Notes from the Newman Nest: October 2009

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Trying to capture this trip in photos

More of Uganda for those who have asked

The Last of Uganda

The pearls of His favor

~ 5 year olds
~ embroidered by hand linens
~ real
~ dirty faces streaked with sweat and mud and grinning
~ clean - clean dogs, clean sheets, clean clothes, clean bathtub, clean windows, clean SUV, clean swept patio, clean sheet of paper, clean white baseball pants, clean water, clean conscience, clean heart
~ fishing and naps
~ fireflies in my cedar trees
~ fireflies and stars on a deep dark country road
~ teenagers delighting is what is good
~ what does ______ mean?
~ my 2nd born nervous in driver's seat
~ mama friends for lunch
~ rain shower at the very moment I was going outside to water flowers
~ recording what matters
~ making all things new
~ fading scars
~ healing
~ car packed with snacks and cooler, gps and pillows, good books and burned CDs
~ lawn games
~ filthy sweaty baseball players covered in dirt and grins
~ appreciating freedoms
~ little american flag in a pot of geraniums
~ first watermelon of the season
~ summer camp, trunk packed
~ teenage boys still kissing mama
~ "I'm sorry"
~ first day of flip flop weather
~ the first cup of coffee
~ plays
~ three teenagers and one almost in our bed saying goodnight
~ "welcome home"
~ handmade gifts on Christmas morning
~ snow falling and city lights
~ transparency
~ did I already list family naps?
~ thirteen 16 year old girls laughing in my kitchen
~ small town art shows
~ retreat
~ family style dinners
~ summer camp
~ rain on a tin roof as you lie down for a nap
~ creak of a screen door
~ a rope swing
~ coffee on a cool evening
~ empty laundry hampers
~ community
~ head bent over desk in concentration
~ clean shaven faces
~ jeep top down
~ first cool day of fall
~ brothers cheering brothers
~ Hannah being brave
~ unhurried conversation with David
~ Peter's smile when he can't help it
~ Cameron singing in the backseat
~ wild ride through mountain villages in a cattle truck
~ hot shower any other day
~ cold shower on a very hot day
~ voices joined in praise, multi-launguages
~ a marriage of 60+ years in the mountains of the DR
~ little faces a world away waiting to meet us
~ dinner prepared by a friend on the day we returned
~ fresh basil, or mint, or rosemary from my garden pots
~ kisses from my boys
~ a shiny sink
~ well packed luggage
~ the smell of gardenias
~ stars from a mountain top
~ a gallop on horseback
~ avocado from a brown boy's hand
~the breath of babies, and laughs
~ baby pigs
~ painted cement walls, and brown skin
~ old paint on pale blue houses
~ soft sheets, piles of white pillows
~ dusk through my kitchen window, supper cooking
~ hot water
~ fresh summer peas, corn, and tomatoes
~ family nap time
~ the first glimpse of my child's face after he/she has been away
~ the smell of summer - heat, grass, rain on a warm wind

Notes from the Newman Nest

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

A taste in photos until I can gather my thoughts