After I stumble out of bed in the morning, I open up the shades on the window and take a look around to see what's going on out there. Actually, I can't see clearly for the first 2 minutes or so. Once the blur leaves my eyes, I can appreciate the view. Usually, there are birds flying in and out of the ivy that climbs the pine tree. In the summer, the hummingbirds stick their beaks into the red salvia at the base of this tree. Lately, the leaves have been changing their clothes and dropping a few things on the ground. On a lazy, unrushed morning, I just rest my face on my arms on the windowsill and take it all in, while wondering what we're going to do today. You know, me and Jesus. And hubby
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This time on the windowsill is a precious, much appreciated time for me, after all the years of being a mom and wife. Long ago, our old full size bed's headboard rested against this same wall with this window right above it. My itty bitty kids would come in and crawl up onto the bed, wanting me to get up. I simply was dying for just a bit more early morning sleep. I'll never forget little Brianne, standing on the pillows, looking out the window and telling sleepy me, "Soooo, let's talk about it!" She just really wanted her sociable day to begin...by talking about whatever "it" was, with me
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The memories are sweet now and I'm glad, GRATEful that I survived the tough times, that hubby survived working very long hard hours as a U.P.S. slave oops, driver. We dealt with intense frustration at times and I even wondered once or twice if life would've been better if I'd married someone else. God would never strike me down in those moments. The grace through Jesus allowed me to see that the difficulties were not as big as I imagined and that I was indeed supposed to be right where he placed me, right with the guy who chose ME!
It was a thrill for me to look out the window this morning to see the hoarder bluejay and a squirrel, stocking up on goodies before our storm rolled in today. We've had a bit of rain, a dusting of snow and WIND. Now, we'll have to replace some fence. It's a blessing in disguise because things needed to be rearranged anyway. Some of life's events are opportunities to make a change and do it better. That's what my hope is
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