Gratitude
In the details
Yesterday the boys worked through the rain to line my flower beds with mulch. Pride puffed their chests when Dad said, “Now that’s a job well done.” The grands – oh they worked hard, too – building forts and cookies with Nana. We played, we laughed, we dined and we loved. Delighted giggles filled the [...]
Action & insight
So, in January of our oldest son’s Senior year, I started assembling a scrapbook of his photos for the family Graduation party. I scurried around, finding pictures here and there, and, in my usual analytical style, laid out a spreadsheet of important trips and milestones to catalog. Painstakingly, night after night, I worked on it [...]
In the wildwood
There’s a church in the valley by the wildwood No lovelier place in the dale No spot is so dear to my childhood As the little brown church in the vale Oh, come to the church by the wildwood Come to the church in the dale No place is so dear to my childhood As [...]
Genuine Sunshine & Inspirational Hugs
Over the past little bit, Dianna at These Days of Mine has been very kind and very busy – she’s been busy sharing with me the following blogging awards: the Sunshine Award, The Genuine Blog Award, the HUG Award and, just this week, the Very Inspiring Blog Award. Wowza! I am happy to be [...]
Savoring the Honey Jar
Today I am cashing in on a treat I’ve held back enjoying until now: a massage gift card Hubbs gave to me at Christmas-time. I’ve been tempted to indulge sooner but put it off because of illness and and a stretch of grey, uninspired days that ran into weeks. Instead, I’ve saved it for now [...]
Today
Today I will get some exercise. I will read .. a lot. I will stretch. I will laugh. I will play. I will give love to my loves. I might even nap. And I will be thankful. What are you up to today? No kitties were harmed in this post; all images from Pinterest.com
Say with me …
“Life is good. I have every reason in the world to be happy. I have one to a thousand reasons to feel good. Today, I count my blessings. I let the sun shine inside my heart and I see in its light the dazzling beauty that’s within me. I see my strength, I see my [...]
Wheels off
Being happy – the ultimate goal, right? Except that … riding an ever-revolving wheel churning towards happiness is a little exhausting, don’t you think? It’s good to get off the wheel. It’s good to take a look around. It’s good to be happy right where you are. With who you are. With what you have. [...]
With a hopeful heart on bended knee
Lord, help me walk another mile, just one more mile I’m tired of walkin’ all alone Lord, help me smile another smile, just one more smile You know I just can’t make it on my own I never thought I needed help before I thought that I could get by, by myself But now I [...]
on Choices
We’re in the grey days of winter. Those grey January days that can drag. Those January days when it feels like forever since we’ve seen that golden thing in the sky. I really can’t complain for we’ve had the mildest West Michigan winter I can remember. It was 50 F just two days ago; it’s [...]
