If it’s Thursday, it’s time to look back on some beautiful things from the past week. Here are three from my weekend:<\/p>\n
1. It is 95 degrees on Saturday and Shelley’s children are in their bathing suits playing with the hose and with water balloons. We spend the latter part of the evening around a campfire in their backyard, and Irisa, still in her bikini, curls up in my lap.<\/p>\n
2. Mum makes apple crisp for Dad’s birthday. Usually pie is Gramma’s domain, but for Dad, Mum demands sole baking rights. The pie is chock-full of tasty apples and the crumbly topping is sweet and cinnamon-y.<\/p>\n
3. I sleep in over the weekend, which means I miss the normal morning chats Dad and I have over breakfast preparations. So when Mum heads up to bed at midnight on Sunday, Dad stays downstairs to chat over cups of tea.<\/p>\n
Anything beautiful going on in your life this week?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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