This summer has been . . . well, interesting. Here in Michigan, we’re still mostly locked down and our summer didn’t look like we expected at all. While we can now go to a restaurant with masks on and my son can practice soccer with his team, my swimmer can’t swim and we’re still figuring out exactly what school (and therefore my work) schedules will look like.
My promise with you has always been that I would be real. So I will. Like many, I’m struggling. It’s hard. Hard to read; hard to focus. But life has also been good. And I’m trying very hard to live there.
My daughter is healthy. And this summer despite the lack of pools, Michigan has plenty of lakes.
We had a fantastic vacation to Northern Michigan. Including a visit to Mackinac Island (with masks on for the ferry ride):
My daughter wasn’t able to get a job or swim, but she did finish her summer Spanish course, earned her driver’s permit, and started a micro cake baking business. She makes some crazy-cool things out of chocolate, cake, and frosting:
And of course if there isn’t anything else to entertain us, there’s always Brave the cat!
I’ve also read mass quantities of books in the last few months. You can keep up with me over on GoodReads (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1012615.Janyre_Tromp) I find myself veering toward mysteries. If you’d like to check out a few free options, you might try those in this link: https://books.bookfunnel.com/christian-novels/mmluhu4zkk
Drop me a comment to let me know what you’re reading these days and how you’re doing. I’d love to hear from you.
Good morning, Janyre,
I appreciate your candor, friend. All I can say is life seems odd, out of place. I do best if I take one day at a time, one prayer at a time. I just finished Becoming Sage by Michelle Van Loon. Excellent study of Church and midlife. Have a beauty-full Tuesday, Janyre. Love in Christ, Julie
Thank you my friend. I’ll have to look up the book!
Just finished Erin Bartels’ We Hope for Better Things (loved it!) and started Sarah Loudin Thomas’ When Silence Sings. And we are doing…okay. Hanging in there. Appreciating the little things. Enjoying the sunshine.
Erin Bartel is amazing, but I haven’t read Sarah Loudin. I’ll have to check her out. I think you express where you’re at very well. It’s kind of where I’m at too. A low-level yuck that I can’t quite put my finger on . . . and also trying not to borrow trouble from tomorrow! BUT I’m also so very grateful for so many things too.
Praying your girl can get into the pool soon!
Thanks, Lisa!
It definitely has been a strange few months. I have also had a difficult time focusing. In the last couple of weeks, I feel like I’m finally coming out of the fog. I’m just about finished with Though I Stumble by Kim Cash Tate. I chose this book earlier this summer as a challenge to read something by a black author. I’ve really enjoyed this book and plan on reading the rest of the series. It reminds me a little of The Yada Yada Prayer Group series by Neta Jackson