Thursday: Can I skip Friday and go on to Saturday?

Well, here we are.

I have done a lot of accepting of where our culture is 

and realized that part of what I had to do was grieve it.

Grieve the brokenness; not just talking about current things but

the brokenness of so many families,

of kids growing up in split/divorced/single parent homes,

of the loneliness, the many sides of the 'hard' that people are going through. 

I have been living with this grief for so long;

it is hard to see so many layers of crumbling.

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So: I am going to Philadelphia tomorrow.

I got my hair cut yesterday - rained like crazy during that time. 

The last picture is of it newly cut, back home.

I am so relieved to have it shorter, re-layered and thinned.

My hair is curly, long, thick and had lots of split ends that

needed tending.

I got my clothes out for tomorrow, packing food,

in process of packing everything I need.

I will be at the eye place for up to 5 hours for tests and such.

I understand a lot more about genetics + retina eye diseases

from my medical research. 

***

I had a long phone chat with a friend from Ottawa and we discussed

lots and lots of cookbooks,

and food writers... 

That was really nice. 

 ***

Well.  We had chicken burgers on English muffins,

plus salad, watermelon and it was just perfect.

I hope to do some cooking and baking next week.

And next week I hope to do NYC on Tuesday.

And swim.  Eat ice cream.  

***

I found the green wallet, brand new, with tag and everything,

in a box of things someone put out for whoever wanted it.

I had been wanting a bigger wallet so free was a good price.

And it's a great size, long like I wanted but not bulky!

***

I do sincerely ask your prayers for my meeting with a

retina specialist in Philly and for the various eye tests and for 

the train rides - esp the one back home, 

when I am not sure that my eyes will be at full functioning and I don't

know the Philly train station well. 

***

I will have my phone with me and Mr Husband is only a phone call/

text/chat/email away and with God's help,

I will make it through this day.

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May God help each of us with whatever we are facing,

grieving, struggling with.

May we have the courage, wisdom and peace we need...

Lord have mercy on each of us!