As Barney would say, “It’s therapetic!”

I don’t know why driving with the rag top down on the car is so therapeutic

But it is

I just get in the car and turn on my driving tunes and

Go

No worries no deadlines no one to make happy

Just God, me and music

Life doesn’t get much better than that

Some may say it is selfish

That I should be spending time with husband or children or the grands

But I have found if I don’t just Get Away

Life then Gets in the Way

I need time to listen and pray and just think

I’m like every other wifemothernanafriendemployee in the world

I get on overload

Every wants/needs a piece of me

Pretty soon the pieces are too tattered to be of any use

Jesus had to get away

The Son of God needed time to pray and think and mentally rest

So do I

All it took was about an hour behind the wheel

A cup of cappuccino

A gallon or two of gasoline

And the cobwebs were blown out of my mind

I could hear God

I relaxed

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh

Meat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PANCAKES!

They are seated at the table

Dacey, 5 is already digging into her plate of lusciousness

Ashlyn, 1 1/2 is attacking hers with the same gusto, if not the same grace

I am continuing to make golden discs of heaven when all of a sudden I hear

“GINK!!!!!!”

Reminds me of an episode of Andy Griffith when the Darlings come over for supper

If you’ve never seen this episode, find it. Watch it

You’ll be glad you did!

“MEAT!!!”

“‘TATERS!!!”

“BREAD!!!!!!!”

Well-meaning but quite rude

Mr. Darling, Opie and even Ashlyn

All got what they demanded with a life lesson thrown in

Ashlyn had to say “Pease”

How often do we approach our Father God in the same demanding manner?

We aren’t intending to be rude and ungrateful but we are

Demanding

Ungracious

Impatient

⁶ Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6

With thanksgiving

What a concept!

Spring is springing

Out in the sunshine

Birds singing

Children playing

Cold and snow

Blowing and deep

Forgotten

Flowers for mama in grubby little hands

Cardboard sleds riding still damp hills

A world renewal

Dusty thoughts come to mind

No matter how cold

No matter how desolate

Spring always comes again

weak as a kitten

what does that saying even mean?

according to some word meaning site it means

Feeble & Fragile

well, I’ll go along with that

kinda like a wrung out dish rag or a limp noodle

how about the phrase

Rode hard and put up wet

this is what happens when you ride a horse and put him through a lot and then put him away without brushing and cooling him down

yep, that will work

what about the one

I feel like I’ve been pulled through a knothole backwards

now that one seems pretty self explanatory but I’m thinking

backwards; forwards

won’t matter one lil bit!

either way will be rough!

with each passing moment this kitten/feeble/fragile/rode hard/pulled through a knothole/wrung out rag/limp noodle is getting stronger!

I’ve been in an upright position more today than I have been for 5 days so that’s better

I ate a sandwich that actually had to be chewed so that’s better

I have on makeup so that’s better

I have on real clothes and not pj’s so that’s better

I fixed my hair so that’s better

Tomorrow’s gonna be even better

Yay!

back among the living

I guess since I’m gonna live, I should post about it

I don’t think I’ve ever been so sick in my life; or if I have, I don’t want to remember it

abcessed tooth

enough said about that

 

Thank God for my husband

He has been by my side for 3 days; waiting on me hand and foot

getting me a drink; a cold rag; an ice pack; rubbing my back; but most important

PRAYING!

I could hear his prayers just barely audible over my moaning and crying but God heard them fine

 

Thank God for my friend, Linda

She took me to the doctor; she stood in line for my prescriptions;

she brought over jello and chicken noodle soup–you know, all the things a sick person needs

She brought food to my family, too!

 

Thank God for my children

They managed on their own without me for a few days

Did the dishes; offered to do laundry;

but the biggest blessing of all was when they pitched in to do my job at church!

They rallied around; got along and did the job!

Thanks!

 

So, I’m back

not a hundred percent yet

you won’t see me doing any cartwheels or running any marathons

shoot! I’m not sure I’m even gonna be able to go to work in the morning

but I am going to live and I think that’s ok

 

so…..

american proverb–from small beginnings come great things
zech 4:10–For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

some time ago, I was asked to write a chapter for a book that several of my friends were wanting to publish…me, the person who barely writes a check anymore…me, who shudders at the thought of filling in a blank of a workbook.
well, here’s my small beginning
let’s see what shall grow from this