Monday, Mixed and Middling

I've had various struggles lately

and last night was one of the first nights in a bit that

I slept better.

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Instagram is still crashing on me.

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I did not feel 100% today.

So that was a bit discouraging.

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I finished The Railway Children and it was a real delight!

My Mom had just read it and told me how much she liked it

and I realized we had a really lovely edition of it that I had not read!

So today I finished it!

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I hope to make a simple pasta sauce meal tomorrow,

I got the ingredients out of the freezer.

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Reading this article about an upcoming book helped me realize that

I can do some of my writing (i.e. book reviews)

by what I call "talk text" but Sarah, in this article, calls

voice text.  Basically you talk to your phone,

it dictates (often hilariously I have found) what you said,

you fix what it did not get write and text (or email) it to yourself.

Or others.  I use it a lot for texting, after seeing one of my

sister-in-law's using this feature on her phone 2 years ago. 

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So, in view of privacy, I can't give names,

but someone in my extended family just found out 

that she has breast cancer. 

I think there is a good chance of surviving it, 

but not without surgery and treatment. 

So I ask your prayers.

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We've been praying for 4 expectant mothers over the last months...

now we are only praying for one more!

Two girls, one boy have been born in the last month!

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I watched this (after it was live) Instagram 'reel' (?) today

(my public account is sometimes working on my phone, really 

random and uncertain if I can get onto that account but 

miraculously I was able to for a bit today.)

And I have heard of the Green Ember books before,

and how kids just LOVE them, so I ordered the 

first book in this series

for kids in our far-away (main) church...

Of course I hope to read them too! :)

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I am glad that each day has a new beginning

and that we get (usually anyway!) to sleep a good while

between days end and beginning.

And to that, I wish you all a peaceful night

and God's protection and help in whatever

you are facing right now.

Lord have mercy on us and save us!