Another Story

Another story up on The Foliate Oak...

Train Station made their 2007-2008 Print Edition. And the train moves forward...

Happy Birthday CeCe!

I love watching humanity at its best.

My friend Holly is flying across the world later this week to pick up her daughter CeCe. CeCe is being cared for in an orphanage in a little corner of China, and is just turning a year old. She gazes, unflinching and wide-eyed in her photographs. What have her eyes seen, that she will never be able to remember, let alone share with another human being? Whatever her heritage or background, she has no idea that she's about to be embraced into a loving, generous family. Forever.

May the road rise to meet you all as you travel. And to CeCe, to the start of a wonderful new journey.

Saying Goodbye

My co-worker Helen died today, after a long and brutal struggle with cancer. I'll miss her. Here's an Irish blessing to see her off:

May you see God's light on the path ahead
When the road you walk is dark.
May you always hear,
Even in your hour of sorrow,
The gentle singing of the lark.
When times are hard may hardness
Never turn your heart to stone,
May you always remember
when the shadows fall—
You do not walk alone.