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A bit of Grace

by | Aug 2, 2011 | Uncategorized

Reconciliation:
to become friendly with someone after estrangement
or to re-establish friendly relations between two or more people.
That is the definition of reconciliation from dictionary.com.

Have you ever been given a gift to your heart?
A REAL gift from the heart from someone with whom
you have had a wounded and confused and almost broken relationship with?
I am following up on the writing I did on January 30th.
I was in a relationship that was strained at the time.
Broken.
Fractured.
Like a leg or arm that needed healing after a break
my heart needed time to repair itself.
My heart hurt very deeply and felt
shattered.
My spirit in a cast recovering
from the shock and wound
given to me
by someone I cared for.

After much time
After much prayer
Deep prayer.
Distance.
More prayer.
More distance.
And more time.

This person and I are healing our relationship.
We gave each other the gifts of our hearts and
we are pressing forward towards a new beginning with each other.
Some relationships have more value than others
and this one was very valuable to me.
It was important for us to do the ‘steps’
to make it healthy and new ~ 
different and restored.
The depth of the
the misunderstanding and
the words
were like huge boulders that stood in the way
of a clear chance of relationship building.
We remained blocked by chunks of rock that hurt the relationship.
A series of circumstances took place
and a phone call or two took place
and the realization that we missed each other
took place within our hearts
and it was good.
What was done
What was wrong
What was spoken out loud.
Was forgiven ~ Not forgotten ~ But forgiven.
Love can build a bridge if we allow it to heal
our hearts.
Love can build a bridge that crosses from one side of brokenness
to the other side of complete healing.
Love can build a bridge
like a safety shelter from the raging danger below.
There is danger all around us
if we don’t be careful.
Words hurt
Words break hearts.
Words also can heal and restore and renew
what was sacred and precious if given the opportunity to redeem oneself.
Love can bridge the wounded
so long as they are both willing to start from each side
and meet in the middle.
A middle ground is a gift between two people
who have been wounded and hurt and broken.
Moving towards being forever friends and forever healed and
forever caring for each others hearts.
We move slow
We move carefully
We realize this gift from the heart is a gift we cannot discount.
If we learn the lesson to heal and move forward and never do something
to hurt each other again.
Have you been given that chance by someone
to start over and begin new and fresh with a new ‘attitude and process’?
Do you need to?
Perhaps there is someone in your life who needs a bit of Grace given to them.
Just something to think about today.

Sharing family photos

by | Jul 27, 2011 | Uncategorized

My husband and I at our favorite place the beach.

 
A Father and Son picture isn’t is just too funny?

        

Our Son Christopher and his wife Sarah have three little boys!
 
Super Heroes ~ Samuel, Seth and Josiah

Our daughter Sarah and her husband Doug… have three daughters.

Hannah, Alexis and Faith 

Yes Hannah on left and Alexis on right are identical twins and Yes they surprised this grandma and grandpa we had no idea we would have twins in the family. In this photo they were a week old.

We are so blessed to have all six of these beautiful grand children. We feel it is an honor and a privilege to pray for them and support them.  Samuel, Hannah and Alexis are all age 7 Josiah is age 3 Seth is now age 10 months and Faith just turned 12.

We could not be happier grandparents…God has blessed us far beyond what we ever thought possible.

Relay for Life

by | Jul 25, 2011 | Uncategorized

This last weekend was the Wilsonville relay for life.
It is a cancer walk to raise funds for cancer research. 
My daughter was one of the head ‘directors’ in charge of corporate giving.
This is my grand daughter and I walking the walk.
Faith Elizabeth is going to be in 7th grade.
Yes she is tiny in size although she has some height going for her.
I am five feet tall so you can see she is catching up with me.
The relay is from Friday night 6 pm to Saturday morning closing at 10 am.
The final count for donations at 10 am
$60,000.00
Isn’t that awesome?
CANCER research will go on and hopefully many diseases will be cured.
We walked for mom O and for my dad N who is still fighting the fight.

Birds and little girls

by | Jul 20, 2011 | Uncategorized

The grand daughters were having fun playing and running around the back yard playing in the sprinklers with Emma my dog.
Then of course big sister Faith gets the hose and decides to squirt the little ones.
It was fun to watch them scream and run away then come back for more.
Yes they are twins Hannah and Alexis age 7 years and Faith is 12 not a lot bigger than they are.
In the mean time…
The papa and mama bird on the patio were showing signs of being nervous because they had ‘new’ eggs in the bird house and they didn’t want them to be bothered by happy children. Or soaked by a hose or whatever else birds see as a danger to their newly laid eggs. I told the girls to be very careful.

Waiting patiently for the noise to stop and the children to leave… papa bird sat on the fence watching for the opportunity to ‘check’ on his babies to be. He is the most care taking papa I have seen and this is our second batch of babies in the last 3 months. He was there sitting at the house before he even found a mama to set up a home with. It has been fun to watch him woo her and wait for little ones.

He would move closer then move away… the eggs are in the nest to the right and papa was showing signs of agitation and anxiety. Wanting to protect whatever that nest held inside. I often wanted to peek inside it but I am way too short and to step on a stool would be not so safe.
After what seemed like an hour I told the girls we needed to go in or go to the courtyard so the eggs can be checked on by the papa bird. He was wanting to see if things were alright.

          He would move from bird house to bird house
          waiting for the time to fly into their own.

Still waiting for the time…
after the children left the patio and the quiet settled in he finally flew into the right bird house and I imagine sat for a while on the eggs. About two weeks later we have at least two babies perhaps three and he is the most doting papa bird much more than the mama bird. I placed bird feeders near them so they have seeds and whatever they might need for the babies. This has been a very fun year watching each batch of families for a brief amount of time. I think I could be a bird person it is fascinating to watch how they take care of their own and just hang out.

Before we all left the patio my oldest grand daughter thought she would try to squirt grandma… not a good idea.  I captured a cute picture anyway. Isn’t that the most ‘oh my gosh I was caught look?’

Title of the picture is: Don’t you dare squirt your grandma with that cold water…Isn’t she cute??