Being home brings reality to surface.  Sometimes you don’t know how good you have it until you don’t have it.  Being away from home was more amazing than I realized.  I have spoken about “living in the moment” more than once in my last four months.  I was and am good at doing that.  What I didn’t realize was how utterly wonderful it was to live in the moment so fully that I never once thought about all I would need to do after I arrived home.   Whatever is out of sight or not existing in my presence at this moment does not really exist. Until I arrived home!

And I’m home.  I have slowly gone through piles of mail, newspaper, and advertisements.  My husband was so helpful by sorting out the worst of the “spam” so I only had what he thought might be important to me.   For that I am grateful.  But the things he can’t weed out are all the phone calls that must be responded to.  So many little details.  I’ll list what I can think of.

1.  Take pro camera in for repair work

2.  Do all the laundry

3.  Cook soup ( I did it yesterday)

4.  Go over credit card statement

5.  Do art work on Senior enlargement

6.  Do all post production on newborn I photographed before I left.

7.  Call about October vacation time RE: DOGS

8.  Return call from hospital regarding surgery

9.  Call carpet cleaner and schedule appointment

10.  Unpack!  Unpack!  Unpack!

11.  Plant perennial flower beds

12:  Go to bank and sign papers

13,  Go to other bank and put passports in safety box

14.  Set up preoperative appointment

15.  Call surgeon’s office for final date and time

16.  Stop meds on July 12

17.  START DESIGN WORK ON LAST YEARS WEDDING

18.  Go through mail

19.  Return a lot of phone calls

20. Call Image Quix to stop web page

21.  Continue writing a  blog

22.  Get back to gym to exercise

23.  Work on getting my morning schedule back

24.  Time to be with God, read, study, write

25. Get house organized

26.  Etc.  etc.  etc.

27:  Fall asleep writing my blog!

28.  Pick  up meds at pharmacy

29.  Go to Costco/renew membership

And there are probably a lot of t hings I have left out.  This is just the short list of what I can think about needing to be done on Monday.  I took this holiday weekend off and have just worked around the house trying to get reorganized as I wash and put everything away.

And the list goes on.  No wonder I was loving being away from home!  I missed Dave but did not miss all the demanding do’s that would be waiting for me upon my arrival.  (And I have’t even mentioned getting my house cleaned!)

Went to my son’s for dinner last night.  Here is a picture of his family standing in the driveway as we left. (See below).  Up early this morning and went to a garden party event at our friend’s backyard at 8:00 a.m..  It is a beautiful, lovely, flower filled oasis.  I took no pictures because I did not want to take my cell phone with me and keep up with it.

After the garden party Dave and I walked back up through the woods and then drove to a Garden Center down the highway.  We bought some perennials, brought them home, came home and ate lunch.  We then walked to the location of the neighborhood parade and then to the party destination at a neighbor’s home close by.  A lot of people were there!  We had a great time visiting with all our neighbors and then we came home.  I worked some more, and then some more, and then even a little bit more.  Still trying to get unpacked.  Easier said than done!

Still haven’t opened that suitcase!  It will happen.   I am hoping before bedtime tomorrow night all the clothing will be ready for use.  And I am sure there is still more to do that I can’t even remember at present.  I will say I had a great day at the parade and then mingling with my neighbors.  Lots of new little kids present this year.  This is the third generation coming up in these homes.  We bought the house in 1986.  The home was 26 years old.  Many of the original home builders were just beginning to move out of the large homes and acreage. Then another generation came in and many of them have already moved to downsize.  And finally the third generation of home owners is emerging and along with that is a plethora of new baby faces among us.  So today I met several new families with very young children.  I wonder if I’ll be here to see this next generation grow up.

Not much happening here, just lots of work and differentiating between my voice and hearing the voice of God.

Well, I wrote a poem then decided to proof read the blog and when I got back down here to where the poem was it was gone.  How disheartening.  I liked what the poem said.  I am sleepy and I think I must have hit a wrong button and erased it.  Can I remember it?  probably not.  So I will write what I can.

 

THE GOD OF MY DAYS

by Kathleen Martens

July 4, 2014

 

Lord I love you more than life

I have come to hear your word,

To be in Your Holy presence

That everyone word is heard.

 

Regardless of what I must accomplish

Keep my focus upon You.

For you are my guiding light,

Your power will get me through.

 

My heart is open to receive

What it is you have for me.

Let the clutter of the world

Be not what I see.

 

Let my eyes be fixed on you

The lover of my soul.

For You are my guiding light

The one who makes me whole.

 

Thank  you Father for your love

And for our precious intimate hour

For Your strength and Your light

Is my very source of power.

 

I give to you all my love

My thanksgiving and my praise.

For you are the God of wonder

The God of all my days.

 

I love you Lord.