40 Day Lent Letters: Completed!

So, YAY!

Forty days ago, I committed to acknowledging Lent in a way that would be appropriate for me, a non-Catholic. I don't really have any must-have vices that I felt I needed to shelve for that time, so I borrowed Marianne's idea of sending just a simple note, once a day to a different person.

Remember this?

day 1 : march 5, 2014!

Well, today was the 40th and final day of these little letters. Strangely enough, I felt a little sad that I'm now done with these; I looked forward a little every day to the note I was about to write, and prayed that I would have the right words for whoever it would be. There's something about knowing a task but not knowing the recipient that makes something like this a little more fun (: 

Anyway, I am done. Lent Letter #40 is sealed up & ready to be mailed first thing tomorrow morning. Narrowing the list down to only 40 people was somewhat of a harrowing task, but I know there was a specific reason for each of these people. That being said, RECAP! 

days 1-8
jen v. | aunt toni & uncle norman g. | lu f. | jay w.
james g. | catie e. | rob s. | maricor j.

days 9 - 16
marianne s. | nalom v. | meagan g. | kortney b.
dave & nancy b. | dawne m. | dusty r. | dad

days 17 - 24
remy d. | nader s. | arley c. | ali l.
mo p. | kalyn p. | aunt cindy & uncle gary d. | kyle y.

days 25 - 32
jennica s. | trish b. | trish r. | becky s.
ms. ellen b. | mindi k. | matt l. | christine h.

days 33 - 40
steph & mark k. | mom | heidi vh. | marc & diana v.
laney p. | becky h. | olivia j. | gazelle d.

This.. was.. super fun. This reminded me very quickly that the power of a handwritten note should never, ever be underestimated. (:

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In other news for today: Rob, Sydni and I started the day together with a solid message from SonRise, then made a pitstop for Rob to get his hair cut. Sydni and I ran a couple of errands and had a mini photo shoot to commemorate the beautiful day..

my favorite girl ♥♥♥♥

... & the rest of the reel ;)

Back at home, Rob started digging into the boat; it's time to wake that sleepy thing and get it ready for the season. Sydni took to her squirt guns and spent a couple hours assaulting everything from the front porch to the curb... us included (:. Kalyn invited us over for a bit to play some volleyball and grill out, so we of course obliged.

 

Kalyn's neighbors have a rather old pet rabbit named Dusty. Sydni made quick friends with Dusty... 

syd & dusty

I made a solo trip to Fairfield for soccer while Rob & Sydni stayed back at home. We narrowly missed pulling off a win, but in our defense, we were running a man short for the game since the rest of the team didn't make an appearance [womp womp....]. It was a nice workout, no less. I headed back home to find my three girls curled up on the new dog beds. Well, at least two of them were on there....

poor sasha... haha

^ Yep. Sydni had dragged the dog beds out to the living room and curled up next to Stella. Poor Sasha got jipped, but did what she could to at least have a pillow and make the best of an unfortunate [for her] situation ;)

I love this little family of mine. ♥♥♥♥♥

xo | cmd