Four dozen persimmon cookies –all to share with folks who visited our church for the Liturgical Arts Festival. (The festival was amazing and the cookies quite tasty…)
Chocolate chip cupcakes–happily handed out to many small and sweet hands–just because we need to keep practice sharing.
A full batch of rosemary rolls, none shared, all gobbled.
So… the lemon cake helped heal the no-good, very bad cold, but believe me when I say I couldn’t find anything to help heal the internal bleeding that kept me bedside this last week. Or the two massive rejection letters that came my way. Or the cold that pounced on top of everything. Oh, my. Things do tend to come my way in waves. Gets all of the ick out of the way at the same time, I suppose.
So, no need to spread the germs and tell you any of the gory details. Just know that right now I’m armed with antibiotics and tissues, and the knowledge that it’s my choice whether I smile or frown, simper or simply get on with it.
I’m hoping next week might mean a new spate of baking. But even if it doesn’t, I’m still thankful for oh, so many things. Finches still darting from fig tree to fountain, a little boy who loves being homeschooled even when I’m in my PJs, a husband who hunts and gathers cheesecakes when all is dismal, and laughter in this little house of ours despite trials and a growing basket of laundry.
Lastly, an encouragement to all of you to continue to pray for Nataliya. She went back into surgery just this morning with new complications. May God heal her, and bless her, and bless us all. May we find a way to give and love and laugh even in the middle of whatever this lovely autumn air might bring…
The Woman and the Wheat 
Mmmm…thanks for the link to the persimmon cookies…I tried a persimmon recently, like a tart apple. I hope you feel better. {hugs}
Yuck, Jane, about the antibiotics and such. I so agree – those things come at us in waves. Please know though, that you counting your blessings in the midst of the yuck encourages me to do the same. So thank you! And I must say that that photo, with the grey tones and delicate white petals, is especially lovely. Love to you, friend, and peace and healing!
Praying for you, dear friend. Much love.
ooooo. . .wish I’d known about that festival. do you do it every year?
First year for the festival, but our church is hoping to make it an annual event, featuring a different form of art each year. Miss you!
What a very lovely photo, Jane. That alone was a huge blessing to me…but you always seem to have a knack for touching my heart, which you did with your simple, to the point words. Oh, yes, and I’m grateful for the persimmon recipe, because I have pureed persimmons in my freezer waiting to become yummy cookies! 🙂