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Port-o-Cherry
May 6, 2008
Port-o-Cherry ~ Canon 30d
It's been awhile since I've posted due to a very dear friend's sudden and serious illness which happened alongside some minor surgery I had scheduled last week. It's been a week or so filled with pain, fear, healing, and the beauty of friendship and active compassion in my life. My sweet friends here in DC have been so supportive and endearing in the midst of sadness and not knowing what to expect as the weeks and months go by for someone I love. I know life is like this – beauty and mess mingled together. I also know it's the mess that allows us to appreciate the beauty, especially when we find them so close together.
I haven't had the energy or time or even the inspiration to post up here until I looked at this image a second time. It's perfect for what I've been going through. A spot-on description of my inner weather system filled with inspirational blossoms alongside quite a bit of... well... shit. If you happen to be in a similar place, just remember shit is incredible fertilizer, and the deeper you think you're in it, the bigger the opportunity you have to GROW.
Please pray for my friend, who will have his kidney removed sometime
in the coming weeks.
Posted by susan at May 6, 2008 7:49 PM
Comments
So True.
Posted by: LoieJ at May 6, 2008 7:58 PM
Indeed, the shit sometimes makes us appreciate the beauty even more. Prayers ascend for your friend Susan. Glad to have you back!
Posted by: jayne at May 7, 2008 6:26 AM
Oh Susan, I am so sorry. My mom had kidney problems, it's horrible to watch someone you love suffer.
I am praying here.
Posted by: Heidi Renee at May 7, 2008 7:55 AM
I don't know what happened to my comment, so if this is duplicated I just wanted you to know that I'm praying.
Posted by: Heidi Renee at May 7, 2008 7:56 AM
Love and prayers drift your way and his on a warm, spring breeze. The photo says it all!
Posted by: jzrart at May 7, 2008 10:17 AM
Love and prayers drift your way and his on a warm, spring breeze. The photo says it all!
Posted by: jzrart at May 7, 2008 10:18 AM
My thoughts and prayers are with you both...
Posted by: HeyJules at May 7, 2008 11:23 AM
Thanks Susan. This seems so comensurate with what is happening with me, and I'm sure with many people. I had someone accuse me of trying to hard to maintain my life in a crystal ball, when the opposite is true. However, the crystal ball world just seems the norm. Shit hits us, and helps us to wake up from that so called Perfect World. There is none and then we see things as they are, raw and real. And when we can drop all the shit, then we can truely live. By the way, I love your profile in Myspace. It cracks me up. You're fan of Mary Oliver?
Bob
Posted by: Bob at May 8, 2008 11:13 AM
The photo made me smile and your words soothed my heart. You have such wonderful friends. You are both in my prayers.
Posted by: janet at May 8, 2008 6:29 PM
Perfect. That photo perfectly captures life. I love that the beauty of the cherry blossoms seems to hover over the shit much like hope. I just prayed for healing for your friend.
Posted by: Candy at May 9, 2008 8:36 AM
