We enjoyed a leisurely Saturday together... out to breakfast, reading, thinking and talking. Spent a lot of the afternoon thinking about the kitchen remodel and flooring ideas for living room and hall. I really must get back to life. I mean life with other people. My summer has been filled with thoughts of KY and all that is changed there. Grieving my loss of Daddy, Mama's departure from reality, JoAnn's knee and bladder issues have kept me from being present here.

I am reading Kathleen Norris's book, Acedia & me, and it is bringing me much understanding of my condition over the last few years. Thinking a great deal about it and talking with Mike concerning the impact of a. and how to begin to overcome the power it has been wielding over my life.

Meanwhile, hoping to choose living over shutting down. Community over self-indulgence.