"March"ing Onward
All righty, once a month it is, then! :P
I'm pretty sure I mentioned it in my last post, but time is passing so strangely for me: It's already March, and yet while quite a bit has changed and occurred, at the same time, life is still moving on, progressing, and much is still the same.
Much of the last three-ish weeks of work has been consumed by preparation and the arrival of our once-yearly gathering, in which all our site coordinators travel from their respective corners of Appalachia to Berea College for a day and a half of training, information, networking, and just getting together and celebrating this outstanding but complex work that is Grow Appalachia. It's always an enjoyable event for all of us staff; some of these folks have become friends and like family in most instances. And let's face it, they're the ones literally making it happen, in the field, for thousands of individuals and families who would otherwise be without tools of knowledge and empowerment in growing their own food. I tip my hat to them and hope to become one of them when I "grow up".
So now things have sort of leveled off and we're back to moving about, picking up the momentum for spring time, planting, first site reports coming in, a routine, or as much of what we're used to anyway. See, where I work is unique, in the sense that, with the exception of a few weekly tasks, we rarely are doing the same thing twice. There's a lot of moving parts intersecting and intertwining with each other. I like that, though. I appreciate the flexibility- it keeps me on my toes. But we do have some very exciting things coming up in the next few months, of which you will no doubt hear about...if I can get my butt back to this blogging space on a semi-regular basis :P Wait...I promised I would stop chastising myself!!
And when I'm not at the Grow Appalachia mothership...well, that's become a completely different adventure! Being in a new relationship has been a humbling experience. In a relatively short amount of time I've learned a lot about myself, God, and how He loves and how we ought to love others. especially someone on that level. It's also made me realize just how much I need Him to be who He wants and needs me to be, and also who/what my boyfriend needs. and How amazing it is that He can bring together two individuals who, at one point, were very much struggling, into something pretty wonderful. All for His glory! Win win, if ya ask me!
And this last part I'm going to start reserving for my friend who, based upon his own admission, actually reads what I write here (yay!): Stay out of trouble! I'll try to send you some KBBA soon...or maybe for your birthday. Keep kicking you-know-what. Oh, and let's Skype when I get back from Florida! *high five*
Yep, going to Florida next week. flying out Friday! vaaaaacaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!!!! :)
And if you have to ask what KBBA is, you'll never know.
I'm pretty sure I mentioned it in my last post, but time is passing so strangely for me: It's already March, and yet while quite a bit has changed and occurred, at the same time, life is still moving on, progressing, and much is still the same.
Much of the last three-ish weeks of work has been consumed by preparation and the arrival of our once-yearly gathering, in which all our site coordinators travel from their respective corners of Appalachia to Berea College for a day and a half of training, information, networking, and just getting together and celebrating this outstanding but complex work that is Grow Appalachia. It's always an enjoyable event for all of us staff; some of these folks have become friends and like family in most instances. And let's face it, they're the ones literally making it happen, in the field, for thousands of individuals and families who would otherwise be without tools of knowledge and empowerment in growing their own food. I tip my hat to them and hope to become one of them when I "grow up".
So now things have sort of leveled off and we're back to moving about, picking up the momentum for spring time, planting, first site reports coming in, a routine, or as much of what we're used to anyway. See, where I work is unique, in the sense that, with the exception of a few weekly tasks, we rarely are doing the same thing twice. There's a lot of moving parts intersecting and intertwining with each other. I like that, though. I appreciate the flexibility- it keeps me on my toes. But we do have some very exciting things coming up in the next few months, of which you will no doubt hear about...if I can get my butt back to this blogging space on a semi-regular basis :P Wait...I promised I would stop chastising myself!!
And when I'm not at the Grow Appalachia mothership...well, that's become a completely different adventure! Being in a new relationship has been a humbling experience. In a relatively short amount of time I've learned a lot about myself, God, and how He loves and how we ought to love others. especially someone on that level. It's also made me realize just how much I need Him to be who He wants and needs me to be, and also who/what my boyfriend needs. and How amazing it is that He can bring together two individuals who, at one point, were very much struggling, into something pretty wonderful. All for His glory! Win win, if ya ask me!
And this last part I'm going to start reserving for my friend who, based upon his own admission, actually reads what I write here (yay!): Stay out of trouble! I'll try to send you some KBBA soon...or maybe for your birthday. Keep kicking you-know-what. Oh, and let's Skype when I get back from Florida! *high five*
Yep, going to Florida next week. flying out Friday! vaaaaacaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy!!!!!! :)
And if you have to ask what KBBA is, you'll never know.
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| Here, have a crocus. Yay spring!!! |
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