Deep Thinking.....

I was looking through pictures yesterday because I am planning to make a page of friends and loved ones that have passed away. I have not done this yet because reactions have run the scale...I have had some raised eyebrows and "some that is a great idea" as well as one "you are so sick" I believe. If I do this it will be of people when they were alive and well so I don't personally see anything so sick about it. Anyway, it got me to thinking because as I was looking at these pics everyone of them had their own unique personality. It set me to thinking of when we were having our kids the reactions we got from "we would never have anything" to "that is wonderful." I guess if we didn't have 4 we might have more "things" but we would of missed out on so much because they are all unique. I also wondered what people would say or remember about me if I were gone. I asked the Lord to help me be a kinder more gentler person because I guess most of us want to be remembered as good and decent! Anyway, that is my thought for this day....I want to maybe make the world a better place for my having been here!

FOOD!!!

While I was somewhat confined to the house I cooked and cleaned.....ok I cooked more than cleaned but I made the YUMMY, FUDGY, PUDGY cake from the latest TOH magazine and it was soooo good. I also make homemade bread and several other things that were good. Those of you who get TOH you need to try the cake and it you do not get the mag you can go to their site and get recipes. This is not the cake but it is similar!

Janiece, did you get the recipe I sent to you from TOH? Oh, is it a sign of old age that wringing a rag out several times while cleaning my cabinets caused me great hurt in my wrist? Do I need to halt all cleaning?

Written in stone....sort of

As far as I know we will leave here on August 16th and head to Indiana. We will be at church on the 19th if the Lord wills and as far as I know so will my mom. I am excited to be there but I dread the trip. I get road weary after the first 100 or less miles. I told Daniel I would have to dig out my cross stitch! I only do that on trips it seems. I would rather cook than do fancy work!

Random thoughts

I have not been here for a few days because I have been dealing with an "issue" I don't care to discuss as well as cleaning house because it needs to be spotless when we leave to head North. Daniel's idea~~not mine! Anyway, I was cleaning the inside of my cabinets and it was quiet in my house......as your kids get older they get quiet now and then and it does not mean they are painting walls or giving each other haircuts! Anyway, it was TOO quiet so I popped my mom's tape in and she was singing, "when I survey" and it was beautiful. I asked Abby if she could just see the sorow and love flowing down but I guess that was for me alone because she could not. I still love to hear my mom sing and there are some songs that are just hers! (in my head) Just like I really don't care to hear anyone except Karen sing "wall of Prayer" Yes, I have heard that Brian Free sings it beautifully but I just don't care 'cause that is "Karen's song." And "Champion of Love" is Sara, Janiece's and Marylee's. I am weird I know. I wonder why people like you all get nervous to sing. My mom gets nervous and I asked why and she said she just does. Now if I could sing I do not think I would get nervous at all! I was singing the other day and Jacob(unbeknownst to me) was on the phone and his friend wanted to know what it was and Jacob said I was singing and that the fact that I can't do that never stopped me. Wonder if he thought someone was killing a cat!!!???? When we were told to make a joyful noise God was covering people like me! I do make a joyful noise!

Our Friend

Another of our Dear friends has gone on before us...We were so saddened to hear that Brother Fritz had parted this life. Well, we were sad for ourselves but glad for him that now he is strong and full of life again. He was our pastor for most of the 8 years that we lived in Michigan and he was very kind and such a gentle person. Jonathon knew him better than our other children and thought for a long time that he was his grandpa.