It’s been awhile, dear readers. As a blogger for over ten years I’ve had few pauses in writing as long as I’ve had recently.
This pause gave time for an alignment job.
The quiet of grief and loss provided a necessary opportunity to pare down my life and set it on a new course.
Alignment, or realignment. So much is changed.
I’ve reassured my closest friends that my faith remains intact. I am having some trust issues, however, and it has made me more sympathetic, more merciful, more kind in my judgment of people. Generally.
I’m seeing and understanding behaviors in people that I never “got” before.
God is giving me an opportunity to relate to things I’ve never had to experience before.
Corgi Hollows is still a place to report the activity around the place, vent ideas, promote good things. It may seem a bit altered from now on.
After all, I’m not the quintessential home-school mom any more. I seem to have found a purpose in living for Jesus, it’s new and unusual for me, but the focus is still Christ.
Paring things down to make simplicity a theme has been very successful. Perhaps you haven’t seen me in awhile. I’m in a realignment.
I have chosen a new church to attend.
I have chosen to focus on the people the Lord has given me to care for.
I have chosen to be content.
I have chosen to let my grief come whenever it surfaces, but to acknowledge blessings and future hope.
I have chosen to look forward to the millennial kingdom where Christ reigns with His followers on earth. In this world we will have trouble. I will take heart knowing that Christ has overcome this world.
There has been little rain this summer, bringing the mowing season to a close early. The garden does well, and I’ve been treated to zucchini and cherry tomatoes. Corwyn, the Corgi, is still shedding profusely. I have placed a hold on a Rat Terrier puppy in Nebraska to take out the burgeoning Groundhog/Woodchuck population that will destroy my firewood shed.
I’m swimming at the YMCA almost daily to aid my neck and back issues. The result is a much more fit body and mind.
Music has been a comfort to me. My playlist includes Color Theory, Natalie Bergman, Marty Goetz, Jang Guen Suk, Hitchville, Ola Gjelo, Henry, and the Hidden In My Heart Lullabies.
I’m waiting and studying, watching and learning. I’m not the same person I was. I will probably never be the same again.
We all change gradually. Life dictates change.
Sometimes a drastic realignment is called for, especially as the result of major trouble.
I’ve had major trouble.
I’m realigned.
Going forward…