Rainbow.

Happy Monday, folks!

And happy last week of June!

That means we are almost halfway through 2023!

And that the Fourth of July is right around the corner.

That is simply unreal.

Unacceptable to be honest.

Time is just going by too fast.

Anyhoo, let’s get down to business.

Sunshine Cottage went up on the market last Monday, 6/19.

I accepted an offer on it Thursday, 6/22.

That was a rainbow for me.

This past week during church, I talked about rainbows with the kids.

Their answers to my questions were absolutely brilliant and made me laugh.

That was a rainbow for me (and I think some others in the congregation too).

This week, I travel to Costa Rica with some handsome men.

Getting away from reality for a week in another Country with some beautiful souls will be a rainbow for me.

And, if we’re lucky, maybe we will see one too!

During my travels yesterday in the rain, I looked everywhere for a rainbow, but I couldn’t seem to find one.

That is because my rainbows have been showing up in my life through other facets.

Moving back to Lititz at the end of July to start a new chapter on my own…

…That is a rainbow for me.

Interviewing for a new job position with the Clark company as an Account Manager…

…That is a rainbow for me.

This week, I wanted to share lyrics from a Meghan Trainor song that I heard recently which really spoke to me.

You’re as colorful as a rainbow
You’re as bright as the moon
Everyone can see your halo
Everybody but you

Go and show ’em all your rainbow
You’ll feel better when you do
Come on out when the rain goes
‘Cause this world’s gonna love you

I’ve been seein’ you drownin’ (shoo-wop, shoo-wop)
In all your feelings (shoo-wop, shoo-wop)
‘Cause nobody knows (shoo-wop, shoo-wop)
Inside you’ve been screamin’ (shoo-wop, shoo-wop)
And this world’s cold (shoo-wop, shoo-wop)
But you ain’t alone (shoo-wop, shoo-wop)
No, no, when it’s getting dark (shoo-wop, shoo-wop)
I’ma light you up, my love

You’re as colorful as a rainbow, mm (rainbow)
You’re as bright as the moon (moon)
Everyone can see your halo (halo)
Everybody but you (you)

So go and show ’em all your rainbow, oh (rainbow)
You’ll feel better when you do (do)
Come on out once the rain goes, oh (rain goes)
‘Cause this world’s gonna love you

(They gonna love you) oh
(They gonna love you)
(They gonna love you)
(They gonna love you)

‘Cause you beautiful, you intelligent
You emotional, but you the baddest bitch
Ain’t no one compared, so why you care
What anybody says about you?

You’re as colorful as a rainbow (rainbow)
You’re as bright as the moon (moon)
Everyone can see your halo (halo)
Everybody but you (you)

So go and show ’em all your rainbow, oh (rainbow)
You’ll feel better when you do (do)
Come on out once the rain goes, oh (rain goes)
‘Cause this world’s gonna love you

(They gonna love you) oh
(They gonna love you) said they gonna love you, mm
(They gonna love you)
(They gonna love you) promise they gonna love you
(They gonna love you) I say they gonna love you
(They gonna love you) they gonna love you
(They gonna love you) oh-oh
(They gonna love you)

You’re as colorful as a rainbow, mm
And this world’s gonna love you

What rainbows did you experience this week in your life?

As National Gay Pride month comes to an end, I urge each and every one of you to continue loving my fellow gay community, supporting my fellow gay community, seeking to understand with peace and not violence, and working to share rainbows of positive energy with each other.

Show the world your rainbow.

They are going to love you.

Sprinkle sunshine always,

JP!