What a whirlwind the last month has been. I am sorry to have been so quiet, but it’s been a madhouse here.
This is easily explained. I’ve been so focused on getting myself a real life — as opposed to a life spent watching Avery grow up, as sweet as that has been — that I didn’t completely understand how the seeds of my ideas would sprout. It all started with bellringing, of course, and being new Tower Secretary has been a lot of fun. Part of my new job has been to set up a blog for us to report on our outings, special services, recordings and parties. It’s all a blatant attempt to keep our four teenage ringers interested. They bring so much laughter and energy to the atmosphere at Saturday practices!
Then there is my training for social work with Home-Start, the social work volunteer project. Every Thursday finds me spending all day in a rather bleak office building in a nearby village, sitting in a circle with about 15 other volunteers, listening to hour after…