Heidi and I had a wonderful weekend these past few days with Shawn and Lynn and children coming up to visit us. It wasn’t nearly as warm as it was for the past week with temperatures dropping so low as to bring snow last night, but we still went for some walks around some of the parks and managed to enjoy the little sunshine we had between the rain clouds. It’s difficult to do that sometimes. I mean, it sometimes is really difficult to enjoy the sunshine between the clouds. I get my eyes so focused on the clouds and things that are happening, that I forget that hidden behind them, is sunshine and warmth. It is so wonderful to know that we have hope. It hurts for me to even think of those that have “no hope”. I went to one of the most difficult funerals of my life today. It really made me realize that Christians are truly the only ones who know of the sunshine that sometimes peeks through the clouds. And that makes us smile.

So Heidi and I are finally back from a nine day trip to Nova Scotia and PEI. I’ve discovered that the trip is a shorter distance than I had thought with driving time being slightly less than ten hours. It was certainly a world of difference going from the cold and snow of the Maritimes to the warm and sunny weather here in Boston where the ground is clear of snow, turning green and the smell of springtime mud is in the air. If I had my motorcycle here in Boston, I’m almost sure I would have taken it out for a wonderful cruise in the spring air. But that may come later on in the month of May … It’s back to work, well rested and refreshed for now. Smile.

Don’t have a lot to add this week. Heidi and I came home (home for me anyway in Stellarton) last week on Friday and have been sitting around doing little. Now that may not sound like fun to a lot of you who are used to running around and doing this and that, but I love to sit on our old couch in the living room and just read or talk to everyone. Last night, Heidi and I stole out for a quick “date” to the Murb and then to Dairy Queen. Mmmmm, that salty smell of home is just about the best place to unwind and do nothing. Smile all.