Hello, friends. Happy Wednesday! I had this past Monday off for Juneteenth. I didn’t do a darn thing but it was nice to have it off. It gave me time to finish my book club read, Horse. We meet tonight to discuss it over wood fired pizzas and wine. 

My reading has been going a lot better. I am a good ways into The Bird Hotel and loving it. Next up is one of those classics I selected. Not sure yet which one. And the photo above has nothing to do with anything except every single day I wonder how many more houses they will build in our neighborhood. I mean, the traffic is so bad now. If I walk down to the end of my street, this is what I see. 

My husband flew to Seattle to spend Father’s Day weekend with my son. It was a great trip for him. He doesn’t get to take time off too often so it was a nice break and they managed to fit a ball game in too. Root Beer was quite the host! She is the sweetest cat. I was pretty busy anyway. I attended two performances for our students and Sunday’s student ministry activities completely wore me out! It’s so fun but man, I napped like I never napped before once I got home. 

When my friend came over the other night, we started the new season of Black Mirror. Not bad but so far, not too crazy. Not sure if I’ll finish the season out. It’s short but it isn’t grabbing me so far. 

That’s all I have. No big plans for the weekend except a dental cleaning. Exciting!

Hello, friends. After all the rain we’ve had, everything is green and flowers are popping up all over. It’s so pretty! We are supposed to get a little more rain later this week. I hope we do. We’ve had a couple of 90+ days already and I am not ready for summer temps.

My reading has been like molasses. Slow going. I finally finished Demon Copperhead. It was very good and like everyone told me, very long. I don’t mind long but it seemed like it was maybe 75 pages too long. Now that that’s done, I can write the review and dive into my next read, The Last Word by Taylor Adams.

In a couple of weeks, my daughter will be flying in for a short visit. She will be done with finals and will be starting her new job shortly after. She only has a week or so. Just enough time to hit Disneyland, and the beach. Two things she misses dearly. 

I am giving another message for student ministry on Mother’s Day. I just finished writing it. I just need to fine tune it. It’s about how everyone (should be) invited to the table. The IN group and the excluded are topics students can relate to and honestly, adults too. Inclusion is very important to me. 

Last weekend we visited the Auschwitz exhibit at the Reagan Library. It was very good. Quite moving. It included an audio tour and took a good three hours but it was all so well done. I spent a lot of time pondering the personal articles belonging to children. It was all so powerful. I highly recommend going if it comes to your city. 

Yesterday was my husband’s birthday. He went to dinner with friends. I think this weekend we will grill and then go see the new Guardians movie. 

That’s it from me. I’m still trying to navigate chronic pain. Some days are better than others. Today, is a good day. I hope you are well. Have a good week.