Two Roads...Friday's Fave Five

Friday October 21, 2011

Can you name five blessings from your week? Susanne from Living to Tell the Story hosts Friday’s Fave Five each week. Click on over and see her if you’d like to join in!

FFF friends, I didn’t get around to see you last weekend because I was whisked off on my surprise birthday trip! I promise to stop by and say hi this weekend.

Here are my favorites for this week:

1. My birthday trip! There are some pictures and reflections here. It was a great weekend. It was so relaxing, and I felt incredibly pampered. My hubby is definitely a keeper.

2. A crazy week. This is Homecoming Week at school, which makes it crazy in some respects. In others, it’s a great week. A little less pressure than usual on one hand, kids a little hyper on the other. But it’s fun. And today we took the entire high school to the beach for our annual Beach Day. Fun, fun, fun.

3. Poetry. I do love the rhyme. We read King Lear a couple of weeks ago and Shakespeare’s wordplay is still rolling around in my head. And I finished our Madrigal Dinner script this week (which is in rhymed couplets), and that kind of poetry is play for me. Sure wish there was a market for poetry. I love reading it and writing it.

4. Anticipation. I’m off to a conference next week, and I’m so excited. I’m weighing some decisions and directions and I feel like this conference will be really helpful. Besides, I’ve been communicating with some of the ladies via email and I’m anxious to meet them face-to-face. (Another bit of anticipation -- all those birthday cards waiting for me to open tonight. Today's my day, for real.)

5. A quote. Since I talked about poetry and decisions and new directions, I can’t escape Frost’s words:

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood…

To read all of this beautiful poem, just click here. Robert Frost’s work is beautiful.

Wishing you a road diverged in a yellow wood this week!

Reminder

Tuesday October 18, 2011


It was an early birthday surprise complete with clues to build the suspense.

This weekend we journeyed to Key West for a little birthday getaway. Although we’ve lived in Florida for a long time, this was our first visit to the Keys.

(The famous Key West roosters...)



It was a luxurious, relaxing time. Yes, Key West saw record rain this weekend, but we got plenty of sightseeing in before it hit. And once the raindrops began to fall, we took to the Hemingway House to see where Ernest penned several of his famous novels.

The reminder? Amidst the rain, fun and relaxation and joy. The wonderful husband who planned this trip has spent a lot of years with me; there have been storms balanced by plenty of sunny days. And as I approach a birthday and look back at my own life, I see sun peeking through the clouds, too.

My reminder from this weekend? He is faithful. (The wonderful husband, but more than that, the One who gave him to me!)

He is faithful -- through rain and storms, His sun shines through.


Linking up with Jen at Finding Heaven Today for Soli deo Gloria, Michelle for Hear It on Sunday, Use it on Monday, and Laura for Playdates with God. Click on over and come along with us!