My Heart Hurts

I've been silent for a while, & I'd be lying if I said it had everything to do with the start of a new & busy semester.  That is certainly part of my preoccupation, but there are other things that are causing me to struggle. 


I fully intended to write a post on my 2011 word of the year, 

~Release~

but as I introduce you to my word of the year, I can already say that it's been more of a stretch than I had ever anticipated.  When I chose "Release" I had specific things in mind of which I knew I had to let go.  However, I've been asked to release things already that I never thought I would have to say good-bye to.  And it hurts.  I thought these were good things, & maybe in some situations they are, but at least for a time... I have to release them.

Even when it breaks my heart.

A non-related, heart~happy moment.

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Letting go of certainties.....

......grieving the loss.....

......releasing.....

~::Counting the Multitude of Gifts::~

|a peek into the manger. . . dare I behold?

|new perspectives on Christmas

|22 years of life

|42 facebook birthday wishes

|new life

|terrycloth sleepers

|baby coos

|piano & guitar improv

|cookie dough

|melty, spreadable chips

|a silent night

|chocolate drizzle

|my toast to 2011, given 3 minutes before midnight

|"happy birthday baby girl!" text buzzed in 15 seconds before the ball dropped in Times Square

|my virgin appletini with sugar crystals on the rim

|a Light burst forth in the darkness

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