tiny seeds... dormant plants... time...

seeds planted...
flowers moved...
given time...
sun and rain...

they
are
beautiful...

How about...
you and I?

just imagine...

Dear ones

The dear ones who lead us...

Who touch our lives...

grow older...

The invincible

need care...

This morning,

I ask you to say a prayer.

My mother,

the one who first showed me the sunshine in life,

is headed to the hospital for surgery.

She is steadfast and calm...

I smile...

but I worry.

For you see,

I know you'll understand.

I love her.

So today,

my wishes...

my hopes...

my prayers are with you...

But, first,

they are with her.

May today bring blessings and healing to everyone who is hurting.

May we all be blessed.

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.