Courtesy of Hurricane Sandy last week, we were without power, water, and Internet at home for four days--here's what I learned:
* that it's no wonder the pioneer women didn't have outside careers--survival for the family consumed most of their daily life
* that my kids roll with the punches really well--flexible and always ready for an adventure (I love this about them.)
* that even without power, we still have a ton of luxuries in our lives that others are missing
* that sometimes we need to go without, just to be reminded of how blessed we are
* that going without my morning cup of tea is a little harder than I expected
* that we have incredible friends and neighbors--who let us take showers, do laundry, borrow camping stoves, help out with blogs, and let our whole family sleep over
* that my regular, daily life overflows with extravagances that even kings and queens wouldn't have known 100 years ago (& chances are, if you're reading this, yours does, too!)
* that we need to intentionally remind ourselves of that fact, within a culture always after more
* that an unexpected week without time online was good for me in many ways
* that I'm thankful to be back with you all now!
We had a lovely October--though I wasn't around this space much, I worked plenty behind the scenes on new projects. Looking forward to getting back to a regular rhythm of blogging and life again.
"The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise. Love your life, poor
as it is. You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious
hours, even in a poor-house. The setting sun is reflected from the
windows of the alms-house as brightly as from the rich man's abode; the
snow melts before its door as early in the spring. I do not see but a
quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and have as cheering thoughts,
as in a palace."
~ Henry David Thoreau, Walden
