I am growing weary of the falling white stuff and the cold. I shouldn’t complain. I know that. I have food, shelter, warmth, power…all the things that many people do not have.
This current storm caused me to cancel my weekend trip to San Antonio. John and I gave ourselves the trip for Christmas…rather than things, we would give ourselves a weekend away someplace warm. Not happening. The good news is we got a full refund because the airline cancelled our flights…now I just have to find another weekend to take the trip.
Yesterday was my Mother’s 91st birthday…and February 1st was my Daddy’s 92nd birthday. Today is their 70th wedding anniversary.
This photo was obviously taken many years ago. These days Mother has short, thinning hair, but it is not gray…it is still dark with some gray sprinkled in, while Daddy has beautiful silver hair. He fell in November and fractured his pelvis. He was been in and out of the hospital and rehab and was moved back home on Christmas Eve. They still live in their home and have round the clock help. Two of my brothers take care of things several days a week and outside help comes in a few days a week.
This photo was taken a few years ago when all the girls were there. There are 7 kids and we are scattered from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean…we don’t all get back there at the same time very often.
Today, while I am stuck in the house and a wild storm descends on the northeast, I will thank God for my Christian home and for my loving parents. Parents that gave me unconditional love, taught me how to treat people, taught me that you can never out give God, that he has to be the Lord of all, if he is going to be Lord at all and so. much. more. You know, I cannot remember my Mother EVER raising her voice. I didn’t get that from her. I raise my voice way too often.
I am so sorry your trip got cancelled. 🙁 So disappointing when things like this happen. We actually got 5 inches of snow ourselves last night so we are ecstatic. ha. Of course it's melting fast today, so I can't imagine having snow that sticks around and gets to be a nuisance more than a toy. Praying you have a good weekend anyway and at least get to talk with your parents on the phone.
I am sorry you had to cancel your trip. That stinks. Happy Anniversary to your parents. They raised a wonderful woman I am proud to call my friend. As for the raising of the voice..I raise mine, too….especially on the gazillionth snow day of the year!
As the weeks have drug on it has been easy for me to lose hope.
Will things ever get back to some type of normal? People were not created to live in isolation.
Will we be able to see someone smile or will we always look at them and only see their eyes?
Will people gather without having to sit 6’ apart?
I don’t know the answer and I’m not posting this to debate the news media’s portrayal of the pandemic.
I’m sharing this today because I spent some time with the Lord thanking him for the things I DO have and not focusing on the things I don’t have. The things I have lost since March.
I looked up scriptures about hope.
I made a list in my prayer journal of things I’m grateful for.
Life goes on. Life crisis continues even during this pandemic. People die naturall and tragically. And babies are born. And weddings happen and new lives begin.
This crisis in our world isn’t a surprise to God.
And my hope and security is in Him.
If you scroll through the photos, you see things that made me smile this morning and reminded me of the goodness of God - even now.
With all the grief and sadness in the world I wasn’t sure how I would handle today. How I would allow myself to grieve this loss? Today when there has so much WRONG in our world. In a post @deidrariggs shared today she reminded us that life goes on. And I realized that today this is my life. And I can grieve this loss. My life goes on... I am thankful for the 4 days we had her. On Friday I will remember each event of her last day and I will remember her dying in my arms.
And I will be both sad and grateful. #infantloss #trisomy18 #stlouischildrenshospital
I am so sorry your trip got cancelled. 🙁 So disappointing when things like this happen. We actually got 5 inches of snow ourselves last night so we are ecstatic. ha. Of course it's melting fast today, so I can't imagine having snow that sticks around and gets to be a nuisance more than a toy. Praying you have a good weekend anyway and at least get to talk with your parents on the phone.
Oh, what a handsome couple–still! Know you are missing them and they you. We are finally in the 50's today and it is a welcome change.
My parents would have been married 70 years in December if they were still living–
I never heard my mother raise her voice either–what a blessing!
I am sorry you had to cancel your trip. That stinks. Happy Anniversary to your parents. They raised a wonderful woman I am proud to call my friend. As for the raising of the voice..I raise mine, too….especially on the gazillionth snow day of the year!
Happy anniversary to your parents! Not many couples get to celebrate their 70th!