Growing

The stars seem close tonight

Closer than my neighbors

Closer than the town

Five miles down the road.

Snowshoeing at night

In winter woods

The way lit by moonlight.

Down to the beaver flow

Down to the gurgle where black water

Forces its way up through clear ice.

To listen for a few minutes

To the winter woods

There is nothing much to hear.

Maybe I go so that

When I return to cabin and woodstove

I appreciate them more.

It is so still out here

So still, so quiet, so white, so blue.

I am growing and moving on in life. I am becoming a woman and I am happy.

Neat.

Mom met Amy Roloff from Little People, Big World. I think that is SO cool. She saw her at a hotel and just started talking with her, and Amy set down and they had a little conversation. How neat!

I am spending more time with friends and it is lovely. I started a new job tonight (cleaning a HUGE doctors office) and I quit all at the same time. It's simply too much for one person to handle. And with my strength being up and down like it is all the time. I feel ashamed for quitting but I know it's right and okay.

That's all for now. I'm tired.