sacred life

Do you know anyone who is pregnant?
Everything about her is fresh, hopeful, radiant. Every detail of the precious new life inside her is deliriously fascinating. A heartbeat heard at the doctor's office, an ultrasound sent in an email to distant relatives (like me, thanks Rick and Maira!) Life is so insanely sweet, and new life - life that seems to have come from nothing -is one of the most marvelous mysterious incidents we ever get to witness. My nephew and his bride are pregnant and it makes the whole famly just so thrilled to celebrate every little thing about the one whose face we will see before Christmas.

But life is also fragile. If you know someone with cancer, depression, or plain old worn out body parts, who is jobless, or if this is your reality today, then you know what I mean. The frailty we share is a constant reminder of why loving and giving ourselves to each other every day is so essential. Love shows up with boots on, or a casserole or a note or a check.

"If you give even a CUP of COLD WATER (how hard is that?) to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded." -Jesus Christ, Matthew 10:42

Have you had a cup of cold water today? Have you hugged hard and long? Have you said I love you? Go ahead. Be ridiculously loving to someone - feel like a total idiot and get over it. Someone near you is thirsty.

Rwanda Update: THANK YOU, YOU AMAZING DONORS! I'll be sending out the first two knit market bags and bracelets to my first three families to contribute to getting me to Rwanda. You are my hug from God and boy did I need it yesterday. I'm trying to get a little cold water to some people who really need it in Rwanda, and YOU are supplying the CUP. Thank you.