My family and friends
My Village Peeps: patting bellies, snuggling new babies, watching the kids act all crazy-like:
Superstores where you can get everything from produce to wart pads
Not being the minority (American, Christian, Plus Size, Tall)
People who know me, my history and my quirks. I love meeting new people and I am bolstered by the fact that I can still make new friends, but it certainly takes a lot of emotional energy. Thank God Erica comes in TWO DAYS!!!!!!
Things I will miss
Attending Mass is many different languages in ancient churches.
Views like this:
Anonymity
Our big apartment
More deliberate family time
Fresh Produce----especially what would be considered "exotic." For example, I had a persimmon for the first time today and WOOOOOOOOW. It is the sweetest fruit I have ever tasted, it's totally a dessert!
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Meeting new people. :)
Being cell-phone free (though not for much longer, I promise, Fr. Jeff)!
Shabbat and the slowing down it entails
The enormity of being in such an ancient, holy place.
Well, a movie with the hubby calls!
P.S. Look out soon for a new regular guest blogger. He's hot and hunky and his names rhymes with Glevin.
Your title is so intriguing on this one! Seems to sum up your experience so perfectly! It's such an interesting quantity of time! I still don't feel settled enough here after all these months. I admire your adventurous optimism immensely. Mara is currently feeding 3 "Baby Cecis".
ReplyDeleteWe have persimmons in North America, because we have a few trees on my family farm in Ky. They are much smaller than that, though, about the size of a cherry. They bloom in the late fall and are very tart. Here is a picture I took of one of the trees a few years back:
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Bert Blylevin is doing a guest post? AWESOME!!!
ReplyDeleteWe miss you too! I love that picture of the kids, it captures their silliness perfectly and it reminds me of how shortly after it was taken they "cleaned" the toy room for us.
ReplyDeleteAnd what-you don't get views like that overlooking the tollway at sunset? Pshaw!
Haha, Glevin! It reminds me of Glonald! Isn't that what Nina called him?
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