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How To Pray For Your Husband On His Birthday And Lace It With Words That Affirm And Not Destroy😉

The month of June is Rico's birthday month. I've asked the kids to say a special birthday prayer for their dad, then I've asked them to say their wishes for him. I will be to pray for last. Beth prayed for Dad's health, that he will keep healthy and be able to have a meaningful  rest on his monthly R and R with us at home on the PI at this time of the year.  E nduring  Enjoying two extreme weather conditions, he has been navigating  between the Arctic and the Tropic regions by airplane like a ping-pong ball every 28 days for the last 9 months! We all understand that keeping healthy on extreme weather conditions like this is a gift from our Heavenly Father, a grace to be received with a grateful heart. We've heard of news that there are some oil and gas workers that are not going back to their workplace due to the strict health requirements that the nature of their job is demanding them. Thousands upon thousands of permafrost land areas are sitting in the oil-ri...

What We've Seen Inside Café Pushkin on Tverskoy Boulevard

Our server garbed as a French maiden has been gracious enough  to indulge a photo-op with  moi ... Café Pushkin was established way back 1999. It is a sosy place to go for coffee, for late zavtrak (Russian for breakfast), for tea and macarons, for selfies, for a quick taste of Paris with an old world vibe, for making memories, perfect for endless honeymooners like us. I looked forward to going here when I first heard about it many months ago from a kindred spirit, my dear friend, Chuck. So, the wait had been over and it's Rico's R and R and just in time to celebrate our year-long 17th wedding anniversary. I'll let my photos do the talking as we have our quiet tea together and enjoy the view inside the Baroque mansion. Byzantine architecture. On our way to Café Pushkin, the awesome copper domes of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior caught our eyes.  Croissant with sugar dusts... A bag stand that puts your bag on a pedestal... Macar...