I awoke this AM to find email from a Stage 4 cancer-battling associate, a husband's day off to share, a thank-you note from a diocesan leader, a freshly-printed calendar waiting to be filled in with the crazy-busy ministry travel and meetings plus my personal commitments, an email about an AquaRunning class I'm starting, lots of laundry to do/fold/put away, and a closet of "show clothes" in need of the seasonal changeover plus adding in some newly-arrived separates to fill some of the wardrobe gaps..... and the continuing lovely responses in this crazy thread I started.

There are not words to describe how or why the responses here bring tears, but I can feel a whole lotta tight springs letting go a little bit all at the same time, and THANKS.

For a variety of reasons, this is the time of year when a lot of amazing things usually whomp up in my life-- assume, if you will, that for the balance of the Fall season I'll be alternating between (A) celebrating wacky cool stuff ("miracles") I'm witnessing and/or involved in, and (B) needing a soft place to land in between. It would be great if Mudcat is one of those places. It's funny when I think of so many of you getting ready for Getaway and the PMs I always get about coming for an afternoon of it, just when it's least possible to come! :~)

Rap-- ... the big house, middle house, back house, barn... remind me of our rental property here: the main house, the addition section of the house with Mudcat dorm where we have a spare master bedroom we sometimes use, and the camper out back by the barn that we also sometimes use. They're all full of memories and memories-to-be, too. We don't manage getting actually AWAY, but when we use these different parts of our home, it is very much like being away.

Thanks again.

~Susan