Linking up with Carole for Think Write Thursday…. The prompt for today is “Hello January.” Hello January! You’ve greeted us with cold temperatures on our thermometer. We’re ok with that. We need some cold to kill bugs, crawly and virus, both. Our wheat could use some winter weather and January, if you would want to […]
Ten Things I’ve Learned This Year {2016}
The other day I was thinking a bit about learning and trying things and how ALL our lives we are always learning and it is simply part of life to have things we have to do that are new to us. Sometimes new is challenging and exciting and exhilarating! Sometimes new is scary and overwhelming […]
Hard Pressed But Not Forsaken; Frayed But Not Forgotten
Some days my soul feels it can’t stand seeing any more suffering. Sickness. Sadness. Sorrow. Selfishness. Sleepless nights. Suspicions. Surmising. My prayer list is full right now of friends and dear people carrying burdens caused by hurts from this list. That’s a lot of words beginning with s. BUT there’s another word. SOMEDAY. Someday soon. […]
Unusual Kindness
Acts 28:2 ~ “The islanders showed us unusual kindness. They built a fire and welcomed us all because it was raining and cold.” I stretch my hands toward the warmth. The flames crackle and sway and send sparks careening into the air and up, fizzling away as they fly. The heat warms my fingers, and […]
Ten Handy Helpful Housewife Hints
For today’s Ten on Tuesday, I bring you a topic very near and dear to my heart. This particular post has stirred around in my brain for a very long time. I’ve often thought about posting it and it would then get shoved aside again and again and again and again and again and…………well, perhaps […]
God’s Faithfulness Abundant
Deuteronomy 32:4 ~ “God’s way and work is perfect; He is faithful to me.” His faithfulness blooms forth in abundance in so many ways. Seek it. Notice it. Give thanks for it. His faithfulness is real even when we’re reeling from the hurricanes in life. It’s there when we say sad good-byes. It shows up […]
A Pathway in the Park and a Detour Too
The pathway was shady and the weather that perfect mix of sunshine and seventy as I placed sneakered feet on the sidewalk and set out along the walking trail in the park. It was peaceful and pretty and then, around a bend, the bright orange cones signaled a roadblock ahead. The ground and sidewalk were […]
Let Us Laugh
A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything. ~ Irish Proverb I have these reminders scattered around my home…and some days I need to read them all….more than once…. 😊😄 I’m thankful for laughter and happy. It really is good medicine. I often long for the “garden days” before […]
Redeemed and Free and Known and Loved
I give you all my dreams and hopes and plans, Lord. With open hands I come and stand. Please. Take them all. Mold them. Make them. Plan. Create them. Into what You want for me. Dream the dreams You dream for me. At Your feet I fall. Deeper still I long to go. To follow […]
Ten Simple Tips To Pass Along To My Kids
I jotted a few of these things down a couple of years ago. In the back of my mind, I kept thinking I’d turn it into a blog post. I let it continue to simmer and wait. Today it becomes a post! What would you add or what would your list say? Share in the […]
In Which a Vine Grows and Gourds are Harvested
Once upon a time in a sandy Kansas garden, some pumpkin and some gourd seeds were placed gently in the ground and the seeds sprouted and the plants and vines grew green against the dusky dirt. But the deer didn’t know the plants weren’t for them and the bunnies crept close and the leaves were […]
The Armor of God Study
I worked through the Armor of God this summer. I did some handlettering pages again like I did over here for Children of the Day. I did run behind a bit with finishing the study and then with handlettering my last page. Harvest. Company. Summer. That sums it up! 🙂 I have thoroughly enjoyed incorporating the […]
Thinking About Some Things I Learned This Summer {2016}
Linking up with Emily P. Freeman and Laura ~ {affiliate links included} Emily is the author of Simply Tuesday. It’s one of my favorite books. It’s over here in this post. I’m currently reading another of her books, A Million Little Ways. And I ordered her Grace For the Good Girl from Family Christian, at the end […]
For Purple Jars and Lemonade
Would you drink it from a jar? Would you drink it in a car? Lemonade, all nice and sweet, A cold, delicious, icy treat. Not any jar, A purple one! And purple straw to make it fun. I love purple. Yes, indeed! It pairs so well with lemonade. So here or there, I do […]
Yarn Along {Fighting For Your Marriage}
{affiliate links included} Linking up with Ginny and Frontier Dreams ~ Knitting. Same and same! Here’s what I’ve been reading. Once again, not much change. A Million Little Ways The Happiness Dare 2 Timothy with my Entrusted Scripture cards. And this 30 day devotional, Fighting For Your Marriage, that I mentioned last week. Each day is fairly […]
For Every Good Day
Every Good Day. This phrase has become a part of me this year. I’ve read about choosing “a word for the year”, on this blog and that, over the last few years. Without intentionally setting out to do it, these three words have become mine this year. Every Good Day. I can’t even pinpoint when […]