Saturday, April 21, 2007
...of seedlings and Grandchildren;
What a wonder it is to plant a seed, and watch it grow. From a non descript tiny seed emerges a living plant. No matter how many times I have planted a seed I am still thrilled to witness the new growth that emerges.
Yesterday I was blessed to share some planting memories with my 3 1/2 yr old Granddaughter. She watched and then carefully placed each delicate plant into it's place, pushed the soil around the roots and packed the dirt in. Soon I heard her talking to these plantings, "you grow good" and " Isn't that better", "give you a drink"... she had been not only watching, but listening too.
Her tiny little shoes could easily walk around each little flower planting, and she would jump to the stepping stones to protect her 'baby plants'. As I looked at her tiny feet I was taken back to nearly 30 yrs ago when her mommies feet were that small and how she would help me in the strawberry bed.
I am so very grateful to God for the precious mooments I have to plant and watch seedlings grow and even more thankful and blessed to share special memories with my Grandchildren as they grow.
For now all my seedlings/children are adults or nearing that age of independence and the need to care for and work on their own garden of life. The years of caring for these seedlings from conception, birth, childhood and into adulthood has been the most wonderful and meaningful time of my life. I have been literally shaped into the person I am through the transformation that God led me through in being a mother. I am eternally Gr8ful2Him!!!
Monday, April 23, 2007
Monday, April 16, 2007
Gr8ful2Him for....
Gr8ful2Him (Grateful to Him), my creator God for who he is. ..
This title reminds me to consider who God is and to be grateful for the many things that I often overlook or take for granted.
I started out this blog sight not really knowing what I would include or write about. I am not one short on dialogue or words. But to simply have another notebook or journal to write in didn't seem to make sense to me. Hence the reason for only 2 posts since launching the site.
And so it would seem that at least for now I have a purpose in journaling/blogging on Gr8ful2Him. That being to define the very title of the blog in my own writing and journal. My life reads like a bad soap opera or an unbelievable screen play. Within the pages are details and dialogue that would weigh down the most seasoned speakers. But within each page is a reason to be grateful to God. And so I will attempt to share some of this on my blog sight, as well as new ideas and events that are revealed with each new day.
and so today ...
I am Gr8ful2Him for the gift of communication, for words and language that enables us, his creation to share our ideas, thoughts, stories and his truth with others...May he empower and guide us in the effective use of the communication skills he has blessed us with.
May I invite anyone reading this blog to share your own Gr8ful2Him comment with me and others?
"Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, In His holy mountain." Psalm 48:1
This title reminds me to consider who God is and to be grateful for the many things that I often overlook or take for granted.
I started out this blog sight not really knowing what I would include or write about. I am not one short on dialogue or words. But to simply have another notebook or journal to write in didn't seem to make sense to me. Hence the reason for only 2 posts since launching the site.
And so it would seem that at least for now I have a purpose in journaling/blogging on Gr8ful2Him. That being to define the very title of the blog in my own writing and journal. My life reads like a bad soap opera or an unbelievable screen play. Within the pages are details and dialogue that would weigh down the most seasoned speakers. But within each page is a reason to be grateful to God. And so I will attempt to share some of this on my blog sight, as well as new ideas and events that are revealed with each new day.
and so today ...
I am Gr8ful2Him for the gift of communication, for words and language that enables us, his creation to share our ideas, thoughts, stories and his truth with others...May he empower and guide us in the effective use of the communication skills he has blessed us with.
May I invite anyone reading this blog to share your own Gr8ful2Him comment with me and others?
"Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, In His holy mountain." Psalm 48:1
Monday, March 19, 2007
The Carpets always cleaner on the other side of....
The Carpet.'s always cleaner on the other side of the street...hmmm, you've heard of the grass is always greener, but what about the carpet being cleaner?
How quick we can assume that someone elses carpet just stays cleaner, just what does go on behind those closed doors when no one is looking... after the muddy shoes, animal paws, overflowing beverages, and blown in debri leaves their mark, after the door is closed and all is quiet... little elves appear from where they have been resting, ready to clean, and restore the carpet to near new condition..... whoa, you're right sounds like a fairy tale or nightmare!
But wait you say, I want, will, must have my carpet cleaner and so I must move to the other side of the street! But move you may and without the tiny and not so tiny feet that trodded, silent are the mewings and ruff ruffing of your furry companions, and no longer is there need to make beverages or carry them to the back yard to enjoy with others, because you are on the other side of the street, where the carpet is always cleaner, because no one lives there!!!
yikes what kind of story am I telling? Well today I was blessed to experience that the carpet is not always cleaner on the other side of the street, and when mistakes do happen, solutions and more can present themselves to come to our aid even better than tiny little elves from a tale.
I was blessed today to visit with LulasHardt and enjoy an unplanned adventure and exercise session. :-) Even in the midst of a suddenly dirt trodden carpet we witnessed how quickly teenagers react to the revelation that someone tracked dirt in, looking at their own shoes, seeing no evidence but each one sorry for the mess.
And poof! this prepared homemaker moves with lightening speed and re-appears with (fanfare please) 'Folex' the amazing and truly remarkable carpet restoration in a bottle! (no I don't sell it!) She sprays over the offense, and at once I seize the opportunity to join in the fun! Each of us down on our knees rubbing the solution in with our fingers (it's non toxic), she once again zips out and returns with clean white terry towels. Now comes the amazing part, as the towel is blotted and pushed into the moist carpet it removes the offending spot and transfers it to the clean towel... wow some of the teens seem to be witnessing a miracle!
How fun it was to clean up these tell tale signs of a wandering pair of dirt laden sneakers. In a few minutes this friend and I also experienced a surprise in the way of an exercise session for our total body! Bending, kneeling, 1,2 and twisting and turning 3,4 breathing, okay panting, 5,6 stretching and pushing 7,8 crawling and standing 9,10 and finally a deep cleansnig breath as we gazed upon the carpet that is cleaner on the other side of 'a teenagers sneaker'....
This fun little diversion today also reminded me that no matter how much dirt that may get tracked into our lives, in the way of words said, mistakes made, forgotten duties, that no spot or stain is too big for our Lord Jesus Christ to remove! and he doesn't even need 'Folex'!
May God encourage and bless you in your journey this day;
Pati
I must warn you this is a random and not completely edited post,
in a hurry but wanted to share it with you.
How quick we can assume that someone elses carpet just stays cleaner, just what does go on behind those closed doors when no one is looking... after the muddy shoes, animal paws, overflowing beverages, and blown in debri leaves their mark, after the door is closed and all is quiet... little elves appear from where they have been resting, ready to clean, and restore the carpet to near new condition..... whoa, you're right sounds like a fairy tale or nightmare!
But wait you say, I want, will, must have my carpet cleaner and so I must move to the other side of the street! But move you may and without the tiny and not so tiny feet that trodded, silent are the mewings and ruff ruffing of your furry companions, and no longer is there need to make beverages or carry them to the back yard to enjoy with others, because you are on the other side of the street, where the carpet is always cleaner, because no one lives there!!!
yikes what kind of story am I telling? Well today I was blessed to experience that the carpet is not always cleaner on the other side of the street, and when mistakes do happen, solutions and more can present themselves to come to our aid even better than tiny little elves from a tale.
I was blessed today to visit with LulasHardt and enjoy an unplanned adventure and exercise session. :-) Even in the midst of a suddenly dirt trodden carpet we witnessed how quickly teenagers react to the revelation that someone tracked dirt in, looking at their own shoes, seeing no evidence but each one sorry for the mess.
And poof! this prepared homemaker moves with lightening speed and re-appears with (fanfare please) 'Folex' the amazing and truly remarkable carpet restoration in a bottle! (no I don't sell it!) She sprays over the offense, and at once I seize the opportunity to join in the fun! Each of us down on our knees rubbing the solution in with our fingers (it's non toxic), she once again zips out and returns with clean white terry towels. Now comes the amazing part, as the towel is blotted and pushed into the moist carpet it removes the offending spot and transfers it to the clean towel... wow some of the teens seem to be witnessing a miracle!
How fun it was to clean up these tell tale signs of a wandering pair of dirt laden sneakers. In a few minutes this friend and I also experienced a surprise in the way of an exercise session for our total body! Bending, kneeling, 1,2 and twisting and turning 3,4 breathing, okay panting, 5,6 stretching and pushing 7,8 crawling and standing 9,10 and finally a deep cleansnig breath as we gazed upon the carpet that is cleaner on the other side of 'a teenagers sneaker'....
This fun little diversion today also reminded me that no matter how much dirt that may get tracked into our lives, in the way of words said, mistakes made, forgotten duties, that no spot or stain is too big for our Lord Jesus Christ to remove! and he doesn't even need 'Folex'!
May God encourage and bless you in your journey this day;
Pati
"The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy."
Paslm 126:3
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