Quote of the Week - Childs

"Close your eyes and go to sleep

Put away those tired dreams

Quiet now all in your heart

Let all the joy begin to start"

~Toni Childs 

Full Moon.

Oh, I had a jones - serious.

My life was far too minus Ms. Toni Childs.

So, now you get you some.

#hush #onrepeat.

Something about that line - "let all the joy begin to start" - that set me free. We don't have to use words the way we were taught- we can use them to say what we need to say.

Life has been far too minus that joy, too.  Where'd that go? Let's get that back, 2014!

Childs also showed me a different way of fierce. Fierce vulnerability. Fight for your right to be vulnerable. To love in the face of all that come.

One love. Monday is the new day.

HUSH 

Toni Childs

Sarah says it's not too late
When running out of words to say
No-one can believe it's soul time
When no-one else can see the light of day
Close your eyes and go to sleep
Put away those tired dreams
Quiet now all in your heart
Let all the joy begin to start

Holding out your heart in anger
Holding out your heart not faking
Holding out your love to him girl
All the thinks you think you'll win
You want love, you need love
The struggle and the power
It's harder just to make it
And it's all that we can try
I believe in love
Just what can be in your mind

Young man says it's not too late
Just put away that violent pain

You want love, you need love
The struggle and the power
It's harder just to make it
But it's all that we can try
And the good love is so ruly
And without love, loving truly
And when we lie, and when we cry
It's all that we can try

We are all about the women this month and here's some down home preaching from Ms. Childs. Listen if you need it. (You do.)

Hey - don't not check out our Women You Should Know series, please -- celebrating inspiration girl style:

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and more to come!