It has been a long winter, with the anticipation of spring brings great excitement! April has been a cooler month with several snow storms but as the month ended May began with warm sunny days. When the birds return and you hear their songs, you know it's spring. Thank You Lord! Gardening has been something I've enjoyed for years. I've tried all sorts of different methods trying to find different ways to simplify and to have less weeding. We have been working toward no-t

I awoke with a song "I Surrender" going through my mind. I surrender, I surrender, I want to know You more... Life has been hard and challenging at times, fighting the darkness yet holding onto the light. There are days of wanting to curl up and hide, wanting to stuff emotions down by eating too much of those tasty comfort foods. For years I tried to be strong, trying to hold things together but it was in my strength not God's. I lived in fear for too long. Fear of people

Many thoughts are whirling through my mind. So much change in these last few years. Fighting for my Ken, our marriage and the heartbreak of losing him. Working through my grief and starting to find my way without him. To dream again and find purpose. It has been hard and very lonely at times. Writing the book was so healing. I've been learning in those lonely times to lean into Jesus. Instead of being lonely and wallowing in it, spending more time being alone with Je