Well, that was nice - tea and lunch with a friend, vegan 'chicken' soup and sewing progress

Well! I have a lovely time tidying, cleaning bathroom and kitchen,

baking Koek! (FINALLY I got to bake!!), setting up table for lunch and tea,

having my newer friend over for lunch and tea...

and she knitted afterwards while I worked nearby on my goddaughter's quilt

and we talked and talked and it was so nice and I can't tell you the 

blessing this was. 

(I have very few friends locally who can visit during the day).

And I am only 2 strips away from having the quilt top all in sections 

instead of in strips of patchwork squares sewn together, 

waiting to be sewn into larger blocks to later become the quilt top.

So that was wonderful.

We still have colds coughing sore throats and the like

so tonight I made (with vegan 'chicken' base for broth) soup with 

sliced think carrots (2) and spaghetti (quickly broken in half and thrown in) and

it was lovely, soothing and nice. 

I had a big thing to pray about today related to our unbloggable

and I was praying as prepared dinner and listening to a lovely simple

piece called 'Bluebird' and here it is:

Lovely, isn't it!?!

Well, I don't know when the unbloggable will change

but my prayers had lots of 'please, please, please' included.

But I know God knows what is going on and how He can use our situation

and while it's hard, if we live it moment by moment,

there are still times like today, of beauty, connection, creative pursuits and hope.

I am so thankful.

Each day is different and I know that tomorrow could be harder than today

but today was a gift and I am merely so thankful for it

(and doing my best not to let the good day be stolen by worry about 

that which is not in this good day!)

God bless each of you.

We are all in such hard places at times and I see so many of my dear ones

struggling with continued burdens.

All I know is that we have to keep our eyes on the hills:

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.