(Written Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019)
Today was another road travel day to Angers. On Tuesdays I don’t leave as early as Mondays. If I can get on the road by 10:30-11:00am, I’m fine… much better than Monday’s 6:45am departure… already a #GoodThing in and of itself! 🙂
Here are…
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(Written Monday, January 21, 2019)
Today was a driving day to Angers for school which normally means a short night’s sleep and an early morning start. Kids to the train station then off I go….
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(Written Sunday, January 20th, 2019)
Isn’t it something how some things work very quickly.
Last night, no sooner had I finished writing the first #3GoodThings post, but that I went upstairs to close the blinds for the night. I heard a soft, but familiar sound and immediately my heart was a little lighter.
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I’m one of the most negative people I know… Surprised?
This may come as a shocker … but it’s something that bothers me greatly. When in public, I try to keep it under wraps. It’s a particularly cumbersome piece of baggage to carry when you are a person of faith because we aren’t supposed to worry, fret or experience long-term negativity.
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Good morning from my (for the moment) … quiet place.
The sun’s up behind the house, illuminating the pine tree. The hens are scratching through pine needles. Songbirds are twittering outside and I hear sounds from the kitchen as Liz gets breakfast ready.
Let me tell you about our week… God is doing lots of neat, little, over-time things!
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Our west-facing, living room window has a new look since the tree got taken down a couple of weeks ago… what do you think?
Although I love seeing the rich pink and orange hues of sunset through this window, this may be my favourite view… the sun reflecting on the house across the street as it breaks over the eastern horizon, behind us.
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What did I say last week about the Christmas tree?
I called it!
Yesterday, while everyone was out of the house, Liz pulled down the lights & ornaments so that, this morning, there is a tall, dark, conical shadow staring me down in silhouette. This shall be my task following coffee and this post… putting the tree back in its box.
But there’s a light that doesn’t get taken down seasonally or ever go out, and even largely secular France is celebrating it today… whether they know it or not…
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How’s your coffee?
I haven’t started mine yet… in fact I’m still at hot chocolate but the day is yet young and coffee there shall be!
As I write, the room is still light by the dim glow of the Christmas Tree, largely in silhouette against the patio window-door, but its lights are a warmer white than the natural light filtering in from out of doors. I can’t help but wonder if this will be the last Saturday morning where I write with it’s quiet yet charming oversight. Hmmm….
Let me give you a quick overview of the week.
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If, in advance, you will pardon the pun, I suppose one could say that ALL our days are “LONG days”. (ba-dum… SHHHH)
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If there was one theme that best characterized our week, it’d have to be “a return to normal” … with all the excitement and regrets that that entails: From great church last Sunday and a return to school Monday, to a tough goodbye on Thursday.
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AIM Long 