Friday, June 29, 2012

Independence Day





Thinking of my dad today…This is his craftsmanship…As I thought about my life and putting it back together again…     


looked over at the Uncle Sam laying on the ground broken and paint chipped…One of the few things I have left that he made...


Something inside said.."Pick it up and fix it" So I did…and I realized that's exactly what Jesus is doing for me…He is fixing me and putting me back together again!


Luke 10:27 “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.”


So many of my 4th of July's were spent with Mell in Alaska or other places... it seems strange to be here! But anyway…Happy 4th of July !!!

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Life Adventure Journey Continues...

Elk in the Smokies

Osprey Nest on the Island

My 1st adventure to Shell beach

Sea bass caught at Barbour Island Pond

Drum fish caught at Barbour Island Pond

Barbour Island from Bird Island 
Avi meets Pig!

Avi swimming with the Big dogs!

Bird Island…Steve & Mindi's grandson 

Avi watching over her chicks
they are twice this size now!

Chicken run and coop…I built the run…the coop was already there.
It was a playhouse for the boys when they were little.

My garden  when I first planted it..the tomatoes are higher than
the house now!

A side trail in the Smokies to an old logging road. Ruins of  something?


Its been six months since I have written ... I feel God’s press
that its time to write again.
So much has happened since January...
In March I decided to get baby chicks...I love animals and somehow it’s sorta been therapy to me...I started a garden and have lots of tomatoes!
I love watching things grow! Even the baby chicks which are
now about 3 months old and starting to look like chickens!
I notice each little change ... Its amazing what God has made and the way He made us!
There has been much change in me too! I still can’t wait to see Mell again and I stand on that Hope! I don’t think that will ever change, but the intense pain has eased and I hate thinking that someone else has to endure such PAIN!
My friend who just lost her dad called the other day and now her 16 year old dog is near death. Her intense pain reminded me of how we need to cherish the time we have with our loved ones...slow down and smell the roses!
I have endured several small accidents and with each I found myself missing Mell all the more. With each I could hear him say...”You be careful” “OK?”...He was always telling me to be careful in everything I did...so maybe I forget to be careful without him...but I always hear him afterwards! Oh well...so much for hindsight!
I spent 8 days at the Island...my longest trip since losing Mell...
Have done several backpacks...
I Started a new small group in my home...God has been good...and I can’t complain.
Psalm 145:3
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
    and his greatness is unsearchable.