oh hello

oh hello my fantastic blogging friends. i have dropped off the face of the earth for the past week. it's been busy. i had a great birthday and then a lovely christmas. dad is home and doing quite well. there have been a number of sad and disturbing things happening today in my world and so i'm feeling a need to just remind myself of my belief in the world and humanity and god. a good friend and her family are going through some very bizzare and difficult and sad times. from our book of common worship...
god of life, there are days when the burdens we carry are heavy on our shoulders and weigh us down, when the road seems dreary and endless, the skies gray and threatening, when our lives have no music in them, and our hearts are lonely, and our souls have lost their courage.
flood the path with light, turn our eyes to where the skies are full of promise; tune our hearts to brave music; give us the sense of comradeship with heroes and saints of every age; and so quicken our spirits that we may be able to encourage the souls of all who journey with us on the road of life, to your honor and glory. amen.