Whoa, what a week!
The house is looking more and more like a home. A few more things I want to do before I post any more pictures. More pictures coming soon, I promise!
Business has been good but exhausting! I did some calculations and by Christmas Eve, we will have made 40,000 sugar cookies since Thanksgiving. This is our best selling cookie; but it is just one of 15 types of cookies we sell! Needless to say, we are selling a lot of cookies right now.
To my friends who are students or educators: have a blessed time of renewal during your Christmas Break. I can tell that both my body & soul are in need of a time of refreshment.
This past week, there has been an emotional splinter in my heart that has been irritating me to no end. I'm trying to pick it out not only to make it stop hurting but also to see the nature & origins of the irritant. If my intuition serves me well, I feel like it is mostly a divine anger; but I have no doubt there is a hint of hurt pride/ego in there somewhere.
Thinking about it a little more (haven't really given myself time or permission to think about it lately), there might be more than one splinter at work here. I think I may be experiencing some grief...some residual and some recent. It has been a few years, but this is the season when both a grandfather and an adoptive grandmother (my first prayer warrior) of mine died. Recently, a grandfather of some friends of mine passed away and I attended the Memorial Service. It was a great celebration; but nevertheless, it hurts to see such a godly man no longer here with us.
I also have been experiencing the slow death of a friendship. God has really, really blessed me with numerous longlasting, healthy friendships. I truly can't remember last when a friendship of mine has died due to disease. However, this friendship (which seemed healthy) was suddenly diagnosed with a disease that might succeed in killing off this friendship of mine. What is even more frustrating is that I'm not sure I can do anything to stop it from happening.
It simply sucks ... and it simply hurts.
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