Leaving Jan 2016

Summer lingered  - Flowers were abundant, tomatoes were  canned.  Friends left some by choice 'others not. Some are happy and some are mixed with anger and sadness. Fall rolled around - but summer stayed there for awhile.
Dreams of paddling on the lake and basking in sun shine, are alluring but are so quickly gone.

  I am ready for a change, for a new chapter -  Saying Good bye is hard but good.  God be with You  is the root of " Good Bye",if I am not mistaken,  God be with you is a blessing and praying for blessings for all .  For me I hope  busyness is ending - and that calm approaching,  even the computer is ready to retire.
  2016 What blessings do you hold - What joy lies ahead?  Where will God lead? . 
So far ancestry,Rosetta Stone CCAL course in Islam, setting the house in order , paring down  for Lent and paring calories.
All this and greenhouse duty along with Mom's care have filled the first  hours of retirement. 
Looking
Forward to a new grand child in May and celebrating  mom's 89 years in April.  I can not bear to watch the political circus ,  May God bring forth a leader who is just, loving, and Honorable and wise oh lord hear our prayer.

Words at a loss July 2016

Words at a loss
    Relief at a cost
Life ending . . .
    Details pending . . .

Chaos Reigns
    a hole remains
Not just mine
    but the whole Line

Fiesty,Tough
  Tactfully rough
Oh Time!
  You are never enough

To get it right
  to let it go
In Love 
  May it be so

Honoring God Charleston etc. Random Thoughts

The shootings in Charleston,  inmates at large,  churches  splintering
Loved ones dying, tornadoes, floods, fires, seven inches of crabs on the beach
Water polluted by fracking

Who do we think we are?  Do we think we can get away with this? Does a judge say the killer is a victim?, Does the polluter say the water consumers are the problem?  Does the church say the dogma is the problem?  Are the crabs laying dead on the beach their fault?

Why are we feeding ourselves  greed and violence?   - Why are we screwing up the best things that ever happened to us our lives and the earth

How does this honor God?  Even if you can't believe in a creator,  how does this honor the home where we live?  let alone one another?  This is not sustainable?  How does this honor you own existence?  Isn't this self destructive?  Does that make any sense?

What is Man that Thou art mindful of him

This morning started with the same routine: waken with prayers traveling through my head and heart, then a quick trip to the bathroom, turn up the heat, slip back under the covers til it warms up, play with the puppy.  An unconditional lick on the face and wagging tail are sure and certain affirmations to start one's day.

Then off to the gym with hubby and stop at the diner for coffee and planning for vacation!  What a life!!!

Then I see him; an old acquaintance of ours. He is working at the diner!  He lost his teenage son  in a car accident last year.  But we are a reminder of better days younger days.  We could not keep from hugging him.  We caught up on the latest news and such.

He admits that he battles depression.  He described how after the accident he thought he might like to join his son.  Then he shared  more of his story.

About a week or so after the death of his son,  he received a letter.  It was from a daughter he had not known.  She had been looking for him.  She was trying to find the courage to write a letter to him. The accident forced her hand to paper. She had tracked him through the son.

It seems that in his loss, he has been found and in her he has found life, not a substitute, but a purpose.  Thanks be to God for Good news!

 And I thought  puppy kisses were good!