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30 Days of Thankfulness, Day #6

8 Nov

We took the day off. We finished our chores. My farmer hooked up the outside part of the new boiler and we decided to go for a drive. The balmy 70° weather made us giddy-ok, that may be a stretch. But we intentionally chose to be together and leave the work. This is hard for my farmer. Yet he so enjoys these moments. So, we drove. We talked, a bit. Until I fell asleep. There is something about sunshine in a moving car that lulls me into slumber. It always has. Maybe because I struggle with carsickness, sleep was a default. Or maybe it's because the quiet, the sunshine, the ... View Post

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30 Days of Thankfulness, I failed

3 Dec

30 Days of Thankfulness. They're over. I failed. I've posted less than half those days. The rest I have done a re-post, or not posted at all. It's not that I am not grateful. I just can't seem to put words to the paper. I failed. Gratitude sometimes can not be captured in words. There are times when the words won't reach. A place where the soul holds the secrets. And these days have been full. The demands of farming, the changes in a child getting married and leaving the nest have all left us depleted. A house becoming quieter. The soul is stretched and weary. The practice of ... View Post

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Sometimes the Naming is Hard, 30 Days of Thankfulness, Day 28

28 Nov

Sometimes the Naming is hard. 7 years and 4 months without our son, sometimes makes the naming hard.  It still catches me off guard. The grief. The ache.  The longing. A reordering of how life should be. There's room where there should not be.  And the Naming of that for which I am grateful is work. Practice. A soul work. Because when the words do not flow and the heart hurts the desire to focus inward often trumps all else. I sit with the ache for a few days. It's Thanksgiving and there is food to make and pies to bake. And my heart just longs for a glimpse of my red headed ... View Post

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Unexpected , 30 Days of Thankfulness, Day 14

14 Nov

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

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30 Days of Thankfulness, Day #30 The Clean Up

30 Nov

The clean up. It's always hard for me. I can't seem to get the last dish put away or have it all completed. A life long struggle.  Somehow the laundry is never truly finished. There's an extra sock, or a shirt that belongs to no one. I get distracted.  The Clean up. No matter the year we usually transition right into Advent the day after Thanksgiving.  This year Thanksgiving is so late Advent begins tomorrow. I am struggling to get rid of the piles and finish cooking down the turkey. I want to make soup and save the stock. But I can't find my big pot! The pot I just used to make ... View Post

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30 Days of Thanksgiving, Day #27 This Old Farmhouse

27 Nov

The list was long. I had mapped out how each task was to be accomplished. I have been doing this for 26 years! Cooking Thanksgiving dinner is fun, and I love it. I love flinging these farmhouse doors open wide. I love gathering around the farmhouse table with no room to spare. (and of course there's always room for one more! Always!) But it takes planning. Last week had been hard. I hadn't felt well and other circumstances put me quite far behind. Today was going to be my day to rise above and conquer the gap! With breakfast made and finished. I threw out my first request of my ... View Post

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