I've been gone a few days. I've been "home" for a couple. Writing has eluded me. My mind is overloaded and my heart is sad. Family and love call me south. Family and obligation call me north. It looks like Interstate 5 and my trusty car will get a work out this summer. And that's ok... ... …
Tag: faith
Encouraging One Another
The trees we haven't planted yet... propped against the workshop... just can't wait to bloom. Promise. A new friend calls... "How'd it go" ...so we talk about that. And she tells me about her garden and the great find from the thrift shop and what they're having for dinner and I can't help but smile because I can …
Five Minute Friday: Light
I lightly swat the lady bug from the blinds... they split and tear open. Great, one more thing to replace. Health issues out of the blue... my mother, a son. Miles separate and all I can do is pray. All I can do. Or is it the most I can do? And today of all days... the one I'm …
The Mystery of Raising Children
How did this little boy... ... become this hard-working man ... and this daddy of three? At birth I held each son and wondered... ..... what will you look like? ..... what kind of man will you be? ..... what will you do in this world? And I just trusted God. Four brothers = lots of trusting. …
Getting Through the Layers
One of the positive aspects of moving out of our family home and into this caregiving situation, which I've opined about (possibly too much) in past blog posts.... is that we are able to do much-needed repair work with the house empty. There was a time we thought our best bet would be to demolish it and …
Five Minute Friday: Brave
Linking today with Gypsy Mama where one word is our prompt... write for five minutes, no over-thinking, no backtracking, no editing. Here we go.... ................BRAVE I don't know what's out there anymore... it's fuzzy and gray. How can I be this old and suddenly not know where I'm going. I like to plan... to have a plan. …
Opening Up
Last weekend we tore up the floor in an upper bedroom. Truthfully, I didn’t actually do the tearing up… I just did the odd jobs, clean-up, took pictures and kept the coffee going. We’ve owned that house for 23 years. For 23 years my husband said “I will tear up that floor and find out …
Do They Know… I pray?
This morning Andrew left for three weeks of advanced military training. He's only flying to the middle of America. It's not like he's flying into the middle of war, but still... I pray and watch the clock and hope I might get a text that all is well... eventually. I wonder if he feels those prayers? When …
Ears To Hear
For the last several days I have prayed to keep a guard over my mouth... to not say anything that inflames, insights... or seriously embarasses should my kids overhear. Maybe I should have been more aware of what I allowed in through my ears, settling in my heart? I wonder why we attempt to give the best of ourselves …
Epiphany…. I almost missed it
It takes me awhile to process things. I "mull", I debate inwardly over and over again, which is why I am just now coming to terms with January 1st. January 1st was our family Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years all rolled into one. A lot of expectation for one little day. It was the day we had most of our kids and …
Heart's Home 