reflections-2013

During my December visit to New York, I spent two nights with my friend, Lucinda.

our girls, Kate and Abigail, smiled. . .You're having a sleep over! (indeed.)

I slept in the sink room and Lucinda brought up toast and tea on a tray the first morning.

Then I bounded out of bed and washed my face in the little sink.

Breakfast in bed can't compare with breakfast table conversation with a dear friend.

So, the second evening we sat by the fire with tea, old books, knitting projects-

We talked about our many children and grandchildren, about changes on the horizon 

for our husbands. . .changes for Lucinda and me-the unknown.

 I told my friend that in 2013 I want to trust God with his mysteries . . .

to rest in the Lord, not always trying to figure out "the why".

O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty;

Nor do I involve myself in great matters,

Or in things too difficult for me.

Surely I have composed and quieted my soul;

like a weaned child rests against his mother,

My soul is like a weaned child within me. . . (Ps 131)

. . . a worthy pursuit for 2013, a desire shared with a friend-and with you!