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The dining room forest

11 Saturday Jan 2014

Posted by Julia Monroe in Christmas, home decor

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After they graced the tops of cabinets, and before they got put in a large box in the attic, the tall alpine trees became a forest on the dining room table.

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I usually do a better job on the lights but I'm a little shaky standing on a chair this year. Even so, the trees looked lovely against the new cream colored walls.

I usually do a better job on the lights but I’m a little shaky standing on a chair this year. Even so, the trees looked lovely against the new cream colored walls.


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I adore trees, real and not real. If I didn’t need this table so much, I wouldn’t mind leaving the trees there all year. I know my granddaughter would have loved playing with little dolls in the forest. Next year, I will get the trees out a week before we decorate, just so the dolls can play hide & seek in the dining room forest.

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9 Weeks Post – Op

05 Wednesday Dec 2012

Posted by Julia Monroe in All Sparkled Up, Christmas, home decor, lighting, Scoliosis

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Christmas decor, Christmas lights, Scoliosis, surgery

I’m returning from far away. It is now 9 weeks since my Scoliosis surgery. The recovery got worse before it got better. Weeks went by and I curled up and disappeared and the pain crashed over me and fell down as tears as I lay immobile on my back.

This past week, Week Nine, was a miracle. I went from spending 90% of my day lying flat on my back to 90% of the day sitting up and standing and working with my hands. Last week I couldn’t even move my arm to write a Thank You note without intense pain. This is what we did today.

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God was with me before and He goes ahead of me. When I was immobile God taught me beauty in the pain and my peace remained with me. But now I am emerging from that strange time.

I am still in great pain but I am getting strong. As I stood in the dining room and looked at the lights we put up today, I cried. But this time, the tears weren’t from pain, they were from a thankful heart.

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Now that I can hold my camera, I shall be posting again. I’ve missed being able to share with you all. Thank you so much for your patience.

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