{"id":128,"date":"2008-08-18T22:01:50","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T02:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/2008\/08\/18\/my-summer-vacation\/"},"modified":"2008-08-18T22:01:50","modified_gmt":"2008-08-19T02:01:50","slug":"my-summer-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/sonderjourneys\/?p=128","title":{"rendered":"My Summer Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Summer vacation is drawing to a close, and ever since June, I’ve been meaning to write about my travels, even though they were much less than when I lived in Europe.<\/p>\n

So, better late than never!\u00c2\u00a0 The summer began with my birthday trip to my MLIS graduation.\u00c2\u00a0 In many ways, that symbolized my new life, my new beginnings.<\/p>\n

It seems paradoxical, because I am going through the hardest thing I’ve ever faced — divorce.\u00c2\u00a0 Yet, this summer my life has been characterized by more joy and peace than I have experienced in years.\u00c2\u00a0 Truly, God is being good to me.<\/p>\n

Though I miss my husband, and still hope and pray that our marriage will be restored (and believe that God has personally promised me that it will), yet as they say at http:\/\/www.rejoiceministries.org\/<\/a>, God is being “my husband for this season,” and He is taking wonderfully good care of me.<\/p>\n

For the first time in my adult life, my primary identity is not being a wife.\u00c2\u00a0 And it feels good!\u00c2\u00a0 Graduation symbolized that, as getting my MLIS degree enabled me to get this fantastic job.\u00c2\u00a0 I am a Children’s Librarian!\u00c2\u00a0 And I love it!<\/p>\n

I drove up to Philadelphia on the morning of my birthday, June 14.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn’t find my classmates until we were robing and getting in line, but then I did find them, and it was lovely to meet people I had chatted with and done projects with and learned with.\u00c2\u00a0 And all of us celebrating the completion of our degrees.\u00c2\u00a0 We got to march through together and sit together, and had a long brunch together the next morning.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_1722.JPG\"\u00c2\u00a0 The Drexel Dragon breathing “smoke”!<\/p>\n

\"IMG_1719.JPG\"\u00c2\u00a0 Hagerty Library, where I virtually hung out.<\/p>\n

\"Handshake.jpg\"\u00c2\u00a0 The handshake!<\/p>\n

\"Walking.jpg\"\u00c2\u00a0 A happy moment!<\/p>\n

\"IMG_1738.JPG\"\u00c2\u00a0 Here we are!\u00c2\u00a0 Graduates!<\/p>\n

Definitely a memorable birthday, to celebrate my new life as a Children’s Librarian!<\/p>\n

So it was a propitious start to my Summer Vacation.<\/p>\n

On the way home, I had a wonderful interlude at Longwood Gardens….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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