Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow.
What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
James 4:14
It’s here. My birthday. 51 years old. What have I accomplished? What have I learned?
Plenty, but I am not going to elaborate on my (perceived) accomplishments or what I have learned. Just want to say thank you, Lord for…my wonderful family.
John is a wonderful father, husband and provider…and my best friend. Andy is a great son that has made tremendous strides in maturing the last two years. He works a lot, goes to school and will even empty the dishwasher and vacuum when asked…and sometimes without EVEN asking. *BIG smile*
Birthday flowers from my boss (a woman). On my desk when I got to work yesterday…
Since it is my birthday, John didn’t want me to cook tonight and I don’t like to go out on Friday. So he put dinner in the crock pot…white chicken chili! YUM!!!
I am thankful for my friends…I have many, but I have a picture of these two…
What are my plans for the day…some exercise, some cleaning and maybe (?) a bit of shopping…maybe not.
Love this song…
Lord, please help me to live for you and to live like today was my last day. Your gifts to me are so abundant that saying thank you, isn’t enough.
Friends, I hope your day is as lovely as I plan on making mine!!
Blessings…and have a great weekend…I plan on having a great one!!!
Happy birthday!! Ok, John is a totally rockin' husband for taking care of dinner. That is so sweet that your boss gave you flowers! And I think you should NOT clean today. Have a great birthday.
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
Happy birthday!! Ok, John is a totally rockin' husband for taking care of dinner. That is so sweet that your boss gave you flowers! And I think you should NOT clean today. Have a great birthday.
Hey sweet friend, God bless you richly on this your very special day–Happy, happy birthday! ♥ u much!
Happy birthday, sweet friend! May God bless today and always 🙂
Happy Birthday!!!
Hope you had a wonderful one.
Happy, happy, happy birthday, dear friend. You look great! I pray that this year will be a wonderful year…full of God's blessings and mercies.
Hugs
~a