NYC, flowers, food and friends with heavy burdens

I steep my tea this long, 3 minutes, and it's perfect, I find.

I got this white saucer to go with the incense tealight candle burner

at the VNA rummage sale, it goes perfectly and was very little money!

A real blessing!

NYC bagel, delicious! 

I am trying to add more things to our salads and make them

more likely that I will want to eat them,

so that I get more greens in my diet.

So far, it's working.

Another full day.

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This morning I read an email from a very close friend who learned

very difficult news yesterday.  As it's not my story, I am not sharing it here

but it is hard, heavy and a huge prayer concern.

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I went to NYC in the afternoon.

Trader Joes run - French Vanilla ice cream, maple cookies, salad toppings, organic spinach,

veggie burgers and more were procured!

A meeting later and then home.

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We had a nice simple dinner...

my Husband let me pick out cream coloured flowers, I love them.

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I am not sure if I am in just more acceptance of the unbloggable in our life

and thus am more at peace, 

or if we are in the calm of the storm

or if I am in denial of it. 

I hope it is not the last, if only because 

I don't think denial is a good place to be.

I do know that whatever will come of it all, 

it will be tiring and hard for a while yet.

I will say that whatever place, internally, I am in, 

it's OK though hard and unexpected.

I do know that prayers of others are helping a lot.

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I know that reading Miss Read books, beauty, friends, investing in life,

in books that bring peace and invite healing,

are all helpful.

As is allowing oneself a nap when one can get one - for me this morning.

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Do pray for my friends I mentioned.  

Sorry I can't say more, but as I wrote, it's not my story.

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May God have mercy on us all!