River City Connections — 2025-12-11 (Patreon)

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DIFFERENT ROUTINE by Cindi Curtis

Working from a hotel is only about twice as hard as working from my loft office! But I’m getting it done. I cleared my iPhone, iPad, and other laptop off the desk for the picture.

I’m honestly thinking about buying a couple of big monitors and a keyboard that I can switch from machine to machine… (Techy greek discussion goes here! LOL) Overall, I think I’m settling into hotel life!

So here’s what’s pushed me through the last few days.

I’ve learned that a lot of the “peace” I chase isn’t really peace at all—it’s just me hoping everything around me will stay calm enough that I won’t fall apart. I tell myself, “If my schedule settles down… if my anxiety behaves… if nothing unexpected happens… then I’ll feel peaceful.”

But that kind of peace is so fragile. One noise in a hotel bathroom can shatter it.

Isaiah wrote speaking to God, “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.” —Isaiah 26:3 (NIV)”

It isn’t about everything being quiet or easy. It’s about God being steady when I’m not. Jesus said we would have trouble—not might, but will—and yet He tells us to take heart because He has already overcome the world (John 16:33).

So real peace isn’t the absence of stress or uncertainty. It’s knowing that God is with me right in the middle of it, holding what I can’t. It’s His presence, not my circumstances, that keeps my mind steady.

So over the last few days, I’ve faced my panic attacks knowing that they are transient, temporary, and won’t last forever. I’ve reframed the bumps and noises of the hotel into reminders of how close I am to Michael (but I still jolt into panic mode for a few breaths!).

Let me wrap up saying this: I like it here. I like the new everything.

And on that topic, Mom called with some interesting ideas that I’ll share next time!

Oh… the temperature is supposed to hit about 60 on Friday, so I called Colorado and asked them to send some winter for next week! They said they would!

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