This unexpected, beautiful weather is heading out of town. I've so enjoyed these bonus days of warmth and sunshine. We've cooked out on the grill. A whole section of the old barn was repaired! We schedule the repairman a year in advance for a week. Grateful his week was so warm! There were many other things we wanted to get done and haven't. That's the way it goes. Each new day is filled with so much unexpected. Unexpected weather. . . . Unexpected coffee around the farmhouse table. I've written much about the unexpected. We need to embrace it. Not fight it. God works in those ... View Post
Letting Go, 30 Days of Thankfulness, Day 10
I've begun the process of letting go. The hard work of looking at things and letting them go. You see for years I've held on to everything. Afraid to let it go. I might need it. It might trigger a good memory. It's. all. I. have. In quick succession I lost my past and my future. While I was reconciling my past (my mom). God called part of the future home (son). And I got stuck in that place. He almost allowed the present (my farmer) to be gone too. And in the grief walk process I held on to things, clinging to what has been and that which will never be. The "stuff" is ... View Post
Mama’s With Those Young Ones, 30 Days of Thankfulness, Day 9
Mama's with those young ones. I see you. I hear you. I watch you. It's a tricky time these days. Kids in school. Kids at home. Some at both. Mama's with those young ones. I see you. I hear you. I watch you. I, and many others, have been there before you. Not in a Pandemic. Not in these times. Know you are prayed for. Know you are doing a great job. Know that parenting is hard. It is work. It is exhausting. Mama's with those young ones. Laugh more. Let things go. Give thanks through the journey. The hard days when you're over-tired and feel worn to the core; dig ... View Post
Stillness, 30 Days of Thankfulness, Day 8
That night, in the quiet, there was a stillness. The veil was thin. My son had been called home. My red headed boy. Full of life and dreams. A heart captured by a sweet love. Interrupted. Silenced. My God, that I serve, asked me to walk a road no one wants to walk. The stillness of that night remains with me. There was a holiness and a peace as I stepped forward. I moved in a state of praise. Our first language. I defaulted to what I knew as grief began it's journey. I had a heart still reeling from the loss of my mom. So, I chose to step forward in a rhythm of ... View Post
When You Miss Your Son
My farmer walked into church. I stayed at home. He picked up the drum seat and held it up. It is called a throne. He shared, with a shocked congregation, that our beautiful red headed, blue eyed boy, now sat before the ultimate throne. His life ending abruptly. Without warning. No good byes. Finished. While we slept. We went to bed that Saturday evening with no idea we would have unexpected visitors in the early morning hours. Our beautiful son fell asleep at the wheel and met Jesus. He wasn't drinking or speeding. He had plans. He was living his best life. A girl ... View Post
And Time Continues to March On. . .
We dance the dance of life. The newly engaged daughter tries on wedding gowns and we laugh and make new memories. The years flash before me as I watch her walk out in dress after dress. Seeking the perfect match. Searching. Waiting. Hoping. Her dreams are before her. Time, continues to march on. A new journey. Hope. I look at these children of ours. One married with two children. Making a difference in this world teaching. One, newly engaged and chasing the big bad Covid in any way she can. Another with his own business; making his own path, in his own way. The next to ... View Post
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