Thursday, quiet and busy

I lit lampadas for my friend P. who was scheduled for heart surgery today in Ottawa.

He gave me the icon of St. George in poster form (later matted) years ago.

I received this book yesterday, in the midst of the phone saga.

I began it last night and finished it before I went to bed, around 11 PM.

It is a small and very readable book, one that is beautiful and speaks

of a Saintly man who touched so many lives.  

I find myself thinking many times how to rebuild my life also in terms of 

having a consistent spiritual life. 

I admit to struggling with this.  I have felt like my sense of rhythm and routine in this

regard was so shattered by moving and marrying, that to remake it takes a lot of 

time, patience and trying again and again.

We do prayers together in the evening; one of our family mottoes that we don't even 

think about but try to live instead is 

a family that prayers together stays together.

I am managing some spiritual reading before bed, since I am a night person.

When I have breakfast alone, I try to read some more.

I have candles lit and try to do lampadas.

But I still don't feel anywhere near what I know that I want to be, but struggle to do. 

I am inspired to try to pray the Psalms more consistently after reading

Crazy John...

 I read most of Lynnette's Hope over Holy Week,

when I was sick. 

It's wonderful. Much better than I had hoped or guessed it would be.

I hope to finish reading it soon, I am nearly done reading it. 

I finally got things clean again, laundry and kitchen.

And I wrote the lesson for Sunday School. 

I am so thankful that I have a great book to help guide me in this!

Today was a good and full day!  

I had tea today, a chai tea from Trader Joe's in powder form.

It's such a treat to have! And two chocolate treats.

I was very grateful. 

I found two recipes for cake to make for the Munchkin's birthday.

Layer cakes, lots of kids coming, DV. 

My Grandma got this cookbook from her Aunt Nell, who was her father's sister, 2 years older. 

She lived with Grandma's family for some years. 

They would have popcorn every Saturday night and Aunt Nell made treats for the kids,

 my Grandma being one of them. :) 

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Well, that's a little bit about today!