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friends,
here is a summery sunflower.
i have been sick and my days have been full.
tomorrow is a new day.
there will be coffee and hopefully a less stuffy nose and eyes that don’t run and time for more words.
for now, go gently, love fiercely, and be wonderful.
love, e
this was my view this afternoon before i closed my eyes and slept for a few hours. wow. did i get hit hard with some bug. i am a wreck of a weepy left eye and achy hips among other things i could whine about but won’t. i’m staying home tomorrow and am not a bit sad about that.
the sun was shining, but the temperature never got above zero today. i’m so thankful for a furnace that keeps this little house warm and a pile of cozy blankets and b+m+i and all the kids who hung out at our place this weekend and good news from a good friend and encouragement to keep working hard and doing well.
the past few weeks, i kept stuffing things in my desk - a newspaper, and empty envelope, a bill, a letter, the new dental insurance cards, etc, and times one hundred. i’ve known i need to pull all the things out and sort and throw away and respond to and pay and organize all of the things ... so, late this morning, after a hot shower and some hot coffee and my second list of thirty in march, i opened the desk and started in on the sorting. i paid the bills, threw away the garbage, made a small stack of letters to respond to; i filed the papers that pertain to our house, cleared out the tax paper work, and made a plan for getting started on some dental/orthodontic work for the kids. it is not lost on me, in fact, the gratitude brings tears to my eyes, that God has put us in this place, that ben and i have worked so hard to have jobs that allow me to pay the bills and plan the orthodontic work. we have worked and moved and gone without and worked some more and done our utmost to live and act with integrity. and here we are. blessed and striving to be a blessing. somewhere in the process of cleaning the desk and feeling the gratitude, i finished the pot of coffee. and the sun shone in all day.
ben was away for the day, teaching, but he’s home again now - so we will enjoy our evening together.
maddie and isaac vacuumed and swept and took out trash this morning so they would be ready to have friends over for a hobbit marathon this afternoon. i made pizza and french fries and my new peanut butter bars for them. (wait. who am i kidding? the bars are for me. but i’ll share ...)
this day is definitely right up there on the list of favorite days ... the pace has been so easy, so even the “work” has been restful.
i hope the rest of your saturday is peaceful and easy.
with love, e
well, hello there, march. i thought you were coming in like a lamb, you know, this afternoon, when it was 20 degrees outside and the snow was melting. but, early evening, the temperature started to drop, and it started to snow, and the wind picked up, and, march, it appears as though you are coming in like a lion. and that, well, i would say, that’s just fine with me. so long as you decide to go out like a lamb, then.
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and, march, while you decide lion or lamb, i’m going to do some writing and some listing and some working and some playing and some learning and some reading and some listening and, maybe, some resting, too.
also, i’m planning to do some exercising as many days as i can make it happen. i made it to the gym tonight. a bit of running, a bit of rowing, a bit of weight lifting, some work for my heart and my muscles. also, i’m gifting myself (at ben’s suggestion) some artificial sunshine. and man, does 10-15 minutes of warm, warm light feel good.
i’ll be listing on instagram with @30daysoflists and blogging here. i think this is going to be a good, good month.
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happy march, my friends. go gently, love fiercely, and be wonderful.