Winter Lilies

So here it is black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, and I am sitting here at home. Crowds are NOT something I enjoy, and no money to shop, so not much point in going anywhere.

We, the girls and I head out to my sister’s house tomorrow to have out Thanksgiving dinner. Her son was gone yesterday, so we postponed the family dinner, until he could be there. It is common for us to move the holiday until everyone could be present. Ususally I would have done a dinner for the girls and I, as I like to emphasize to them that we are a unit, and celebrate special occasions as well as get through the day to day stuff as a family of three. So it ends up that we have a family celebration at our house and one at my sister’s house, no matter the holiday. This year, however, I did not cook our Thanksgiving dinner, as my wrist couldn’t take it. I have promised them that I will cook our Christmas dinner, so even if my wrist is not better, that’s what will happen.

Hmm, not really sure what else to talk about today, so I guess I will get off of here, and move on to getting some other entries done over at my other blogs.

*LOL* I imagine you will all be grateful when I have more time to devote to this blog, so we get more than Sunday Scribbling’s posts!! I will also be grateful when I get this cast off my arm, so it doesn’t take me 30 minutes to type an error free 10 minute post!!

I could list many things that I am grateful for, my children, my family, my friends…The thing that I am most grateful for though, and it pretty much covers all the others too, is God. I am grateful for His love, His provisions for me, His protection, His son dying for my sins, so that I can have eternal life.

I have seen evidence of these things. Just over a month ago, His protection was very evident when the girls and I were in a car accident. The car rolled between 3 and 6 times, and we all walked away from it. The most serious injuries were my fractured wrist and Megan banged her head. God was with us that day!! If I ever get my rear in gear, I’ll post pictures of the car after the accident.

His provisions for me have been evident before, but are strikingly evident these days. I called a county fund looking for assistance, they told me about the best they could do was about $20 towards my utilities. I prayed and sought the Lord that night, and the following day. That evening I had a phone call from this place saying that they would be sending $100 to help with my rent!

God is good, and I’m grateful for being His child.

Do you know how many strangers there are in the world? Okay let’s cut it down from there. How many strangers are there in your town? Too many in my opinion!!

Do you remember a time when people used to have time to stop and chat? Do you remember when people heard that you were sick or had gotten hurt, they sent get well cards, brought dinner by, or did something else to help. I don’t remember those times, but I wish I did!!

The old west, the pioneer days, you often read about how people always helped each other out, but you don’t find that so much these days! It’s sad to my way of thinking!! The Bible expresses over and over how we are supposed to help each other, help the poor, be a cheerful giver, etc. but it seems almost extinct, even within churches. Do people not even remember the golden rule “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

Maybe it’s just where I live, and have lived in the past, but I definitely think people could and should be helping everyone out more, myself included. I can’t say how many times when I could have helped someone out, and didn’t because of some excuse I told myself.

My life is full of changes, some of which I talked about on my other blog Orchids. Other changes going on in my life are

1: I’m starting to getting involved in The Homeschool Lounge again, after months of not going there. It is a great place to find companionship with other homeschoolers, advice and to just chat.

2: I am resigning my position of Kansas HSN Coordinator. I’m just not in a position right now to really do the job the way it should be done.

3: I decided that it would be okay to do Sunday Scribblings on more than one of my blogs.

Well my wrist is killing me right now, so I’m off.

Blessings to you all!!

I can’t tell you how excited I am by the articles in Growing In Grace online magazine. The magazine is designed for young ladies, but I myself get a lot of enjoyment out of it. The contributers put in a lot of time and effort on their articles, and they turn out wonderfully!! They have something for just about anyone. Some wonderful recipes that I can’t wait to try out, tips on modesty, how to apply God’s Word to your life…It’s just great!!!

One of my most favorite articles is done by Miss Rachel and it’s called Snuggle Up With A Good Book. This month she did a review on the Circle C Adventure Series. I have not read these books, but I have heard of them, been to the website and etc. and I have to say that they sound wonderful!!! I can’t wait until I can get these books, because I’m almost sure that the girl’s will LOVE these books!!

This month, not only did she do a review, but there is a GIVEAWAY too!!! You can find the icon on my sidebar, or click below to find out how you can enter!!!

*******************Written October 31**************************************

On this day, when most are blindly dressing up in costumes and going out to seek candy, we are sitting here with tears in our eyes, and a heaviness upon our hearts!!

Our Beloved George died this morning, of unknown cause. He was a darling cat, as I’m sure you can see by the picture. Megan’s darling, as he slept with her EVERY night, without fail, no matter where she slept, he would find her. It is sweet memories we have of him. Chasing his tail and romping through the house, but most of all was the endearing bond he had with Megan.

As some of you know, he was taken to the VET earlier this week to have surgery done on one of his eyes. He came home Wednesday, and other than being just a bit tired from the surgery, he acted completely fine. Even last night, he seemed to be fine. This morning I woke up and noticed that he was not with Meg, and so I went searching for him. I found him laying in our laundry room. I couldn’t even tell if he was breathing, but upon looking closer, found he was breathing. We rushed him to the VET, where he died acouple of hours later.

We do not know what happened, we only know that we miss him dearly, and his passing has left a hole in our hearts and an emptiness in our house. It is small comfort to know that he is with God. He is not in pain anymore, for that we are thankful, though we ourselves are in pain because of his heavenly assent.

It is times like these that I wonder if God’s clock is working right..Yes, I do mean that as a joke. Here in this world I can not see why God chose to take George, as I think we’ve had enough to deal with lately…but there is the popular saying “God’s timing is not alway ours”. I hold my daughter and dry her tears as my own fall, and I tell her that God had a reason, even though it hurts us, and even though we don’t know the reason, God did have a reason. George is in a better place now.

Goodbye my dear George, we will miss you always!

I find myself fighting depression on an almost daily basis, and it hasn’t been helped by recent events. First the car accident, and all the problems that led to. Financial problems that are at the point that I don’t know how I’m going to keep a roof over our heads. One of our cats died (post to follow about that), and than conversations with friends that just hasn’t helped my mood. I feel like I’m at a breaking point, and yet I know God won’t let that happen. I dug out a book of verses about Prosperity that I haven’t read in months, and started reading it tonight. I took comfort reading over HIS promises for my life.

I have been praying, it seems like for months, but only for a few days. What I mean is that I have been in a state of constant prayer for the last few days, since we lost our beloved cat. It was a hard hit to take, after everything else that has happened. I don’t understand why God chose this time to take our George, but I’m sure He had a reason. It makes me happy to think of him in heaven with God, snuggled up beside Him, purring, as he used to do with us. Yes, I believe animals go to heaven, and will continue to believe that!

Well, I suppose that’s enough rambling for tonight. Keep us in your prayers please! Finances are a particular area that is a problem.

Thank you!