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| the past couple days have been packed.
i mean, really, truly PACKED. here i thought my life couldn't hold much more, but, ah ha! it can, apparently. parker hill community church made another grand leap into the multi-site church world! and i, small little kerry, got to be a big part of that. now, i won't credit myself with the truly fantastic things associated with this move, like planning, building, or strategizing. but since coming onto the family ministries team, and in such a time as this, my days have been occupied with volunteers, fabric swatches, signage, blueprints, more volunteers, completely redesigning and rebuilding a stage, and so on...
and in the face of all the bells and whistles, the smoke and mirrors that is the image of the new dickson city campus, what i'm most amazed by is the tendency of people to show up.
we walked into a shell of a room that had been painted, sure, but barely more than that. our volunteers strung cable and wires, hauled lumber, designed, lifted TONS of heavy things out of the abington building and into dickson city, decorated room, put together faulty poster frames, and anything else that was asked of them. in fact, we seldom had to ask anyone to do anything! the words, "i'm finished here, where do you need me next?" was heard often enough to become mundane.
and yet, as i'm sitting here at 12:30 in the morning, reflecting on all the events of the past couple days, it's not the way the building looks that brings me to near speechlessness. it's the tendency of amazing people, who believe in helping people find the way back to God, just show up. no clauses, no hidden agenda, no "you scratch my back, i'll scratch yours."
just... "i'm finished here, where do you need me next?"
i hope i never forget today. | | |
| who has time to just sit back and reflect anymore? i certainly didn't until about a month ago when i switched jobs. i went from 40+ hours a week to a mere 20-ish hours a week. i went from a preschool teacher to an administrative assistant for children's ministries. i went from a job where the demands were high to... oh wait, that's the same.
if you're wondering, i love it.
i have more time with my kids, more time to be a sometimes photographer and hone my skills, more time to, well, to reflect.
enter xanga.
it's been a rough couple weeks. nothing's ever easy. there's the saying that anything worth having doesn't come easy. what about the things you don't want in the first place that are exceedingly hard? case in point, my dog had to be put down yesterday because a rabid fox bit her and she contracted rabies. i didn't want that. and it was hard for my entire family.
i want to be a photographer savant, but that's hard work and dedication. i don't mind that.
i want to be a good mom, wife, friend, employee, actor, director, lover of art.
anyway, i'm rambling and yes, i did notice how i put photographer before mom and wife. i could go back and delete it before i post, but i won't. being a great photographer is what's fresh on my mind right now, so i'm leaving it.
still rambling. | | |
| "Gravity" by Sara Bareilles
Something always brings me back to you.
It never takes too long.
No matter what I say or do I'll still feel you here 'til the moment I'm gone.
You hold me without touch.
You keep me without chains.
I never wanted anything so much than to drown in your love and not feel your reign.
[CHORUS:]
Set me free, leave me be. I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity.
Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I'm supposed to be.
But you're on to me and all over me.
You loved me 'cause I'm fragile.
When I thought that I was strong.
But you touch me for a little while and all my fragile strength is gone.
[CHORUS]
I live here on my knees as I try to make you see that you're everything I think I need here on
The ground.
But you're neither friend nor foe though I can't seem to let you go.
The one thing that I still know is that you're keeping me down | | |
| i'm posting these on here because i know she won't take the initiative to show you on her own. she looks all grown up and all kinds of amazing, huh? 
p.s. - she has a CD with all the photos on it with a release of rights from me if you want any of these developed. i love you guys. | | |
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