Knitting and a little place to rest (take 2, hopefully the pictures will stay this time)

I really wish the doctor had not told me
that she feels I have mono.
Sigh.
I've never had such a hard time resting!
This is where I sit, rest and knit.
New book of poetry
that I got from Mr. Husband
at the 8th Day Books book-stand
at the conference we went to last week.

The shelf with
many of Mr. Husband's books and a few of mine.
He's an Ortho-nerd like me and it
is so wonderful.
This small icon of the Mother of God was
given to Mr Husband.
It is from Rome.

A flower pot I got for my Mother
when I was a child
that used to be on a little kitchen window
shelf in my childhood
we-have-moved-since home
where my Mother would do dishes
with the window open to sunshine and
seeing us kids swing outside in the back yard.
*
The hair clip was a gift from a
beloved family member who
got it in Rome some years back.
*
The key is from my cousin and
says where
God closes one door another opens.

Also from my parent's home,
this has been with me for several years now.

St. Nectarios and St. Spyridon.
The flower in the frame
was a reminder that God has many gifts for us
and loves us... the flower was pressed in a book
over a summer years past and then
given to me as a reminder of God's mercy...

I don't remember where I got this one;
very possibly my Mother of the same cousin
who gave me that small key.

Holly Hobby.
Bought in Fort Langley BC
years ago at their antique mall.

For I know the plans for you plaque,
same cousin mentioned.
Rose water pot from my Aunt K. for my
Golden birthday years ago;
the man and women in glass was from my parent's house.
The wooden spoon still needs to be hung up
properly and is one of my very
treasured wedding gifts from Romania.

Swan from my Oma when I was a child.
Dutch dolls from a very special Ottawa friend;
little cookbook - maybe the same cousin...
small spoon and tea ball I've had for years.

Mr. Husband's spiritual father recommend this
book of icons for us.
It's very lovely.

Cleo.
and my ladybug pillow that my Oma made
years ago.

Icons all lit for house blessing!

This was Mr. Husband's basket
that he is letting me have for my knitting!
And above is my first dishcloth.
Bamboo needles and kitchen-cotton. 

Found this knitted bag that my Oma made
years ago. 

Quilt I use daily from a
friend I miss and love in Ottawa
whom made it for my wedding.

My beloved socks!
I wear them around the house as slippers daily...

 

Speaking of slippers
I found all my old slippers that I got over
many years from my Oma,
all of which need to be mended.
Anyone that would know,
what type of yarn would you use
for mending the bottoms of slippers?
Matching colours does not concern me for these...
*
I am loving knitting and the dreaming of all I want to make.
I found this blog through the
yarn along button that many of my blog friends use
and am really enjoying it.
*
Now I must sit and knit and rest...
*
But not before I leave with two prayer requests:

1. My friend Mara could really use continued prayers.
We've been exchanging phone calls and she is
really struggling.
All I can say is that it breaks my heart.
please pray for her, that God protect her
and save her.

2.  I have learned that an Romanian orphaned family
as in the parents died
and the oldest child takes care of the others
so 9 kids all together
had their home destroyed:
a fire took out the roof
and the house was spared but the water flooded everything.
It is winter there in Romania;
I know of them through my Ottawa church.
Please please pray for them.
If and how we may be able to help,
I will let you know as soon
as I know more.
*
I have a curable sickness that hopefully
will go away within 2-3 months,
with parents, husband and many who
love me and a nice house to live in and fun knitting projects.
*
These 9 are poor, orphaned and lost their home.
I know I am not supposed to compare
but please,
pray for these beloved ones
who have such heavy burdens and losses.
*
Okay,
I will rest now...
Please pray for me.
*
I am so thankful
yet my heart breaks for others
and I am sick but have a hard time resting.
If I did not have my
thanksgiving journal
to keep my perspective in balance;
it would be a lot harder to deal with...
*
Prayer,
it's all we have left and God is the One who
can save us out of so many troubles.

Cleo, her rug, a wonderful Saint and prayer requests

Cleo sitting in my morning breakfast seat
hoping for my food!

We got another rug
for our prayer area.
Cleo loves rugs.

That's my beautiful Cleo!

St. Spyridon.
A wonderful story of his help
to a small child here.
Do read it,
as it is such a beautiful story!

I am praying especially to him
for my friend Mara.
*
Sometimes another person's struggle
makes one's heart break.

This Akathist is not online
but the picture above shows you
where it was published, etc.

 

I am a bit behind on housework,
not to mention emails
as I am trying to get Christmas cards and such
out and you would not believe the huge stack
of them I have yet to start.
*
Mr. Husband and I are so excited to send out
our first Christmas card together!
*
Please pray for Noah as he is struggling again...
*
Lord have mercy,
the Christmas holidays can be hard for so many!

Turn always to prayer...

 

My dear friend Mara
who lives many many miles from me
is really struggling.
It deeply saddens me.
I can tell by emails that there is
a profound loneliness and some painful confusion.
Please pray.

Prayer Request for a beloved friend

 

My friend Mara
could really use our prayers.
Here way is hard
and her burden very heavy.
It is hard for me to be so far away.
But God promises succor and help;
please pray with me for God's mercy
one of my dearest friends
of many years.

Asking continued prayers for my friend Mara

I talked to Mara's parents today;

she is still in the hospital.

*

I tried calling her but was not able to get through.

*

Mara's father was able to talk to her today

and it sounds like she is struggling.

*

Please, I ask your prayers for her.

She is a very beautiful Christian woman

who has prayed for me so much

over the ten plus years

I've been privileged to know her.

Prayers for my friend Mara

(Icon of the Extreme Humility)

I came home after a good day at work

and a grocery run

(took a while to walk home, with all the bags)

to get an email from my dear friend Mara's parents.

*

My friend Mara

(named for privacy after Naomi)

is in hospital.

Her story is not mine, so I cannot really tell it here.

But please pray for her.

I am at a loss at how to help other than to ask all

I can for prayers, which is what her parents asked of me.

I did not realize the extent of her struggle

until she called unwell in the middle of the night a few weeks back.

*

I know this is a call for me to learn to love;

Mara has been one of my close friends for over ten years;

right now she needs friends and cannot fully

be present to me in the way she usually can be.

So I need to learn to love a friend without expecting the normal

'friend love' in return.

I thank God for His mercy and long suffering towards myself

and ask for prayers that I will learn how to love

in this situation.

It has been so strange for often I find myself wanting to

tell Mara about what is happening

but it is to her that it is happening;

I guess I feel a bit of grief in this; for now I need to be a friend to Mara

even though in a way she feels lost to me

in the friend she once could be in return.

*

Thank God for His mercy.

*

Christ loved us without anything in return;

His disciples feel asleep when Christ asked them to

watch with Him in His night in Gethsemane.

*

Mara is going through her own night right now;

I pray that I may be found awake

and at prayer.

Thank God lent is coming.

I ask your continued prayers for Mara,

whose presence has graced my life for over 13* years now.

*over 13 years is over 1/3 of my life