Picket Fences

This is one of my favorite pictures that sat on a windowsill in my living room. However, my cats recently knocked it down and if you look you can see the cracks in the frame and there is no longer glass covering the picture. The protective glass is now in little pieces on the television stand. Still the heart of my family shows. We have had many, many things that come and break to pieces things in our lives. Whether it be health, dreams, relationships, financial loss, job loss, deaths of loved ones, lots and lots of other things. On this particular day this picture was taken, we all were exhausted. We were showing our house  for the umpteenth time with no buyer in sight.  We were stressed it wouldn't sell in time for us to move to our new home. We had also been in and out of the doctors and ER for the little guy. There were other things I am not at liberty to share. Peaceful, fun times were hard for us to find last summer. Except, that day we took off with our fr...

I have been reading and reading and reading about how hard the restrictions are on some people during this quaratine time. Some people are angry. Some people are complaining about the government. Some people think it is just plain stupid. I myself needed a break. I am sad that I am getting a break while others are suffering and dying. Still I really needed a break from my calendar. Each day was so full I was struggling to keep up with life. There are moments during this quaranting when I am dealing with a toddler, trying to get work done, and my daughter getting her school work done that make me feel as though I could go crazy. Despite that, I have had a break. Have I been able to get things done? Sort of. I am blogging again. I have unpacked a lot of things. It is good to be able to unpack since we haven't been able to really establish our home, due to some medical things in our family happening, since the day we moved in.  I don't want to look back at this time ...

The Easter holiday is tomorrow. For every believer in Jesus this is a time to celebrate the resurection of Jesus! Fortunately we are on this side of the resurrection. Over 2000 years ago they weren't on this side. They had to live through the dark period of watching Jesus being arrested and tortured. Then witnessing him dying in the most horrible way on the cross. He was then placed in a tomb. As the stone was rolled into place to close the tomb, I can imagine all of his followers hopes may have been rolled away too. Some hid in fear from the authorities, not sure of what was going to happen to them. I mean, imagine, your leader was just tortured and killed. Who was next? I wonder, as they sat in hiding, if they asked themselves the big question of "Why?" Have you ever asked that question? I have. There are times in life that it just doesn't make sense how something so painful could happen. Why? There have been times in life when a door is closed in ...

One night, when I was young and not very smart, I drove with some friends to the mountains. Our goal was to walk through the woods to a hunters cabin and tell each other scary stories. By the time we finished the drive and parked the car by the trail to the cabin, we were well primed with fear about the wild dogs that roamed the woods at night. After we got out of the car, the only thing on my mind, was to make it to the cabin without being attacked by the dogs. The stories that were told in the cabin didn't even compare to the fear I felt walking to the cabin through those dark (very dark) woods. That dark night I felt fear like I had never felt before. I put myself in a position that could have caused me life altering consequences. Over 2000 years ago, there was a time that became dark, in particular to twelve men. These twelve guys followed a man and his teachings. When that particular night fell, soldiers came and arrested this man. Each of the twelve was affected...