"Love doesn’t happen to us, it happens because of us, because of who we are and what we do. It happens because we make it happen, because we choose it. On any given day, we have the opportunity again and again to choose isolation, withdrawal, anger, fear… or love. Love is untidy. It’s unpredictable. It’s often inconvenient and occasionally terrifying. Love happens, I’m convinced, when we are magnificent and badass enough to make it happen."

-Judy Clement Wall

When my beautiful, bold, brave, incredible-writer, love warrior friend, Judy Clement Wall, told me she wanted to kick off her new site with something fun and collaborative, and asked me to join her, I said a wholehearted YES.

At the beginning of 2011, Judy began the Love Project.  She declared publicly (on her blog Zebra Sounds) to spend all of 2011 "consciously, unabashedly, fearlessly spreading love."  Lucky for everyone, she has decided to extend/expand this incredible-ness.  To read more, head on over to J's brand new site, A Human Thing.

And, now for the details on our little project...

We will be sharing 41 (yes, that number again!) 6-word days. In J's words:  Every night, we’ll email each other a 6-word glimpse of our day, whether it was wonderful or terrible or hilarious or strange, and we’ll post them on our sites. It’ll be like holding hands; together apart.

Click here to come play with us!

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41 6-word days

Day 1:  1/15/12

Julia:  Snow falls and nudges us awake.

J:  On the edge of something new.

Day 2:  

Julia:  Ibuprofen and tissue save the day.

j: Celebrated today with wine and cheesecake.

Day3:

Julia: Taking NyQuil and going to bed.

j: I think I’m stealing Julia’s energy.

Day4:

Julia: I’m willing to be too much.

j: Writing all day. Yeah, today rocked.

Day 5

Julia: Wanting answers to all these questions.

j: A sweet and sour kinda day.

Day 6:

Julia: Continually awed by the creative process.

j: Beyond the margins, we fully connect.

Day 7:

Julia:  Rediscovering the hotness of my husband.

j:  At the center of everything… love.

Day 8:

Julia: I vow to do things differently.

j: We’re so fucked up and remarkable.

 Day 9:

Julia: One conscious decision shifts it all.

j: Superhumanly balanced on the mat today.

Day 10:

Julia: I’d rather be ALIVE than “comfortable.”

j: Riding momentum, must remember to steer.

Day 11:

Julia: I love the sound of silence.

j: I lost myself in words today.

Day 12:

Julia: Thanks, nature, for helping me remember.

j: I think it’s okay to yearn.

Day 13:

Julia: Don’t feel like writing poetry today.

j: Finding intersection of love and kickassery.

Day 14:

Julia: Seriously think I need a lobotomy.

j: A big-time, love-filled day.

Day 15:

Julia: Singing makes my spirit come alive

j: Awed, astonished, surprised, confounded… and loved.

Day 16:

Julia: Savoring the sweetness of my lil’family

j: Sometimes six words is not enough.

Day 17:

Julia: Feeling overwhelmingly grateful for beautiful connections.

j: Scratchy throat? Say it ain’t so!

Day 18:

Julia: The magic is nowhere but here.

j: My internal compass keeps finding north.

Day 19:

Julia: Namaste to the whole precious world.

j: Humming (in spite of the plague).

Day 20:

Julia: Savoring the preciousness of this life.

j:  Body in revolt. Need softer Kleenex.

Day 21:

Julia: Another’s loss cracks me wide open.

j: Juset need two words. Puffs tissues.

Day 22:

Julia: Fresh sheets, cozy bed.  Can’t wait!

j: I let Sunday wash over me.

Day 23:

Julia: Blissfully blown away by beautiful synchronicities.

j: Bolstered by love today; standing taller.

Day 24:

Julia: Bikram Yoga totally kicks my ass.

j: When will I learn? Just START.

Day 25:

Julia: I’m no longer listening to doubt.

j: Endings are always clearest in hindsight.

Day 26:

Julia: It’s all about shedding the shit.

j: Relocated my center today; then flew.

Day 27:

Julia: I wanna go to Bali now.

j: What a funny, sweet, surprising day.

Day 28:

Julia: I’m all out of words today.

j: Today: yoga, words, boys, dogs, polenta.

Day 29:

Julia: A whirlwind kind of a day.

j: I’m learning… fearlessness is a practice.

Day 30:

Julia: Had the best lemondrop ever tonight.

j: Shattered, awed, fortified by Sugar love.

Day 31:

Julia: Embracing the women in my life.

j: I remembered! JUST START. Good day.

Day 32:

Julia: Imagining my book in my hands.

j: Surrounded by so damn much love.

Day 33:

Julia: Closer to making this dream happen.

j: I was willing to be misunderstood.

Day 34:

Julia: Wishing I had a magic wand.

j: So grateful for all of you.

Day 35:

Julia: Get to see my sister tomorrow!

j:Sweet, winding paths, old barns, sunshine.

Day 36:

Julia: Drinking with fancy boy at airport.

j: Where can I get a fancyboy?

Day 37:

Julia: There was nothing normal about today.

j: The scenic route is my north.

Day 38:

Julia: It’s been a wild birthday week.

j: Feeling loved, fortified, believed in, lucky.

Day 39:

Julia: So good it makes me weep.

j: Had a little crush on Thursday.

Day 40:

Julia: So very thankful for my health.

j: Inspiration, acceptance, rebellion, love… It’s Friday.

Day 41:

Julia: Does this really have to end?

Julia: This moment is the perfect teacher.

j: It’s a magnificent thing, this life.

Your turn!