It Never Ends!

Today I am off to the paint store to buy more white stain.

Here is what we accomplished last Saturday!



They really earned those M&M's!

Delight

Seeing with my own eyes

a longing fulfilled.....

how we love this little nephew and his mama!

Today is the Day

The triplets are here!

Just past 32 weeks, their Mama was such a trooper,

and today

Blake, Cameron and Madison (Maddie)

made their appearance

and are all doing well.

Weighing in at just under 4 pounds,

they are expected to be out of the NICU

and home withing two weeks.

I can't wait to hold my nephews and niece!

Miracles, each one.

Psalm 118:24
This is the day the LORD has made;

let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Which one?

I have been pondering the Fruit of the Spirit.....
and find that I crave His peace the most.
So many of the wrestlings I have in my flesh
would be done if I walked daily infused
with His Peace.
(Of course,
I could use more patience and self-control,
and probably more joy and
definately more kindess,
and goodness,
lots more gentleness and yep,
love, too. )




John 16:33
"I have told you these things,

so that in me you may have peace.

In this world you will have trouble.

But take heart!

I have overcome the world."


How about you?
What do you seek to walk in more everyday, and why?

Running Over

Luke 6:38

"Give, and it will be given to you.

A good measure, pressed down,

shaken together and running over,

will be poured into your lap.

For with the measure you use,

it will be measured to you."

~

Blessed beyond measure,

my cup overflows.

Contentment finds me even here

in the darkest place.

To my Little Girl

How I miss you, my little Ellie, and think of you!

I remember

You are three months old now,

in that place without time.

My adorable, kissable,

cooing and smiling baby girl.

If only you were here...

I love you.

Listen with Kindness, Please?

Oh, the comfort
—the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person —
having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words,
but pouring them all right out,just as they are,
chaff and grain together;
certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them,
keep what is worth keeping,
and then with the breath of kindness
blow the rest away.
~Dinah Craik

Here on my blog I try to keep my words to a minimum.

Somehow in real life I have a much harder time.

Is all my conversation filled with grace

and wisdom and love,

or am I just a clanging cymbal,

harsh and grating to all who hear?

Tears sting in my eyes, and I am sick with remorse...

was my heart heard?

The Day Trip

Since our last few camping trips have been catagorized at "Miserable"

and we just sold our old motorhome to help pay for the surgery,

we have embarked on what is now fondly called

The Day Trip

(involves no pajamas,

no breakfast items and

no more than three changes of clothes!) I was really having fun when we passed this old church,

with a cemetery beside it.

How I wish that churches still had cemeteries!

To the little lake for a quick paddle around in

Grandpa's canoe!

It was a great day.

New Things

You may not have noticed this about me,

but I am crazy to try new things.

Especially if they are:

1. free

2. old-fashioned

3. nostaglic

So I have taken to putting

my hair up in pin curls at night,

reminding me oh so much

of my great-grandmother!

8

happy years.

I love you, Mr. Wonderful!

Ode to Dr. Suess

Pure genius, I say.

Braden reading his first book.

Hooray, what a day!

Glorious September

The colors get me every year,

leathery purples and reds,

giving way to juicy, soft yellow.

Learning to be Content

Being parents never ceases to be our hardest job ever.

Who knew what would bring us the most happiness

would also bring us the most frustration,

the most sense of inadaquacy,

the most exhaustion?

Being mommy and daddy has shown us the depth of our own sin and selfishness like nothing else could. Not only do we struggle with our own sin, but in the war against sin in our children, we are constantly amazed at the blatant desire for more. Even after we have done something totally new, amazing and fun......

So we started telling the boys this:

"When you feel like whining and crying, stop it and be thankful. "

Come to think of it, I need that motto

probably even more than they do.

Made New

I have rested on the couch

more

than I have in the last 6 years

put together,

knitting and reading and sleeping.

Just two short weeks after surgery,

I am bursting with energy,

yet trying not to overdo.

This time of recovery, while my body mends,

has also felt like a fresh beginning in my heart.

The wounds are healing.