The Day After New Year’s Day
I'm grateful for families. Weddings. Christmas. Children. Siblings.
Christmas Joy
God has been so faithful to Jim and I. Many blessings to each of you. Merry Christmas and may each of you find joy this Christmas season.
Fall Changes
I've been feeling a bit melancholic the past week or so. Part of the melancholy is that summer is waning.
Mountain Tops
Just last month, I climbed the mountain for the eleventh time. It wasn’t any easier, even though I’d summited it ten times before. The rocks seemed bigger. I carefully picked the safest and steadiest one. I had to work on my breathing as I climbed. I wanted to stop, sit down, rest, and not go any farther. But I wouldn’t have seen the glorious view at the top. I would have missed high-fiving my two grandsons, my daughter--now forty years old.
Super Bowl
I'm getting better. Learning how to live without both of those special men. Learning how to live a new normal. But Super Bowl always brings me back to those sad memories.
Super Bowl–Seahawks–Steelers–Patriots
I've been on Earth long enough now to know how quickly the years pass.
Joy Comes in the Morning
I realize joy is not always present in our lives. There are hills and valleys throughout our time on Earth. But dear reader, yet again, I am filled with JOY! And God is the giver of joy--and weeping, too. But for today, I will take the joy!!
Taking Vows
Two weeks from tomorrow, I will take vows during a wedding ceremony to my fiance-soon-to-be-husband.
Three Hundred and Fifty Nine Days
This week and next, we're on a trip, celebrating our first anniversary. It's so hard to believe it has been nearly a year, but it is. Just this morning, Jim suggested for our devotions we have each morning, to read a verse. He picked it. Guess what it was? Yes! It was the above verse!!
With Hope–February 6, 2006
That is the theme of my life. I can see how faithful God has been to me.....and how much hope is in my life. I wouldn’t be honest if I didn’t admit sometimes I wonder what’s around the next bend in the road, because loving brings hurt and sorrow. But for today, I will reflect on the hope God has given me and the many blessings He has surrounded me with.