Autumn air, full of prayer

Happy October 1st! Yesterday was so gloomy and perfect and wonderful, hopefully after this weekend the weather will start getting more autumnal.  I live for October, it's my favorite month and part of what I call the Holy Holiday Trinity because I love November and December equally but in different ways. In honor of the first day of autumn weather and the last day of September I made a little stew for lunch. No recipe, just pictures

(Grass fed organic beef from a local farm, used only 1/2 lb. and fed 4 people) 

Fun fact: I dropped another 5lbs, holla. I took the dog for a little 2 mile run and then when Dan came home we went and did sprints and a few drills, just enjoying being outside in the cool weather before the rain comes and we're forced into the gym. We go for long walks together almost every night and we use the time to recap the day, voice any concerns and really just hold hands and kiss like teenagers. When I go for walks by myself I spend a lot of the time praying and getting connected with God and I pray constantly, it's what gets me through the day and now Dan and I do it together on our walks. I've never been one for public prayers as I feel it's a personal act but every day my husband becomes more and more a part of me that there isn't anything I would rather do alone that I wouldn't much more prefer to do with him and now praying is one of those things. We just walked in the wind hand in hand saying prayers for each other, for others, for ourselves, for growth and love and forgiveness and it settles my heart in such a way that I see the world so differently. I made a mid-year resolution to cut out all types of backbiting. Whether it be "venting" or sending a text that I think is funny or harmless but is at the expense of another and as part of that purge I had to ignore or redirect when others would want to vent or make a joke to me. It gets hard at times because you become so overwhelmed by the actions of other that you just want to brew up this shit talking storm but I've learned if I can hold it in for 24 hours and pray on it, the next day I feel absolutely nothing, the anger and frustration is gone and the whole thing seems silly after all.  So here's to a new month in continuing to be a prayerful and cheerful being, amen.