#NewThisDay Writing From My Photo Stream

Apple Blossoms in the Wetlands

Sky so blue this morning. Quiet in the wetlands. I listen, again, to the Abbey in the Arts podcast because it makes me feel so calm and centered and at peace. I am anticipating my new experience this morning; facilitating a support group for Ukrainian therapists. I volunteered to do this. And I have some ideas about how I will do this, and I also feel open to not knowing how it will be, and trusting that I will know exactly what to do and say, or I won’t and that will be okay. These gorgeous apple blossoms in the wetlands are exactly what I need to know. How it goes: it’s very moving, and I sense that the experience we have together is worthwhile, meaningful, helpful. And, in the afternoon, in the midst of prep for another workshop tonight, and a trip to the grocery store, and another phone meeting, I manage to get outside for another 45 minutes to do a bit of raking and let the breeze blow across me––and the leaves, some need to be re-raked. Then, I feel like making dinner for the first time in a few days. I make a terrific vegetable lasagne and I’m very happy making it. And, group tonight, my photo-inspired writers is another deep and moving experience. Everyone appreciates the lasagna. And me.