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May, 2008

Dear Friends,

It was one of those beautiful, lengthening days,
when May was pressing back with both hands the
shades of the morning and the evening.
--Amelia E. Barr (1886)

Welcome to the month of May! How we got here from New Year’s Eve in a blink of an eye, I’ll never know but here we are. May has always been one of my favorite months… Spring is finally in the air as the sun shines, the days lengthen, the honey bees buzz, the lambs frolic in our field,, the apple tree blossoms, tulip bouquets find their way into every nook and cranny, the arrival of flea and farmers’ market season and the annual arousal of our feminine nesting instincts occurs: Spring cleaning!

This morning Jonnie asked me what I wanted for my birthday and I said, “A clean house.” I wasn’t kidding. Being away for three weeks in April set the level of our housekeeping back to bachelor days. At first my dearly beloved thought I wanted a cleaning service to come in…and while the thought was tempting, it took me only a few moments to realize that really all I want is a week not to just clean my house, but to domesticate it. Claim eminent domain. What a luxury that would be! But it’s not going to happen, until I make it a priority. So, perhaps like you I need to stop, take a deep breath and pull focus. Realize that life is just allotted to us in twenty-four hour increments. Each day I decide what should be the priority.

I love May in Simple Abundance because I get to reconsider the connection between prayer and housekeeping. The articles I’ll be writing are ones that I’m pondering deeply, so I hope our connection and celebration of the sacred in ordinary strikes a personal prompt for you.

Sending you blessings and dearest love, SBB

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