Working together

so we moved back to arizona. that's another story altogether, but the long and short of it is that we are back in our yale street home trying to make it a home we can live in. devan and chas have been working together every weekend (and many week days) to open up the central portion of the home and put in beams for support where necessary.

while the work they've done has been incredibly impressive -- even the city inspector was impressed, calling their first foray into placing a beam "beautiful" three times -- what has been even more impressive has been the kindness with which they have worked together. last night i was in the bathroom taking a long, long shower (cause i'm post eye surgery) and i could hear them talking to each other. listening to them work out the math necessary to build the beam structure was awesome. those men are so smart. and they asked each other questions and thought through each other's ideas with kindness.

there is little else that makes my heart feel as much joy as listening to devan and chas talk to each other and work together in love and patience. both of these men have struggled internally in ways that i think have affected their sense of self and their ability to feel settled inside to the extent that they can easily let go of pride. as a result, sometimes they struggle to work together in kindness and patience. but they are both men of God and are two men that i know are absolutely good to the core -- they both have souls that are just so good. they both intuitively know what is good and are drawn to goodness.

so i love when their goodness is felt in our home. i felt God in our home last night.