Beginning, Preparation

This is my first journey into the world of creating blog space.  Being a bit of a perfectionist, I am finding it rather difficult to include all the delightful things that are available and including them on the blog.  I wish for a space of Romance, heartening music and breathtaking images.  Yet my technological skills are wanting and so I wait patiently to learn, catch up, and fill my pages.

I will leave for Paris in a little over a week.  My nerves are finding a good bit of anxious energy in making this journey on my own.  Though many make this kind of journey much earlier in their lives, I am going forth belatedly.  And I am ready.  I pray to go with a confident spirit, a child's heart, open eyes, and the hope for transformation.  " 'Do not be afraid ... for I am with you ...' says the Lord."  Jeremiah 1:8