Weekly update - August 1, 2025
Don't let the benign nature of my list fool you that either I'm okay with what is going on in our country or that I am unaware. I am painfully aware and shattered and heartbroken and furious and hopeless and helpless all by turns. I try to dredge up little bits of normalcy when I can because it's not healthy to live in the highly anxious and angry state all the time. Here is a little dose of normalcy for you in this moment. Y. and G. were gone much of this week, returning last night from having gone to the Presbyterian Church USA Youth Triennium. As the title suggests, it happens once every three years and is a national gathering. They both had an amazing time, learned a lot, and met lots of people. Now they are very tired. When J. and everyone were in Michigan last week, they went blueberry picking and came home with four huge bags of blueberries. I've been spending the week freezing them so we will have them all winter. I've frozen 30 cups so far, and the conten...