with gratitude.

the me from today, the "what is real" covered in bits of spit-up and surrounded by words pounded into brass and tucked in for the night in flannel pajamas and overwhelmed by all that is and deciding to just relax with my husband and watch a movie and have some cake + milk at least until she wakes up me is peeking out to say this:

thank you for seeing the seventh-grade me. thank you for getting it. thank you for catching my words. thank you for noticing the mirror i am holding up. thank you for your words, your emails, your comments sharing your stories of the seventh-grade you...of the you of today. thank you for seeing me...seeing yourselves. 

more soon from this corner...but for now, i just want say thank you. (big time.)

blessings,
liz 

Comments

[Lelainia]

I keep meaning to tell you about Tinybuddha.com I have it on my google reader. It's really very good! I think you;d like it. :)

What did we ever do before we could connect through the power of the internet? I am glad for the world it opened up for artists.

[kelly]

i love this image of you. so fresh and that little grin. yep i love it.

[playcrane]

Beautiful! And thank YOU!

[Jamie]

Oh, Liz.
This self-portrait looks different than the otheres.
Striking.
You look calm, yet very much alive. Happy. Rested. Grounded.
Light. Lighter.
I love it.
And, I love all that you said in the last post. Comes at a perfect time for me (as ALWAYS).
XOXO

[laney]

THANK YOU LIZ! for some time i've been trying to re-capture that "7th grade girl" in me-- she's been slowly emerging. thank you for saying it's ok for us grown girls to be more like our "old" selves. it's so important.
by the way, i bought your book & love it!!!

[Meri of Meri's Musings]

How I loved your "seventh grade self" post. So real, so searching, so tender. What I see in your seventh grade self as preserved in photos is a sassy, creative girl --- you're still creative, but have you maintained that sassy stuff?