Easter

This Easter weekend was a bit different than some.  We did not have ham, or scalloped potatoes which bothered some people.  DS7 was away, and we always miss him.  We know that he was not taken to church today, since his Dad’s family is too busy with meals to squeeze it in…  Kind of backwards huh?  I worry about DS7 as he gets older and church is ignored by his Dad’s side during the religious celebrations…  Everyone can pray that God will speak to my DS7’s heart, and that he will choose the right path, when the other option is so closely presented to him.

As Easter is upon us, I am facing it with a different perspective as well.  I have been a Christian for a long time - since I was thirteen, but as Christ transformed me back then, I find myself looking for him to do it again.  Although the physical changes are the obvious ones, I have also been looking to Christ to transform my thinking, my habits, my motives.  I have certainly been feeling him working.  It is remarkable the little moments I have found to fellowship with God, when I felt like my days were too busy.  It is remarkable the way that I am feeling more connected to my husband, family, God,…  I know that it is just the beginning.  I need to take the excitement of those moments and turn them into action.  I believe that God will bless that action and plant more seeds in me to grow more.

This spring has been a refreshing one, and as we here in Canada slowly melt as spring comes upon us, I am feeling a huge cloud pass over me.  I am reaching for the warm sun, and doing what I can to throw off the darkness that winter brought with it.  I am so excited to watch the blooms that God is planning for me in the coming months and year.

The 'Move' to Wordpress

I was first introduced to the world of blogging by a good friend. That was good for a while, but I got tired of the day to day dribble, and soon Facebook took over that part of my life. Now what…

With a husband in school, and looking after 3 kiddies at home I found my self envious of the very thing that my husband was trying to force himself to do. Writing. I offered to write his thesis for him, but it turns out it helps to know something about the effects of temperature and moisture on nitrogen availability to write the thesis. Who knew 

I had a friend that had a Blogger blog. She loved the different writing challenges she was involved with, and loved the opportunity to write. Sounded great! I stayed for a while - never got involved, and found that it didn’t address the part of me that needed something.

One day I was looking for help in a message board. I found someone there that has already profoundly changed my life, and my main blog location…

As a girl one of my favorite books was Anne of Green Gables. In it there is a part where Anne is excited beyond belief to find a kindred spirit. That is what I feel like when it comes to my friend Birdy.

We are alike in many ways. We both love to sing (her better than I), we both love our kids, we both love our husbands, we both love the Lord, we both have had struggles with our families of origin, we both have issues with routines and organization (how we met), we both have issues with weight, and the list goes on and on. In other ways we are wildly different. She was born in a foreign country, I have never had the need for a passport. She cooks with curry, and I hate the smell of it (sorry!). She is traditional in ways that I am granola crunching, and visa versa.

Somehow, despite these things, or because of these things she has an amazing impact on me. I know that our friendship has caused a disruption in her schedules and life, and I am trying to give her space to keep her life her own. I also fall into funks when I feel like she gives me more than I give her. She hates it when I do that though. She would rather serve as encouragement than to increase my negative self-talk.

As I make my move to the WordPress community we also are embarking on an adventure together. My code name - GI Jane.