Wednesday: Swimming, pondering, reading, seeing

I found that the tall candle I had lit,

with a half used candle towards the back of the candle jar

filled with sand,

had melted in such a way that it had lit the shorter candle!

I had lit the tall one before we went swimming this morning

and came back to see 2 candles lit.

I felt like the one candle gave it's flame to the other

in a way that we are called to give light to others,

to help others have the light they need,

but then, like the candle wax connecting the two candles,

eventually the candle that was lit by the other candle

has to stand on it's own, without the wax bridging them,

somehow the wax giving the second candle it's flame

earlier on. 

A visual lesson on giving while not giving so much that

one loses it's own flame

and how one eventually pulls back so that the 

other candle hold's it's own flame. 

Like a Mother training a child to be independent.

Like a friend helping another but having

and understanding boundaries.

It was really special (and unexpected!) to see this... 

So I also came back from swimming and was shocked to realize that

my sterling silver ring that my Grandma gave me suddenly lost it's silver on 

the outside.  I am going to call the MI jeweler tomorrow to see if they,

on the suggestion of my beloved Mr Husband, can replate it

and also fix a small crack that you can see in this picture,

on the right hand side in the front. 

No more wearing it in the chlorine filled pool! 

I will know more tomorrow when I call... 

it is a special ring to me as it was to promise my Grandpa,

after he died, that I would always be a Christian... 

It has my name inside.... 

We had some of the vegan cake I made earlier (last Saturday) today... 

I used this teapot as it is easy to wash... 

Cleo has been funny.

I think she is just getting older.

We take it day by day.

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I pray that God will save us and 

show us the way forward in our lives!

May God bless and help us!