I typed this up about two weeks ago and never finished it….

Today I happened to glance outside and saw two teeny fawns skipping and racing around our back yard. A few moments later they were gone. It boggles my mind to think of all the natural beauty that no human ever lays eyes on. I can’t believe all the fulfilled longings I have experienced recently. I took my kids, Kirstie and Seth blueberry picking last week. Blueberries are one of the finest foods ever invented! I feel at last, I am enjoying God’s good gifts rather than fearing that the things I enjoy might be rudely snatched from me. There’s such a delicate distinction between fearing God, loving and serving Him, in a rightful sense and being wretchedly overcome with worries and fears of what God might do. God loves to give good gifts to His children. My soul thrills with that reality. Oh how I love my children! Life with a three, two and one-year-old is full. It has been something of a juggling act in recent days to keep everyone fed, clean and clothed, disciplined and dare I say happy, along with a tidy house, up-to-date homework, and on time for the many fun activities that summer days bring. J Some days I think, “It should not be this hard!” However my recent run-in with another driver made me yet again think how much I LOVE my husband and my precious children. If a reckless driver hit me head-on today and I went to Glory, my sweet little ones would not even remember me a few years from now, but they Need me. It is a joy to be needed. The type of service required as a mother of little ones is eternally rewarding. I am so thankful to God for all His good blessings on my life. I love this home we are living in. It is a present from God, complete with all the trimmings my heart could desire. I love seeing the wildlife that happen into the vast sea of greenness to frolic or munch on our mown lawn. I love discovering wild black raspberries around the entire perimeter of our yard.  I love meeting my friend’s and sister’s new babies and marveling at God’s gift of new life.

This weekend’s events of Jenny’s baby shower and Mrs. Wold’s bridal shower sent me into more sentimental reveries. I got to meet Mrs. Rodgers, my soon-to-be neighbor.  I can scarcely believe that my little flock will soon be playing in the same back yard that I spent so many happy hours playing with the Wolds. Mrs. Rodgers had just learned of Mrs. Wold’s engagement and was so happy that special home would still be filled with children after the Wold children move. It is so sweet to me that God would have us fill in that piece of the puzzle as Mrs. Wold begins married life anew and her home holds many special memories for scores of friends and family.