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BFF

For much of my life I have had one or two good friends at any one time.  As I have grown older, I have been graced with friends spanning over the decades -although we live provinces apart, social networking, occasional vacations together theses relationships are special.  Day to day however, due to my job, it is often difficult to find friends who are outside of parish duties and professional contacts. Through my husband's work a number of years ago, we opened our home to a group of young adults -two of these people have a relationship- and now we do couple stuff together.
 For the past year, we have been running together -trying to go once a week.  I have enjoyed these runs -they have been grace in a hectic schedule and life.  The conversation is the best part!
But today an even bigger GRACE, as we parted my friend called me -BFF.

Great Songs

Tonight Halifax had the pleasure of a free concert in the Grand Parade; the band -Great Big Sea! 
Although it was damp cold out, snowing, with ice or mud on the ground, spirits were high.  What a great concert.

 Great Big Sea's songs are catchy and say a lot about Canadian spirit and identity -particularly on the East Coast.  What filled the night with grace was hearing 1000's of people sing together, united in one voice, not one song or two songs but almost all the songs.  To sing means to express the emotions of being human and in adding your voice with that of others you are united in the lifting of each others' spirits. That is grace...and a good time.

the heart

There have been a number of scares over the past couple of days for myself and my husband.  We are both truly grateful to be alive -that our hearts are well and pumping.
Life is today's grace; for without life there would not be other graces to find, see, and experience.
Here is to many more days of life, grace, and love.


God, thank-you for the Spirit and breath of life. Amen.
Today my valentine goes to you.

Massage

There is something to be said for gifted hands.  Have you ever had a full body massage?  I had my first full body massage while on retreat at White Point. For an hour, lying on a hot pad wrapped massage bed under warmed sheets.  It felt so wonderful.
It is weird though: I slept for the rest of the afternoon -which was lovely; beginning last night legs and arms started to fall asleep, back of neck tingle a bit...my arms still a little tingly.What is weird my body feels relaxed despite being prickly.  I have found grace today in feeling my skin, in feeling muscles and where tightness is no longer, and in being able to stretch farther during Pilates.
If you are gifted with beautiful hands please share them with the world.  They are very powerful and unlock grace in the world. Thank-you for those who do share their God given gift!

A Prayer -hopefully to have one become more gracefilled

God,
Thank-you for the hope within me that every day I can be closer to what You would have me be.
please keep me faithful to the task.  Amen.

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