In Ottawa

I got paper to put behind this icon of the Mother of God

at the art store in downtown Ottawa.

(The frame I am using for it is just a bit too big).

It's been good to be here.

God willing I come home Wednesday,

just after we get a lot of snow.

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It has been good to be here.

To see dear friends.

To talk to my Ottawa spiritual father about my new life.

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I got some Ottawa-specific things, like my Bridgehead tea.

Ottawa is a unique town in that the rich and poor are living nearer to each other,

especially downtown.

I miss that in my new life and it is nice see things here.

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But I also sense that I am slowly adjusting to my new life more;

Just a sense of a bit of internal space that has more room in it;

I am sure I will at times face grief of what and who I leave when I am not in Ottawa.

But I have much to do now in NJ and am happy for my life

with my husband.

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I bought a little bit of chocolate and tea;

it does seem that it is simple things like tea that

I am often most happy with.

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Time drinking tea with Mr. Husband and with friends

is often my most treasured of times.

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I have not always been able to get full nights of sleep here.

I do ask your prayers that I do not fall ill.

I hope to come home on time on Wednesday.

The weather for both sides is forecasted to be clear this day.

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It was wonderful to have Theophany here;

and to say:

Christ is baptised! 

In the Jordan!