Connect. Oh, it’s been a precious word to me, so precious. I chose it in early January 2012 as my word for the year, and so it’s with mixed feelings that I look back, sitting here in August, at the year so far.
Connect . . . connection . . . connected. This year has been one of much uncertainty, but many blessings when I turn my eyes to search for them. And every blessing, in some way, has come from a connection.
Friendship. I couldn’t be more grateful for friends. Friends near, friends far. Friends who are so similar it’s like looking in a mirror. Friends who couldn’t be more different and it’s exciting. Friends professionally, friends personally. Connecting with friends reminds me that I couldn’t be less alone in this world.
The older I get, the more the line between friends and family blurs. I love that sort of connection. I love that blurry line.
Mr. S. Our second year of marriage and praise God, we’re hanging in there. Connecting with him keeps our marriage strong. Even a cup of coffee before work together, a sweet email during the day . . . like strands of rope, they’re weak on their own but create such solidarity when connected.
Christ. Oh that rich, rich grace. Grace I don’t deserve, that’s new every day . . . I’m full of praise and awe. I trip and fall and tumble and cripple and that grace is constant. He carries me.
Connection sometimes slips into life, but more often than not, it requires big work. It requires work of the heart and work of time and work of energy and giving giving giving of oneself.
But in connection, like the best gifts, it’s not about what we get. To connect, I’m learning this year, is to give.
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Linking up with Lisa Jo’s Five Minute Friday again this week. Love this stuff.
I love this line “ike strands of rope, they’re weak on their own but create such solidarity when connected.” and this, it’s not about what we get. “To connect, I’m learning this year, is to give.”
Just beautiful…
Michele-Lyn, thank you so much!
So true! We must give to gain true connection! Lovely post.
You’re so sweet, Sharen. Thank you for visiting on Friday.
I love that ending! To connect really is to give!
It sure is, Mary Beth. Not an easy lesson to learn, but worth it when we do! Thanks for visiting, friend.
Powerful and truthful ending: “But in connection, like the best gifts, it’s not about what we get. To connect, I’m learning this year, is to give.”
Wonderful post…
Have a blessed Friday!!
Thank you, Stefanie! Hope you had a blessed weekend, friend.
“The older I get, the more the line between friends and family blurs. I love that sort of connection. I love that blurry line.”
Oh this was beauty-filled! Thank you for being open and real and writing your perspective.
Incredibly happy I stopped by.
Leigh Kay, I’M so happy YOU stopped by! Grateful for your sweet words here.
Very true.
Thank you so much, Denise!
Sounds like a great word for the year. Sounds like it has done so much work in your life. Thanks for sharing. Visiting from Gypsy Mama.
Thanks for visiting on Friday! Grateful for your kind words
so true Sarah, that real fulfillment in connecting comes when we give. It’s biblical isn’t it, more blessed to give than receive? I’m learning to embrace this too.
Shelly, thank you so much.
I am so honored that I am one of those connections you made this year. You have blessed me more than you can know and I am soooo thankful for you!! You have been one of the best things to happen to me online since I took up blogging again this year.
Tammy! You couldn’t be sweeter, friend. Your comment means so much to me — and YOU mean so much to me too, girl!