March 15,2018

Greetings My Friend,

I have bread rising in the kitchen, so I decided I needed to rest for a bit, more than likely the rest of the night. With the snow outside I decided to make the day a pajama day. When I first retired I found myself living in my pajamas, in the last few years I like getting up and getting dressed so that at the end of the day getting into my pajama's is a treat. My camera shows me flashbacks of pictures I have taken anywhere from a year ago to three years ago. As I was looking at some flash back's I noticed that by this time in March everything was in the process of greening up. I did notice last week as we were in Tennessee about 3 hours from us I saw the first buds of green on some of the undergrowth in the woods. I am waiting expectantly for the greening process to begin in earnest but instead we have snow, a couple of snow days this week. Junior has been working a bit on cleaning up the porch which excites me. I am longing to get outside in my new hiking boots to look for kindling and wood for Junior to chop up for the wood stove, I have been looking on Pinterest in search learning how to sew a gathering apron. I found one pattern using an old pillow case. This way I can put the apron on to go in search of berries that grow wild on our property, later maybe I can bring in the chestnuts, pawpaw's even black walnuts. Junior has planted some seeds to grow in containers on the porch my mind is anxious for the chance to get outside. Brenda came by for a visit so we are having fun talking about all that is going on with her. After we talked and I walked her through my prayer with Jesus going to the cross and on the cross up to His resurrection the tone of her visit is a bit different. I am also pleasantly surprised that her son and Brenda have had some conversations about faith. They have discovered C. S. Lewis's books about the Chronicles of Narnia. Brenda for sometime has stopped watching her horror flicks, I can tell that her dreams aren't as awful. Even better, Brenda managed a visit without her beloved cola drink. Brenda's asked God if she could live long enough to see her son settled into his own place since he comes to her place when he is home for a few days off from his truck driving job. My heart is at peace, I believe her commitment to Jesus may be real this time. I pray it is. I asked her about her cancer, she has not been given a time frame but she now has cancer in her lungs which means it is spreading. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet