I have been wanting to get back into blogging and have been making up all kinds of excuses as to why I can't. Mostly I feel embarrassed because it's been so long since I've posted anything that I don't know where to pick up.

I am now motivated to write because I need to share what has happened lately.

Things have been really tough for us financially. My husband works as a freelance translator and the jobs have been few an far between.  I recently have been looking in desperation for some "Shoe Goo", something I need to fix my poor abused Birkenstocks. I posted on Facebook that I was desperate to find some and a high school classmate and Facebook friend offered to pick some up from her local hardware store in Michigan. It turns out that she was unable to mail the Shoe Goo because apparently it is flammable  What happened next has me totally floored  She offered to buy me new shoes and mail them to me here in Romania.! I was left positive speechless and could feel the tears flow down my face as I followed the conversation in the Facebook chat window  Facebook friends have gotten us out of more than one bind before but this is something else!

I have noticed since I have been here that kindness comes from the least expected sources ---which greatly redeems my faith in humanity. We have had a lot of problems in the past few years which have led me to abandon the blog but now I feel that maybe there is something left to say.  Having said that I will leave this for the night because that is the end of my inspiration for the moment.