a request

i'm just barely gettin' movin' here.
figure it's time to start diggin' out and
findin' my desk again....

got an email this morning that i haven't
even processed yet. i've gotta go take a walk
and sit with it before i can respond to it.

and yet part of it i can hold. the beautiful
part....

the part that's too much at this moment, and
requires a walk is the part about three young
people dying ten days before christmas in a car
accident.

my friend's nephew and his best friend and his
best friend's girlfriend. her nephew as 19. i'm
figurin' they're all 19 or very close to it....

zakk's almost 17, yo's 20....it's just way too
close to process without being outside...

but here's the part i'm holding right now, and
am kinda amazed at.....

she's struggling, her whole family is struggling.
and she wrote asking if i'd ask everyone i knew
if they could send 'prayers, vibes, chants-whatever
they feel is correct for them- out to not only our
family, but also the families who lost their kids
in this horrible tragedy. this has affected not only
our families, but also the huge network of friends
that james, john and aubrey had.'

i just kinda sat there after reading that.

i have so come to believe in the connectedness of us
all and the support we can give even if we don't know
each other....i have tried to make it a part of what
i do....and to have her come when she's hurting so badly,
looking for help....

i find it incredibly moving, and incredibly powerful.

some things are just too much to hold. we need others to
put their arms around us, to put their hands out and help
hold it with us. it's the only way we can stay upright
sometimes....

and somewhere deep inside her, she knows that, and she's
looking for that help.

i'll be posting that in our newsletter when we send that
out to reach everyone we can....but right now, i wanted
to put it here. before i even processed the rest.

sometimes the words 'holy' and 'sacred' come to my mind
when certain things happen. her asking for this seemed
somehow holy or sacred....i don't even know how to explain
that....it's just a feeling i have.....

if anyone has anything they want to say to her, by all means,
write it to me and i'll pass it her way. verbal or silent,
let's all send her something from our hearts.

she needs it.
we need it.