Reflection

I attended a scholarship reception tonight, hors d'oeuvres and a chance to meet our donors. The scholarships I received this year were both memorial scholarships created by two families of recent grads who died young and unexpectedly. I met the parents of a 2008 grad who was brilliant, social, and who was lost one day when her body simply stopped. They all knew about B when they chose me as their recipient but learned tonight that he came home and is doing so well. I think the three of us felt something powerful, something like redemption, standing together. All three of us got teary at times, all felt so thankful.

I happened to see a clip of "The View" (I know, weird) in which Stephen Colbert talked about how his mother's faith helped her get through the loss of her husband and two children in a plane crash, then raising her remaining nine children on her own. He said she taught her children,

to love life and not be bitter 

to realize that everybody suffers, 

and if you can accept your suffering 

then you can understand other people better.

It's been on my mind. 

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I'm finally writing again. I don't know if I've done anything really creative in years - quilting doesn't count for these purposes. Instead of the fun crime adventure I had been playing with off and on, I'm caught up in a different story. Darker, involving preemies, maybe better. It feels like something I need to do, and I think I'll use NaNoWriMo as my excuse (looking at you, EH!). I admit, it helped that I walked in Barnes and Noble and saw a huge center-aisle display of books by someone I know personally. I need to finish something in my life, even if it doesn't ever get read.

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This little rabbit is growing well. I've never been so happy to be woken up every 3 hours. Pictures soon, I promise.