Gratitude: Thankful for the flicker
Have you ever had one of those days where you got up in the morning and you just didn’t know how you were going to make it through the day? That was me this past week. So many…
Seeds for the future!
In today’s background photo you can see the 50 Pacific Dogwood trees hubby and I are planting this fall. Dogwood trees take a long time to grow! Years! According to Google, it takes 18 months (or more) just…
It’s ok to let go of the old … and embrace the new.
Yesterday I mentioned that our Compassion daughter has recently graduated from the program, and our contact with her has come to an end. This has been really hard. It is really hard to let go of the old. …
Seeds on the breeze!
This month our Compassion daughter graduated from the Compassion program. Last Friday I wrote our last letter to her. I knew she would be graduating soon … and I was totally expecting this day to come. But I…
Life lessons learned … enriching the soil for others.
Throughout the month of October, we’ve been discussing the topic of marriage and dating. I began our discussion on marriage with a photo of this Big Leaf Maple in our backyard. It is a great illustration of what…
Marriage is a garden
This past weekend hubby and I pulled up the last few remaining bean plants and tomato plants. It’s November and time to prepare the garden for winter. Marriage is like a garden. Our garden plot (which you can…
“Poverty Rock”
This past Sunday hubby and I were given last-minute tickets to the Seahawks game! Whoo-Hoo!! On our way down to the stadium, we drove I-90 across Mercer Island and into downtown. Mercer Island is known for being where…
What to do with the hard times??
Marriage is like “building-out” a flowerbed of life together. The original lay of the land, and the plants which had previously filled up the “flowerbed” of singleness are “dug up” and “rearranged” … and together, a new “flowerbed…
Flowerbed “build-out”
Today’s background photo was from this day in history two years ago. As you can see, at the time hubby and I were in the middle of “building-out” a new flowerbed. When it comes to marriage, each person…
Building a life … it takes a team.
Building a life is hard. This morning I felt overwhelmingly exhausted as I watched hubby’s headlights back out in the cold darkness, and as he drove away to face another grueling day of work. It’s the exact same…