Âme Sweet Âme

  Jogging, anniversaring, guestroom preparing, idea-hopping, podcasting, more jogging, swimming, snacking, natural world marveling... And finally blogging. About my week. Expecting a special visitor for this school year, a high school student from Central Asia, while experiencing all kinds of emotions; twenty years ago, I was getting ready for my wedding day. Now, I am getting my AFS daughter's room ready. We chose each other. But this time around, I chose this trajectory, I chose to invite someone new in my life, because I chose myself first. And all the steps involved in the application process, probably a little similar to international adoption, has led me to be a vetted host family. I was filled with a dignity-restoring emotion when I was greeted by a ''dear Giroux Family'' to officialize my new role for the next 10 months ! My reality is quite different right now. Very different mindset. The past is often vivid though, like the celery green of this beauty I fo...