It all began at 6am when the cell phone on my window sill beeped. I reached for it and opened it to discover a text message from my favorite Aunt in the whole entire world - just a little note to say hello and to promise to make her proud. I then went down the hallway to Megan's room where I found her packing up for the day and Cody (her new 9 month old puppy, my new roommate) on the bed. The three of us sat together for a few minutes and then they were out the door. A mug of tea, a face wash, a new pair of jeans and three layers later I headed out the door to meet Emily for out wednesday morning coffee.
When I walked out of the apartment I was greeted by the warm sunshine, beautiful fall colors that continue to leave me breathless, and a crisp, crisp morning. As I headed to the corner a biker came up with a huge smile on his face - it was Charlie, one of my favorite professors from college. We stood on the corner chatting for a few moments and I was reminded how much I appreciate Charlie's ability to be encouraging with just a grin and a nod.
The warmth of coffee and busyness welcomed me into Avellino where a table was waiting for two friends to sit and rest and reconnect from being apart for a week. I sat down and opened a book of prayer, determined to become good at this spiritual discipline thing. Then my friend BJ walked in the door and we made a 7am frolf date (who does that? Who frolfs at 7am? Seriously.). Then Emily came in and we drank our espresso and exchanged our stories. Now, here I sit, looking at my prayer book thinking I should probably open it up. And I will. I promise. I'm going to open it up and pray with great gratitude; because today is going to be a good, good day. I can feel it.
0 comments:
Post a Comment