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Celebrating love

It’s been a lovely Valentine’s Day.

We started the day off feeling deeply inspired by Anandi’s Sunday service talk on Divine Love. Then we celebrated with French toast for lunch, followed by opening our Valentine’s cards and simply chatting for a while.

It was the sort of cold and gloomy day that’s perfect for getting cozy with a movie, so in the afternoon we watched the 1997 Cinderella featuring Whitney Houston and a whole slew of other great movie actors. I had barely heard of it before a few days ago, but it was thoroughly enjoyable.

However, it got me thinking about another version of the same musical, so…! With the patient indulgence of my wonderful husband (and after a delicious tortellini and broccoli dinner) we watched Cinderella again — this time the 1957 live television version with a very young Julie Andrews.

It was an altogether enjoyable, relaxing, and love-filled day. 💝

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Recess

Today was a much-needed “recess” day. A stay at home kind of day. A day to sit at the patio table in the late morning, drinking coffee and listening to the birds and, later, the noon-time church bells.

I spent time on the computer, but it was mostly listening to/revisiting long ago “moments” of Whitney Houston (“…give me one moment in time…”) and Stephanie Mills (singing “Home” from the 1975 Broadway production of The Wiz).

Remembering long ago experiences and enjoying the musical energy (wow!). Going with the flow, getting my mind off “myself”, and finally starting to feel my own energy lifting again. What a relief!

Nothing has changed, yet everything feels different…because I feel different inside. And there’s my very own “teachable moment” for the week. 🙂