I’ve been a bit crushed by life lately, but that’s okay. We’ve got this expensive court case in progress to try to win back enough money to finish our house at last. We know we may not win – or we might win and the company will declare bankruptcy to avoid paying us before they simply start a new company… And I have no idea where all the money will come from to pay the lawyer – but that’s okay.
We had to give up the new couches that I had so been looking forward to, but that’s okay too. In January we started praying every single week as a family that God would finish our house by the end of this year. We may not have our prayer answered in the way we hope, but it won’t be for lack of faith.
We still have another five weeks of school, and the craziness of concerts and meetings and exams are in full swing. My husband has been working some pretty long hours and we’ve not been able to find the time to spray our trees for … what are called in French punaise (although not referring to the stink bug) and what I think translates to thumbtack insects. Their eggs are ruining all the leaves on our trees and bushes. We’ve not yet had time to do our French taxes or the FBAR, not to mention our US taxes, which of course has to be done for all US citizens for the rest of your life, even if you don’t live in the US. Or have never lived in the US, like my kids.
But that’s okay, because there are good things too.
My friend’s father, who lives in Normandy, is retired and is here for a week. Since he already finished my friend’s garden, he has come over, freely and cheerfully, to start on mine. Why? Out of the kindness of his good ole heart. So he started digging up the earth and pulling out the massive amount of weeds that are there. He even removed the dead prune tree with his bare hands, and he’s in his 70s!
I’ve been praying for help with our garden so this is definitely a case of an answered prayer in the way we hope.
The roses are in full bloom, dropping fragrant pink petals all over the grass.
And the roses are blooming over the well.
Campanula is springing out of every available crack all over our property, and it’s just so cheerful.
And my neighbour gave me some of her Calla lilies again to grace my table.
So there are lots of cheerful little things, and I know that this is what I need to be focusing on right now, so that is what I’m doing. I also need to disappear from the (already sporadic) blogging world for a couple of weeks so I can finish the first draft to my sequel to A Regrettable Proposal, which, by the way is free on Kindle Unlimited now if you haven’t read it and would like to.
The progress on the sequel has been so slow, and I think it just comes from feeling slow and run down. But whenever I read back what I wrote, I love it and am inspired to keep going. I really want to finish this in time to submit to the publisher in September and I can only do that if I focus.
So if it takes me a couple weeks to get back here, you’ll know why. Wish me luck. Wish me court case success. Wish me a finished garden and a finished rough draft. Wish me new couches. But even if I don’t have those things…
That’s okay.
You have such a great attitude!