Standing On The Moon

Standing on the moon…
I see a shadow on the sun…
Standing on the moon…
The stars go fading one by one…
(Standing On The Moon…Grateful Dead)

You know how on some days, things seem monumental? Or you feel stressed, or in my case, sick all week? You know how we may get frustrated, irritated, angry? You know how so many of us can take a small problem, make it grow until we feel it’s the worst problem in the world?

We have all been there. We all do it. It’s life. We all get upset over things.

Then, you know how something even bigger comes along, something that shakes your soul? Something that is beyond belief? It catches you off guard, it brings you way down to what is really important in life?

That happened to me, yesterday. I have been sick (we ALL know that by now:), I was in an all morning/afternoon meeting (with a board that I LOVE), was tired when I left, and feeling frustrated that I was heading home to a nap, once again. I was also feeling blue because I needed to cancel plans for the evening because I just wasn’t up for the fun of the evening.

I arrived home, after my meeting, happened to check my Facebook page, only to see a huge amount of messages generating from my private sorority page.

You all know that I love and cherish the groups I am a part of. The friendships that I cultivate from each. Well, one of the groups that is nearest and dearest to me is my college sorority. Much like this little market of love, in the early days, our chapter of sorority built it’s chapter, on campus, in 1982. I was lucky enough to be a part of the building as one of the first pledge classes. The founders, the pledges, we worked long and hard, much like right here, to grow our sorority, each and every year.

But, we were the core group. The carriers of the flame. Our love and sisterhood continues to bond us. The messages, yesterday, were about one of our sisters who had fallen into a sudden and sad health issue and in 7 minutes, her life changed, we all sit in unity, today, as we do not know the outcome. We have reunited, across the United States, to hope for a miracle.

My reason for writing this, today, is that it’s easy to feel blue if things are not going the way we want but then you look at the bigger picture, and these small things, like me and my illness, don’t matter, really.

What matters are the bonds, the love, the groups that we form, that we protect, and that we nurture.

Today is Sunday…if you feel like letting a little love shine towards my sorority sister, it would be lovely. If it makes you look around and show someone around you some love, that would be amazing.

Love and friendship…it’s what I stress in this market, in life, and in my relationships with people in my life.

As always, this market is here, to help you through the week. We love each of our customers, vendors, and volunteers…we all need each other.

We are here, shining the lovelight…

We look forward to your orders, not because of the market sales, we look forward to connecting with each and every one of you, on Thursdays. We are a market family…and that is hard to find, elsewhere.

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam