Today I checked one of my (many!) favourite blogs and was saddened to read that it's about to close down, even though it welcomes 2,000 visitors a day, since the writer is getting increasingly concerned about blog security and how much time it takes her to blog. She a busy wife, mother and grandmother and I'm very grateful that for a time she felt safe and happy blogging and sharing her life with me (and 1,999 other visitors!).
I hope I'll never forget the blog, because it's one of the most peaceful and beautiful ones I've ever read! The pictures - of ordinary things and people - are breathtaking and the words are comforting. The writer seems to have a talent for seeing loveliness everywhere ... in a raindrop, in an empty glass drained of milk and a plate scattered with cake crumbs, in a baby's blanket, in a child's cheek and a girl's hair, in a new dress made out of beautiful fabrics to an old-fashioned pattern ...
I'm guessing it's the writer's talent for seeing loveliness everywhere that attracted 2,000 visitors a day to the blog! There is a lot in the world that is not lovely and when someone finds loveliness and shares it with others ... well ... it's a blessing! The trouble is, one of the most peaceful and beautiful blogs I've ever read, where I aways found something lovely ... is about to close down. So ... I think it's time for at least one of the 2,000 visitors to start looking for loveliness for herself and maybe sharing it with others.
Hmm ... 'loveliness' ... it somehow seems a much deeper, more rounded and satisfying word than 'beauty'. Perhaps that's because 'loveliness' has been less-abused and mis-applied than 'beauty'. Call it what you will, that something is something everyone yearns for and looks for. The trouble is that most of us look for it in the wrong places or the wrong way. And of course for those of us brought up within the Christian conservative world, there's something a little ... dubious (wicked?) ... about looking for loveliness or beauty.
But ... if I am ever a wife, mother and grandmother, I would love to approach life with the same talent for finding loveliness (not to mention the same peace and beauty!) that I found on the blog that is about to close down. And since who I will be then is largely shaped by who I am now ... well, I think I need to get busy learning to look for loveliness and developing a talent for finding it (not to mention cultivating peace and beauty!). Is it 'wicked', looking for loveliness? I hope not ... because that's what I'm doing!
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Oh, I've been so saddened too, to know Jewels is leaving - but to tell you the truth, I've been anticipating it, with all the busy season in their lives lately - which I also wrote to her in a private email I sent. I'm glad I had the chance to go through all her archives in the past weeks, and copy some of the more inspirational quotes to my personal 'uplifting stuff' notebook (for my private eyes only of course!). Jewels is very special and taught me a great deal about approaching everything with softness and love. She will never be forgotten.
Oh - I wish I'd anticipated it and thought to go through Jewels' archives too! Or at least taken the initiative to email her and let her know how much I apprciated her blog ... especially because I'm not having any joy posting a 'thank you' comment right now ... I've never commented on a 'typepad' blog before and I think I keep failing the character verification or something, because the blog/computer just will *not* let me submit a comment! Jewels *is* special ... 'approaching everything with softness and love' ... that describes her exactly! I've also been inspired by the way she dresses her little girls ... I *love* the beautiful fabrics and old-fashioned patterns they all wear!
Actually that's how I first came across Jewels' blog - I posted about dressing modestly during the summer, and Sherry ('Haus Frau') thought I'd enjoy their pretty dresses and skirts. Which I did, of course - but there was more, so much more to that blog *shakes head sadly*. I'm so sorry - more than I think it's rational. It's like losing a dear, dear friend.
Elizabeth~
I realize I'm commenting on an older post, but every time I come here I see this post, among others, that truly encourage me and I just had to comment, after the fact though it may be. :) Thank you for your post!
Aww, Ana, thank you so much for commenting! I really don't mind that you're commenting some time after I wrote this post, I loved reading your comment anyway! It's so wonderful to know that this post encourages you ... thank you for letting me know, I appreciate it so much! :->
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