First off, I want to post a few photos of my childhood friend Kara and her delightful baby Madeline. Kara (as in “automobile-a”, a memorable way it was described to me years ago) was a close friend of mine in Klamath Falls, Oregon, during my last years of elementary school. My memories of our times together are characterized by adventure, laughter and silliness… I hadn’t seen Kara in over 10 years, so it was really fun to see her last week. Somehow we’ve both made it to adulthood and have married successfully. And now Kara’s the proud mama of a beautiful 8 week old baby. Very very cool.

I haven’t been posting much recently, though there is certainly much to write about. This week life seems to be a whirlwind of activity that, try as I may to pin down and make sense of, confuses and evades me. Being an ESFJ, I’m a natural scheduler. This makes me the perfect person to put together the weekly bulletin for Zion — I like to record dates and activities, to post information in a tangible fashion so folks can duly order their lives. And yet I’m feeling quite unordered, unscripted, unscheduled and, well, swirly. This swirling, ever-changing life… It’s leaving me a little breathless.