Today is June 9.  The 9th is always such a day of joy at our house.  Martin and I met on the 9th of January years ago.  We became engaged on the 9th of July.  So many beautiful moments always begin on the 9th, and I’m not sure why that is.  It could just be that every time I glance at the calendar and see 9, I know that my life is full of goodness and my heart is open to joy.  I am more open to greatness.

I’ve been taking more pictures of our daily life lately.  I’m inspired to document more of our story through pictures – not necessarily for Making This Home.  Rather it’s just for us and our home.  This past year has been life changing.  I still cannot believe how much I have grown with overcoming my fears and learning to fly an airplane.  I now realize that flying alone was the biggest fear of my adult life.

So whenever I have fears or hesitations about what I can’t do or what I think the universe wants me to do, I remind myself of flying an airplane.  Suddenly my frustrations of living in a foreign country and not always understanding the things around me are manageable.  In fact, I learn to embrace them.  Then I come home and constantly find myself jotting bits and pieces into my {Love Where We Live} journal.

That journal has seriously become the greatest escape.  It’s helped me capture and savor the moments.  Like the pictures of this man biking in front of me on the bike path.  I was biking across town to meet a friend.  This man had three little girls in the front bin of his bike.  The girls were about  four-years-old, licking ice cream cones, and happily going along for the ride.  It was total bliss.

(With bike paths like these, you can see why I adore biking through so much of Berlin!)

So today is June 9th.  It’s another big 9 that I will be back tomorrow to share with you.

A special thank you for all the sweet comments, emails, and general friendship so many of you have given me.  Here’s a special treat from the shop.

All home journals at Gadanke are 10% off through the end of tomorrow, June 10th.  Normally $19.25, now $17.35.  (What fun!)

Thank you and enjoy!  Here’s a toast for stretching wings.