Ehlana and Ethan:
Happy 13th Birthday, Casey
Norton!
We want to mention that Casey had a co-ed
birthday party tonight; and we’re mentioning that because some of our cousins
were invited to the party too – including Zack and Leah. Naomi kept up with that news through Samantha
– Casey’s sister; and the girls have been keeping entertained with those
stories even now as we’re winding down toward nap time.
As for our own adventures, Aaron’s party
was co-ed too, but short; since we had a limited time between practices – and Sophia
didn’t need help with the end to his birthday fun. Ethan and I had fun with the party, our
practice at the church; and our co-ed sleepover at Naomi’s home was a highlight
of our day. While we were busy, Mom did
not do anything interesting with Dad while in the city with him; and we’re
going to go with that fiction because we want to pretend that we don’t know the
truth!
We started today out with Tai Chi in Naomi’s
back yard; the weather has been good again today and we had more outdoor time
at school; and then we went biking on the trails after school with our friends
because it is going to start cooling down a bit over the next few days. Mom was home in time for lunch with Aunt
Leanne that she brought from the city; we had dinner with her – just the three
of us; and then Ethan and I headed to the lab or archives for the evening. We got a lot done; used time phasing to get
more done; and now we’re tired and running out of steam fast.
As we’re writing this report, Cassie and
Michael are into their first full work day in Cambodia. We haven’t been writing about the details of
their work very much, since their own archives records have that information
already, but we do want to mention that while there are similarities with all
of the countries they’ve been visiting on this trip, there are also many
differences and unique challenges for them to deal with that go far-beyond
different languages. That is true for
them in Cambodia, but they are welcomed and making friends with their charity
and business partners; and they always have the most fun with the site visits
they get to make to see favorite projects and partnerships in action!
We’re really happy to hear those stories –
and with our own work here at home; since the world news just isn’t good at
all. There doesn’t seem to be anything
positive happening with any of the peace talks; our leaders in the western
countries continue to act as though we’re starting a new era of colonialism;
and the rest of the world is seriously getting sick and tired of being the
targets of bullying and exploitation.
Our recommendation for all of those leaders is that they crack a few
history books; since those policies eventually never end well for anyone on
both sides of those conflicts. While the
leaders meet and trade idiotic speeches in their little thought silos, Ukraine
continues to be destroyed; the Middle East is waiting to become the next
flashpoint for war; and our leaders are trying their very best to destroy Cuba,
Venezuela, and basically the entirety of the Americas with their
neo-colonialism. All of these political
and military plays are earning us new enemies and destroying another generation
of people; and nobody can predict what that will mean for our collective
future.
We really don’t want to keep ranting about
all of this, so that’s all for this update.
We have another busy day ahead of us tomorrow, so we’ll try to get back
to full-power by morning – though we’ll likely need a bit of co-healing for
fatigue; since we probably won’t get there from here just with the ‘normal’ nap
time. We’ll let you know how that goes
for us, but we’re out of here right now and off to dreamland soon.
Until next time, live with love, fellow
Magi of the Light!
