Home is where the hearts are

The year Midori was with us I woke up on Mother's Day to the sounds of the cats (Claudette and her now-deceased companion, Pierre) batting around what I thought were wads of paper.

I stumbled bleary-eyed toward the kitchen, finding a somewhat scattered trail of origami hearts and stemless flowers along the way. And then a heart-filled vase with more flowers on the counter. Awwwww ...

Once again, I woke up this morning with no idea what to write about. And I was still struggling when Sharon and John came back from "their" church. And then it hit me ... I'm not at my home, but I am at home. With people who love me and watch out for me and take care of me. And support me. And prod me along. Like this morning. I was contemplating not going to "my" church because I hadn't called anyone for a ride. I was still in my monkey pants drinking coffee and eating Cheerios trying to eke out this post and feeling a wee bit guilty when Sharon and John came in. They modified their after-church plans to get slow-moving me from coffee-drinking mode into get-ready-for-church mode. I think they knew I needed some good ole United Methodist soul tending. As always, I was so glad I went. The pastor's wife delivered an amazing message about the Holy Spirit.

After missing worship last week, it was good to be among my church family today.

(Did you catch on that my sister and I have different church families? We're all ecumenical over here. It's kind of cool.)

So my meditation for today is this: Wherever I'm surrounded by love, I'm reminded that home is where the hearts are.

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