This will be my last post for 2016. It’s been a hard year for us – a Job kind of year – with the deaths of loved ones, serious illnesses, an unfinished construction project that greatly reduces the quality of our home life, and then a number of more minor annoyances that manage to be majorly annoying all the same. The global backdrop of what’s happening in Aleppo, with the worldwide political climate, and worries over the refugee crisis closer to home has not made it any easier to bear our personal troubles – even if they do put it all into perspective.
This, and the fact that I’ve been busy writing … did I tell you I finished the first draft of my Regency? I think I did. I put it aside until the new year, but I have EIGHT research books to read on the Regency period over the holidays … Anyway, this and the fact that I’ve been busy writing a novel has probably left my poor blog with the least amount of posts written in one year.
But.
BUT.
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
I say to myself, ‘The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.’ (Lamentations 3:22-24)
Although I’ve not been blogging much lately, I’m not closing shop. In fact, I have a whole idea of new posts I plan to write for 2017.
Here they are in no specific order:
What my French nutritionist has me eating, Part 2.
What I discovered about ‘entitlement’ through fasting.
How the donations for India went.
A photo tour of the Château of Fontainebleau.
How to tackle international travel comfortably and elegantly.
More recipes. I always have ideas for more recipes!
So I’m still here. I wonder if I have any readers left from my early blogging days – from 2009 when I started “Perfect Welcome” (which morphed into ‘A Lady in France’ a year later). Do people even read blogs anymore? 🙂
No matter when you started reading, if you’re still here, I’m so glad to have you. Sending you the cheeriest wishes for 2017. I hope to see you here then!
Hi Jennie, I’m sorry you have not had a good year. I’ve only been following your blog for about 6 months or so and I have to tell you, your posts inspire and reinvigorate my faith, help my family life by helping me put delicious meals on the table that are gluten free and I just enjoy reading them. Wishing you and your family a healthy and prosperous New Year! Merry Christmas!
I read it! I was lured in by the tasty platter. It is a great time to put down the writing and focus on holiday time. It is so painful as an adult to know that there is so much pain out in the world. So much preventable pain. I think you will love diving into those books. I started with about 5 books on Maasai (my topic) and have now read 14. I suspect the same will happen to you – but maybe even more! Embrace it with a good warm drink. Big hugs.
I ask myself all the time if people still read blogs. I do! So I get others do. 🙂
Your 2017 ideas sound great. I will be here waiting for them.
Wishing your family a Merry Christmas and a brighter year as we turn a new page on the calendar.
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Thank you for writing your blog!! I am still reading and enjoying and being blessed by it. After this year that you have had, I hope that you and your family have a really good and peaceful 2017.