This is not the end …
Here you can see the tree on our property which was recently blown down in the windstorm. You might look at this photo and think: That’s the end of that tree. But no! This is not the end. …
Gratitude … that God does not change!
The day after Thanksgiving my phone needed a security update. This particular security update came with some unexpected changes to how my phone works. For starters, my photo app no longer looks the way it used to look. …
Gratitude … that it is finished!
Our roofing job is finally finished! It was almost two months ago that the trucks showed up on a foggy October 8th morning to drop off the building materials. As the building-materials truck was leaving (truck to the…
Gratitude … that there’s room at the table for me!
I was working on preparing Thanksgiving Dinner … the turkey was in the oven, and I was just starting to peel the potatoes. I had been listening to my favorite playlist when the song came on with these…
Gratitude … for Thanksgiving joys!
Sunlight filtering through the fog! Thank you God for Thanksgiving joys! An enormous bald eagle swooped low and slow directly overhead right at the moment I snapped the above photo. Whoa! That's amazing! Thank you God for Thanksgiving…
Gratitude … for hugs! And pie!
I had made a gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free pumpkin pie for our Thanksgiving celebrations. But in a last-minute moment of great worry that it might not actually be tasty, I decided perhaps we should have an apple pie on…
Gratitude … for an ash bucket!
I was cleaning the ashes out of the firebox yesterday. As I was doing so, it occurred to me that the ashes are a lot like what is left over from our past. The ashes are literally what…
Gratitude … that God wants to “connect” with me!
It has been a little over a week now since I joined Substack, an online community/ social-media platform where those who love to think deep esoteric thoughts can put them out there for the world to read. Within…
Gratitude … for sounds.
Have you ever thought to be grateful for sounds? To be honest, I haven’t really. I usually don’t even stop to think about the sounds I’m hearing as I go throughout my day. I just now got back…
Gratitude … for simple things!
I had just pulled the last few lingering apples from the tree, then headed over to deadhead the mums. I assumed it would be a day or so before the deer moseyed by. But no … within 10…