foramen*

"This is the most provacative game of words since the invention of the modern alphabet."
Not as exciting as it sounds, friends.

Faux parenting = over. I'm going through withdrawals. It's strange to not know what the girls are up to (I've got a glimpse into my own mother's patience when I first left for college and she "only" called twice a week and then left really long messages with my roommate because I was never there...)


I miss you, girls! (And I finished the strawberry rhubarb pie you made.)


In other news, I feel like I need to raise up my hand and join the fatigue of blogland. I've been better about "self-care" this past year or so, but lately, I've felt everything accelerating, and I was peering ahead, trying to see the crash-and-burn point. I don't see many flames, so perhaps this isn't it, but I'm so ready to be done, to take a break, to shut down. And that makes me sad. I want vibrancy and abundance and genuineness and reverence (and some simplicity)...but apparently, more of me wants a nap.


Sigh.


(Also, I don't like the phrase "self-care." Another sigh.)


We played the oh-so-exciting game of Probe the other day -- a "daughter's" choice of a random anatomy word* that the rest of us didn't know provoked more than the game did, but oh well. I picked "vivify" for round one, and despite "daughter's" insistence that it isn't a word, it is, dear one...oh, how it is.

vivify

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Etymology

Latin vivus (alive), through late Latin vivificare and French vivifier

[edit]Verb

vivify (third-person singular simple present vivifies, present participle vivifying, simple past and past participle vivified)

1. To bring to life
2. To impart vitality

I need some vivification, ideally by the one and only Vivifier.

Here's hoping.

(Tomorrow's church service is about the Faithfulness of a Holy God... He will do what He says He will do.)