Where Does the Time Go – Cape Breton Blessings, Etc….
Wow, it is Wednesday again….already. Where does the time go?
Another day at home, another storm in progress – later in the day and now into the evening.
Fresh grace and pure white manna from the heavenlies – covering up the stains of the previous days and granting us strength for the days ahead.
Much has happened in a week.
Last Wed was a storm day and my day off – to work at home – hectic
Thursday we got up early and headed off to Cape Breton
Farewells to say, hugs to give, tears to share, love to give out, life to celebrate
Family
Heartache
Hope
Blessed by the trip home
Time in the car with hubby – just relaxing, drinking tea and coffee, chatting
Remembering
Watching the sky and the road
Sharing the journey
Never too many pictures of the Causeway – link to the Home of my Heart
Welcome home daughter it whispers each time – unconcerned with how long I’ve have been away or how long I am able to stay
Join us through some pictures, on our journey to Baddeck and then Kenloch (Papa and Eleanor and then home 🙂
And then we were driving through Beautiful Kenloch!
And into Inverness to meet with family and friends to share in the heartache of loss
I believe I hugged EVERYONE in Inverness and surrounding areas
Many I knew
Some I wasn’t so sure of
Some I hadn’t seen in 20 years
Little cousins all grown up
Family that I’ve only seen on facebook – in person- warm hugs and greetings
Home
Reconnected with long ago friends – that were once great mentors
And will be again
Tears, laughter, remembering, sharing
Together
Too long since we last were
Home for supper and back for the evening – more hugs, more tears, more catching up
Things becoming more final
Home with hubby and parents and siblings and cats and dogs
B-day cake for my baby sister!
There is something surreal about sleeping (as an adult) in the bed you slept as a child
Drifted off to dreamland comforted by the familiar voices and sounds of family and home
Friday morning- final goodbyes
More tears – more hugs – more goodbyes
Some private chats – comforting
Time to leave
Weary
Relaxed drive home – but long
Nico was waiting when we arrived home with kitty cat purrs and love
The rest of the weekend a blur – still grieving, missing family, catching up on work missed, resting
Sunday meltdown – inevitably -overwhelmed
Sunday Fellowship – Church, Communion, kind words and hugs
Prayer – dedicated prayer – subtle shift – not relief but a shift
Church in the evening – where I need to be
Words of encouragement – God speaks through His people
Monday – back to work – from home
Grateful for icicles – beautiful in the sun
Tuesday – work
One of those day
Press on and press in
Blessed by the sun set from the parking lot at the end of the day
And Nico waiting on the exercise bike to greet me when I walked in the door
Today – Wednesday again
I move slowly
Like molasses or honey
Productive? perhaps, perhaps not
It didn’t seem to matter as much
I moved
Slowly
Like the tiny snowflakes falling outside my window
Lit up in the street light
Soft, quiet, but accumulating
I am here
Where I am supposed to be
I am me
Who I was created to be
I will rest in the One who holds me in the Palm of His Hands
And trust
That He knows