Rhodes to Anywhere

As I continue to plow the land that is present and constant and as I fall asleep and rise I realize that land is so much easier to tend to when the life and noise around you is very simple.  Simplicity brings a centering and a calm that allows us to truly have the capacity…

Woke up this morning to saying Hello 2012.  This year it’s pretty simple for me.  I’d ask for a word about a month ago for 2012.   It came rather fast.  Not a single word but rather a phrase. “Plow the Land” It makes a lot of sense to me.  We have been given new territory…

I  love last days of a year.  I love times of reflection.  I reflect A LOT right here in this spot. Probably most because this spot itself is a physical representation to me of Faith and Blessing. I love the time of pondering  WHAT WAS before you can dream of WHAT WILL BE.  I remember my…

Thank you David Reichley for taking Izzie fishing yesterday.  She LOVED it.  Especially since no one in our current household knows a thing about fishing.

What a BIG moment for me personally.  One of the most memorable in this whole process.  Frankie’s adoption day.  Dave said it best that day, “What was already family is now official.” Jeff Hall took our pictures when we first arrived home in Greenville.  He captured our first family photo’s and it only seemed fitting that he…

We do LOTS of Communities in Pawleys.  Between Communities/Workshops/ and Camps I think we have at least 40+ on the schedule for 2012. Which means lots of amazing people always coming and going.  Lots of meals together.  Lots of teaching times together.  Lots of sharing times. Lots of breakthrough times. Lots of time opening up…

I don’t know what it is for me about the number 5.  But having a child turn from 4 (toddlerhood) to 5 (childhood) is sad for me.  For the past 9 years we have been in stages of having children in the age range of 1-4.  And that window into our lives is about to…

So August 30th was the last time I posted.  Really?  Has it been that long?  I feel like I’ve been sitting next to this tree above pondering and reflecting. I’ve had a light turn on in my world in the past few months and the reality is that it awakened me to see so many things…

On Facebook this morning Rage Against the Minivan was posting about how to blog from your iphone.  I’m trying to figure out time to post from my computer.  So much catching up to do and so many new routines.  I’ve got calls to return and paperwork to be filled out.  And so many people asking how it…

The house is still and all in boxes.  Just waiting for Dave to arrive sometime today to begin loading the truck.  What a crazy way to end the summer.  I picture him riding in on his white horse, waiving his wand… truck starts to load by itself and we pull away off into the sunset…