and to say i miss being on the blog….the Connection.  I don't know how it will go.  Will have to go day by day.  But i think that life continues for Life Itself.  As  Emrie is continuing moment to moment,  no matter.  

 

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and how it's going is that i keep wanting to tell her things….tell her what i am seeing here,  like whisper it…..it began yesterday morning when i noticed that this small volunteer little Whatever,  has  BLOOMED.  It has been growing there up against the trunk of the young cottonwood for 2 years.  I have no idea what it is….and suddenly yesterday morning i noticed the blooms as i was feeding the Goats….and i wanted to "tell" her….Look!….Look what's happening!  and there was a sense of goodness to this,  of a relief from the great sadness which still comes in waves,  but this telling feels part of it too.  And this morning,  sitting out on the log that borders the raised bed i watched a chickadee come to light on the Golden Current bush and flutter twig to twig and again,  i thought to tell Emrie.  

 

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My brother and his son went in to Albuquerque for the afternoon and it opened a feeling of wanting to at least put some cloth to cloth,  looking at that piece that has been hanging,   i cut it.  Saw this small moon from Deb Lacativa and it works ….then the piece of ivory color….like a flowing.   I thought of fireflies and tho i haven't seen them since i left Michigan,  i thought that i want to tell her about fireflies.  So a magic night firefly cloth for her.  And i don't know any further than just today.  But wanted to tell You this much,  so far.  We'll see how it goes.

Thank You All, and Love…..

 

 

 

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37 responses to “Thank You All”

  1. Liz A Avatar

    I don’t light candles, but I do stitch … today I held you and yours in my thoughts as I stitched a small bit of peace.

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  2. grace Avatar

    yes…i saw this. Rust. Peace in time passing. i saw it.

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  3. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    No Mind
    Thank you for returning to us with this beautiful bloom and your words blooming too dear Grace.
    With no mind, flowers lure the
    butterfly;
    With no mind, the butterfly visits
    the blossoms.
    Yet when flowers bloom, the butterfly
    comes;
    When the butterfly comes, the
    flowers bloom.
    -Taigu Ryokan-

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  4. ² Avatar
    ²

    in gedeeldheid verbinden wat via liefde al aanwezig was en IS
    i tray to translate ….??
    sorry i can’t

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  5. Mo Crow Avatar

    (((Grace))) that beautiful clear spring New Mexico light!

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  6. cynthia Avatar
    cynthia

    ..oh how lovely..i tried to find a translation and was given this..
    ” in shared love of connecting what already exists “\
    which is , of course ..right here..thank you for haring ..
    gentle day

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  7. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    I can hear you whisper as you stitch her cloth. It is of wonderful colors.

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  8. Angie Avatar

    Holding you all close to my heart…

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  9. jude Avatar

    it’s nice to know the comfort you find in cloth

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  10. Kim Avatar
    Kim

    Grace
    Fireflies symbolize hope. May all be well for you and yours.

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  11. vicky aka stichr Avatar

    arms around you grace…around your emrie

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  12. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Continued prayers being sent …

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  13. grace Avatar

    Paticca samuppada

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  14. grace Avatar

    i love it, Maria, i try to speak the words…i love the sound
    of my voice trying to speak the words and they give feeling,
    no need for translation.
    I know you…and by this and trying to speak these words,
    i Understand so much

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  15. grace Avatar

    that Light…yes…so much yes.

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  16. grace Avatar

    close to your heart is a gentle place for us

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  17. grace Avatar

    i do.
    Cloth is a parallel and simultaneous World that can
    hold so much

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  18. grace Avatar

    Kim…i didn’t know this….how so tenderly BeautyFull that
    this image should appear then, i had not thought of them in
    so long, but suddenly they appeared to me for this cloth…
    THANK YOU so much for telling me this…

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  19. grace Avatar

    i can feel it, vicky. Your arms are strong.

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  20. grace Avatar

    i can feel the vibration of continuation…Love to you

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  21. Melinda Johnson Avatar
    Melinda Johnson

    Grace, I’m a silent follower of you, but these last few posts make want to tell you I’m thinking of you and yours.

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  22. grace Avatar

    Melinda…for whatever reason your Silence, i hold that in
    respect
    but also say that you speaking here, now, is something that
    i am grateful for….
    you may know that i don’t want to be a “downer”…don’t want
    to add to any pile of sadness people may find themselves needing
    to bear and carry
    but also am
    so Committed to the truth of just going….
    So…that you put these words here, now, is very uhhh, very
    very sustaining for me as i work to find ways to go forward
    with this Love we will need.
    And i also takes me into the larger world….the news of the starving children, the news of the children of Fear. Carrying Emrie with me moment to moment in the days now, brings me deeper into the love of All Children.
    and that you felt ok to comment to this has great meaning to me, gives me strength.
    Thank YOU….love

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  23. Deb Avatar

    glad that I could help in this very small way.
    fireflies came into my story last night.
    green lightning semaphoring hope-lust-hope.

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  24. Martine Bos Avatar

    Cloth to cloth…………..and then stitching, healing stitches…….

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  25. grace Avatar

    fireflies
    watching them as a child

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  26. grace Avatar

    it’s an alchemy. cloth to cloth, making it One

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  27. Michelle in NYC Avatar

    Only fair to let others in on what that means Grace:
    “( Pali: “dependent origination”) Sanskrit pratitya-samutpada, the chain, or law, of dependent origination, or the chain of causation—a fundamental concept of Buddhism describing the causes of suffering (dukkha; Sanskrit duhkha) and the course of events that lead a being through rebirth, old age, and death.”
    In lay English…One thing follows another in endless succession and all things are interdependent.

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  28. Linda Avatar

    I haven’t said anything but I am here. Sending much love to all of you

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  29. ² Avatar
    ²

    yes , this is fine !!!,
    i can find it in your translation of the words
    ( it is deficult to find the words who are – conjugate – in the dictionair )
    thank you Cynthia and gentle days to you to always !!!!!

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    ²

    i know , feeling IS enough !!!
    the heart understand it , the energy of the words touch it

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  31. grace Avatar

    Peggy….? Where did my response go?????? i see this morning
    that it is missing here…but the colors….at first
    for a long time i was unsure about the color, the dusky
    purplegray, but when i saw this cloth with fireflies, it
    became something that was just right…..
    love,

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  32. Kristin Avatar
    Kristin

    Dearest one…I can feel your heart as I picture you holding cloth and stitching, as you look at the flowers coming to life on the unnamed bush, as you feel the New Mexico sunshine…yes, fullness of a heart that fills with love from all that surrounds it….many blessing as I hold you all in love and light.

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  33. ali Avatar
    ali

    Such a strong connection you have with little Emrie Grace, not to be measured in terms of time or geographical connection, but in intensity and love
    Blessings to you both

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  34. grace Avatar

    i’d hoped it might be remembered from recent posts, from
    the recent Cloths
    but good that you put it here.
    and i like to think of it too as i understand Joanna Macy…
    just the interdependence of ALL and Everything….beside
    suffering, the interdependence that shines too

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  35. grace Avatar

    i know you are there, yes….

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  36. grace Avatar

    the unnamed, unknown blossoms….i love this

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  37. grace Avatar

    it’s stronger than i would ever have imagined

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