Blessings!

The very first blessing in my life is my faith in God. I am so thankful that I can worship freely, pray to my Heavenly Father who is concerned about each aspect of my life and guides me when I don't have a clue what to do. And tells me gently, "My precious child, just leave everything to me, trust me and I will see you through whatever you have to face in this life."
The next blessing is my family......My husband..... of 38 years, he is my soulmate, the love of my life, the one that I can tell anything and everything to and he listens. He is a gentle man, quiet with a smile that lights up his face, he is an awesome dad and grandpa, a great provider with a totally logical mind that drives me crazy sometimes!!! And surprise, surprise I like spending time with him!!!! So we won't have any problem when it comes to retirement!!
My heart fills to bursting when I think of the first time I held each of our three daughters in my arms after they were born, and how each developed their own personalities as time went on.
Our oldest, a quiet little gal who loved books, was so curious, loved animals and nature, did not like the word bed or sleep, but had a heart full of love and compassion for others and still does. She is artistic and I was constantly amazed at the projects she could finish at the last minute in her art class. I think her creative juices started flowing at the 11th hour. She spent a year at a school in Norway after High School and loved it. After she and her husband were married, they spent almost a year overseas, first 5 months on a Mercy Ship with YWAM and then she and her husband backpacked down the coast of Australia and into New Zealand. Life changing experience. She is now a mother of four and uses her gift of teaching every day as she nurtures and cares for her children..... to see them being kind to others, loving and obedient children of God but with adventurous, keen minds. I see her as a mother and am so proud.
Our second, a little blondie who from the time she was just little, filled our lives with sunshine and song. We always said that she must have had music in her head because she was always dancing down the hallways. She kept us laughing and still does. She was a doer, loved to play soccer, loved clothes, loved to play house, loved nature and building forts with her sisters and her friends, loved biking, she also has a heart for God and a compassion for people and how she can serve Him in the exact place she is at. She works out every morning at the Y and she and her husband have run in 1/2 marathons together. She too is a wonderful mom with five kids and how she manages, I'll never know but one thing I do know is that she wants to raise her children to be loving and kind and to serve God and they are. I am so proud of her and miss her so. She married a wonderful guy who happens to be an American so lives in the States.
Our youngest daughter, gentle, loving and kind is how I would describe her. She never wanted to hurt anybody's feelings. She loved sports in school and believe it or not was an awesome rugby player!!!! as well she played basketball and volleyball. She has a heart for people, loves the Lord with all her heart, is newly married - to a great guy from the States. She is our diplomat, a peacemaker but with a streak of craziness that would often come out when her and her best friend would get together!!! They also spent 6 mos travelling in Europe after high school which was a great experience. She and her friends loved doing shows, singing, dancing and just having fun!! I miss her and am so proud of her as well. Now she lives in the same city as her sister which is so good cause they have sister time, work out together and and especially coffee times are the best. I have sampled the coffee's from the cute little coffeeshop they go to ...... may I say frequently!!!! It's the best!!!
These three daughters of mine are my best friends and I thank God for them every day!!
Blessing #3 - Friends and Extended Family!! How can I express the feelings in my heart when I think of my friends and my extended family. They are wonderful, supportive, and so much fun!!! Laughing and shedding tears sometimes are just some of the things we do when we get together as we share our joys and sorrows with each other. My sisters are quite abit older than me but we have such a good time when we get together. They are absolutely loveable and crazy!!! My church friends are just the best and I love them dearly. I am so thankful for "BLESSINGS" in my life!!

The joys of biking!

I love biking. I got ready this afternoon, took my bike out for the first time, got some air in the tires and took off for Heather's house. It took me about an hour to get there because of all the hills which I walked up!!!!! I had not seen their main floor since it had been painted so I combined the exercise with a little visit!!! Nathan kept looking at this strange Gramma with the bright yellow helmet!!!!! He thought it was quite hilarious!! Anyway, I had fun coasting back to our house! My legs feel like jelly but other than that, it was great!!! Must do that more often. Remember gals, how we used to bike almost every Sunday afternoon down in the Creek, take a little lunch and just enjoy God's beautiful nature!!! We had fun pretending we were explorers, throwing stones in the water, sitting by the creek with the sun warming our faces or Daddy having a little nap on the picnic table. And now I see you doing things like that with your own kids and my heart rejoices........."This is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!"

What a great morning!

I woke up this morning after 3 hours of wonderful sleep (I work nights) and decided I had to get serious about watching the amount I eat in a day. I am doing my walking diligently and I am eating healthy but it is the amount that is the problem. So from today on it is smaller, more frequent meals. I am working on losing the pounds I gained over the Christmas season. It is an ongoing battle, this battle of the bulge but by gum, I am going to win!!!!!!! I guess it all starts with a change in your thinking patterns........so we will see.........

I saw a robin!

I saw a robin today on my walk and it just made me think how good God is! He gives us gifts when we least expect it. Let me tell you a little about me. I am an average 60 year old Canadian wife, mother and grandmother. I have a husband who loves me and lets me be me with all my quirks and funny ways, loves me when I'm sad, happy or just plain grumpy!!!! We have three beautiful daughters and three wonderful sons-in-law and would you believe it, 9 amazing grandchildren. We have seen our share of sadness with the loss of family members and close friends through illness and old age, my husband has gone through a very serious illness himself! With joy and excitement, we have seen our children grow up and have been with them through struggles and joys in their lives and through it all, through it all, it has been amazing journey. Why you ask? Because God has been with us through it all. I look back and if it wasn't for my faith, I honestly don't know where I would be. I think of the words to the song and here it is: "Through it all, through it all, I've learned to trust in Jesus, I've learned to trust in God. Through it all, through it all, I've learned to depend upon His Word!" I am so glad God loves me and not only me but every person on the face of this earth.

I am practising!!!

Boy I do need some practising in this world of blogging. I finally found out how to do another post!!!! It is so fun learning new things. Does my old brain good!! I am just trying different fonts and sizes, etc. I don't at the moment have any grand and glorious thoughts to put down because of all the technical stuff that I have to learn first but that will come!!! It is just so fun just doing what I am doing at the moment.

I have joined the blogging world!!!!!

To your surprise and mine, I decided to join the world of blogging. I don't know too much about it yet and I don't have a ditital camera so I won't be able to post pictures but one of these days, we will. I might need help from my family who are old pros at this!!!! It has been so much fun to read the updates on yours! Plus a great way to keep in touch.