A New Home

This evening I signed my lease and got my keys.

Before I left my house to go in to finish up the paperwork, I loaded three things into the car. I took a Bible, my grandmother's ceramic garden toad and my statue of Mary.

After I had access to my new abode, my parents, my eldest daughter and I drove to the house.

I got out of the car and placed Mary in the center of where my front garden will be.

I placed the dear sweet toad that has been a part of happy gardens longer than I have been alive, on the side of the house near the downspout.

I motioned for the rest of my dear ones to come and handed the Bible to my dad.

I know my eldest thought I'd gone a little kooky, but it just seemed right to me.

I asked my dad to read from the book of Matthew chapter 6 verses 25 to 33.

I would have to say that these are the verses that have sustained me in my darkest hours.

They speak of trust and love; the assurance of an unending and unshakable, loving God.

Life holds no guarantees.

Sometimes sad things happen.

I really believe...

I honestly do...

That there is someone who made us...

Who loves us...

Who hears us when we cry...

I am on a path that I would never have guessed would have been mine to tread. I am sometimes scared. Sometimes I worry about the "what if's" in life.

Then...

I see a tiny toad...

Get an email from a dear friend...

Find a wonderful deal on tiny tomatoes...

Receive a hug from my children and a enthusiastic tail wag from my dog.

It is then...

that I stop...

that I realize...

How blessed I am.

That regardless of my future.

I will walk on!

That I still have a lifetime of adventure!

Tonight, I wish for you...

Peace and assurance,

joy and adventure!

May you be blessed.