tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733812559283418635.post2629362119871921906..comments2023-09-08T09:45:10.235-04:00Comments on Coffee With Hallelujah: What's Your Water?Ruth Schowalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03106140875246572230noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733812559283418635.post-77284406794862533452018-01-23T09:11:05.345-05:002018-01-23T09:11:05.345-05:00Carol Hayes the work you are doing is so important...Carol Hayes the work you are doing is so important! I love the way you use your immense creativity to work (and play?) with others around water conservation. I look forward to learning how your collaborative water project goes with your community theater. Ruth Schowalterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03106140875246572230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733812559283418635.post-15328111547271724802018-01-21T22:28:49.541-05:002018-01-21T22:28:49.541-05:00I have always been a water person. The cold north ...I have always been a water person. The cold north Georgia streams course through my veins. I spent many weekends playing in them with my family growing up. I have always been drawn to water. In my profession, I am Executive Director of an organization that advocates for clean water and healthy rivers. My water is the river I live next to. The Sangamon. It is the story for all I do. But Ruth it is so true that people must fall in love with water and rivers if they are to take action to protect them. We have become disconnected from water in all its forms. It's someone else's job to protect it, not ours. I'm working with a civic theater director in my community to help people reconnect to water by taking a journey to each of the 5 rivers (headwaters) that run through our county over the coming months. What's Your Water will be the perfect question to ask! Thank you for sharing this gift!!--Carol HaysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733812559283418635.post-73143138359106077892018-01-21T13:03:10.696-05:002018-01-21T13:03:10.696-05:00Sally thank you for blogging your Soul here with m...Sally thank you for blogging your Soul here with me. I welcome your answer to the question, "What's Your Water." You have answered in such a deep and heartfelt way, I am truly moved. I envy your life's journey with water. How good to know you not only embrace water but that water first embraced you! I wish you the healing you require this year to swim in your beloved ocean. Deep appreciation for your support.Ruth Schowalterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03106140875246572230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2733812559283418635.post-13470721181057962272018-01-21T12:34:03.557-05:002018-01-21T12:34:03.557-05:00I am a water person. When I was two, I fell off a ...I am a water person. When I was two, I fell off a pier into Sister Bay, part of Lake Michigan, and had a classic near-death experience, except the light that surrounded me was not white but pale, luminous green. I remember the love and wonder very clearly even now, and my irritation when I was dragged back by my grandfather pounding my back on the shore. Every major change in my life has been preceded by a dream in which I am flying high, high and then arrow down into the sea where I arc through the water with a pod of dolphins, who are my beloved companions. My special blue is the coastline of Massachusetts. I am in the final stages of ten years' recovery from a serious illness, and my great goal for 2018 is to swim in the ocean. I have not been strong enough until now, but I know that that water will complete my healing. <br /><br />Thanks for listening. I always love Hallelujah, but this particular incarnation of her truth will live in my heart. Again, thank you. Your continuing generosity as you share your spirit with all of us is deeply appreciated. <3 SSally Wallachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03438757236879949007noreply@blogger.com