re talking souls.

~storypeople

my summer yard is gone.

the colors become muted.

the flowers are quiet.

the sound of fall is the chickadee.

silence is coming.

with the current world issues...

silence is okay.

enjoy these moments.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...10.11.15...

Secret #5: imagine something that gives you joy. 

Got it? Now go & be like that all day long

 (Yes. It is that simple…)

~storypeople

just got back from an overnight trip.

it is a beautiful fall day.

what gives you joy today?

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...10.4.15...

 the peace of wild things

wendell berry

when despair for the world grows in me

and i wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,

i go and lie down where the wood drake

rest in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.

i come into the peace of wild things

who do not tax heir lives with forethought

of grief. i come into the presence of still water.

and i feel above me the day-blind stars

waiting with their light. for a time

i rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...9.27.15...

Rules for making the world:

1. Stand up & do the thing

you see needs doing.

2. That’s it.

(If it was easy, we’d be

having a different

conversation.)

~storypeople

wonderful week of moments.

homecoming.

spirit week.

king & queen nomination.

parade.

friday night lights.

he didn't win as king.

but the lovely lady he escorted was crowned queen.

the team did pull out a victory.

after much back and forth scoring.

the proudest moment.

that i hope he carries with him...

is he and his girlfriend.

asking their friend, kyle, to go with them to the dance.

i hope he remembers.

helping kyle put on the pink tie.

so they would all match.

i know, as the momma, i'm going to remember that moment.

i watched the game from the press box.

helping his proud dad who announced the game.

but the best moment of this week.

was standing watching his compassion.

as he put that tie on his friend.

as hannah pinned the flower on her friend's shirt. 

those are the moments.

that define his {her} character.

those are the moments.

that make this momma proud.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.

...9.20.15...

And the sign said, "Long-haired freaky people need not apply"
So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why
He said, "You look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do"
So I took off my hat, I said, "Imagine that, huh, me workin' for you"
Whoa, oh, oh

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

And the sign said, Anybody caught trespassin' would be shot on sight
So, I jumped on the fence and-a yelled at the house
"Hey, what gives you the right?
To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in
If God was here, He'd tell you to your face, man, you're some kinda sinner"

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

Now, hey you, Mister, can't you read?
You've got to have a shirt and tie to get a seat
You can't even watch, no you can't eat
You ain't supposed to be here
The sign said, You got to have a membership card to get inside, ugh

And the sign said, "Everybody welcome, come in, kneel down and pray"
But when they passed around the plate at the end of it all
I didn't have a penny to pay
So, I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own little sign
I said, "Thank you, Lord, for thinkin' 'bout me, I'm alive and doin' fine, woo

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind
Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Sign
Sign, sign

five man electrical band

this song popped into my head today.

i suppose.

because i'm tired of struggling to

just BE.

don't get me wrong.

that will always be my mantra.

my path.

my journey.

i just get frustrated.

people are always going to disappoint you.

that will forever be an obstacle.

i am not perfect.

no one is.

{only the Creator of this vast imperfect planet.}

so i just have to remember to breathe.

to block out the negative.

because at the end of the day.

it just doesn't matter.

because at the end of the day.

how i choose to BE.

is up to me.

i am dreaming of a space.

where people can form a common ground.

to breathe in.

a space where we can.

just BE.

thus my button above.

i will be working out a plan.

stay tuned.

welcome to coffee hour.

welcome to this Sunday morning.

just BE.

robin.