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I just read this and thought it was worth passing along. It is difficult to imagine what the people of Haiti must be living right now, when my life has gone uninterrupted.

prettymuch speechless

This was my drive to work Tuesday. Lucky me!

oh. come. now.

Behold, my own fruit leather. Blueberries, Raspberries and honey for sweetner. It was pure joy getting to use my dehydrator, lovely thing that it is. And the fruit leather would have been perfection. Except that when I took this final picture it was 11:30 pm, and if you look closely, the very middle of the fruit leather needed a bit longer in the dehydrator.

So I went to bed, thinking that if I wake up in the night, I'll just unplug it.

But I didn't wake up. Instead, I left my dear fruit leather to dry another 7 hours. And when I woke up, I had made something very brittle. Rory was very kind and tried it first. His words: "You know it's not that bad. Honestly, if it wasn't crunchy on this one side it would be amazing."

my word for the year

Ali Edwards is a digital scrapbook rockstar whose blog I have read for years now. Every January she picks a word that she uses to be her focus for the year...sort of a word to guide her priorities, choices and attention. Last year I tried this, but I chose four words, and honestly, that just isn't that effective. This year she wrote a beautiful post about the word she chose and why she chose it. And recently she posted a huge list of words to choose your own word from.

So I read through the list, and the first time through the list the words that stood out for me were: relax, calm, renew, and peace. But see, that's four words again. And honestly, not one of them really sums it up.

Yesterday in church we sang a song we have sang a lot lately. It's a slower song that sings the words of the 23rd psalm moving into a chorus that sings slowly, "And I will trust in you alone. And I will trust in you alone. Your endless mercy follows me. Your goodness will lead me home."

And I found my word: trust.

The roots of this word are found in my relationship with Christ, and it brings peace to my heart, renewal, rest and causes me to breathe deeper and relax.

If you'd like to listen to a version of the song from church, click here.