sure did

if you smile when no one else is around then you really mean it.

smile

A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells people you're at home.

9 months

"lissa, where are you?"

"i'm here"

happiness

where the dirt was soft and black

we started digging a garden

...and it was good

beautiful letdown

this is peace

this is rest

this is home

belly laughs

he's on his way and he's getting here as fast as he can

waiting

AND even when my best possible outcome happens, the fruits aren’t for me.

It is about how the fruit grows. 

hands in the dirt

So many miles, so many doors
Some need patience, some need force
All fall open in their own due course
To allow us this time 

And I picture us in this light
Friendship a fine silver web
Stretched across golden smoky haze
And this is simple
And this is grace 

~bruce cockburn

clark kent

i rewarded myself tonight...

had a visit with les

drank a chai latte

laughed

felt the weight lift for a moment

praised & thanked

decision

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in.
~Leonard Cohen

patio

it tasted like rotten apples, but it was beer, so that made it okay

homemade

i'm not the dress i'm wearing

i'm not a photograph

i'm not the car that I drive

i am who i am 

meant to be

a gift from les...
my last name is "TeBrake"

i pronounce it "tea break"

in holland they write it like this... te Braak

my mom was called mrs. teabag by one of her sunday school kids

growing up, the guy at the gas station would call my dad mr. coffee break

tea is my favourite drinks, so i think my name is fitting

my last name means...

to cultivate, to break the earth

I love that!

nail polish

one step closer

view from my kitchen table

in the afternoon, i love to sit at my kitchen table.

because the sun shines in.

i am excited to look out of my backdoor and see the green grow.

and sometimes i see "chuck" the groundhog.  he lives under my shed.  i wanted to name him "henk" after my dad who was born on groundhog day, but i was advised against it.

...so chuck it is.