It has been a truly wonderful vacation; I will be back at work today and planning the academic year. I still have many unfinished projects that I hope to get to before the end of August. It will help to realize that these months of vacation have been lovely and restful. Now it is time for work.
I am also thinking of my own dreams for the new academic year. The campus is lovely; the picture is one taken in front of the library. The new student center is getting the finishing touches and will be open for the students to enjoy. I am happy to be back but grateful for all the graces of this summer. Now, hopefully, we will not begin the year with a hurricane, but one is threatening to come our way by Friday. Trust in the Lord is a good way to begin this new academic year!
I had brunch with a cousin by marriage (not sure how we are related really but she claims me and is a delightful person!) She is now eighty years old and still swims 30 laps every morning!! She keeps up with friends from all over and has had a fascinating life. She lived on a beautiful ranch in Argentina for eleven years and made me start thinking about my own experiences in Chile for twenty years. I may be sharing some of these memories in my blog.
2 comments:
Sister (40 years ago you would have been "Mother" to me):
Thank you for your blog - and your links - they are helping me along the way.
I am a 1967 graduate of M'ville - and thus a classmate of Barbara Bowe's - seeing her book on your list is prompting me to suggest it as a book for my scripture group - we've sort of left scripture (not that you really ever can leave scripture) and are reading religious/spiritual books. Our current selection is James Martin's "My Life with the Saints".
Bless you for your sharing.
Trudy
Barbara Bowe's book will be an excellent choice for your group; we used it in our reflection group and all loved it; there are some good questions at the end of each chapter for reflection.
Thanks for the positive feedback, Trudy. I bought James Martin's book when it came out and gave it to my community for Christmas. I will soon have new books to share.
Love and prayer, Helen
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