blue

     Hey all…..I’m so blue-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo because I just saw my husband off to Peru. He and three others are going on a mission trip.  He’ll also see our son who is a missionary down there and they will work together.

     We are hardly EVER apart.  Even when I visit family, we call each other through out the day. This time he and I can’t talk whenever we want to.  First, he’ll have to use the mission phone, second, his days are planned out for every minute, and thirdly, I can’t call him because he won’t have a phone in the rooms he’s staying in.

      Oh well, you know what they say, “absense makes the heart grow fonder”.  All I know is my heart is down right achey right now “achey, breaky” (hey that reminds me of a song).:)

     I know that he will be a blessing to the folks in Peru and that our son will greatly benefit seeing his dad.  Here’s praying for a safe and profitable journey!  I also pray that our church and their’s will continue this relationship to the glory of God!

 Will those of you who read this pray for them as well?

Thanks   

get real!

Someone told me recently (you know who you are) that I sound like a “church lady”. You know what?  I think they’re right.  After re reading my posts, I realized they don’t sound like me.  They might represent a part of me, but they’re not really all of me. Therefore…….I will talk in my “normal” voice.  I will say however, that I’m a crazy woman.  I talk to myself (out loud)!  I even address  myself by my first name (me, myself and I are on a first name basis) teehee. I remember riding in the car with my then 3 yr old daughter, Susannah.  I was just having a great conversation with “me” when I heard a little voice say, “Mama, who are you talking to?” Uh, oh I just showed my daughter that I’m a crazy woman I said this, mind you, out loud to myself!    Well, Susannah, I’m still talking to myself, only it’s on this blog thing as well!  Goodnight! and it’s been great talking to “you”!

tea party

      Hello friends and family!  Today we celebrated my good friend’s birthday.  One of the ways I like to bless the ladies of my church is through having tea.  I just hosted such an occasion today.  I served lemon/poppyseed scones, brown betty scones, lemon bars, rich chocalate brownies with frosting, chicken salad sandwiches on croisants, cucumber sand., fresh fruit and of course TEA! We had blueberry and English Breakfast tea (my son sent this tea to me). The food was delicious, if I do say so myself. (that sounds really smug)  Anyway, that was the menu.

     What really made the tea special is the fellowship that surrounded the table.  Wow, what beautiful ladies!  I’m not just talking about their looks and clothing(although all were dressed so femininely).  But I am talking about the sweet spirit of loveliness these women of God displayed in their speech, thoughtfulness, and servant’s hearts.  The birthday girl left feeling uplifted and I think refueled to go about her duties as a mother to six boys.  Having had five boys and two girls myself I can sort of relate!

     We all live such scattered, busy lives. Too busy to visit.  Too busy to be still.  Too busy to pray.  Too busy to think.  Just plain ole toooooo busy…..  I really think there is a time and a season for certain things.  However, I feel we as women need to take time now and then to glean from one another.  Even if it’s a quick cup of coffee while the kids play on the lawn.  There seems to be no community anymore.  With central air and heat and tvs in the bedroom, there’s no need to congregate.  We are really missing something here!

     Each time I give a tea party for the ladies, I see the excitement and joy it brings to their scattered lives.  The pretty tea things. The flowers.  Even pretty food.  But mostly the opportunity for union between kindred spirits, even if it’s for only a couple of hours in the midst of busy days.  That, my friends, is food for the soul.

Back Home

I just got back from Texas a couple of weeks ago. I was visiting family and I must say, I came home encouraged!  I have two nieces out there who are homeschool grads, happily married, have little ones whom they homeschool, are cheerleaders for home births, eat organically, make their own bread, and they love the Lord!

     I don’t know about all of you “older women”, but over the years I have lost some of that zeal and excitement.  I am pressing on in my own homeschool. Also, there was a time when I ground my wheat and baked our bread.  Once upon a time, I was zealous for homeschool. I have seven children and I’ve homeschooled all of them. I’m appoaching the end as I’m schooling the last two:(. It’s so easy to think that one has “arrived”. When in reality, I’ve only just begun to live. There is so much more to learn, to do and to be. I left my sweet 18 yr old daughter with her cousins so she could be a support to them and so she could be mentored by them. What a lovely sight to see one’s daughter growing in the grace and knowledge of her Lord!

     In short, we never stop learning and what a joy that the younger ones can now teach us. Wasn’t that one of the goals to begin with? That our children would be further along the path of glorifying God than we were when we first started out?