national day of service

if i can stop one heart from breaking,

i shall not live in vain;

if i can ease one life the aching,
or cool one pain,

or help one fainting robin

unto his nest again,

i shall not live in vain.

--emily dickinson

above/right: bryan participating in the national day of service with the big rock ward at acres of diamonds, a transitional house for homeless women in duvall.