Five Minute Friday: Glue: Sometimes there is no glue.

Sometimes there just. is. no. glue.  Mothers weeping for their children...sorrows like sea billows roll in Korea...parents who sent their beloved ones on field trips by busses and boats, never again to see them alive.  On this Good Friday, they weep and wail, and I weep with them...parents in my town who lost their daughter and son, same age as my own...earthquakes, disease.  Sometimes there just is no glue.  But there are wings of angels.  In my deepest darkest night of the soul some years ago when told I was going to die and leave my young children behind, when my body hurt so badly and was too weak to fulfill any bucket list, I saw the white feathers around me.  I knew for weeks on end that I was being held because I could see the tips of the wings...no faces...but I knew. There is no glue to heal a heart that is ripped apart by such agonizing loss, but I pray today that those people in the news, not just faces, but human grieving souls will see the wings of God's angels sent to carry them through.
May it be so, we pray.

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In the Depth of Winter

"In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was  in me an invincible summer."          

                             Albert Camus, Nobel Prize winning author

It is cold here.  Another big snow storm supposed to come in tomorrow and drop 1-2 feet of snow here.  Life has been full of storms the past few months.  So when I came across this quote today, it really took hold.  The apple blossom reminds me of seasons and change and hope.
...and I just love apple blossoms. Their scent, their colors, shape, and the promise of fresh home grown apples!  Spring, summer, are here within me.
  I've been finding comfort in sewing tiny spring dresses and ruffles and using the handmade laces of those artisans who have gone before me.  This is version 2 of my flower fairy dress...it is sold out now too, and I'm working on a new one in beautiful lavenders and peaches.

The beautiful collage at the top of the blog has my peach baby hat included with these other beautiful etsy item.  It  was so pretty, I decided to share it here.  You can click on any of the pictures to get to them directly on etsy.

                       Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without words,
And never stops at all.

        Emily Dickinson

I just love this bit from Emily Dickinson which I saw on  Beverly's site howsweetthesound.typepad.com   I am going to be doing Pink Saturdays now.  You can go there if you want to join in too!