Thursday, April 12, 2018

Thursday, April 12, 2018

In honor of my dad's birthday today, I am posting this photo. It was taken in March of 2008. I took Mattie to Los Angeles to stay with my parents for a few days, as I had a conference to travel to in Hawaii. I rarely left Mattie, but he did great and had a wonderful time with my parents. While I was in LA, we took Mattie to the Arboretum. Which is an incredible place in Arcadia, CA. It was one of the stops Mattie always enjoyed returning to. But that makes sense if you knew Mattie.... he was all about being outside. Which is how I grew to love being outdoors, as I was not that way prior to having Mattie. 



Quote of the day: Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one. ~ C.S. Lewis

Today I went to Reston, VA and met up with my friend, Mary Ann. Mary Ann and I met in graduate school. In fact, we bonded over ethics of counseling. Unlike most of the students in the class, we took the assignments seriously and particularly loved the on-line exercises in which we had to present ethical dilemmas from our daily lives and discuss them with a counseling lens. Mary Ann and I had a field day with this assignment and in the process of communicating about issues, we had the opportunity to express ideas, feelings, and perspectives. You can learn a lot about a person when dialoguing about ethical dilemmas. From that class we became friends. If I had to title this photo, it would be..... through the years, sharing the ups and downs.  

This may look confusing, but this is how L'Auberge (a family run restaurant in Great Falls, VA) presents a birthday dessert. It is a meringue like no other, surrounded by ice cream.

We also had chocolate souffles and you will notice the tea pot! I absolutely love how they serve tea. To me it isn't only about drinking the tea, but what it is served in can make it a special experience.