All Things Home and Family
Wouldn't it be handy if we could always choose exactly the right time for needed change. We want to be in control of when to make improvements: when there's enough money or when we have more time. And while we dally around, changes are commencing apace as usual with or without us. Excuses won't do.… Continue reading When It’s Time To Change
I found this as a draft. It belongs back there in July somewhere last summer. I'll post it here as a back flash. We are glad that it really was not quite this bad over all to be "empty nesters" for a few weeks. Just like that, it has hit again, a… Continue reading Saturday Evening Blues
"We must learn to look for miracles. We can't decide ahead of time how God will answer our prayers, lest we miss His unique way of doing it. Miracles are happening all the time...are we seeing them?" - a friend from church shared this during Sunday School" You must be willing to be expended emotionally… Continue reading Selections From The Weekend
Tribulation – Perseverance – Character – Hope (Romans 5:1-5) What really is tribulation? For me, it has been the conflict between church men.… Continue reading Monday
Someday I hope to be all grown up. To have no burning questions. To be able to move beyond indecision. To not worry. To know what is the right thing in every trouble. Someday. But now and then I gain another rung. Like this one: We have discovered that happiness in marriage is more… Continue reading Growing Up
1. Jesus reigns. If this feels dubious to you; it is not His fault. Victory is found in clinging to Him moment by moment.2. Happiness is not just an event. It is relationship. Same with faith. Commitment, too. With our Creator.3. Eternity is now. How are you spending this minute? Answer this question with destiny… Continue reading Ten Things To Know Today
Elv and I had opportunity to be in Duluth yesterday, and we grabbed at a chance to see The Rose Garden in full bloom. Garden roses were everywhere in groupings of colors and kinds. There were mowed paths and water fountains and benches to sit and look or dream or visit as you wish. The… Continue reading Don’t Waste Your Life
The daises came blooming right on the end of the trillium again this summer. Daisies grow anywhere: ditches, fields, woods, pastures, and along the roads here in Northwoods Beach. They grow over the graves of good men, says legend, thus the expression "pushing daisies". They are hardly ever bothered by pests and are grown world… Continue reading Daisies For You
Canoe rides and water play. The men enjoyed loading the red and white canoes on each their Jeeps. Elv and I took Clark's boat and perused the Billy Boy last week one evening. We found the yellow flags blooming.One of the beaver condos we pass. He caught one lonely fish, but pronounced the fishing a success since he hadn't… Continue reading Summertime
All of our daughters are away from home just now, depending on each other as friends. Two of them are married with little ones of their own. This list is from my heart to our girls. I learned these things from watching my Skrivseth Aunties and from my own mom and her sister's… Continue reading A List For The Girls
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