These days, I cannot help but feel supremely blessed. Life is filled to the brim with puppy hikes, quality time with the hubby, making our home 'ours', friends, family, and creativity. There is laughter and adventure and relaxation. Time speeds past us, which is at once terrifying and exhilarating. 

When the world is so torn, so filled with hatred and hurt that it permeates every thing around us....when I am aching for people I never knew and so angry, so furious at the repetition of it all....when I am so helpless at the same time...I turn to silence. There truly are no words to encompass what much