I'll Live for Him

This old hymn just came to me as I was changing sheets today.  It reminded me of my mother's ever faithful life to her Savior and her family.  Oh that I might be a portion of her!  So, here is the chorus of that song, or refrain:

I’ll live for Him who died for me,
How happy then my life shall be!
I’ll live for Him who died for me,
My Savior and my God!

New Year Coming...

Last Christmas at my sister's house

Just a bit icy!

Merry Christmas!

Away in a Manger

One of my favorite Christmas carols is Away in a Manger.  All the verses are wonderful, but Mine is the last verse.  I hope you all have a great Christmas and enjoy time with family and friends.  We will be spending this time with part of the family and missing the others very much.  Maybe next year...

Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay
Close by me forever, and love me, I pray.

Bless all the dear children in thy tender care,
And take us to heaven, to live with Thee there.

I'll Always Miss Her

I keep expecting it to get easier and I still miss her like it was yesterday!  My Jetta!

Another Day, Another Time

I spend a lot of time in the reflective mode.  This is not bad unless it is too much, and I border on too much.  A blogger I watch had a good post recently.  It was taken from the Dr Seuss book, Oh the Places You'll Go.  She was talking about being in the waiting place.  I find way too much of my life has been spent in the waiting place.  Waiting for the kids to get out of diapers, waiting for more money, waiting to lose weight, waiting for the Holidays, waiting for summer, waiting for fall...I could go on forever because I feel like I have wasted a lot of life waiting.  I also wonder if I have left people out waiting?  Have I loved less because I was busy waiting.  Have I missed opportunities to bless someone by waiting?  Way too many what ifs and what have I done all these years to bore people with, but sometimes sleep does not come because I think about this too much.  It is water under the bridge now, but that does not stop me from looking back.  But am I looking back too much to see what is coming up next?  Or simply missing life right now wondering about the water under the bridge and waiting?  Deep Crap!  The 35 years in Oklahoma,  some of which I was waiting to live in some other place, but now I do and that does not seem like such a bad place after all.

Gratefulness

So much to be grateful for.

We went to see the MIL on Dec 4th.  It was a very nice time with her.  I came home after 3 days and the husband stayed a bit longer to have mother/son time.  It rained the whole time I was there, but that's ok.   The DC area is nice in the rain.  But once again I was reminded why I could NEVER live there for any length of time, too many people.  Oh massive amounts of people.  We were driving in the rain  in the 5:00 rush hour traffic, dark, and it was just awful.  People do that each and every day.  How do they not go crazy, oh wait , they do.  We live in an area that has plenty of people but not that many!  And we have most of the conveniences that a very populated place has.  For that I am very grateful.

Cranberries

Winter, Colorado Style

Well the beginning of winter at least.  Nothing real big, just cold with snow and not much occasionally.