Christmas Blessings!
Christmas Eve morning … the darkness of early morning began to give way to light, as the sky to the east slowly grew with the brilliance of crimson/orange/purple. I stood at the kitchen sink, gazing out the kitchen…
The gift of Christmas! (2023)
This past year of 2023 has been an incredibly difficult year for hubby and me. It has been a year of giving, and giving, and giving to serve God and love others. It has been absolutely exhausting! When…
God’s wedding dance song just for me!
Today is the day! The big day of the Wedding! There will not be dancing at the wedding. But the day before I boarded the plane and flew across the country, God gave me my very own personal…
Another “I love you!” post-it note from God!
It was dusk … 4:30pm. In the drizzling rain and gathering darkness I was hurrying down my drive to go get the mail, when I suddenly noticed this heart-shaped rock in the middle of the driveway. “It’s another…
I didn’t know caterpillars could freeze during the winter too!
Yesterday’s blog post was about how little wood frogs are able to survive the winter by freezing. I was amazed by this discovery! Every fall, just before temperatures drop and the frost comes, I always see little wooly…
A hole in your heart
I have been thinking a lot about our dear friends up in Alaska recently! The due date for their little baby was last week. I have been in much prayer for her delivery! And I have been thinking…
Called by name!
Our dear friends in Alaska had their baby this week! My friend sent me a photo last night. I am so excited for them! A brand-new little life is an amazing miracle! As I gazed at the photo…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! 2023
Thanksgiving weekend ushers in the Christmas Holiday Season! Cars can now be seen driving down the road with freshly cut Christmas trees tied to the top. Here and there Christmas tree stands are now set up. It’s beginning…
November joys … Christmas trees!
Hubby and I have been in search of lodgepole pine trees. But most garden nurseries in our area do not carry local/native plants. Crazy, isn’t it! However, last weekend we discovered the quaintest little garden nursey about 30…
November joys … Blooms out of brokenness!
My clerodendrum is blooming!! I’ve had it two full years, and not once has it ever bloomed. And now … right after I just about lost it completely … it’s blooming! How is that possible?!? The clerodendrum cutting…