Tuesday morning clouds and hoped for sunshine

Tuesday....  I was thinking of going to NYC today but it is not going to work out.  The unbloggable concern is difficult.  Heavy and in need of prayer, wisdom and help....

Good news is I got a walk yesterday and I have a new idea for my writing project, 6247 words in a new document since Sunday!

Well, the day has begun.  Our dishwasher is not working so this morning I put away all the dishes I washed by hand.  It was not that bad but I am more appreciative of our dishwasher! 

May God have mercy on us!

Monday Morning ~ Sunshine and Dishes

Pictures from this weekend.

Monday morning.  I woke early, after 4 AM with a writing project idea that I got  up and wrote.  I was really happy but also wanting more sleep so I had a small pot of chamomile tea, two saltine and peanut butter sandwiches and relit my lampada to Saint Mama Gabriel and St Matuska Olga and lay down to sleep.

Last night a screw came loose from inside the washing machine and so I read over two chapters of Elizabeth Goudge's White Witch out load while my Husband washed the dishes.  

This morning I need to roast a chicken and do dishes.  May God help us in all things and have mercy.

Saturday Sunshine & a small walk

This small tree is always so beautiful in the wane of the year, before winter.  It's beautiful, brave, bright and yet so small, alone yet awash in beauty in Autumn.

I walked over a mile.  I was cautious as I didn't want to overdo it.  My cold is much better.  

I am in a bit of a slog, one could say.  Where I am confronted with my spiritual poverty and have to endure the sight of it. 

I have times like this.  

I am amazed at the bravery of others who keep showing up and struggling.... 

We all have such different lives.  

May God help us all.

Thursday

Pictures from earlier this week.

My cold is improving, had a lot of fatigue, still have congestion, plugged ears.  Chewing gum helps.

I re-read my Father Gabriel book and read things online. 

I took a 1 mile walk, thank God I am regaining strength.  

May God have mercy on us.

St Gabriel of Georgia

Today is Saint Gabriel of Georgia day.  A friend sent on this documentary on the country of Georgia and St Gabriel the Fool for Christ. Part 2 is found HERE and seeing the inside of St Gabriel's chapel is HERE.  

May God have mercy on us all.

Sunday ~ Home ~ Sunshine

I managed, by God's mercy, to sleep better.  I am thankful that I have Kleenex, herbal tea, sunshine outside, 

This video is really beautiful and gives a smile and sunshine to us. 

I was not able to go to church but am listening to liturgy on my phone.  It sounds like sunshine.  

I am really hoping tomorrow will be better.  I hope I will have more strength and can begin to clean the house.  That's always what goes first when I get sick.

Well.  May God have mercy on us all.

Saturday Sunshine & a head cold

I read Sarah Clarkson latest post, which I enjoyed reading.... It's worth reading, more than once.

(Thankful that I could, so many on substack choose to put up a paywall which means I can't read the whole article). 

Between her post and an email from a long time friend (20 plus years now) I am startled again by the amount of suffering every one goes through.  

I managed to go to vespers and I had taken a short walk beforehand and by the time I got to church I was utterly spent.  All my symptoms came back after resting all day and feeling better.  So I have to keep resting.

I am thankful that we had chicken soup in the pantry to heat up.  And leftover chicken to add to it.  My Husband got out frozen chicken broth I made earlier for future meals.  I don't think I can go to liturgy tomorrow as I am feeling poorly.  

I am also thankful for premade green smoothies that I add vegan yogurt and chia seeds to.  And Kleenex with lotion. 🤣 

And for so many other things, like not having to work when I am sick, etc.

I am doing my best to try my new glasses.  The candles up by the Altar looked blurry to me so my eyes are still adjusting.  But other things were fine.  We shall see what happens

I am very greatful for the many blessings I have.

May God have mercy on us all.

Friday ~ NYC ~ thankfulness

NYC.  I made it there and back again.  I didn't sleep well.  I feel like I could be getting sick.  I told my beloved Husband and he prepared my neti pot (nasal rinse) and after I used it I cleaned / sterilized it.  Also having lots of liquids including ginger tea and I rested a lot this afternoon.  

Results from being in NYC.... Because my new eye glasses were not working....

My vision is bad (high myopia) and my brain has been using my left eye instead of both eyes because my right eye is so much worse.  Which means that my brain doesn't know how to use both eyes with my better prescription.  Only way to find out is try new prescription for 2 weeks.  

Thank you Sandra Ann for your kindness in commenting. 

I think the grace in today was that I was given the strength to go to NYC and make dinner.  And I emptied the dishwasher.  Simple daily tasks but when I get run down each accomplishment like this is a true "win" for the day.

I got out the first in the Fairacre series by Miss Read.  I need some good solid comfort reads and Miss Read is a good one.  Perhaps this will do the trick.  

Hopefully I will sleep better tonight as I need it to help the physical depletion that I get when insomnia strikes.

I worked at a Bible Camp when I was in my late teens and early twenties.  And the camp director would always say before our staff devotions that we have a lot to thank the Lord for.  And he said it even after he lost his beloved wife of decades to cancer.  And he is so right.  We have so much to be thankful for and I must remember this.