My daughter Morgan was finally able to return home to the Island with her son Gabriel. She gave birth on March 11th @8:47am on PEI and that night the doctors had him flown to Halifax hospital where he received wonderful care. He is doing well now and we are so very grateful. Welcome to Earth Gabriel! You are loved by so many <3 #Blessed
“Allowing our hearts to be broken by the very thing that breaks the heart of God. In the end, what needs to get disrupted will find its disruption in our solidarity and in our intimate kinship with the outcast – who too infrequently knows the peace of a white dove resting on a shoulder. ”
“Tattoos on the Heart” by Gregory Boyle
This song has been a regular tune in our home so far this year. To be seen, to be known, to be loved and to always have a place to call home – some of the gifts to my son and his friends as they grow up in our community of friends. He and his friends will experience both joys and sorrows here. They will make ridiculously impulsive mistakes, cause us worry and frustration, and they will light up our lives with their creativity and amaze us with their unbelievable talents. May we remember the latter when they do the former. May we protect them and keep them safe even as we guide them and allow them room to grow.
#LifeOnLancey #WeHaveTheVillageItTakes
A life of abiding love, deep peace, tangible happiness and absolute acceptance is not found in the oft sought-after fictional “unconditional love,” but rather the deeper “undoubted love.” The kind of love where friendship and gratitude, mutual values and loyalty are the cornerstones. To love and be loved, actively, daily, undoubtedly, is the seed, the roots, the stem, the bud, the blossom and the flower of true love.
On this day when love – the longing for it, the presence of it, the loss of it – is at the fore of many a person’s mind, it may be helpful to consider David Whyte’s suggestion that, “There is no path of love without having our hearts broken along the way, either through another’s agency or by arranging it so fastidiously for ourselves….and that the heartbreak is …an inescapable and often beautiful question,… asking us to be ready for the last letting go.”
https://www.facebook.com/PoetDavidWhyte/posts/2339229036103086
Be gentle with those you love,
and those you are called to love,
today,
always
and all ways.