Comments on The Wellspring: How Folding Laundry can Baptize a Life

Laura, Reading this empties me. In a wonderful, ...

2012-01-16T08:35:27.372-05:00

Laura,
Reading this empties me.

In a wonderful, restful way. Thanks.

I also find familiar work-of-the-hands soothing, b...

2012-01-15T22:35:04.243-05:00

I also find familiar work-of-the-hands soothing, but never thought of it as a baptism of sorts. Thank you for the beautiful words.

Sigh. Thank you for this moment of rest and reflec...

2012-01-15T02:01:39.144-05:00

Sigh. Thank you for this moment of rest and reflection. And keep reaching for those dreams, that beauty - even while you fold the laundry. (Have you read "Quotidian Mysteries" by Kathleen Norris? You'd love it.)

how sacred, this. yes.

2012-01-14T13:32:17.633-05:00

how sacred, this.
yes.

You, Laura, could pull beautiful laundry out of a ...

2012-01-12T22:46:16.468-05:00

You, Laura, could pull beautiful laundry out of a big blue dumpster. My heart feels quite sudsy after reading this. Can't wait to fold this next load. Thank you.

Absolutely beautiful. I'm reading this early i...

2012-01-12T06:38:54.595-05:00

Absolutely beautiful. I'm reading this early in the morning with a cup of coffee in my hand, and I thought I was content. You've made certain of it. Thank you for blessing my day!

Just before I read this, I folded laundry for my h...

2012-01-12T00:40:19.856-05:00

Just before I read this, I folded laundry for my husband. I am thankful for a dryer. In earlier days, I used a clothes line and in winter the cloth diapers were laid on a folding wooden stand that was a clothes drier of sorts. Work in any form is soothing and when it is done it is satisfaction.

Enfolded in the beauty of this. And just remember...

2012-01-11T23:27:06.200-05:00

Enfolded in the beauty of this.

And just remembered my dryer is full of towels--that may now smell like the neighbor's wood smoke.

This helps me, you know. It helps answer some of ...

2012-01-11T22:44:38.668-05:00

This helps me, you know. It helps answer some of my fears (is that the right word?) of not being useful or fruitful.

I read this tonight and had to show you. I found out the Welsh word for sehnsucht. :) From Susan Cooper's Dreams and Wishes, p.93:
"I can tell you a lot about homesickness; I am an expert on the matter of living and loving across a divide, on the kind of ache that is bearable only because its absence would signify emptiness, the loss of all feeling. The Welsh call this ache hiraeth, and by that word they mean something more than homesickness: they mean a kind of deep longing of the soul. They guard the value of the word, and are contemptuous of those who use it lightly..."

I've got three baskets of unfolded laundry sit...

2012-01-11T22:15:59.756-05:00

I've got three baskets of unfolded laundry sitting here at my feet, but I am sighing in beauty here instead of folding it tonight! Grateful for you, Laura.

Absolutely beautiful... thank you...

2012-01-11T21:05:25.213-05:00

Absolutely beautiful... thank you...

Finding God, even in laundry. Good thing. I've...

2012-01-11T20:16:46.477-05:00

Finding God, even in laundry. Good thing. I've got loads and loads, and I've got need upon need. Perhaps, I'll find him there.

peace~elaine

You always touch my soul...well, I should say GOD ...

2012-01-11T19:59:43.993-05:00

You always touch my soul...well, I should say GOD always touches my soul through your words.

Blessings, hugs, and prayers,
andrea

"Whatever you are chasing after, Beloved…let ...

2012-01-11T19:49:36.022-05:00

"Whatever you are chasing after, Beloved…let it take you closer to the Fairest of All. Beauty has many faces, but there is One who authors it all." Thanks for that reminder.

Though I don't especially like laundry, it does have a liturgical quality that makes sense of your mother's habit. There's a Kathleen Norris book (tiny book) called The Quotidian Mysteries. It's all about the liturgical aspects of homemaking and worth the read.

Grace to you, friend. May the Beauty keep finding you this evening.

Your words and the images you paint are poetry...b...

2012-01-11T19:18:36.701-05:00

Your words and the images you paint are poetry...beauty on a page...Thanks, Laura...your words go with the Oswald Chambers quote I added for tomorrow...all is divine when it is done with Him.

This is one of my favorites. My life is more like ...

2012-01-11T18:24:46.917-05:00

This is one of my favorites. My life is more like your mothers, and though it is messy, I do find it beautiful. :)

And I'm so glad there are different paths, because I love peeking in on yours. Thank you!

Beautiful!

2012-01-11T17:36:24.896-05:00

Beautiful!

Lovely post, Laura. It holds such a feeling of ser...

2012-01-11T16:30:52.741-05:00

Lovely post, Laura. It holds such a feeling of serenity.

Yes indeed, it is. And I thank God we can particip...

2012-01-11T16:26:45.460-05:00

Yes indeed, it is. And I thank God we can participate.

I'm always drawn in my your titles and then al...

2012-01-11T15:31:25.952-05:00

I'm always drawn in my your titles and then all the rest of your words hold me close, too. Yes, let's be drawn to beauty, His beauty, together...and relish this life.

Wonderful writing, I am always challenged by you. ...

2012-01-11T15:23:03.957-05:00

Wonderful writing, I am always challenged by you. thankyou.