21!
Jim was diagnosed 21 months before he went to heaven and now it has been 21 months since he has been there. Today the sermon was all about marriage. UGH! Had I known I would have skipped it! It is so hard to feel like I fit anywhere anymore. On another, more positive note, my…
Another Happy thought!
Clayton helped as a counselor at VBS this week with first grade boys. Now he is on his way to Hydesville CA to do another round of VBS
Time Flies!
Wow! Where has the time gone? They say, Time flies when you’re having fun, or as Kermit the Frog once said, Time’s fun when you’re having flies. Perception of time is a really interesting thing! A kid is waiting for Christmas morning feels it will never get here and his parents are shocked that it…
I am not a single parent!
I think it is interesting to be a widow in one respect – that of a parent. I feel like I am still married for starters, but I also I am not really parenting alone. Jim’s influence and leadership are still powerfully present in our family. Maybe because I don’t feel “single” in the true…
Fresh Start
So it would seem that a new job has inspired several other new or fresh starts, including working on diet and exercise, developing a new normal as far as daily routines go, and cracking some new books. It would seem that I have, for the first time in a long time, mustered some new motivation!…
A New Chapter!
When Jim got sick, I really wanted to be with him every minute of the journey to recovery, but God knew others needed to spend time with him too (and that he would not recover!). I knew I would need to get a job with benefits and God provided for our needs by getting me…
5 Day Challenge – a retrospective
This past week I participated in the “Poverty Fast” with my church family in Illinois. While I could not commit to the “no caffeine” rule without getting a headache at work, I pretty much followed the rest of the guidelines. Everyday food intake was restricted to one cup oatmeal for breakfast and a one cup…
Mother’s Day 2012!
Today we went to Disneyland and met my mom and sister. It was a very fun day. The highlight was seeing Rapunzel in her tower in Fantasyland. We left right before Flynn Rider showed up…but Clayton imitated him well. After that we ate at Ruby’s and now I am getting ready to have a cup…