she also writes of 36 hours of silence, and I think yum!

My husband would never believe it. But I went on a retreat about fifteen years ago, where we had to depart from each other throughout the day to spend a few hours alone. I never had, and have not since, attended a retreat — yet it was quite an experience. The location was incredible: on the Maine coast, on the ocean.

i think we receive much

in life that we don’t even see or realize, which means that when we expect and look, with eyes wide open, as we move through our days and hours . . . gifts overflow.

unfortunately, we at times close our eyes then “look”