Monday, 06 July 2009

Content + Quiet.

guess what?

i'm completely at ease. i'm content. i'm happy and my heart is full - really full. so it seems i have very little to say here. and until i need to use words to think through an issue... then this bloggy will be silent.

it's funny. when this all began, i didn't know where it would go. i jumped in blindly... against the advice of some friends. but i was stubborn, and wanted to just know what was there... and now here i am feeling things i never would have imagined. that sounds so dramatic, ha. but it's true! who would have thought.

so... let's take a break here. enjoy the silence while it lasts.

Jul 6, 2009 1:14:51 AM | my heart

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a2

Woohoo! So very happy for you!

Posted by: a2 | Monday, 06 July 2009 at 10:32 AM

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