Weekend recap

This was a very full weekend, I hope I can remember everything

Friday:
My day started really early...I went to Tim Horton's to enjoy a coffee while waiting for appointment number 1 with my gyno, it went well.
Then I went downtown to get pretty nails

I love getting my nails done I always get super relaxed and leave feeling great.
After that I went to a second dr apt, after 3 years we have a family doctor and she is so sweet,  I had to get a tetnis shot though because I have never had one- the needle didn't hurt but my arm is so sore still.
We had a wedding to go to as well, Mr and Mrs Chris Eaton- beautiful wedding

 Brooke got invited by a classmate to go see a movie and the mom asked me to go too, they treated us, it was so nice of them, the movie was better then I thought, we saw Home, super cute.

Saturday:
Cleaned house, got bedding and curtains on the line- I love bedding dried in the wind. It smells so good.
I took an extra long nap, I have not ben sleeping well so I think it was my body telling me to slow down and relax.
We had our anniversary dinner early because Monday's are so busy here with voice lessons etc, so we did that tonight, on Monday I will cook for him.
We went to Montana's- it was so so amazing.

We never leave there disappointed. We went for a walk across the walking bridge all while being together, such a beautiful night, stopped for ice cream, did some shopping for a couple garden related items, came home and watched a movie. I cannot believe Monday is 13 years since I said I do and I still do.

Sunday:
Sunday Am service was at our old location which means we got to sleep in an extra hour, it was nice.
After PM service we went to Harvey's, I love that place so much.

Check back tomorrow for a special anniversary post

1 Year

Dear Grandpa,

You have been in heaven for 1 year, I know now you are happy and healthy now but this has been the longest year of my life

Many time I wanted to pick up the phone and call you, just to hear your voice one more time, I would love to see your smile, hear you laugh, hear you sing your favourite songs again.

You were such a wonderful husband, Dad, step dad, brother, cousin, uncle, grandpa, great grandpa, you were an amazing friend to all who know you, a kind neighbour, a man who loved to pray.

I miss you more today then I did the day you passed, the pain is just so real still.

I have a part of me that died the day you died, I hope heaven has coffee because we are going to have lots to catch up on.

I love you
Rest Easy Grandpa

The Undertaker's Wife - Review

Dee Oliver grew up in a wealthy environment, living in a beach front home in Virginia. After graduating from a private college, she lived at home, struggling to figure out both a career path and her love life.

 In the 1980's Dee met her future husband-to-be, Johnnie, when he contacts her after she catches his eye during a funeral. Johnnie is a fourth generation funeral director and his profession shapes their entire relationship, starting on the first date when he needs to leave a restaurant to pick up a body, bringing Dee along.

The pair soon married and Dee found her life shift, as she became the mother to three daughters and helped out at the funeral home. When Johnnie unexpectedly dies of a heart attack in his early fifties, Dee is left not only mourning her husband, but trying to figure out a new direction for her life. She decides to go back to school and get her funeral director's license, expecting to find a job at her husband's funeral home, which is being run by her brother-in-law. When it comes time to fulfill her internship hours, she is shocked when her brother-in-law refuses to let her work for him. Dee finds that the only funeral director willing to help her out, is a man named Riddick, who runs the only African-American funeral home in town.

The Undertaker's Wife is Dee Oliver. She is such an inspiration and a strong woman. She's plucky and someone who doesn't give up,Oliver is frequently funny, lightening the mood even when writing about her husband's death. She dispenses good advice towards pre-planning your own funeral and on the grieving process, both for someone who is in mourning, but also towards those who are interacting with people who have recently suffered a loss. 

Soul Friends Review

When I first read this book, I decided I wanted to get one for my friends birthday that was coming up- she is my soul friend. 

Dr. Leslie Parrot writes that these deep-spirited relationships are the essential element to the formation of her faith, but Soul Friends is no formulaic manual for finding or being a better friend.  Dr. Parrott invites her readers to turn the pages and feel the warmth of a spiritual journey, lived alongside sisters-in-faith who believe to follow Jesus.  Sharing the faith journey “where you are right now” is a process of living, obeying, loving and believing “right there,”  in the context and with the people God has provided.  This spiritual journey in company with one’s soul friends is marked by four major landmarks:

1.  Quest:  This is a recognition of one’s own adventure and involves finding the treasure of God’s will and, in the process, becoming a treasure for those we know and love.

2.  Calling:  God’s action plan for the traveler requires humility, for we are ever in the process of being stretched as we depend on God and the sustenance of our soul friends along the way.

3.  Crisis:  We travel an unknown road and find grace to meet the challenges.  Dr. Parrott’s account reads like excerpts from a spiritual journal as she walks beside those who battle cancer, mourn the loss of a child, absorb the news of unexpected pregnancy, or manage the decline of a beloved parent.

4.  Communion:  The command to love one another is the essence and the destination of our spiritual journey.  Travelling with soul friends, the expedition transcends the ordinary, yielding “fruit that remains,” (John 15).

This book was provided by  Book Look Bloggers program in exchange for my honest review.