Possible First Client

On Saturday I had errands to run at the mall, and ended up finding a lovely wine-colored, soft-drape tunic top at Lane Bryant. I took it to the counter and found, to my frustration, that one of the two cash registers was out of order and the woman in front of me had about eight returns and ten new purchases. I wasn't in a hurry, per se, but I wasn't looking forward to just standing there for ten minutes either.

Still, I realized that I might as well stand there and be pleasant, since there was no guarantee that there would be less of a wait if I came back later, and being grouchy wouldn't help anyone. So I ended up chatting with the other sales associate, who remarked on the book I was carrying Self-Employment: From Dream to Reality!. She asked if I was starting a business, and I told her about working on starting my spiritual direction practice.

As we parted, I gave her one of my business cards, encouraging her to pass it on to a friend if she knew someone who might be interested. It felt risky. I've never done that before. But I also felt confident.

Last night I received an email from a woman who told me that her co-worker had given her my card:

At this point in my life I feel like i have a lot of un answered questions, and a little unsure of the path I need to take for the future.
Would you be interested in talking with me???

I would be very grateful for your time...

Ummmm. . . . Yoikes!

I'm home from work today with a queasy stomach, but I'm going to spend some time thinking and praying about this. I need to get back in touch with her before 5pm today, but I want to be clear before I do.

Any prayers you can send my way would be appreciated.

Favorite Books I Re-Read

Inspired by mam_adar

I buy more books than I can read, so it takes a lot for me to go back and re-read books. I have a couple of shelves dedicated to the books I've read and re-read over the years, but it's been years since I've touched some of them except to move them. I'm sure I'll read some of them again, in time, but these are the ones that I've re-read more than once within the past couple of years.


The Lions of Al-Rassan, by Guy Gavriel Kay
Shards of Honor, by Lois McMaster Bujold
Beloved Exile, by Parke Godwin
Lammas Night, by Katherine Kurtz
Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman

(Anyone else read all these?)


As I go over to the shelf and stand there, looking at the familiar, beloved titles and covers, I think that I should remove Amazon.com from my bookmarks list and buy nothing else to read until I re-read everything on those three shelves. There is enough richness there to keep me going for months.

But I'm reading a wonderful book right now called The Fall of Kings, by Ellen Kushner, and I've just ordered a new book recommended by _storyteller_ called The Darkness That Comes Before. So I guess I'm not going to be returning to my old friends in the very near future.