weekly post-May 6, 2006

Hello friends & loved ones,

It seems like the past week just flew by.

It's May already and the weather the past week has been absolutely gorgeous. Clear blue skies, moderate temps; weather just meant for shorts. There are a lot of critters and animals crossing the road lately and a lot of foxes. Speaking of animals, last night Jim and I were awakened by a very eerie noise. It was a high pitched scream sound that came in short bursts. I have to admit that for a few seconds I was terrified because I didn't know what it was. But then I was the one that got out of bed to go look. I went outside with the flashlight and heard the noise coming from the trees across the road. No, it wasn't the Blair Witch, according to Jim, it was a fox. I went to a fox website and listened to some different sounds that foxes make and one of them is the same sound we heard last night; the sound of a fox in distress. Jim thinks that it was two male foxes fighting over a female yet I think it may have been a fox that was hit by a car and slunk off into the woods. The pretty fox makes some freaky noises. One noise that everyone should have a chance to hear is the sound of a fox singing its song; it's a trilling sound.


Last week I talked about how the birds sing out and make noise every morning and how we should be more like them in singing out and using our mouths. This past week I watched a movie called Speak. In the movie, a teenage girl has something horrible happen to her that she keeps to herself. She goes from popular and outgoing to withdrawn and the butt of many jokes. All around her people are wondering what's happened, what's changed. However, she continues to walk through life, hardly affected by anything. One character in the movie tells her, and I'm paraphrasing here, "You can't stand up for what you believe in and be silent." In order to cause change one has to open up and say something. Eventually the girl begins to realize that she needs to tell someone her secret and that becomes the catalyst that turns her around. If we don't speak up and speak out, then no one will know what's going on with us or what we believe in. This coming week, let's all practice speaking out for what we believe in and sharing ourselves with our loved ones.

Have a restful weekend. Until next week, stay safe, stay happy, and stay healthy.