46 Years Young

I have always heard people dread turning forty from then on it is a constant dread for another year.

I can even remember when I thought being in your forties was ancient lol!

However, I no longer dread Birthdays! I celebrate them and I am so very grateful for each year that has been added! 

Six years ago changed my perspective on what it would be like to be old and gray headed! 

Well maybe gray with some violet highlights!

Because when you're faced with life threatening circumstances. You begin to treasure the moments for what they are. It's not about elaborate things. It's about being present and making memories with those you love! It's about sharing your story of God's grace, love, protection, healing, and comfort.

It's about sharing your life with those you love best! It's about living a life of worship and having an absolutely amazing relationship with Jesus and shining His light!

Six years ago just a couple days before my birthday I was admitted to Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte NC. I had a large amount of fluid in between the skin the pericardium and my heart! So large the back side looked pregnant. I also had a pleural effusion fluid on the outside base of my lungs.

I remember after being admitted many tests ran and horrible iv sticks. The doctors came and spoke to us and told us they just thought it was too risky. They were gonna send me home and try to keep me comfortable. They saw no hope in the situation! I was 39 yrs old days away from 40 and you're sending me home to die. I was devastated, So many things ran through my head! I wouldn't be here to grow old with my husband Jody! Or to see Amber graduate college. See Christian graduate high school. I wouldn't see them married or have kids! My heart was truly broken I was leaving so so many of those I loved behind! I was leaving so many I loved behind and my heart hurt because of it! There was no way God was finished with me here! We all began to pray! I wasn't giving up hope! This made the second time I saw the fear of losing each other all over my husband's face. I had seen it after I gave birth to Amber. I had begun to hemorrhage, it wasn't stopping! They said the blood was in buckets and puddles all over the floor!

Both times I saw my Daddy show up and say, I'm not ready for my daughter to come home yet! 

After a bit, a young doctor came in and told us after speaking with a doctor in the heart group. He thought he could do the life saving surgery he had once before himself!

I saw but GOD show up and show out!

He was calling the shots now He would guide the surgeon's hands. He would be in control of the recovery! He would guide me through the many trials and victories that were to come!

You know I have looked over my life so many times and can literally see His hands, loving embrace, and feet all over the place! It's in those moments like this morning you realize there is so much more to life!

I must admit this has been one of the most trying years of my life! I feel like every time I turned around something was falling apart! Whether it was my health, family things, being hit hard emotionally, or insecurities I thought I would never deal with again, it felt like everything was crashing down at once.

I had some hard talks with my Daddy! I didn't understand. Why now? What had I done to have all this happen? For a while, I heard silence.

I felt lost I know He was there! However, there were some hard lessons to be learned.

However, with each learned lesson was a stronger person walking out on the other side of it!

I realized He needed to do some refining to His daughter! I learned a lot in year forty-five. I want to share these lessons because the Bible teaches me in Genesis 50:20

You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

God took the trials and has given me beauty for the ashes and I have seen beautiful things!

Lessons learned 

1- Don't ever listen to the voice in your head when it is telling you that are not things your Daddy already said you are!

2-Its is okay to be mad and have a tantrum with your heavenly Daddy! Just when you are finished pull up your big girl pants and remind yourself of His promises! Listen to Him as He speaks to your heart!

3-Not everyone who comes into your life is there for good!

4- Tranceparncy is so important and sharing information with your partner is key!

5-Your true friends are the ones who rallied around you when you were drowning and needed someone most!

6- Healthy boundaries are a must. It's okay to turn your phone off, nap, say no, and keep your distance from people who are negative and never positive!

7-Don't wait for someone's compliments or relationship to define your worth or confidence! 

Both begin with our Daddy and inside of ourselves!

8- Embrace what makes you set apart and beautiful!

9- Beauty is not determined by the size of a garment!

10-Communication is the key to every healthy relationship after you communicate listen!

These were not very easy lessons learned but needed lessons when I look back! God used each one to make me stronger!  I am so so thankful for that! 

I truly can tell you satan meant some evil! I am so glad my Daddy said but I will use these things for good! 

Friend, I have no idea what you may be facing today! I do know our Daddy won't be surprised.

So don't try to do it without Him! He is way more equipped to get us through an obstacle even if He's quiet!

Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

Deuteronomy 31:6

I had so many things to celebrate on September 26th! We have a beautiful new grandson! He turned 4 wks old! He's so gorgeous, I celebrated being married to the most amazing man in the world! The one God made just for me! I celebrated coming together with all my kids and also my grandkids and just making memories!  I celebrated God's love and protection for me!

This list could go on for days! Rather than that let me say this! Each day is a gift!

A week at the beach with my love, being woke up with breakfast in the bed, roses, and a balloon, my kids having dinner for me, our church family celebration, friends visiting for tea, each part leading up to where I am today! To celebrate turning 46 years young was a beautiful reminder that all things change. Our heavenly Daddy doesn't!

He wants to be a part of the good bad and the ugly! Through the exciting and the boring. 

He wants us to invite Him into each part of our lives! He doesn't want us to leave Him out!

I'm thankful for each day I open my eyes. Even if I am being honest this isn't how I saw my forties playing out. He did though, He knew exactly what I would need to get through each hard place to each easy place.

The craziest thing of all, if I had to do it all over again. I wouldn't change it.

Because my story is just a short chapter in His very big story! If it has touched a life or helped someone find Him in all of it! It's all worth it! 

I have a few challenges for myself before we hit forty seven. I hope that I succeed and make my Daddy proud! 

More than anything I hope that the walk through the next year. Brings me out even stronger than ever and closer to my Daddy than ever before! After all, it's all about Him at the end of the day! 

Thank you for being a part of my life! For supporting me and always cheering me on! 

For allowing me to be able to encourage you and share my heart even my scars.

Because at the end of each day and each year we are all fearfully and wonderfully made! 

Thank you for stopping by and sharing a part of your day with me! Time is precious the fact you were willing to spend some time with me. It Overjoys my heart to have you here! I hope you know I am praying for you always!

Until next time< I hope you will be walking in the footsteps of grace with Jesus and me!

Prayerfully  Yours,

~Shellie~

In Waiting Once Agajn

 

I am so sorry for my absence! June has totally flown by and almost gone! It seems so hard to believe we are already half way through 2021.

Time has a way of reminding us how fast things truly are passing by.

Often times when find ourselves in the waiting room.

Time kind feels like it is standing still!

I feel like that is where I am! In the waiting room again and time is standing still as I await more answers.

Unable to sleep but yet feel like a sloth on benadryl who  got stuck on a never ending treadmill.

In the reality of it, time is still passing by even if I feel it stopped!

After we went on vacation to Williamsburg, we were home about a good week and I went into a nasty lupus flare.

I was feeling some better I was enjoying the freedom of being able to get out some! I had some visitors which was a dream come true! Almost a year of not being able to see people was hard. Even though it was necessary, it was really hard. Memorial Day weekend I started to feel like something was off. I just couldn't put my finger on it.

I began running super high fevers and spent several days in the bed because I felt to bad to even get up and move around. The following Tuesday I called and made a doctor's appointment.

Something was off and I didn't feel well at all I wasn't even sure how to explain how I felt. I just felt really bad.

I really do have an amazing team of doctors I work with. Because they all will tell you, I do not do anything like the textbook says and I can look like a picture of health and be almost sepsis!

This visit was kinda like that  I looked pretty good in appearance. We were just pretty sure I was in a bad lupus flare. Nothing a good ole large dose of steroids can't fix with a whole lot of talking to Jesus! 

Before we left his office he asked could he draw some blood work!  I was like sure! I really don't expect anything out the norm for me! My c.m.v viral load has been negative since March. so I felt for sure things were looking good. That my inflammatory markers were probably active.

Nope it just refused to be that easy! 

I found myself faced with the answers and thrown into waiting.

My white blood count was dangerously low. The medicine I took for the cmv was the source of the problem. There was no easy fix except stop the medicine and pray the body responds and begins making them again.

New blood draws every week because without the medicine the cmv can return and make me very very sick again... We are going to stop right here though and thank Jesus that's not going to be a worry! We are gonna praise Him in the hallway! 

As we are praising Jesus because we know He has this no matter what! I have to return to quarantine my new found freedoms had been taken away again. My heart shattered when I realized I was not going to return to in house church services! I have missed being with our church family.As I wrestled with some of this in my head trying to figure it out and remind myself this only temporary .

My mind went back to the story in the Bible about the women with the issue of blood, Her story was mentioned in 3 of the gospels Matthew, Mark, and Luke. To me that makes might heart believe that there is a hidden gem in her story God did not want His children to miss! 

So I had to revisit the account, was there something I had missed?

This poor woman had bled non stop with her period for 12 years. During a woman's monthly cycle she was considered unclean. She couldn't go to the temple to worship, Anything she sat on or laid on was considered unclean. You could not physically touch her either. For yourself would be considered unclean. She spent all of her savings on doctors trying to find a cure. No matter how many times she went or how much money she spent. The answer remained the same. Made worse by their attempts but nothing stopped the blood!Nothing went unchanged and she was this way for 12 years! Can you imagine how lonely she must have felt? How the female issue she had made her feel!?!

I can almost imagine the perfect scene in my head when she heard Jesus was coming to town and she absolutely had to find a way to touch him! Because she knew He was her only hope! Her faith was in Jesus and she knew if anyone could make her whole again it would be Him. You know she had to be kinda sneaky about how she went about this because all the town's people had to have known of her affliction!

There was no way they were going to just let her approach Jesus.They could easily turn on her if they even realized as she sneakingly pushed her way through the crowd. When she got just close enough to reach out and touch the hem of His garment. She felt the healing surge through her body! I truly believe she  probably didn't even look the same when she was healed! You have to imagine how anemic she had to be. Imagine she was like me chronically fatigued. I almost bet she was hunched over from all the pain she had suffered for 12 long years.

In waiting! Waiting for answers healing. She just wanted to be apart of the life she seen around her.

For the very one she believed if she would just touch the 

Hem of His Garment !

She believed that's all it would take!

That one touch would bring healing and she could be apart of the world around her again.

So she made her way through the crowd and touched Jesus in the only place she thought would be safe! The hem of His garment! 

Jesus immediately felt the power go out from Him. This was different from the bumping of people up against Him as they followed Him and the crowd grew. He knew this touch was a touch of faith. When He asked she didn't hesitate to tell Him it was her! She told Jesus why she touched the hem of His garment!

He told her faith made her whole! 

She had been in waiting! Her faith never waivered all through the years she held out hope!

I have found myself waiting again.... Trying to understand His plan and not mine. I watch life around me go on unaffected. That's not completely true because of the illness I am affected.

I am waiting for healing as I am aware without the touch from heaven the answer will be no! I can't give up on hope that He may very well reach down from heaven and take every part of these illnesses away!

But I refuse to allow myself to have a pitti party or to stop Praising Jesus even in the midst of the storm.

Because waiting can also cause you to find your purpose, you can find your true joy, and it can help you to not take those simple moments like going to Walmart for granted!

It's easy to focus on the loss when we are in waiting because waiting can often lead to discontentment. Don't let that be what fills your heart while waiting. A life filled with joy and Thanksgiving will be so much more full filling than a bitter and angry heart.

He hasn't forgotten me I know! I trust Him even if the answer is no. He has a purpose and a plan! Last November when I was in the hospital. One of my nurses told me often our pain is not for us but for someone else. 

I am not sure why I am here again. He knows though. I trust Him with every ounce I have in me!

I have learned that there can be purpose even if you have a chronic illness.

He can use right where we are. All we have to do is have faith knowing His silence isn't  always no. It may be the teacher is giving His student a test of faith.

Never think He is just not healing or answering because He is a tyrant. Because my heavenly Daddy is gentle and loving even we has had to discipline me.He has always did it with great love and grace.

So if your like me and you are in waiting! Share with me what your in waiting for so I pray for you! It would be my pleasure to lift you up as I wait and praise Him in the hallway for all I am believing in Him for what I need!

Sometimes life can be a little scary! When your white blood count is dangerously low, your bone marrow is presenting borderline abnormal, your cmv levels are on the rise.

While we wait I want to humbly walk in the Footsteps of Grace

like my heavenly Daddy has taught me to walk in.

I hope you will join me as we thank and praise Him in the hallway I will meet you there!

 

 

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Just Some Evening Ramblings

Last night was the first night of real sleep, I have had in a really long time. It felt wonderful to wake up feeling refreshed like that. My pain is still not controlled... That's okay I know that this girl wont get everything I want in one day! I know it is a matter of the right cocktail. That can be the hardest part... I don't want to feel out of this world all the time... I want to be connected. We are trying to get me some new wheels to help me around the house! By new wheels I mean a walker! I plan to dress that bad boy up and make it fun if I need to use it! After all I have to keep the joy in this journey. Today has been a long and hard day. I did make it outside for the first time to set on the patio. The fresh air was amazing. I hope that I can try again tomorrow. The weather here is changing. I can literally feel it in my joints. Rain must be on the way... 
   I want to encourage anyone who is in a season of change. I know how hard it can be. My heart is heavy for you! Just remember we get to decide how we deal with it ! We can be bitter or find a reason to be happy! Today I choose happy! I choose hope that tomorrow will be better than today! My daughter sent me a picture this morning from her early adventure out with our puppy... 
      Her caption was Mom this is God's reminder your just blooming for what is coming next....

 It honestly brought tears to my eyes ... My 19 year old was ministering to me this morning! It made my Momma heart so very proud! My sweet hubby gave me a very precious gift today! I don't take it lightly... I have a really hard time with anything of weight on my legs. That's one of the things that holds me back from my writing and blogging. My laptop kills my legs. I have to spend a lot of time on my bed and couch. So I would have to hold my laptop on my legs and by the time I would be done. I would be so miserable I could barely walk! This afternoon he came in with a 2 pound chromebook. Oh it is amazing ! I have been able to hold it ! I have started a new story and wrote a blog post for tonight! I am thankful for the blessings of each day! I am even more thankful for a gift that will allow me to do something I am passionate about! I pray each of you who reads this has a wonderful day tomorrow! I most likely wont make a new post tomorrow is doctors office day! I will be totally wiped out by the time they are done with me! I am praying for you!  Please continue to pray for me! Also my sweet girl has a ultrasound on her breast in the morning! Please help us pray this is nothing to be concerned about! We know God has got this... He is good Father! I am so blessed to be His!

A Little Early I Know !

I always get so excited this time of the year! My family does not celebrate halloween.

I have good reasons and its the best choice for us. for over 22 years we have always put our Christmas tree up on that day! 

So to say I am overly excited to know that the transformation from fall to a winter wonderland is to a understatement! 

I had my benlysta infusion for my lupus yesterday! It always wipes me out and puts me down for a couple of days! Today has been a stay in the bed kinda day.

I can lay on my heating blanket easier and it helps with the pain in my legs.

The bed is so much more comfy than the couch any day!

My youngest is sick with a nasty virus that mimics flu symptoms. So she is quarantined till her fever breaks!

I miss her company... Yet I can not risk the chance of catching what she has.

Being stuck in the bed does have some perks.

I have been able to work on my blog some! I have went ahead and changed out the seasonal backgrounds. Life gets busy here this time of year!  I have learned to do things when the opportunity is there. So I have ceased the moment !

I also finally created a Blog for my short stories and sewing stuff! 

If you would like to follow it the link is:

Once Upon A Stitch In Time
I am excited to split blogs on for ministry and everyday life and one for my hobbies.
Well that is enough rambling for now! I will be working on a short story for my other blog and I cant wait post it later.So be on the look out! 
Hope everyone has a blessed and loved day
Thank you stopping by and sharing apart of your day with me!

Happy Homemaker Monday September 3,2018

Fall has officially arrived at the Almond household last week! I put out the fall decorations and fired up the pumpkin spice scents in all of my candle warmers! So it seemed only fitting to have my blog match my house. Now if only the weather would get on board! Whether you still holding on to summer or dreaming of fall days.  Happy Labor Day, I hope everyone has had a wonderful long weekend! Ours has been busy to say the least. However the look on the little girls faces who joined us for tea last night at A Life Of Faith made it all worth it. 

I am pretty sure I have sent my body into a flare after pushing a little to hard last week. So I will be enjoying some nothingness on the couch today....

Today I am linking  up with Sandra at the Diary of a Stay Home Mom. 

If you would like to join in on the fun of Happy Homemaker Monday head on over and join in! Get to know some lovely ladies who have amazing blogs!

Happy Homemaker Monday

The weather....

I long for 70 degree days... Maybe by the end of the month ... A girl can dream lol!

Today will be filled with.....

Lots and lots of resting... Maybe some blog work other than this we  shall see. I have over done it and I have won some time on the couch.

On my reading pile....

Still Past forward... I don't want these books to end so I have tried not to read them so quickly.

Movies or Shows....

A friend recommended a show called the Paradise, I have fallen in love with it!

On the menu this week... 

Monday lasagna and a salad

Tuesday Salmon, herb rice, and broccoli

Wednesday Grilled Chicken , roasted red herb potato's, and green beans

Thursday Grilled Chicken salads

Friday Buffalo Shrimp Pasta

On My to Do List....

Monday Rest

Tuesday Put some stuff away from the tea party over the weekend and some light house work.

Wednesday Rheumatologist

Thursday - Saturday Just taking it day by day... My body needs some down time

In the Craft Basket....

Nothing at the moment, I need to go fabric shopping.

Looking around the house....

Over all its pretty tidy, I need to put away stuff brought home from the tea party. Other than tat its pretty well maintained.

From the camera...

                         Fall has arrived at the Almonds! This is the fire lace in the living room.

What am I wearing today...

Um if I am totally honest I am still in my pajama's! My hair is up in a messy bun and this will probably be the look for today.

One of my simple pleasures...

The days I get to spend pointing kids to Jesus...

Favorite Bible verse or quote for the week...

 On my prayer list...

My youngest is being sent to see a asthma and allergist. She has a cough we just can not get rid of.

Our ministry God is doing great things.

Me I got  my labs back for my lupus panel and some of the were very abnormal...

Our nation

In Closing...

I can not thank you enough for taking time to spend apart of your day with me ! I pray that you will stop back again and have a blessed week! ~Shellie

Happy Homemaker Monday August 27,2018

My Heart has been so full lately! We have been incredibly blessed to have the opportunity to be apart of some wonderful ministry opportunities.

We have traveled from on end of our state to whole other state in 2 weeks! 

Needless to stay this girl is wore out lol! 

However my heart is full and I am so thankful for all God has allowed me to apart of.

 I am excited to see what this week has to hold! 

I am linking up with Sandra over at a Diary Of A Stay At Home Mom for Happy Homemaker Monday !

If you would like to join in on the fun follow the link below.

Happy Homemaker Monday 

The Weather....

It is going to warm back up ... I am not looking forward to the return of the humidity... I am longing for fall weather and cooler temperatures...

On my plate..

grilled buffalo chicken wrap and a sprite

As I look out my window....

The sun is shining beautifully today! The rose bushes still have beautiful blooms on them... I will miss them in fall months. However I can not wait for fall.

On my reading pile...

a book series called Fast Forward! I am in love with series! 

I am still reading embraced for my devotional time...

On the menu this week...

Monday turkey dogs and tots

Tuesday blackend salmon, rice and broccoli

Wednesday lasagna and salad 

Thursday shrimp and  seasoned grits 

Friday Chicken casserole

Saturday and Sunday is up in the air this is a infusion week !

On my to do list and happening this week....

Monday 

Follow up with lung Dr

Tuesday

My youngest has a Dr,s appointment 

switch two rooms out in the children's ministry area

some changes to our a life of faith room

Wednesday

Family day till that evening

Thursday

Get out the fall decorations! 

Friday 

I get my infusion so that will put me to a halt for a little bit

In the craft basket...

I am actually working on two canvas pictures

Looking around the house....

It needs to be tidied up... There is no need till I get done with the fall stuff though!

From the camera...

We visited Millionaire Row in Danville, VA this past week and this house was my favorite!

I would have liked to have explored a little more.. However my lupus decided to flare and so I settled for a drive through the historic area! It did not disappoint that is for sure...

 What am I wearing...

A comfy simply southern shirt and and sophie shorts...

One of my simple pleasures...

sending a encouraging word to someone who needs it!

Favorite Bible verse or quote of the week...

On my prayer list....

My sweet girl still has a nasty cough, A dear friend is coming up on a anniversary of a miscarriage, our country, last but not least all the kids and teachers who are beginning school whether public or homeschool.

In Closing

Thank you for all who stopped by to share your day with me! Also for those who prayed for my breathing test! I was started on a new inhaler to help keep the airways open!I have some obstruction causes by severe asthma! If this isn't enough he will add some singulair  in 3 weeks!My lungs have taken a beaten and the airways need some rest! This news was good news! We are trusting these meds help things to go back to normal! I truly thank you beyond words! For your prayers and I am praying each of you have a wonderful week! 

Happy Homemaker Monday August 20,2018

I can not believe August is already almost gone! This year has flown by, and before we know we will be in 2019!

We have had another busy week! I believe this one will be just as busy if not more so! We did however have a wonderful time celebrating my sweet Mamma's birthday this week! 

Today I am linking up with Sandra over at A Diary Of A Stay At Home Mom! If you would like to join in on the fun just clink the link below.

Happy Homemaker Monday 

The weather is ......

I am excited that is not going to be quite as hot this week! Even more reasons to begin digging out the fall decorations next week!

As I look out my window....

I have had the pleasure of watching two cardinals play out side my kitchen window this morning! It a little over cast.. However I do believe it will turn out to be a beautiful day!

On my reading pile.....

I have started a series on my Moms kindle! I am not even sure what the name of it is lol! However I am captivated !

I am still reading Embraced by Lysa Terkeurst. It is by far one of my favorite devotionals to date!

Movies and Shows

We went last Tuesday to see Christopher Robin! Oh my goodness it was wonderful! There were so many lessons to be learned! It is a must see for sure!

Shows.... well my all of my favorites are on break right now... so I don't really have a series at the moment!

On the Menu This week....

Monday Chicken casserole and green beans.

Tuesday Hot dog dinner at the church

Wednesday - Friday Out of town

In the craft basket....

I have been working on my 18 inch doll house... I am more inspired to write when things are in order so I am trying very hard to get things that way.

still working in loom knitting some dish cloths.

Happening this week...

Today will be the most laid back day I will have all week! tomorrow our church is giving a local pregnancy crisis center a baby shower and cook out.

We leave Wednesday morning for a leadership conference in Virginia. We will be home late Friday. Saturday we have couples meeting at the church then of course Sunday is church! 

This week will be a busy one for sure! I pray I can keep up.  

Looking around the house....

Its actually not bad at all! I need to tidy the floors some ... 

We have some laundry to get done so we can pack, that's about it.

From the camera.....

 My sweet Mommy's Birthday cake! My sister let me know she wanted a pear cake! This time we did cinnamon cream cheese frosting on top!

My Mom turns 67 this week! She is a lung cancer survivor ! She wears oxygen most always! so to see her blow out candles is a true God wink for us! We are so blessed to have her!

 

One of my simple pleasures....

Homemaking! I have had an amazing week of just that! I was able to spend time in the kitchen baking and it felt like heaven! I even hosted a small tea party this week! I adore having tea parties there is something so special about pulling out all of my favorite tea pieces!

 Pear Cake with Cinnamon Cream Frosting

 Artisan Bread 

 It was a huge hit

 My hubby's favorite apple cake with homemade caramel glaze

 My sweet girl requested this meal! I am just happy I felt up to doing it for her!

Favorite Bible verse or quote of the week...

On my prayer list...

We have several in our church who are having surgery this week! Praying for a speedy recovery! Praying for our ministry! Our oldest daughter has been really sick! I have my lupus panel drawn tomorrow! Help us pray that they are stable and my kidney function levels have came down. They have been very high and concerning the past few draws. I have been on a steroid for almost a year. if my lupus is stable I can come off of it this time! Help us pray that will be possible! Praying for all the kids who will beginning school whether its public or homeschool! I pray for safety and a  great year for them 

In closing....

Thank you for sharing apart of your day with me ! I hope you will stop by again! Praying you have a blessed week!

~Shellie

simplicity of life

I woke up early this morning to a house that was still.... Soft fog touch the earth like a kiss, the soft hum of morning traffic serenaded me. This girls still sleeping so well I hated to interrupt their dreams to start school. 

So I choose to grab my favorite coffee mug and snuggle up on the soft sectional. For some quite time before my day becomes so loud and noisy.

It is mornings like this that you truly see the majesty of our Lord Jesus...

You can simply feel and see Him everywhere! 

In the softness of the dew on the grass. The way the dog bows and gently kisses the earth. How the age of eel loved floors show signs of the gift of family.... 

It’s these moments these fleeting moments that’s being so much awe... remind me of so very much.... Yet the simplest of phrase still keeps coming into my heart.... As for me and my house we shall serve the Lord. 

Joshua 24:15

Ohh my heart burst with joy for we have made this choice.... Made the choice to find joy and beauty among the the ashes of pain...

The leaves are beginning to change and dance their way of the trees... A promise of things anew for the spring! 

Just as I know He promises to to heal the broken places of our hearts and souls....

Doors are creaking and foot steps begin. The silence has passed now it time to join the rush of morning preparations. The grey batter of muffins the smiles when they pull the fluffy top back to add butter... The chatter of what today is suppose to hold. I simply sigh and say thank you Lord for seeing us through the night .... I know you will see us through this day.

Thank you for stopping by ... I pray your day is filled with blessings!