Snowflakes and Joy

Our Thursday night was atypical.  Snowflake has no school on Friday so we had some fun.  It started with Snowflake choosing dinner.  She picked ice cream with crazy toppings and nachos. We ate in the living room while watching what was going to be her Easter gift, The Star.  After the credits we watched the special features abd danced together in the living room. Then as I was cleaning up Snowflake was supposed to go put on pjs and ended up asleep in the dead center of my bed, so I crashed on my recliner. It is now 2:15 am and she is asleep in my arms in the recliner. These days won't last forever.  I won't always be the one she wants to spend her evenings with.  Talk of ice cream toppings and stuffed animals will change to celebrities and boys.  She will continue to grow up.  That's good and natural.  It is the way of life if I am doing this parenting thing right.  I look forward to watching her grow up into a woman after God's own ...

I did not ever meet the man but my heart is sad today.  Sad for the world's loss of the grestest preacher of the 20th century. At age 99 Rev. Billy Graham has been called home to Heaven.  "Someday you will hear rumors of my death, but I will be more alive than ever.  I will just have moved on to my real home with Jesus." Billy Graham has made it home and I am sure that he heard the words he longed to hear (and that all should long to hear) from our Lord, "Well done my good and faithful servant. Welcome home!" Billy (if I may use his first name) was a good and faithful servant.  Due to his faith and obedience many souls were introduced to Christ and the kingdom expanded.  Many will be in Heaven and not suffering in Hell. Many have grown in their own faith and obedience.  Today and in the days to come we say goodbye to a public figure who lived 99 years and spent them serving and loving others, sacrificing time with his family to ensure that others hear...

A lot of folks here in these parts are not overly thrilled with the number of  snowflakes we have littering our... well our everywhere right now.  While I admit that it is rough on my joints (I say as my back is having spasms & my hands want to move to another body in a warmer climate and my head is pounding, oh the life of chronic pain is grand) I love the freezing water crystals. Yes it is cold and not fun to get stuck.  Yes it makes driving rough, but I can always warm up with tea and a blanket.  I can dig myself out and use snow tires.  In the summer I just melt.  The heat bothers me more than the cold . Besides look at how sparkly the snow is, think of the workout of sledding and shoveling.  Both are great forms of exercise.  Imagine the taste of crunchy bread dipped in hot soup on a cold and snowy day (here we don't have to imagine it! What a gift). Like all things, snow is a matter of perspective.  It is a matter of attitude....

I blinked and we are now in the last third of the month. I apologize for neglecting this little blog.  There is so much I could say about current events in our nation.  My heart breaks for the families who lost members in Florida.  My heart breaks for families of kids who are missing, for those who are trafficked, for all the pain in this fallen and depraved world. The season of Lent began on Wednesday. Snowflake and I began Lent by attending an Ash Wednesday service.  I chose to give up soda pop. It is hard to say that I love Lent, but I appreciate it. I appreciate the intentionality of the season. I appreciate that it reminds me to hourly be in contact with Christ and how thankful I am for His sacrificial love. Lent is not a time to wallow in sin but to recognize our sin and our need for a Savior to allow ourselves to be broken and humbled and thankful that our sin is paid for.  As February and Lent continue may we all remember that no one but Christ i...

February has arrived once more. I can not believe that 2018 is 1/12 over.  Time flies when you are a Mom.  The days may be long but the months and years are quick. I appear to be developing a cold which is a bummer. I can handle my RA (I have no choice) and normal fatigue, but to add on a cold is just a bummer.  At least I have lots of hot tea and hot chocolate.  Hot drinks fix what ails me. I like my little house.  It is cozy when the wind is whipping the snow every direction at once.  It is cool when the sun's rays are trying to turn everything to liquid.  One of the few major changes I would make would be in the bathroom.  I dream of a claw foot tub to soak in.  I love a good HOT bath but my tub is not real conducive to a long relaxing soak.  Maybe someday I will win an HGTV drawing for a home remodel. A gal can hope! Nothing too major has been going on for us.  Between my flu and now my cold I am just trying to survive and...