This icon of Jesus rescuing the souls from hell is a favourite of mine, and is in prime place in our house today.
Happy Easter!
Today is a very significant day in our household. DH has RETIRED. We are, in fact, both retired.
Who would have thought, all those years ago, we would have made it this far? It is a wonderful moment. A time to savor in all its richness and blessing.
This past few weeks have been a bit hectic for him, so first, a rest.
Apart from handing over his duties, we have also had some wonderful events in these past two weeks.
We were given free tickets to a wonderful performance from students at WAAPA, one of our local conservatories, in a wonderful sacred music performance in the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Perth -recently renovated and a fabulous space for music.
We also sang ourselves in a choir performance at St Mary's Anglican Church on Good Friday. It was a very nervous time for us in the lead up to the performance, but it is always amazing how much an audience can lift our singing. Choirs like ours, which are not professional and which teach people like us how to sing amazing music, are a wonderful community building phenomena. I love the way our very talented musical director can get us ordinary people to sing wonderful pieces of music. They are going round and round in my head now.
I also attended the Palm Sunday Walk for Justice for Refugees here in Perth. We stand for a humane treatment of asylum seekers.
We also celebrated DH's birthday with a walk in a national part, coffee and cake in a cafe in the Swan Valley and dinner at a beachside cafe. He had a lovely time!
Now we are going to enjoy a bit of quiet, as we settle into our new way of life. I have some quilt blocks to sew, and DH has some lovely gifts and vouchers from work to use, and this will enable him to renew his home office for future use. A bit of a tidy up and some de-cluttering may ensue.
1 comment:
Happy Easter.Choirs are wonderful.
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