We walked around. Bought some garnets. Garnets are the birthstone for January and Basia and I both have January birthdays. Mine was sixteen years earlier but OH WELL. It is interesting, Basia and I are the same age difference as Jubilee and Ruth.
We went on a horse and buggie ride through the old town. We ate ice cream. We ate Czech food. We looked in many shops. We bought tweezers and loose tea spoons. We looked at pots and looked FOR shoes but did not find them. Mostly we just walked and enjoyed life while taking TONS of photos which I can't seem to get off my camera and I only have 17 left to take then it will be full. Sigh. When Ruth wakes up I am going to ask her to help me.
It was a good day and we ended up in the VIP opening night of an international theater show. it was quite bizzar and wonderful. I can't find words for it so I'll include some photos (eventually). Ruth and I TRIED to get into one of these VIP nights in NYC but there they wanted $1000 a piece! WHEW! We were struggling with $20 a piece and decided to "go for it" . After 2 1/2 hours on the subway and walking we arrived and discovered that the VIP tickets were considerably more. We were a little bummed, mostly because we had walked there in the rain and then didn't have time to do anything else, but mainly we enjoyed each other's company. that was the theme of Praha. Basis has been working long hours and mostly we just enjoyed being together.
traveling with Jubilee has been a delight. Her greatest joy in life is being WITH those she loves. She does not need entertainment. She just needs to be close.
Basia and Jubi have a game they play together.
Actor 1 "Did I tell you I love you?"
Actor 2 "no"
Actor 1 "I love you."
Actor 2 "Really?"
Actor 1 "ALWAYS!"
They play it back and forth taking turns with the parts . VERY SWEET.
While we were at the theater show Jubi pretended to Swim. You will be able to tell when you see the photos.
She is pretending a lot these days. On the way home she talked to "pretend Forrest". She misses her siblings. she says, "Momma, tell me stories. tell me about and then names a family member. She includes Monika and Baby Nicolet and Anita and her girls as family. She talks OFTEN about Baby Avigail and how she came out of Lauren's tummy. She is looking forward to having babies Avigail and Nocolet (Nicolas) in the same room. Her little pink baby from Patty has been her closest companion this trip. Pink Baby got so dirty in Praha we had to wash her today. She is outside drying so Jubi pulled out the elephant Forrest made for her and her fluffy tailed kitties to take her nap today. We read books and she fell asleep.
It is a good trip. I is long. I wish Ruth and the boys were here, but it is good. Jubi's passport has stamps from Poland and Czech Republic on it and we hope to add Germany soon. OH! Her passport. IT IS SO PRETTY! The guard at the Czech check point took it off to the next room. OH NO!!!! he brought it back after a good while and told us it was very beautiful. And it is. I had not even looked at it. The designs on the internal pages are very different from three years ago and it is beautiful. The guard had taken it to show all the other guards. He was very nice and he even unlocked a building so we could use the toilet. It was such a human thing to do. Not humane (which it was) but a HUMAN thing to do.
I have been thinking about HUMAN lately and what it means. It is not a word that I used but lately I am seeing how appropriate it is and how we should be using it much more.
Ex: Ruth is a delightful young woman. T or F
FALSE! She is a DELIGHTFUL HUMAN BEING!!!!!
the delight in my daughter is not tied to her youth or her womanhood. The delight that is Ruth transcends age and gender. She is a DELIGHTFUL HUMAN BEING!
Jubilee might be the most pleasant person I have ever met. T or F
TRUE!!!! She is so pleasant to be around.
Stephanie Canipe asked me what God is teaching me. Sometimes it is REALLY hard to tell whilst in the midst (Can you believe I just used two words with "st" on the end of them!) of teh experience, but now that I am writing I wonder. maybe I am learning about humanity. Maybe this is a season to SEE the IMAGE of GOD in humanity. See beyond the box. We talk about wanting to get outside the box, but we are so trained to SEE the box that we confine others to the very boxes we strive to exit. Maybe this is a season of learning to see human created in the image of God. OH THIS IS EXCITING!!! I hope so.
God, Imma Abba, teach me to SEE YOU in the humans I meat. Teach me to REFLECT you as I encounter them (even the less like able ones). Dave Matyis encouraged me to be JESUS to someone each day. Imma Abba, I desire to be Jesus in my walk and in my sleep and in my heart and mind.
I desire to see what it is you have for me to see in this season. I desire to express through my art what it is that is in your heart for this season.
amen.
xoxoxo Gwen
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