RainyMay.com | Michelle Harris

This land was made for you and me!

What a beautiful day! Besides the obvious, sunshine, the day was full of little surprises! It all started as I sat eating breakfast with Marissa, in the living room. I looked out our front bay window towards the south...is that what I think it is? It couldn't be! No way! I look closer . Yes I think it is. Between two trees I spy a corner of Mt Rainier!

I have been living in this house for 7 years and I never knew I had a peek a boo view of the gorgeous snow capped giant. I am elated! I love mountains! Just ask my kids. We can't drive past a mountain with out me saying,"Oh girls look at the mountains today." Poor things. If they've heard me say it once they've heard me say it dozens of times. (My mom used to do that with flowers- I found it to be endearing!)

My second surprise came as I drive towards our local eagles nest (the community has named the eagles George and Martha). I look up and there he is perched so stoically on the highest branch, just above his nest. He looks out over the lake absorbing the sun (or maybe it was Martha- I'll never know)!

My third surprise comes when my appointment only lasts ten minutes and I decide a detour is in order. Green Lake here I come! I walk around the whole lake in a state of bliss soaking up every vitamin D filled ray that hits me.  The birds chirp, the ducks quack, and people walk by me with the corners of their mouths turned upwards,  ever so slightly, giving away the secret that  I too share  with them! This must be a foreshadow of heaven!

OK,  though the day was full of delights I think these things could have happened on a rainy day in Seattle and they would have needed a cup of coffee to bring me the warmth I feel today and even then I'm sure it wouldn't have been the same!

Why pray when you can worry?

I just got a phone call from my friend Sheri. It was so good to hear her voice. We have been e-mailing back and forth. Sheri is my friend who is wrestling with cancer, though you wouldn't know it to talk to her. She really is so positive. Are people born that way? I wasn't.
I am one of those people who has always wanted to see the glass full but inevitably it appears half empty to me. I mean,I do a great deal of faking it, putting a smile on my face etc., It's not that I'm not happy. I am. I just worry about the small things in life.(and big things too) I'm sure I get this trait from my grandpa. He has always said, jokingly,"Why pray when you can worry!"
One thing I'm not worried about: Sheri. I have such peace about her and her health. I can't explain it. In Christian circles we would say,"thats God" and the thing is : I know it is. There is a difference between confessing faith and KNOWING it in your heart.
I feel so fortunate any time I get to Know it in my heart. Especially when it comes to one of my dearest friends. 
Thank you to each of you who have told me you are praying for Sheri. I honestly feel those prayers and so does she. She told me so.

Lost in January

Well it's another new year. The weather is dark, cold, and dreary! I am spending the day taking down Christmas decorations. We were in Texas visiting family for 10 days and so the  tree was greeting me when I got home. (i strongly dislike taking down Christmas decor!)
I always find January to feel like the starting of a marathon. Such a  long run of cold weather, mundane routines and no siting of the finish line.
Well, just in case you thought I was always positive and had some wit, I'm writing to say: I lost it somewhere and can't seem to find it!