1/21/11 A passionate friend
Don't you just love people who throw everything, every ounce of themselves into everything they do? I was reminded of this tonight by a friend who, well, who overwhelms me sometimes. Where some of us would have aches and pains, she has life-threatening illnesses, family members are in crisis everywhere, and this person is feeling it all in her marrow, drubbed by it, acutely committed, dedicated to her people, her groups. It's like she's lit on fire by the world, grabbing and swinging it by the tail at every moment, and it's swinging her at the same time, and the blood rushing to her head, and her not able to stop it. Feeding her family--cookies, roasts, salads. Volunteering in her community, with local board meetings and seminars organized halfway around the country, cleaning the cupboards before breakfast and seeing her kids to and from school. I admire her, she exhausts me. She's passionate about everything.