Prison, Photography, Places

There are some places you go or activities you do that fill your heart and bring incredible joy.

One of these places for me is prison.

{Okay, fine, I will explain instead of letting you figure that one out..}

I volunteer in prison twice a week every other week. I go to two different prisons and I love it. I don't always feel like going, but afterward, I'm on a high, because there is something deeply profound about connecting with another individual and I hope they receive at least half of the blessing that I receive from being with them.

A couple years ago, when I first started volunteering with W2, I had absolutely no idea what to expect. But i have grown comfortable there and am thankful for the friendships I am building and I am continually being encouraged and challenged by those I meet with. I am continually humbled. And infused with hope.

Lately I feel as though life is an absolute whirlwind tornado of activity. Things to do, places to go, people to see. It is busy, but at the same time I am LOVING it! I don't always enjoy the feeling of having a lot of things that need to get done, nor do I like the fact that my schedule isn't always open to planning more things, but that's okay. So instead of getting swept away in the busy-ness of it, I am trying to enjoy every moment of the insanity and be swept away in the tornado!

Today is Nature Photography Day. My next post will be a sharing of the nature photographs I took today. You should go take some too-I would love to see them. Today is also National Fly a Kite Day. So I will make a kite and fly it as well. Perhaps you should go find a kite to fly?

Have fun!

{And by the way, my other favorite two cities would probably be... Vancouver and Quebec City and Montreal. That's four, but I'm okay with that. :) }

I would also like to point out that I now have more blog posts for 2010 than I did for 2009. I am hopeful that I will far exceed that number. ;)