Quote

   Today a friend sent along a clip from a Brene Brown interview. I know I have talked about Brene's work some...her books have been great for me-a lot about honesty, shame, living in who you are, love. Her interview was about the church and allowing brokenness and pain to be a part of it. Basically that life is not easy and we shouldn't act like it is. Or have the expectation. She refers to the idea that church should not be like an epidural for a laboring woman, more like a midwife gently encouraging her to work through the pain.
The idea of pain in the midst of the journey is something I need to hear right now.
She quoted a Leonard Cohen song, which I have always loved both for it's melody and the lyrics. Here is the quote:
  "Love is not a victory march, it's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah"
Hoping I have the bravery to embrace the broken Hallelujah's a bit more....
  

Words

As an introvert I can live my life in my head. And be pretty content with that. If you are an extrovert, that probably sounds excruciating! Journaling helps me get that mess out of my head. I need that. Though I forget it all the time. Thank you to today's very randomly cool July temperatures 

Journey

This Enneagram thought has been the topic of many thoughts over the last few weeks. What is my journey?

Summer Sorbet

My pictures are not going to this justice. However, I found this recipe on pintrest and it far exceeded my expectations and was super easy.
They have several flavor options, but I chose for my first run to try Strawberry. They all call for bananas, which is apparently to thicken the sorbet-it didn't really make the sorbet taste like bananas. They also call for maple syrup. To say I dislike maple syrup is an understatement, so I substituted agave for the syrup. The nice thing is you can get all these ingredients on a Target run. Easy.
1 1/2 cups frozen strawberries (slightly thawed)
1 1/2 bananas (ripe)
1/4 cup lemon juice (one lemons' worth)
1/3 cup agave
Thaw the strawberries slightly before starting. Have a metal container in the freezer to put the sorbet in (all I have is a loaf pan :).
Place all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Don't overblend. Place in chilled container and freeze until solid.
Looking forward to trying the other flavors.

The Ladies

Got to spend four wonderful days with the Moyer ladies +Aaron. According to Lydia I should have come on a different day so I could stay all the days :) We did a lot of reading, played at the wading pool, went to ikea, went to the park, ate a lot of great meals courtesy of Danielle who caters to my tricky diet, and had lots of time to hang out and catch up. 

Miss you here sweet friends. Sad I don't get to see those girls more often. 

(Sorry to Lydia for the poor picture-she was trying to see what a magnet would stick to)