Here's our homestead, in the hills of WV. This is the view from the bottom of our driveway.
It's another Sabbath, a time in our family when we MAKE ourselves rest, relax, enjoy each other's company, and ponder the creator's awesome work. We have a big candle lit dinner friday night. We cook all our food for the next day, or prepare it, friday afternoon, then use paper plates the rest of the time. We tell our family members how much they mean to us. I try and either write to or call my extended family. We stay at home. We don't get the mail. We enjoy the outdoors and take a walk in the woods sometimes. We try and avoid the TV and outside influences, especially news or anything that would take away our focus. We don't do any online business or bill keeping. Most of all we pray for each other, our family, friends, neighbors. We have so much to be thankful for. Since we started observing the Sabbath our family has gotten so much closer, and we now realize how important it is to shut down for 24 hours. You should give it a try!
Tomorrow night is Yom Kippur, the day of attonement. We have to fast and think about the previous year, how we can improve ourselves, how we can make amends for wrongs we've done to others. We have friends visiting, and although the fasting part will be hard, we are looking forward to reflecting and being together.
Peace to everyone! - Nancy
