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Shannon K. Evans's avatar

This was so beautiful.

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Cameron Bellm's avatar

Thank you, love!

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Alli Bobzien's avatar

I loved this, Cameron! The camp I grew up at has a beautiful (and giant) ammonite fossil that is, to this day, my favorite find on a hike! I’ll find a pic for you ❤️

And your lovely description of our past selves and cells made me think of Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle. The animals have it all figured out - carrying castles on our back!

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Cameron Bellm's avatar

Oh, I love that link! So true, we carry our castles. I would love to see that picture!

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Angela Sealana's avatar

What a great gift idea. 😊

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Cameron Bellm's avatar

It was only a month late, but why not stretch Christmas all the way out to February? :)

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Randall O’Brien's avatar

Your syllables’s author may be an introvert in extrovert clothes; they, however, are extroverted ticklers of our souls, dancing playfully in our midst, seasoning our inner conversations with insightful delight.

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Cameron Bellm's avatar

How beautiful, thank you! I thought I was an extrovert for a really long time--maybe most of us are a mix of both!

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Laura's avatar

The crocuses!! What a beautiful reminder of God's love for us.

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Cameron Bellm's avatar

Amen! They are such a buoy for the spirit in winter.

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Marina Gross-Hoy's avatar

What a way to start my morning 😍 What a powerful image of the interior life, I will want to sit with these words. And I’m reading this after I played with my son this morning at breakfast with a puzzle Valentine’s Day card, with a snail carrying a heart-shaped shell that below the puzzle pieces revealed a cozy living area with a tea party and heart decorations everywhere. “Look at all the hearts!”, my child said in awe.

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Cameron Bellm's avatar

That is so adorable! That puzzle sounds right up my introverted cozy-loving alley!

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Maria Anderson's avatar

Amen, and thank you. -- "Think of all the selves you’ve been. Think of all the places where you have felt at home, especially the ones you’ve created yourself. Think of all the ways you have welcomed your own growth. You carry them all with you, your own sacred relics."

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Cameron Bellm's avatar

Right there with you. :)

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