The Simple Woman's Daybook

For Today:

Sunday
July 22, 2018

Looking out my window...It is very hazy as the smoke from a nearby forest fire fills the air.  Our grass and kind of small pasture is very green and the flowers and herbs are thriving.  Despite the haze from the smoke, I do see blue in the sky. 

I am thinking...about the sermon we had at church today and how relevant it is to my life right now.  It's a new series called "Road Trip" and is about discovering the adventure GOD has for you. This first part was about reading the map. That's it in a nut shell.  So I can try to remember more and go back and look I take lots of notes.  Today it was 5 pages!! SO GOOD!

I am thankful...that we found a wonderful church to worship and fellowship in our community that my husband, daughter, and I all like.  It has been important to us to stay within our small town...city. I'm not sure. If it's 28,700 or so people and we live next to a city that has 465,100 people, does that make us a small town or a small city?

One of my favorite things...making a special Sunday dinner for my family. It is difficult for us all to get together to be able to sit at the table and I am so grateful that we can right now.  My boys are 18 and 19.  They are both in college this fall. A Freshman and a Sophomore. They are going to a community college to start and they are living at home for now!  I admit that I hope they choose one of the local universities to finish their education.

I am creating...Christmas ornaments.  I am part of an ornament swap and need to make 12.  I am going to do them all different as they are going to a dear friend who has terminal cancer. She is a very crafty person and we do this every year. Usually not so many, but she asked and so I will. I love her so very much and we have been friends for 26 years.  We went to high school together and she helped save my life.  Literally.  I want to do all that I can to honor our friendship and show her what she means to me. Life can be so very hard.

I am wearing...a jean skirt that goes right below my knees and a shirt with dark and light pink flowers and some lace on it.  I love shirts that flare out and this one does. Also in the arms. So, it is a hippie-ish shirt and that's just the way I like it.

I am reading...a book called Genius Foods by Max Lugavere with Dr. Paul Grewal.  It's about how to feed and nurture our brains.  It can help prevent dementia, Alzheimer or cognitive loss.  It can also help slow it down if it is happening.  Since it is happening for me, I want to do everything I can.  I have been reading A LOT of books on these things. Also watching anything I can find on these subjects.

I am hoping...that God will heal me. If He doesn't and this is really the road I have to travel then I hope for acceptance and an opportunity to slow things down so that I can be present and with my family for as long as is possible.

I am learning...to let go and let God.  I want to know, feel and trust in His peace.

In my kitchen...we had a little family BBQ today.  I made hamburger buns and three loaves of bread from scratch.  My husband grilled the hamburgers and ears of corn that I had prepared.  I made my Mama's potato salad and a fresh salad.  I forgot the sun tea.  So, we didn't have that.  Water is always good!

In the school room...oh my...our son, Lance, signed up for his first semester of college classes.  It's just surreal to me that I have two boys in college now.  I've been looking through some different math curriculum for my daughter.  She struggles a bit in that subject.  We're on break right now.  Her Paps starts leave in a few days.  We homeschool year round.

In my garden...I planted three rose bushes.  The yellow one is for my Grammy.  She had rose bushes all around her house and it smelled divine. I planted a pink rose for Grace.  It's next to a red rose called the Tyler rose.  Grace's best friend's name was Tyler.  Tyler committed suicide in the fall of 2016.  When I happened upon that rose I couldn't believe it.  Her rose and Grace's are planted side by side and they are both in bloom.  I think that it was healing for Grace to be able to plant them.  I ache for my daughter and Tyler's family.  It's one of the hardest things that we have ever gone through. I can't imagine how our friends must ache.  I pray for them and if you want to, you can say a prayer for them right now, too.  Thank you.

Board room:

From my Faith board on Pinterest

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Shared Quote:

"Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It is simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step." Joni Erickson Tada

A moment from my day:

I don't have a picture, but I can describe the moment. I was looking through our CDs to get rid of a few that are scratched or we don't need. I found a Veggie Tales worship CD that my kids loved to listen to when they were little. I played it for them and danced so silly.  We all did and it was fun to go back for a visit on memory lane. I love them so. 

Closing Notes:

Thank you for visiting and getting to the end of my wordy post. I pray you have a beautiful and blessed week. Until next time!

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