Quietly According to Plan

 

As expected, I find in these days fewer moments to sit down to the computer to write stuff. There's no lack of mindfulness, however. I'm feeling it all and ruminating in the between moments.

And it's all so good.

A big of it is just being together. Talking or not. Doing or not. Quietly or excitedly in the family room with the fire on. Happily on a walk, or in a thrift store, or at the church, wherever we need to be in the moment. It's. Just. Happening. This being together thing.

This is my sense as I walk first thing this morning.

When God has given you a deep partnership with beautiful humans who live half way around the world, there's just a lot of time in any given year when you are apart.

And that's hard.

And I suppose some of it is a sense of still trying to catch up from the long absence imposed by the pandemic. But even in our most frequent travelling back and forth seasons, there's never enough time, it seems for us to simply just be together just being.

Sunrise was magical again this morning, made more so by the low laying fog that lingered. I've been putting enough steps on my fitness tracker for sure. But this was the first real walk since Monday when Suradet, Yupa and Bell cam along (and we saw the coyote). Going with the flow in any given day's plans includes the weather of course, but also places we have to be in the morning, or other first morning priorities. There's lots to do to be ready for this coming weekend.

It was good for all of us to see the sun today, I think. The first rays since their arrival. And a perfect day to visit St. Jacob's market and see what might be found. As a little surprise, a man heard us speaking Thai and approached us for a brief and friendly conversation. He's from Laos, having immigrated some 43 years ago already, but still speaks Thai fluently. It was a fun little bit of serendipity, that.

Another little fun thing. I wanted just one of the 'smoldering red peppers' (that's how they were advertised) but the price was $20.00 for a rather large basket. When I asked how much for one, I was offered to take it for free. Well then, thank you! This might help spice up a dish or two.

We are quiet this afternoon. Later Suradet and I will rehearse Sunday's sermon again. We've already prepped the agenda for the November Team's meeting tonight for potluck supper. Norma's here already, having come from work to join us for lunch, and then to ride over with us for the meeting.

They'll be a campfire tonight.
And Suradet on his guitar.
And roasted salmon and other goodies.
And an agenda about all we might like to do when we visit them there next month.

And it all rolls out accordingly.
I've been planning all this since January. Not kidding.
The three things.
Ken and I in July going there.
Suradet, Yupa and Bell in October coming here.
The November Team going there in, well, November.

Here we are in the middle of the Thailand trifecta.
And it's all so good.

Gotta' love it when it happens that way.