02/14/2026
These four days were unhurried.
And that’s exactly where their value was.
We painted an icon. Sometimes in silence.
Sometimes with conversation — and also quietly, with laughter, with music, and with prayer.
It was a process — not just about the final result.
About patience. About attention. About an open heart.
Each of us took our icon home.
Some placed it in their own room.
Some gave it to someone who needed it more right now.
And there’s something so beautiful about that — when the process matters more than the outcome.
Thank you, Ivanna.
For your calm presence. For your patience. For teaching us to trust both our hands and our hearts.
Four days we would gladly live all over again.
