Go. Be. Do.

"Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; give me life in Your ways." Psalm 119:37 I read this verse early this morning and thought it was very fitting for today...every day, really. That is my prayer. I fail. I succeed. I try to stay focused on the important things. As I thought about this month of blogging through each day and finding the gifts in each and every one of them, I realized that this very thing has been a gift. You see, this month has held some very difficult days for me. Had it not been for the nudge from the Holy Spirit to keep up and follow through with what God placed on my heart to do on this blog, I would have allowed many days to go by without seeing and appreciating their gifts. Each day is a blessing in one way or another. I truly believe this. The rough days still had a blessing in them. I just had to intentionally seek them out. I had to be looking for the good and letting the distractions fall to the wayside. I had to turn fro...

Thursday, May 30th Truth be told, I am very thankful that Friday comes in the morning. Yes, it is my birthday, but more so because we have survived week one in 900 sq. ft. with a wee bit of sanity remaining. Living in a constant state of tight corners takes its toll on a person. I personally am thankful for God granting us grace through these days. They linger ahead for a time and we are all longing for a bit of home sweet home again. In the afternoon hours today, we went to our new library. It is really our old library, but the boys were only 2 and 3 when we relocated across town and to a new library. There were a few moments of wavering faith in this new adventure. The boys loved the Central Library. Thankfully, it did not take long to find their favorite authors and discover even more books at this library than at Central. Nothing like a good book to make a day better! We were also thankful for the puzzle section in the library. The hours flew by once we sat down and...

Wednesday, May 29th How does time go so slowly and quickly at the same time?!? Twenty-nine days into this birthday season with only two to go...bittersweet! Today's gifts... Grass (one day no grass, the next...presto!! We have a yard!) Love it already...but I haven't had to do anything to it yet. :) Crickets and frogs (they are happily chirping and croaking themselves into my heart.) Fishing with my sister and niece (very thankful the bass were hungry today!) Playing Uno with the family...so much fun! Last, but not least, I was able to check off something on my to-do list of things before I leave. Success is due to my wonderful sister taking the kids to eat ice cream and a few other things that an aunt does for her nephews that her sister won't...like go to the candy store in town...while I shop for window coverings. It amazes me how some things one dreads end up being not so bad afterall.

Tuesday, May 28 Could you tell by all my mistakes that I was tired when typing my last post? I really cannot wait to be on my laptop again. My thumbs are threatening an early retirement.  I also just realized it's now Thursday, so I am officially two days behind on blogging through my birthday season...will have to keep this short. I will say, though, I had just looked at the posts to make sure of which day I left off on and am amazed at the number of people reading along. Not much happening since school is out? :) It blesses me, so I thank you. As for Tuesdays gifts...more warm weather, family time at my in-laws, swimming, and many laughs . My boys have said some pretty funny things these past couple of days! Wish I could remember them all...but I can't, so you will have to take my word on it. Spent time chatting with my sister last night. I love her and her laugh! Makes me wish we lived closer still...but at least there are moments like these.

Monday, May 27th Happy Memorial Day! A day where those who have lived, served, and died for our country are remembered and honored. This morning we finished up our school year. Happy summer vacation!!! This in itself is a gift , but I am even more blessed by the gift of homeschooling the boys. It works for us and we all enjoy our time together. The boys made all A's the entire school year and retain the info so well. They make me so proud to be their mom. In other news today, family came in for a visit, the paint is almost all up on the walls of the house, and it is warm outside!

Typing up posts on my phone is a challenge, so please forgive any typos that I miss correcting. Editing on my phone is even more difficult than typing. :) Also, the new paragraphs never show as new paragraphs...everything runs together. [I have now edited most posts to show the breaks.] Just a little fyi for those who are like me and proofread things before going for content. Now you know a little quirk of mine. Today, it was good to worship and be with fellow believers. After church it was so wonderful to have some time to relax...and eat homecooked food! Today's gifts include finding a whole bunch of worms, having time to go fishing with found worms, catching a few fish, and hooking the largest snapping turtle I have ever seen. Thankfully, he straightened out the hook enough to get off on his own. It was cool to see such a creature! His head was larger than my fist. Well, let me just add another gift...as I was typing the above stuff, Alex came in banged up from a mo...

Saturday, May 25th The final few items were retrieved from the house this morning...happy dance! We had all the final things unloaded by noon and were off to enjoy the afternoon swimming with Nana (my m-i-l). She surprised me with an early birthday celebration! I felt so loved! Can I say that being outside never felt better or more relaxing than after a week of packing and moving? Today, the gift was family time fun in the sun. I am blessed. God is good!