“I’m working to redefine what joy means, to pay attention enough to notice the physical, emotional, and mental sensations that accompany its presence. Like a tree I never notice until I learn its name, knowing how to identify joy helps me experience it more often and more fully.” –Bethany Lee, Fruit of the Vine

Query: How is love prompting you to wait in hard places for growth to emerge?

Today the beach was silver,

the water blue and gold.

Walking the flat, windless, sun-covered sand,

we could become silver-skinned.

When you walked ahead,

I thought

keep on,

become silver,

don’t look back,

and if you do

I’ll be here watching

until you are the faintest shadow,

until I see you

even though you are gone.

–Peg Edera, from “This Week” in Love Is Deeper Than Distance