12 years and many hours of study later… we have a graduate. Wearing her blue cap & gown, Soph felt she “looked like a pillow”… but what a pretty, intelligent, Christian “pillow” she is. 🙂
A lot has happened over the past week, so I may split things up a bit and run it into next week’s post, but for now at least… the spotlight is on Soph!
Something happened that hasn’t happened – I think – in the history of this blog…
I forgot to post last week!
Things have been beyond crazy over the past two weeks and I’ll get to that, but let me start by saying that today is a very special day because as many of you are reading this, we’ll be sitting in an Pensacola Florida auditorium waiting for Sophie to march across the stage in blue regalia… ready to receive her high school diploma.
Next week I’ll fill you in on how the day went, but first let me get to the 2 weeks that were! Continue reading
Well… for me it’s been the calm before the storm. Perhaps a bit less so for Liz. Let me explain…
This week we were given this beautiful bouquet of deep purple lilacs by our neighbours across the lane. They had no idea that:
a) this is my favourite shade of lilac,
b) lilacs are SUCH a reminder of home, or
c) that our spirits could’ve used the boost that comes with the smell of lilacs filling the room!
With our departure only 3 weeks away… we were a little bit in panic mode this week. But before I get to “panic” let me just talk “purple”…
In less than one month, we’ll be back in North America. It seems a bit surreal and now that we’re under the 1-month mark… things are kicking into a new gear…. somewhere between two -ICs:
ecstat-ic &
pan-ic … 🙂
I’ll get to some of the preparations… but let me tell you about week T-minus-4:
This week we had a special treat…. a visit from long-time friends. The timing was perfect as the boys were on school vacation so there was no need to rush, do the school pick-ups, work through homework, etc. There was just a lot of fun & games as well as some great conversations.
I want to tell you about our life here this week by sharing three-word groupings and I’m already going to have to cheat on #1…
I’m gonna pull in a few loose threads for today’s post. There’ve been a few things that I haven’t included for one reason or another recently – whether for length or direction (sometimes posts have a mind of their own and can change direction without notice. ask any blogger this). 🙂
The common thread if you will; the word “recently” …
Thursday just about did us in but we made it through. We dedicated a good part of the day to making preparations for our trip home this summer and between trying to keep all the plates spinning… we pretty near lost our marbles!
Today’s post will be a tale of four logos and God’s hand of protection.
In my last post, I introduced to to the Chateau de Brissac and showed you the principal rooms on the main floor. Today I want to take you further.
As promised, I’ll take you through a dramatic episode in the history of the French monarchy, we’ll talk about the arts and I’ll reveal how it is that hunting at Brissac is not reserved for men only! I’ll also tell you about how you can spend a night there and live like a Duke or Duchess yourself!
Let’s go!
AIM Long 