Lucky to have

 

I didn't’ get many photos this week. 

Sunday was the 5 year anniversary of my step-daughter’s death. In years past this date racked my world for a month. This year I was able to feel the sadness at all she missed but also recognize how blessed I was to be able to have her in my life. 


I happened to glance out of the window on Sunday morning to see this beautiful sunset.
I think I posted earlier in the week that it was a sunrise because that is what I normally see.
By sunset I’m most either at work or driving home. But when I paid more attention to the photo this morning I realized that the sun rises from a different direction than this photo so it must have been sunset. 
It’s pretty either way and I’m glad I was able to step out the back door and get a photo. 


I got a gift from an old friend when we got together a few weeks ago. She gave me the mug and the Irish part of it prompted me to add some Bailey’s to my hot cocoa. 



Michelle over at Living our days always has wonderful books to recommend.

I ordered this one from Amazon at her recommendation and not only is it filled with beautiful words but the cover is so beautiful I almost wish I had ordered it in hard-cover.


We’ve had some of the coldest days of the year this past week! 

But, I still feel spring coming. 


~ ~ ~

Thankful Thursday

Friday fave fives

Comments

  1. Ginny Hartzler4 March 2021 at 12:52

    I am going to check out this book. what a wonderful friend she is. I think grief never goes away, it just softens a bit with time.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Faith5 March 2021 at 06:56

    This new absolutely sucks tens grief and what gets me through as a Christ follower is knowing i will see some loved ones again. She was a beautiful woman......

    That's a gorgeous sunset!!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Jeanette5 March 2021 at 11:54

    That is a beautiful book! I hope you find comfort in the memories of you step daughter.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Willow6 March 2021 at 08:28

    AND, I love that mug!

    ReplyDelete
  5. Barbara Harper6 March 2021 at 09:18

    It was that way after my mom passed away.--the date of her death was quite painful for a few years afterward. So were her birthday and Mother's Day, but a little less so. Now there's still a pang, but also a time of thankful remembrance for me.

    Beautiful sunset. That's a cute mug. I enjoy Michele's book recommendations, too.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Yvonne6 March 2021 at 10:59

    The hurt softens over the years. I'm glad you have many beautiful memories of your step-daughter. Hot chocolate with Baileys Irish Cream sounds perfect.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Deep peace of the running wave to you.
Deep peace of the flowing air to you.
Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.
Deep peace of the shining stars to you.
Deep peace of the gentle night to you.
Moon and stars pour their healing light on you

Popular posts from this blog

Abby and Hopie time

Image
  ~ ~ ~ Abby and Hopie go to the beach. On Saturday my granddaughter, Abigail, asked if she could come to her Hopie's house all by herself. Of course, I said I would love that! Her older brother, Verne, wanted to go to a friend's house and her younger sister, Natalie, is too young to be away from mum for an overnighter. So...it was me and Abigail for the weekend. She wanted to stay 2 nights! I think she may have been slightly motivated by the need for some alone time and Natalie's late night crying. ~ We cooked homemade cornmeal waffles together for breakfast. When your grandmother is a Montessori teacher you learn to cut your waffles up by yourself. You can see the concentration on her face.  I didn't help at all! Verne's first day of Kindergarten! I drove up in the morning to watch him get on the bus! He loves it! On Monday morning Abigail and I drove back up to her house. My daughter, Hannah, came over with delicious donuts and Bonnie made a breakfast of bacon, s
Read more

a basket from the farmer's market

Image
  A basket from the farmer's market. When I was a child my mum always had a fruit basket on the kitchen table.  Fruit was always an option if we were hungry at any time during the day. I had the same when my children were young and I noticed while visiting my daughter last week that she had a basket of apples on her table for her children. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree... I tend to put a basket of vegetables on the table as well.  Root veggies mostly since they don't need to be refrigerated.  I think that they look beautiful and why should fruit have all the fun! My favourite part is that everything (even the basket) came from the local farmer's market. It's so important to support local farmers. Healthy food - healthy planet - healthy us nature notes Image-in-ing
Read more

On the table

Image
 ~ ~ ~ A bit of reading material.  I've been collecting books again... I've almost finished Think Indigenous.  My daughter bought it as a gift for me but decided to read it first. She loved it so much it took her a bit to part with it. I am loving it as much as she did and have put it down almost all the way through  because I don't want it to be over.  Macro tex
Read more