Random Thoughts

This afternoon around 5pm. Johnson and I were looking at the pupas today. One of them was turning black. J: It's gonna be soon. ME: Look, you can see the wings. Later, around 7pm. I opened the door to let Suzi out. I looked, expecting to see the black pupa. OMG!  I noticed a butterfly! ME: Johnson! Come quick! We have a baby! Seriously, I don't think the ladies at the empty tomb of Jesus made as much noise as I did. OMG! It is so beautiful. And if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed this butterfly came out of the the pupa I've been watching for a month. See the dark pupa hanging on the wall? It's only a couple days behind. I don't want to sound like some kind religious fanatic, but you know what, I'm feeling pretty drawn to the awesomeness of God right now. I narrated the Passion Story in church today. Didn't get much past the crown of thorns before I choked up. It's a story I've heard over an...

I have begun to realize that all this "noticing" is making me more observant. The more I notice, the more I see. I'm paying more attention to things I might not have bothered with before. Is that they mean when they say be in the moment? Dad used to tell me to slow down, that I went to fast. He reasoned that is why I forget so much.  I have noticed noticing things has slowed me down, if only for that  moment of seeing what's in front of me. Today I noticed : 1. A new chrysalis. Yesterday when I checked on the progress of pupa A, I noticed all the other caterpillars that had been on the bush the day before were gone. I looked around the bush and on the ground to no avail. Then I noticed that there was one caterpillar hanging on the wall. I tried to move him to the bush thinking he'd like that better. He was stuck by the tiniest of black sticky spots. He sort of curled himself into the letter "j," looking like he was settling in for a long winter's...