This was a week that flew by with me hardly noticing it. It’s actually a little scary how that can happen!
I’m grateful, first off, that it was a week with a relatively low level of drama. Also, I am thankful that for the most part, the weather was relatively nice.
I am incredibly grateful to have had the chance to meet up with the priest hearing my confessions for a chat. As much as the Orthodox are always saying “talk to your priest”, for a number of reasons, I’ve found that difficult. Sometimes it’s been language or distance issues, sometimes it’s been just the thought that I really didn’t have anything urgently pressing or “important”, sometimes it’s been inability to break away from the kids, etc. I think it ended up being a good chat. To borrow from Jonathan Pageau a bit, I think to be able to put some things into my life more into a hierarchy will make them somewhat more possible to bear.
I met up with a friend for breakfast on Saturday, and that was a lot of fun. 🙂 I am grateful for this type of thing every time.
I am grateful that even with the bad weather on Friday, and even with sliding into intersections twice (once Friday night, once Saturday morning), nothing bad came of it.
I am grateful to be spending some time with my “baby” on her birthday.
To the extent that it might have been helpful, I was grateful for the opportunity to help a church this weekend with music. Certainly, it was not perfect, but I suppose it wasn’t horrible either, and it was a good visit. And… friends came down to provide “moral support”, which was also cool. 🙂
I am grateful that a friend’s family will be reunited after a long separation, and I pray that they can move from this point to something more positive. It’s not going to be easy.
I am grateful for you all who read, comment, who pray for us, and who support us in all the various ways that you do.
Breath of Hallelujah 