there's a story there and she wants to hear it!

it's a combination of getting a great job, learning of the death of a family friend, and getting the news that another friend is in her

last days.

it just seems the heart can only swell up so much!

adds, and then to see the victory of another friend's battle with a brain tumor. Man. Today has just crackled!

wow! So much is going on.

each of those is a heavy event worthy of its own meditation. All together, they could be overwhelming.

maybe it's contemplation on the whole that is in order. Bless you.

agrees. It's hard to steady my mind when so much is swirling around me.

saw the mother-in-law of the man with the brain tumor. She said he is doing great!

yes! I read his blogs last night and laughed and cried in turns. We lose too many good people. Nice to get to keep one.

agrees!

if you are talking about Dana Martinez?

this is just the oddest, oddest time.

to know more about the job!

agrees. And Dana is on top of a family friend and Debbie. I knew Dana was sick, but I don't think I expected her to pass away.

her funeral is tomorrow in Blanco.

didn't expect it either. She was in my reading group, and she was SO full of energy.

can still hear that beautiful writing voice she had-- and remember how much she grew into herself that summer.