do brave things saturday

this weeks braveries:

*penned an idea for a novel i want to write (eek!)

*stayed silent

*ranted

*sent my husband to a men's retreat for 4 days (one with no phones or internet and two boys with croup at home!)

*continued to engage in a relationship in conflict

*went to valu plus top valu market - the most stressful grocery store ever.

*shared a vulnerable idea

*dreamed a whole bunch

*housed backyarded a stray dog and searched for its owner (when my normal course of action would have been to let it fend for itself in the dark streets - heartless, i know... i may have been forced into this by my bleeding-animal-heart sister... but i still feel brave, feeding him meat scraps and all while jason is gone on his trip), even trying to take two boys out walking with him during a break in the rain yesterday... we made it halfway down the street before i realized the impossibility of the task sans sidewalks or the double stroller, which was soaked... and it started hailing as soon as we got back into the house. c'est la vie.

*put myself out there, risking rejection and loss

*jumped in mud puddles

*bought a writing desk (feels like it makes this "writer" stuff real... scary to say) and allowed it to decorate itself (seriously. these pieces all just flew here in the span of 5 minutes) in the temporary space we put it...

i know jess is speaking bravely this week... anyone else? braveries?