"Let every individual and institution now think and act as a responsible trustee of Earth, seeking choices in ecology, economics and ethics that will provide a sustainable future, eliminate pollution, poverty and violence, awaken the wonder of life and foster peaceful progress in the human adventure."
- John McConnell, founder of International Earth Day
RIGHT NOW, and then again tomorrow and then again the next day and on it goes day after day,
1/2 OF THE WORLD lives on LESS THAN 2 DOLLARS each day.
Psalm 27:4
One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
Do all you can and don't worry about the odds against you. Wield the miracle of life's energy, never worrying whether we fail, concerned only that whether we fail or succeed we do so with all our might. That's all we need to know to feel certain that all our force of diligent effort is worth our while on Earth.
Carl Safina, Voyage of the Turtle

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Life is funny, yet magical

Today was a casual busy day, and C... O... L... D, for sure, but very productive. Last weekend we cleaned the 2nd & 3rd level of the house and this weekend we cleaned the 1st level, i.e. the basement. It was the one room we DID NOT clean this summer, but since we are hosting the Thanksgiving family dinner next Thursday, I decided it was time to tackle it. Surprisingly it went sort of fast, plus we were able to visit with my sister and her daughter N. Sis and N came over today since it was what N wanted to do for her birthday, visit with her cousins. N turned 6 today. Thursday we will celebrate N's 6th and Tuki's 5th birthday with the entire family as we always do every year.

After they left, we did more cleaning of the basement, but then we had a surprise visit from Bart and Marly. Ve met Bart when she first came home. He was one of the care givers at the Y's Adventure Alley He also knew a little French and had a band partner who was Haitian. We became fast friends and he has been in and out of our lives for the last two years. Apparently when visiting a neighbor awhile ago, he saw Ve and Tuki outside and he realized that we live here. So today, he came over with Marly (a Haitian women who has lived in MN for 20 years). They are both in a Medical Mission training with Seventh Day Adventist. They will be graduating on the 4th of Dec. I asked if they had plans for Thanksgiving, Bart did, but Marly didn't so she will be joining us on Thursday and then on Friday she will come over and will work with Ve's and Mim's hair to help relax it and then she said she could show me how to place extensions in their hair as well. Bart will be around for 6 or more months so I told him he could stop in at any time. What a wonderfully weird and crazy visit.

Posted by Aves @ Call of the Phoebe at 4:23 PM

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