Well, as many of you know, life is entirely unpredictable! Since I last posted, two quite unexpected things have happened.
1) I moved house. Which is really a good thing, but I hadn't anticipated moving this summer. I've actually moved back to a place I lived before--into a lovely (read "rustic") log cabin just a mile or so from my college. I'm happy to have moved, but of course it was a HUGE deal! I'm still unpacking boxes and trying to figure out how to fit all my stuff into a much smaller home. Even this has been good as I've had to weed out my things to decide what I really need or love enough to keep. So--while stressful--the move is a true blessing.
2) My nephew, Ian, who is in the Army, was very seriously injured in an IED explosion in Iraq on Memorial Day weekend. He was sent to Germany and then on to Walter Reed Hospital in DC. He's paralyzed from the 3rd vertebra down. Of course this has been unsettling and stressful for my family. But at the same time we have seen God's hand in the situation every day in many different ways. One, perhaps odd, result has been increased Joy and Peace, especially for my brother and sister-in-law, as we must rely on God's Mercy, the healing power of Christ, and the indwelling power of the Spirit. Ian will be moving to a VA rehab facility in the next few days; he's making progress: his mind hasn't been affected, he can speak though he still uses the ventilator, he has "inexplicably" experienced sensation and some movement in his shoulders. He's learning to breath on his own. So much to be thankful for.
So--what with these and other things--I haven't been blogging. Haven't even really been reading. I just unpacked The Narnian a couple days ago--have no idea how it got into the box it was in!
Things are calming down a bit, and I'm really looking forward to getting back on a schedule of reading and blogging.
So. I apologize to anyone who has visited in the last few months and seen no progress. Lord willing, I'll be back on schedule before the end of the month!
