soy cheese and pieces of peace

I'm finding the places in my heart i had forgotten about, or perhaps, simply never thought could be reconciled together.

The Equality Ride has drawn to an end, and cruelly, the pace didn't allow for me to continue blogging through the last month. and i'm not quite ready to recount it all right now in this peaceful place.

I ordered a vegan pizza with bell pepper, broccoli, and delicious soy cheese. i have music singing my peace and i'm ready to share pieces of me that have been discovered on this trip. and oh what a trip it was.

Do you know what I love? Hope. and though after 2 months of some of the most brutalizing conversation and treatment my hope has never been better founded. Why? because i could no longer allow it to simply float around; a nice idea that things might be ok because...well, i wanted them so.

Now i'm taking time and soaking in silence to hear the things inside of me and out that i haven't because of our pace. I realize how much i craved quiet. And now i'm remembering the things i am interested in, that i hope for, and that are lovely.

The new monasticism, the catholic worker, intentional communities, gardening, the organization Word and World.

When I think on these things i feel peace and joy and that solid tangible hope for the world. I see God and Gods people. and i like it.

I will be home in mere moments, and I am ready to be there.