Last mile.

I do think my dietary changes are helping my pain.
It was only half as bad this week as it usually is,
which is to say, pretty good in comparison.
::But::
"the last mile's the longest" is a true statement.

About Trayvon Martin and Mary Jane

To this California girl - drug-free though I be - marijuana usage is no stain on your character, no cause to think you deserve to be shot in the chest.  WTF, media.  WTF.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might...

This verse has been ringing in my head these past two very busy weeks.  My hands are finding new things to do around every corner - things I never thought I would pursue. Quickbooks, as I take over the finances at work.  Mazatrol, as I learn to become a real machinist, and not just a button pusher.  Engaging with the unexpected blessing of adolescent step-nieces and nephew as they try to find their way in a new state.  All of these things cause a little bit of fear and trembling as they don't swing in the direction of my natural gifting.  But God has put these tasks into my hand; in His strength, I can do it.

Jane Austen

The charm of an object to occupy the many vacancies of Harriet's mind was not to be talked away.  - Emma

From the Wikipedia article on Susanna Wesley:

Wesley practised daily devotions throughout her life, but, shortly before her death, she wrote to her son Charles, admitting that she had struggled with doubt throughout her life and only now had finally found peace in her faith.

For one who struggles and doubts, this is comforting.

"...all it can do is delay it for a little while."

My dad thinks the fact that I don't eat meat is killing me faster.
I think the fact that he eats dairy is killing him faster.
The truth is, fast or slow, we're both dying anyway.

Virginia Sorenson

"When you have done a great many good things you forget to speak of them."- Miracles on Maple Hill