Over the years I have come to find that there are some words and phrases that I prefer in Spanish, they just have a nicer flow to them. This is one of them, Creciendo en Comunidad – Growing in Community. Doesn’t that sound nice? Maybe it’s the alliteration or balance of letters or perhaps it’s the way it has a more musical and lyrical flow when I hear or say it. Anyway, language reflection aside I am writing this piece …
I don’t remember exactly all of the beautiful words David said to me, but I do remember him saying that it was the ‘moment’, or the ‘time’ and he told me that if God could bring us to the end of the world together that He could do anything. I remember he asked me to be his wife, and I remember that I said YES! It was the easiest ‘yes’ I have ever had the privilege to say to another …
A few days ago, I had one of those lovely, life-giving, long phone calls with a close friend. It was one of those truly beautiful, deep and very much needed conversations. A time to reconnect, share and simply be us together. We laughed together, cried together and put the world to rights. Even though we had not connected for some time in some ways it was as if no time had passed at all. Distance can make maintaining friendships and …