Dearest [doesitcomewithgravy]
Can I take your hand, and grip it tight, and lead you to happiness – to Arcadia?
I yearn to show you arcadia, for who better deserves to enter it’s gates than you?
Arcadia-
“Ar·ca·di·a or ar·ca·di·a a place in which people are imagined or believed to enjoy a perfect life of simplicity”
I have heard of the requirements to enter, and I know of few who would be admitted.
-Your heart, your gift of love is sacred.
I wish I could be near you more, in hopes that I might soak in more of you. The kindness and compassion you show your husband, your child, your father and your family is inspiring, and is not taken for granted; I see what you do, what you give, and what toll it demands from you in exchange requires so much strength!
-Your power, your ability to master the strength within is sacred.
You take a ball of energy, and contain it, and capitalize on it’s efficiency. Whatever energy you wield, you make it stronger, and it’s density becomes more powerful than before. I’ve watched you do this in inter-family dynamics. There is such inspiration in how you solidify and clarify events, emotions and thoughts so that they aid the direction you present them in. This is a rare skill. Many people let their energy float, and scatter, and eventually it dissipates and disperses until they have nothing left. There have been numerous times that I have relied on your power to help strengthen me, and us, and you.
Also, though it is hard to speak of without touching on some sensitive areas, but to see the goddess so bright in you makes me smile. It also reminds me I’m not so hopeless. It is essential for every human to recognize the power this gift represents, and you, personally, carry it with grace.
-Your nature, your gentle personality is sacred.
With the family members we have, we are all blessed to experience your compassionate and sensitive ways. I am grateful to have understood this quality of you, one, because I have watched how others don’t understand it and how to react. I have tried to know how to interact with this, with you and others, and being a role model and an example have aided in my education. In addition, I too have similar aspects within me, and many a time, it is a curse, as you know. Being sensitive represents showing empathy even when it’s unwanted (by both parties). It also means that events and words do not flow over us like they can on others. Your internal sponge may be difficult to bear, but I see it. I know it. I know what it does to you, and I thank you. In teaching me, in affecting others with the depth that you do has been essential to life.
What is amazing about sisterhood, is that I will forever be in debt to them. They have affected me infinitely, and helped me to survive life. This is an honor, and though it saddens me to no end to feel I haven’t earned that from you, I give you the recognition of such an influence.
I want you to know, that though we do not talk as much as we would both like, you are always in my mind, and in my heart.
There are many catastrophic things in our lives right now, and they have the power to overtake us. I will never doubt though, that we can escape, bruised but alive, when we remain together.
Sorry for last night’s bombardment of posts, but I had to clear the old journal listings on my computer, bring myself up to speed (and remember what I used to do before donning the mother-hat).
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