What a month of work it has been!
I’ve been subbing so much I’ve neglected tons at home, so this week I resolve to get some cleaning done.
I’m waiting for the snow to melt to have a campfire—and to clean out the winter’s accumulation of cardboard and junk! The snow is still pretty deep everywhere, but the last few days have seen sunshine and the fifties.
So ready for spring.
The elbow saga has a wonderful miraculous twist. We saw a different provider, and the immediate report is that despite necrosis there is much new bone evident and the healing is remarkable! Praise to the Father, the Healer!
The woman I have been seeing for counseling recommended a Bible that highlights all the passages about healing. She suggested I pray these healing verses over Ed. There is so much to heal in our lives besides our bodies.
The sandhill cranes are back, and I know now that they recognize and love my brother (who visits from New York occasionally) because they showed right up by the house when he got here Saturday. They have been performing for him. Birds are smart. They know all of us. God’s creation continues to amaze me.
I’ve got a silly, whimsical hobby lately. I like treasure hunts when it involves thrift stores or quirky items. I love whimsy. Ed and Cherie put up with my fancies. Brian did, too, especially regarding childen’s books and hunting for long-gone gems like Hester Beatty’s “Little Owl Indian.” That book took me YEARS to find.
This year it’s strawberries. I even have a strawberry board on Pinterest.
The cuteness and flavors, fragrances and quirkiness that I’ve discovered has been so fun!
For example: I drank coffee this morning, Dunkin Donuts Chocolate Covered Stawberry flavor—–Delicious! Before this “hunt” I never would have touched the stuff (I’m a chocolate person up until now) but it has been fun to discover the joys of strawberry! Sadly this coffee is “limited edition.” A brief enjoyment.
I have found such cute strawberry stuff in unexpected places. I guess strawberries are pretty popular in Japan, so I find stationery and pens from there with that theme. I may give you a strawberry thing this year.
I found a bottle of strawberry lotion at Marshall’s that smells amazing! Anyway, I think this all started with Ed getting a bunch of strawberry plants last spring. It remains to be seen if those plants survived this wretched winter.
My mom must have had a strawberry phase too, as she had several jewelry pins with strawberries, some that she had made with decoupage at Pioneer Girls in the 1970’s. I have been wearing them to school. The kids know that I’m a strawberry nut this year. Whimsy.
It’s so cute when one of them shyly comes up to me and says “I like strawberries too!”
I remember that my first grade teacher, Mrs. Zanis, always wore pins of flies to school. It was a weird but memorable whim of hers. I loved her. She was one of my all-time favorite teachers. I remembered that whimsy is memorable.
I am seeing sunshine outside this morning. It’s chilly, but there’s expectation for a quick rise in the temps. I’ve neglected the pool and the gym last week. Just worn out. I need to get back on track.
Our Sunday School teacher reminded us yesterday that we get up in the morning and we can consciously can decide to put Jesus on the throne of our lives for the day—-or put ourselves there. It was a good thought.
I want Jesus on the throne today.
MARANATHA!