"Like so many things in the self-sufficient life, the more deeply you get involved, the less self-sufficient you become." ~Jenna Woginrich, Barnheart
I am not a self-made woman. It has taken many wonderful people many generous hours to get me where I am trying to go. I am forever indebted to my helpful, patient parents for building baby barns in the hot sun and driving hundreds of miles to rescue me from big cities and big problems. My tireless friends who watch my noisy children at the last minute, wash windows the day before my house goes up for sale, or the sweet, selfless neighbors who plow my driveway and bring me hot meals when I'm ill. There's all the teachers and profs who have pushed me to use my brain and my fingers to write that difficult last line of a poem or paint that last stroke on a canvas. And then there's the strangers who have shown me such kindness when I've least expected, or deserved, it. And that tall, silent gentleman who listens to me ramble on about this intentional existence I'm determined to live and never once interrupts (though occasionally, understandably, falls asleep!). Daily I am humbled and grateful. I try to think of ways I may say thank you to these ordinary angels and the universe for bestowing such gifts on my simple little life. But I have nothing to give but my words, so here they are: thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!
