Almost one year on (not much of a blogger I suppose) -- and while love is STILL the lesson -- the latest bumper sticker to "stick" with me after the crazy year 2009 has been is:

"Madness takes its toll.
Please have exact change."

2009 brought many, many scares, changes and challenges. Lost a job, got a job - but maybe should have started my own business? Health scares and healing. Books searched and read, some lessons learned, but in a way lots of "marking time" and trying to be patient and hopeful and prayerful for myself, my family and a lot of folks around me. Still very, very blessed and wondering about the best way to share those blessings with the people who have so much less than I do.