It's 2018. A New Year. The icy blast has left temperature in the New Year below zero. So far below, in fact, our vehicles would not start. My farmer left chores to come down and get both the college girls car and my van started. There is work and school to go to. But it is cold. Stepping into a New Year is still so difficult. We move further and further away from the life with our son. It is heart wrenching, yet I am powerless to stop the New Year from coming. Do I really want to? 2018 promises to be full of new beginnings. Our farm boy will graduate from Boot Camp from Parris ... View Post
Letting Go Of Fear and Being Hope For Someone This Year
It's here. Another year. Looming before us. Choices. Unknowns. 2014 came and went. And here we are. Wondering. What will this year hold? Hope. It is a gift. One to look for and embrace. To grab hold of and seek. It is hope that spurs us on. Hope that reconciles the rough way. Right close behind is fear. Fear of the unknown. Fear of what is known. Fear can paralyze us. Blind us to truth. To a future. We are reminded to not fear. We are given a promise of ... View Post
Pressing On Through; God Will Make A Way
Before I had even finished writing my last post, I received word that Cheslea's Grandmother had died on New Year's Eve. She was at a party. Just fine. And had a heart attack; Just like that. In a year when we have experienced so much heart ache. This feels like too much. What do you do when you feel like at every corner you're knocked down? When life is relentless in it's burden. How do you live when all is heavy and weighted down? There is no option for surrender. The only option is to press on. Press on towards that goal. Take a moment to ... View Post
