More and more we are needing to incorporate ‘Days of Remembrance’ into our emotional calendar and while I’m no therapist, I’d be willing to bet that the impact on our psyche is not negligible.
Let me start with yesterday, then go on to today…
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Today it’s not about Revenue Canada or the lockdown, per sé. It’s about paying tribute to fewer & fewer individuals, and more & more memories of individuals…
Today is Remembrance Day…
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I’m beginning this post as I’m on hold with the Canada Revenue Agency (Canada’s IRS). I was on hold for 15minutes, summarized my inquiry to an agent, then was on hold for another 15 minutes while they researched my history. That’s when the call dropped.
I’m on hold again and the estimated wait time is 30-40minutes. Seriously #RevenueCanada!? 😦
Let talk about something more upbeat… like lockdown in France – LOL!
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Mondays are typically my longest teaching days.
2 hours of driving,
3 contact hours with students,
1 hour of lunch,
3 more teaching hours,
2 hours driving home.
Today, thanks to confinement, they day looked very different…
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Think about it… did you ever really think that we’d come to a time where ‘attending‘ church online would be not just a question of convenience… but rather of necessity?
Well… here we are!
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As the world continues to, to varying degrees, hold its collective breath, awaiting some kind of resolution to the drawn out election process in the USA, the sun rises on another Saturday morning in France.
I didn’t do a post yesterday and in previous ‘daily series’ runs, I’ve tried silly to ensure there was one every day. Yesterday came & went and no post. I’m not going to stress about … Not sure about you, but I’m quite convinced that, in some areas, I have higher expectations of myself and extend lesser grace than is really healthy.
Let get on with today’s quick look…
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Credit for today’s feature photo – the sunset heart – goes to Soph, who snapped this pic while we were strolling on Châtellerault’s “rooftop”…
Curious?
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Today’s feature photo shows a hardanger doily that I stitched, years ago, for friends. I didn’t take a picture of it at the time, but we were recently there for a visit so….
A lot of work went into that piece; many hours of patiently stitching thread upon thread, and it makes me think of the extent to which life is built in a similar fashion… Continue reading
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.
AIM Long 