Weekly post

April 9, 2007

Dear friends,

Today I turn 40. In a perfect world, I would spend the day, the whole day, with loved ones, meditating on the implications of the halfway mark. Well, the world isn't perfect yet (I'm working on it), but my mother is giving me the gift of her time by spending the day attending classes with me, a treat for me -- to show my mother a day in my life. I know also that I'll be spending the evening with friends, also a treat and a celebration.

I am so very blessed. My cup overflows, embarrassingly so. I have a marvelous family, and I am right where I would like to be at 40 -- doing what I love, preparing for the servant leadership I find so fulfilling. Yippee! Or, yipes. Take your pick.

The relentlessness marches on. A presentation, a paper, and a quiz today, two exams Friday, and that Religions of Africa paper eventually must get done.

Elsewhere ... beauti-full.

Love,
Beth