Deep In The Forrest

Some people are named after the gifts they give to others. Faith, for instance gave me the boost I was looking for to march forward into the holiday with the right mind's eye view. Thank you again, Faith... your words this morning were like a fresh rain, instant rejuvenation. Make sure to go and Read Faith's (Jink's) blog entitled "Christmas 365" . You'll enjoy it, I sure did. I'm not going to lie. I have been in a horrible "Bah-Humbug" mindset this season... I haven't sent out any Christmas cards, I didn't decorate. And on thinking of what to write earlier today, I was going to complain about the dreary fog this morning, or how sucky this city is because I can never get snow, but I read that and she included the simplest quote from Helen Keller, and it made me really snap into reality of all of the things that are truly good in my life, things that I would be a fool to take for granted. What's that, List them?? I sure will try to li...

Ta to Cappy and Four Dinners for making me think of Thin Lizzy the other day, I thought everyone might enjoy this video. I'm working on a profound block of words for the Holiday season for you to bathe in shortly, so come back and read, but for now, enjoy the gift of Music. Remember, everything is a gift... some bring us ecstatic joy, some sting a little to remind us and some hurt a lot so we can understand how to really appreciate the ecstasy.

So my morning started off kind of interesting. Nothing unusual about my 'road battle', or the struggle to get through the traffic or the irritation of the Memphis Drivers, no it was none of that. In fact, the same frustrating entry into the treacherous parking garage, you know the way that I always get behind "first timers" who have no idea how to drive through it, so they creep at 2 miles per hour so it takes me 15 minutes to park... that's nearly an every day occurrence. The strange part was once I got to my desk, I had a surprise gift from an unknown contributor... It was this beautiful, green zucchini squash. That's right, they knew that flowers were way too trite to present to someone as individual and off-the-wall a person as me, so flowers would never do. Instead, they decided to give the gift of vegetables... Who's ready for lunch?? :)