the heart as it is | courage • grief • beauty

These are the days of…

… continuing to bring JJ to work since it’s been relatively dead:

… having a regular meal before our 10 day Daniel fast:

… doing a 10-day Daniel fast with Jacob. Were’ still in the middle of it and I’m debating if I should continue it or not for a little bit longer. For our first dinner, I made a rice & quinoa dish with stir fry vegetables and tofu. Jacob made a burrito bowl sort of meal:

For one of our Daniel fast breakfasts, we made oat and banana pancakes and ate them with date syrup (which is just boiled and evaporated dates!):

… preparing to join and participate in a new fellowship group, so reading these two books for the time being:

…preparing another baked good for the Daniel Fast, 蔥油餅！:

…this was from last month, but sending out Christmas cards with a photo of us:

..eating a lot of this Chinese herbal fruit/treat (八仙果）:

…and noticing these pillars under the building that I work in. The one with bricks is the main support, with about a dozen of these other thick, white pillars holding the building up. It holds 9 floors of offices up and has also withstood earthquakes. It also houses some bird nests, so I thought I would admire and take a photo of it one day:

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