I spoke too soon.

So, after being so proud of myself for not skipping a day I skipped a day. Surprised? Ha ha yeah, me neither. I had such good material yesterday too.
As my dear P. said today though,
" it is a blog about procrastination, so what would you write about if you never procrastinated again?"
So let me explain and rationalize my delayed post and just get on with it.
We wanted to have a really good family weekend, with all the kiddies, something we could do together that would appeal to everyone. So we had a bit of shopping and we had a tea party for one of the kids and her friends, then we had to start getting ready for a Robbie Burns dinner that we had been invited to. So the kids had pizza and a movie.
P. and I had neeps, tatties, mushy peas and of course Haggis. Shortbread and oatcakes for desert, I was well fed and the company was wonderful. We celebrated in the home of friends, a high Victorian home decorated with tartan. Lots of men in kilts and women in tartan. Plenty of scotch flowed, though I was too timid to try it, fearing the burn and the high that I am sure would accompany even the smallest finger.  The haggis was piped in, with our host doing the honors of playing. The   Address to a Haggis.    was recited well, and with appropriate drama. The honor of slicing open the Haggis was theatrically accomplished by a dear friend, and it was so well enjoyed by everyone. We stayed well into the night, and had an hours drive home. I had some wine and some Drambuie throughout the evening so when we got home, I went to bed not to my computer. Shamefully, I must add for not having taken the time to put my blog to bed. 
I was worried that the ideas I had pop into my head a few times during the day, would leave my head as quickly as they had popped into it, I was wrong. It is all still there.
God, Religion, Faith, it was all still there. The early part of my day took us to a church we had never attended before. Although it is a Christian church, it is not the same faith for either of us or the kids. It was a different view of leadership and fellowship and community.
I have been thinking a lot about my faith and religion lately. Thinking about the differences between religions, and how silly some of the differences are. They are really so minute, and most religions have more in common than they have differences P. and I speak about this often. It is sad that those differences cause so much violence and destruction. Churches and faiths just keep splitting and parting ways and regrouping, so that their resources are so stretched they are useless, unprepared to do what religion and faith are suppose to do. So many people go on a search for their faith, so many lost lambs looking for a shepherd. I know so many people looking for something to have faith in. My last post was about living in the present; about having a moment and holding it for as long as time would allow it to be a moment. My daughter R. read my blog and it inspired her to send me a quote from the book she is reading, which she finds very inspiring. The book is "Eat Pray Love" Elizabeth Gilbert, the quote, "There's a reason they call God a presence - because God is right HERE, right NOW. In the present is the only place to find Him, and now is the only time." It is a wonderful thing for me to see that my writing is inspiring on any level, but to have it inspire those nearest and dearest to me is the largest compliment, and benefit I could possibly get out of blogging. I love writing, I love the journeys that the quest for new materials takes me on. I love my life. 
Today was a wonderful day and all of the kiddies were well engaged to the very end, we finished our weekend at the community pool, swimming together and now I am happy to say everyone is tucked in and delivered and I am ready to go to bed, having put my blog to bed.