Glowing
Friday, October 9, 2009 at 11:36PM 
We are on the other side of Art Prize now. We have been working through a deep sadness that feels something like what you feel when you are putting the christmas tree on the curb in January thinking maybe you spent a little too much on presents and trimmings. The Wonder Wagon project was a very rich experience for our family and we will treasure for years to come the people and the stories that wove their lives around us not only for the two weeks of the encampment along the Grand River but also during the long journey of preparation through out the summer. As a family we grew into the challenge that this experience brought us to. We have developed muscle in places we didn't even now existed. Both Brenda and daughter Pearl are by nature very private people most comfortable lost in a long novel curled up on the sofa for a rainy day. These finely tuned privet ladies were bombarded with clusters of new strangers every day for hours on end and they rose to the challenge that was nothing short of heroic.
For all of those who came along side of our family like Cameron and Rachael VanDyke and Matthew Fowler, Seth Thompson, Bob,Ellen and Tom, and many others, thank you so much for your love and gifts. We truly did create community through creativity.
Reader Comments (1)
the night photo is lovely.
i have been happy to find your web page to look over and see all the art and get to know you all just a little bit. i found your place through another christian blogger that lives in your area and went to the event where the waggon was. his wife purchased one of the hats, and i can't rember what he bought. his blog is jesus community . http://communityofjesus.blogspot.com/ but, he actually mentioned the visit to your wares on facebook. and i just had to know what a beerhorst was. well, i googled beerhorst and found out that it was a family name...yours! the faith and art shown in these pages are uplifting.