Leaning on her....



"Lean on me, when you're not strong, and I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on,

for it won't be long, 'til I'm going to need somebody to lean on."
- "Lean On Me"

Well for all of you who read yesterday's post....hope does float....

I leaned into it

and

fell face forward

and let

me tell you

it got somewhat scary.

I found myself

falling at the speed of gravity

beckoning me into the vast darkness below...

the wind blew fast against my face and I could feel the cool jaws of

fear all around me,

 pulling the breath and life right out of my body  and just when

i thought i was gonna crash...right before i dropped so far I couldn't come up

Hope

in her t-shirt and stretch pants, in her

bmw and southern drawl...

Hope....

she stopped by

leaned into me and wrapped me with pure rays of God's love...

it ran down me like sweat from a long run..

and it felt good, like a good cold glass of lemonade on a hot summer day...

Hope

she took me out of myself,

caught me from my fall,

she listened...

she talked...she made me laugh

and before

I got out of the car...

she patted me on the back...

it will be alright she said,

and

then

without a warning

she reached across

the seat,

wrapped it all around me and real live arms of love surrounded me....

hope flooded around

and I leaned into her....

leaned into hope

and salve from the Great Medicine Woman

washed over my wounds...

yep..

HOPE she stopped by

so thankful on this dark day..

for

another bit of Hope to lean into ....

 you saved the day....perhaps you saved me today....

thankful for our friendship and more so for our sister-in-law hood---blood or not.

And as Woody would sing......you've got a friend in me...thanks for being one to me.