a special day.

wowee. the cold is settling in around here. it was at least in the 70's by peak daylight today. chilly folks. this is chilly. i mean, i've got tights, slippers and four layers of shirts on even as i type tonight. really, the nights get cold...well, relatively speaking i suppose. you folks with snow on the ground are just shaking your heads aren't you.

picture will be forthcoming, but tonight was a significant time in a girl's life. any girl's life i suppose, well those females at least that reside in the great india.
yes. salwar suit shopping.
with christmas just around the corner. it is my responsibilty and womanly duty in india to dress for the holiday season. we'll be having all our SB ladies over for a feast and we must dress to match the occasion. but honestly, the salwar suit, though beautiful on the women of india, leave much to be desired on most western gals. so it's all in the picking. it's all in the taylor. it's all in the bling. so for this i have searched far and wide.
but behold tonight with sidekick kristin as my right hand. we found the perfect christmas salwar. it was a christmas miracle.
like roaming far and wide through that snowy forest to find exactly the perfect tree. only, well, not.

in other news, my friend and growing sister, imagination is in need of your sincerest prayers. as she battles life on the street. a healing leg that still disables her from walking. and friends who would seem more like enemies to passersby. i recognize daily the extent of their brokeness, living with wounds that have left them in shreds. they have turned to drink in hopes of mending their deepest pain, only to find a worse situation waiting for them to wake. however soon, she will have the chance to leave it all behind, and head to a rehab center where she could find space to be the imagination she was created to be. she can't go anywhere without making friends, even as we waited in the doctor's office for the morning, she was busy connecting with everyone within earshot it seemed. she truly is precious, Beloved.
tomorrow we're going to get her dressed up and go to a special kid's christmas program in the gach. everyone decked out in fancy saris i'm sure we'll be quite the show...and we're not even part of the program!
it is my greatest honor to serve her and my greatest hope to walk with her into new life.
i'll keep you updated as things progress.