For the last 30 days my view has been changing. Gone are the days of 5:15 a.m. alarms and midnight bedtime. Absent are the hundreds of campers running around camp. Long departed are the staff I'd grown to love so dearly. Time moves on... and my view changes. It has taken a month to fully … Continue reading Wednesday’s with Jillene: my view
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Wednesdays with Jillene: looking at the leaves
Lily went walking over to this tree. The whole crew of us had set out and about on a hike and we were all walking quickly in the other direction so I turned and called, "Lily, what are you doing?" I saw her hands move as she replied but I couldn't hear her answer above … Continue reading Wednesdays with Jillene: looking at the leaves
Wednesdays with Jillene (Special Mother’s Day Edition): surprised by thankfulness
So... here I am, awake in the middle of the night again, when I encounter something unexpected. Somewhere in the 1:30-2:15 range of time, to be honest, I was too tired to pay attention to the exact time, the baby started to wake up. I found myself thinking that I wish it was normal and … Continue reading Wednesdays with Jillene (Special Mother’s Day Edition): surprised by thankfulness
Wednesdays with Jillene: sometimes trees are meant to be in the way
It has been over a month... I've thought about that morning a few times since, amazed each time at how something seemingly wrong was so very right... The way this thing that was out of place and broken was just as it should have been. Sounds a little silly, probably is, but in the moment the … Continue reading Wednesdays with Jillene: sometimes trees are meant to be in the way
Wednesdays with Jillene: some days
Some days your phone line doesn't work, your computer won't let you type spaces between words (or half the letters for that matter) and your cell phone battery won't hold a charge... That someday is today and it's happening to me. So I'm standing here leaning against the kitchen counter using my thumbs on my … Continue reading Wednesdays with Jillene: some days
Thin Moments 