My normal pattern is to rise before the sun comes up. It is refreshing to awaken to dark skies that are usually calm. Jim (my husband of three years--we were both widowed and after four years met and married) and I sat down last Sunday afternoon with loads of time on our hands. [...]
We’re approaching a new year in two days. Then it’s 2017. I’m not quite ready to leave 2016 just yet. My tree is still up. The beautiful nativity scenes are gracing shelves and buffet. They are the focal point of our celebration because it isn’t about the gifts, the food, even the tree. It’s about [...]
We share the same mother tongue, but often we had a hard time understanding each other. We’ve traveled a lot this year. We began by visiting some of the oldest sites in the world: Jerusalem, Israel, and Turkey, where they consider a new building is something that was built in the 1800’s. We totaled 6,000 [...]
In less than a week, I will celebrate with my Jim our third year of marriage together. We will toast our lives together. We will re-live the past three years. Listen to a recording of our wedding. Talk about the high points of our year. We will rejoice in each other. We’ve been so happy, so overwhelmed with joy. Yet even the joy and comfort we have in our love for one another, we know our life together is temporary.
I'm so grateful we have this third Thursday of November set aside for this giving thanks. I'd like to post some photos that tell the story. I'm thankful for the beautiful sunrises we awaken to some mornings in the Pacific NW. Often it is gray and cloudy, but many times, it is lovely. Isn't the pinkness [...]
Lost Acres... There was once a place called Lost Acres. A family lived there. There was a mom and a dad with children. The children grew up and then brought their children there to play. It was a wonderful place for everyone. Old and young. There was a play structure for the children to run [...]
Yes, that’s right. Today is Friday, October 21, 2016. We’re crossing the international date line tonight and that means we’re going to miss a day to catch up with the Southern Hemisphere. Don’t ask me to explain it, for I can’t. I just know we lose a day traveling west, gain a day traveling east. [...]
I think Fall is my favorite season, though I love each one that rolls by. I enjoy the cool, foggy mornings that turn into crisp, clear, blue-skied days. I love watching the trees turn their faded green into bright oranges and yellows, with some maples looking as though they’re a burning torch. I also feel [...]
(written in October of 2015) Be still and know.... Last evening, after dinner, while sitting in their living room, Jim posed a question to Uncle Russ. Russell Jones taught at a Bible School his entire professional career and was also a pastor of several churches. Jim asked, “What have you learned about God [...]
Animals. What variety and creativity! We went to the State Fair this week and I took a few photos. These animals weren't at the fair, but aren't they cute? Hope you enjoy God's creation. Enjoy the l-a-s-t weekend before Fall begins in earnest. We'll be taking a trip, so we'll [...]
