it's been months since i've felt like baking or doing "homey" things. admittedly, i've been absent. i've been elsewhere, physically and mentally. i have said that i wanted to be home and never really made any effort to get there.
i want to get there.
prayer helps. reading, a huge help. talking with others (professional and non-professional alike), helps. but actually cleaning the kitchen? helpful! picking blueberries for breakfast cereal and folding clothes as only a mama can fold clothes - immensely rewarding.
[wow, who would've thought?]
time to start reaching out for family and reconnecting with friends that i miss (which includes visiting blogs and leaving comments :). time to start taking an interest in dusting, and the other quotidian tasks that can be mundane but that are refreshing to someone who has been wasted and wearied for a long, long time.
[God is doing a work in me.]
“The time of business does not differ with me from the time of prayer; and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great a tranquility as if I were upon my knees at the blessed sacrament.” Brother Lawrencegrab a towel and come fellowship with me...
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May God grant you the grace you need day by day
thanks, O :)
Those little daily tasks can be very fulfilling.
Read this post and the previous one and I teared up. And beamed from ear to ear.
So wish we were close enough to share a drink at Starbucks and talk and talk and talk and talk....
Love where you are. Headed that way myself.
Praying for you, still.
<grabs towel
Lovely to have you back on the block.
I'm "gone" too and am having trouble getting back...
I miss hearing from you. It's been a while. I was thinking of you when I heard the Gospel on Sunday!
When I get back to NYC, we need to arrange a visit!
Father Mark! Would you believe me if I told you I ordered a certain book off of amazon.com this morning at approximatley 6:10am, or do you get a notification when someone purchases??
:)
can't wait and yes, please -- I would love to meet up with you in NYC. It's a "date" :)
I don't get notifications. Things are hardly that organized! Probably a good thing too. I don't need another thing to obsess over.
You just might receive another copy for free in a couple of weeks! I put you on the list of bloggers who might review the book. So, double the fun! I hope you, and maybe your childrens might enjoy it!
Hope we can get together soon!
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