Restating…

Restating…

I have fallen for fall!  This weekend in the “land of pine trees and lakes” is really our first weekend of cool, crisp temperatures.  I cooked chili last night and my dear husband was baking his famous pumpkin bread this morning.  Pumpkin bread in our house is the sign that fall has arrived.  Forget about turning leaves, pumpkins, festivals and candy corn, at our house, it’s pumpkin bread.  It smells heavenly about now!  I should…

Thank Heaven for Girls…

Have you ever noticed that women often have an unexplainable hope when all hope seems useless?  When faced with situations that make many men run for cover, women are often able to survive.  Not only survive, but thrive.  Women are a resilent bunch as a whole.  Resourceful too.  This by no means should be interpreted as man bashing!  Far from it!  I love my guy more than I can say.  I appreciate and respect him…

Good, Better, Best…

Today, sitting at my desk at work, I ran across a funny note a co-worker left for me a while back.  It read, “get it together!”  I so want to “get it together!”   Since we last talked, my family has suffered much loss.  Dear husband and I both lost our dads within 2 months of each other.  My dad had a long hospital stay and DH’s dad went quickly, just over a couple of days. …

Expanding Time…

It has been so long since we talked!  More than a month!  My life in this little corner of “the land of pine trees and lakes” has been as full as yours has been.  Welcome to 2012! January brings new adventures for me.  I now lead the Women’s Ministry at my local church.  Excitement and a little fear flood my spirit.  Being given this opportunity is so humbling.  I have had a heart for ministry to women for…