Tonight at our seminary Christmas supper, a student and I were talking about something he shared yesterday in our last English class of the semester. He pictured a quilt wrapped around me, woven together from words.
Today I thought about that image and realised that I didn't necessarily see it wrapped only around me, but around others: folk who needed words of encouragement to cheer them, words of comfort to warm them, words of truth to bring healing, and words of hope to lift their spirits.
I appreciated RE's vision of his teacher wrapped in words, and I hope to drape my cosy quilt around blog Readers (and my regular NLSC crowd) in the posts to follow. Greetings to y'all, and to all a good night.
Up Close and Personal
- EMP
- Alberta, Canada
- Since I was 7, I knew I'd be a writer when I grew up. Early in Dec 2008, once I ventured out on my own (after hap'ly co-authoring and publishing a book of letters in 2007), I set up diverse blogs as a discipline to record my thoughts and type up all the random bits 'n' pieces composed in coffee shops and on silent retreat days. (It also gives my international friends and relations something to do during long summer nights.) Pop in and visit. Leave a comment. Write a letter!
1 comment:
Welcome to the blogging world! I've just spent a few moments reading your posts. I would like to think I was your inspiration in starting this endeavor! :-) I must say that I've never heard a truer description of you - "wrapped in quilt of words." Very fitting!
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