Starting with the most recent – We go to see our dear friends Jon and Emily get married last weekend! Thanks to their beautiful wedding, of which I directed, they have restored my wedding movie watching! I haven’t been able to watch a wedding movie since Michael and I’s wedding last May. I don’t know why – I think I might have been tired of watching the same movies over and over but now I’m back! I loved being a help in directing their wedding! I honestly loved it – maybe I’ll do it again for someone else… maybe I’ll do it for fun or maybe for a side job! Who knows!
It was wonderful to see the joining of two very special lives together on Saturday. The pastor made a comment that brought me to tears during the ceremony – I don’t remember the words exactly but – He said that you will be together, side by side, until one of you releases the other into the arms of Jesus. And my heart broke a little – in a happy and sad way. It’s unimaginable to live in a world without Michael… and that is where my tears began to flow freely. Of course I was already crying because that is what I do at weddings! It’s a bittersweet thought, to live faithfully by each others side, fighting the everyday battles, drinking in the sweetness of life, basking in the love of the other, laughing together, holding each other when life gets the better of you, and then letting go when it’s their time to go and be with Jesus after spending a life full of loving the other. (I’m tearing up as I write this, I’m such a sap!) But this is where my romantic mind goes when I hear a comment life that.
Here is a picture form our Winter Retreat with our Youth Group! God did amazing things in their lives this weekend – I was bless to be able to share in the lives, their hurts, and their triumphs!
Okay, on to a funnier note. We spent Spring Break in Florida and after being trapped in an office building since June my poor skin has not seen much sunlight.
I realize now that my belief in not wearing sunscreen has been utterly wrong. Never in my life (at least when I put it on, I hope my mom took better care of me than I do myself!) have I worn screen on my body – other than my face. Well – I should have put it one. Three weeks later… I’m still peeling. L I have never ever had sunburn like this one – and now I will forever more wear at least a little sunscreen when I first visit the sun. My poor burnt skin didn’t get to see much sun after that although I did have a nice time, sitting under the shade of a palm tree, and reading about L.M. Montgomery.
Here are some fun facts about the women and her life who imagined Anne into existence:
- Anne of Green Gables is rumored to be written about someone L.M. Montgomery knew – an orphan girl what taken in by an elderly brother and sister in Cavendish when that had originally wanted a boy
- L.M. Montgomery is said to be exactly like Anne except that she didn’t have red hair
- Before her death she wrote The Blythes Are Quoted – it’s about Anne – it’s stories from before the war and after the war! It’s an unknown gem – I’m reading to slowly so I can let the beauty steep in. There are poems written by Anne and Walter throughout. It’s beautiful and you need it! Here is the link! The Blythes are Quoted
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ps. that pic of you on the beach looks like you're topless Were you hanging out on Miami beach!?
I know! hahaha But actually no - I got so burnt the day before that I was wearing my tube top bathing suit because I couldn't put straps on my chest! :) Go me... never been burnt like that in my life and I never plan on getting burnt again.
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