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  “Timing Is Everything”   My Perspective Makes a Difference "A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE POND",  discovered and photographed by our middle son. Bible verses often speak to me in different ways at different times. They can be medicine for my soul. But sometimes, it's not the right time for that particular "medicine" (verse or passage). This morning, I read some verses that were just what I needed, but in a different moment, could have leveled me- like a few moments that occurred just last night.  Yesterday was a beautiful day. The day held a rare, special feeling that made it glow like one of the "best days ever”. It wasnt the weather, it was quite uncomfortable around here. And it definitely was not because I was in a tropical paradise, because I stayed close to home and the midwest is wonderful, but it's no tropical paradise! Instead, it glowed because each moment fit together just like it was supposed to, only better. Days like that are rare and preci

Come On a Photo and Word Journey With Me: Taking a Deep Breath , Sharing the Present, Looking Into My Past     Our dog, Marvel, lounging-  with us at the pond. OR ~ A walk through some photos with me while I reminisce and share my thoughts Some of "our growing guys" lounging at the pond. Welcome back. I am so glad you dropped by. For a few weeks now, we (my family and I) weathered multiple cycles of conversing, writing, re-writinig, editing, and publishing as I churned out posts with their support, insight and edititing prowess holding me up. After I pushed through the last large piece, I was not sure what was up next on the blog. As an escape, I dipped into boxes of old photos that needed to be organized and cared for before our move planned for later this summer. I enjoyed looking at the many pictures and, sharing some of them, and I even turned a few of them into "art pieces." I would also love to digitize those photos soon. I found some beautiful ones from my ea

Sunday Where My Heart Is Resting These Days ~A Heart Story That Might Sting Just a Little~ 💜💓💙 💓 💜 Happy Sunday. I hope today finds you blessed and refreshed. Confessions are hard, but I hope that in sharing mine, I can bless you and even myself as I pour them out. Sundays are quite different now than they used to be. I used to put so much pressure on myself to "get everything right" on Sunday mornings that I often missed the blessing or the refreshing/resting, and sometimes I missed both.  In my hurry, scramble and push to show up looking my best and in drive to do my best at home and at church. Once children came along, then having "the children" looking and doing (behaving) their best always trumped, but never took away my scramblings to also have myself appearing cared for. I think that I missed the whole point of Sundays. I admit, I was quite young and naive. On top of that, I took my religion quite seriously. I took EVERYTHING seriously. The reasons for w