Another Blessing!

The Blessings just keep coming!!

This month God blessed us with another sweet grandson, and of course his big brother had to be cuddled and wrapped in a blanket too as Mammaw held them both at the hospital!

We spent some wonderful time with them for a couple of weeks, but was so sad when we had to leave today to head back home. Needless to say, I cry when I have to kiss them and say goodbye.

The little grandchildren keep us feeling young. My husband and I even went outside to help Big brother fly his airplane.

That brings back so many memories when I played with my other grandsons who are now in their 20's. I was grandmother in 1981 when I was 35 years old, and thought it was the greatest thing in the world and I still do!! The hardest part is being separated from them with so many miles between us.

We are heading back to Texas and hopefully by next weekend will be back in our new home after 11 months of living with the children when Ike destroyed ours. It has been an adventure.

God is good to us to give us such great blessings with our grandchildren! Now we have 7.

4th of July Memories

Today I was a little sad when I thought back over the years of how fast time has passed by! It just seems like yesterday when my husband and I took our 3 girls to watch fireworks in our home town. That was such a special event for us and my husband enjoyed it so much. It was just a tradition on the 4th to go see the fireworks.

As years passed and they grew up, the Lord allowed us to live close to grandchildren and we got that opportunity with our grandsons and granddaughters! Sometimes I long for those days to be here again! We blink and those years are gone!

I was blessed this year to spend time with 2 of our daughters and our 2 granddaughters, but it would have been so nice to have our middle daughter with us too but she lives out of State. Soon we will see her again. She is expecting her second child, another sweet boy! We can now re-live some things with her 2 boys that we did with our now grown grandchildren, but I am so afraid to blink!! It might all be over! When we are young we do not realize how much we need to capture the moment!!!

During this trial of our life of having to live with our children while waiting for a home, God has blessed us with time with our children. Those things are priceless!!!

Counting the Days!!

Well, our home arrived on the land. It will be 30 days or more before all is finished before we can call it HOME SWEET HOME. We are one step Closer!!! I am counting the days!

ONE STEP And One DAY CLOSER

September 10, 2008 was the last day we were in our home before Hurricane Ike came through with a fury and destroyed our home by causing a tree to fall and crush it. What an event and what a journey all these months!!

Living with family, we watched our grandson grow to be a sweet ambitious 2 year old. We got to visit places we would never have seen like Gatlenburg, Tennessee. The Fall leaves in Tennessee were beautiful, and God blessed us with snow too! That was a treat for me!

Back in Texas we have the joy of remembering again what it was like to live with teenage girls since we have lived now with our teenage granddaughters for 6 months. I had forgotten there is no such thing as quiet when the teens are around!

But who knew that 9 months after Ike, we would still be displaced and dreaming of our home. We are so thankful for children who have given us a place to stay, but our heart longs so much to be home!

Yesterday we went to our property to take pictures of what it looks like after the damaged home was removed! So different, so bare, and so many memories gone. That was my Mom and Dad’s home that I inherited so we saw more than a home fade away. We are trying to keep the attached porch that my Dad built, so it still stands!!

One day hopefully soon we will have a new home there to call HOME SWEET HOME!

Another Mother's Heart Hurts!

Today I cry again because my oldest (20 year old) granddaughter miscarried her baby after 9 weeks of carrying it. Only mothers who have experienced that heartbreak know how it really feels no matter what the circumstance is. She and her husband suffer greatly, but she is so strong! To watch her Praise Him In The Storm blesses my heart. This is their 3rd loss! How Hard!!! I lost only one and it hurt so much!!!

She has the sweetest spirit and always has. She has been hurt many times but so forgiving and so much faith in God that He will make it alright!

Her mother told her "When I grow up, I want to be just like you because you are so strong!"

All I can say is "Greater the trials, greater the reward and blessings"! This valley too soon shall pass. May God bless her greatly, and her children will rise up one day and call her blessed! One day my little sweetheart will recieve a real crown from our precious Lord for her sweet attitude in these trials of life! Oh My Precious Lord, comfort her greatly today!

A HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

Today as I was sitting in church with my sweet hubby, daughter, son-in-law, and 3 grown grandchildren on this sweet Mothers Day, May 10, 2009, tears came to my eyes as I realized what the date was!

It was on this very date on a Mothers Day, May 10, 1964 that I miscarried our first child. I will never forget that date as long as I live. My heart was broken and no words can describe the pain. My heart aches every time I hear of another mother who lost her child that she wanted

so much.

Many years have past since that Mothers Day, and I have been so blessed with 3 wonderful daughters and many children of my heart. God has surrounded me with 3 wonderful son inlaws and many grandchildren too. As I look back over the years and see how fast they grew up,, I thank God that He taught me many years ago, that giving them time is so important. What you invest in will be your treasure!

I invested in my children because God said they are our reward upon this earth. I feel like He gave my husband and I the Grand Prize when He gave us our three girls! I am so thankful for God's goodness in their lives.

When they were babies, I wanted to raise them in such a way by the Word of God so that I could present them back to the Lord and know that I did my best.

I see them now with their own children and I am so happy for them, and I smile! There is no greater ministry than being a mother. They are such good mothers. Only God really knows why I smile! One day when they are my age, they will know the feelings.

I wish that on this Mother's Day that I could have been with all 3 of my girls, but that wasn't possible. They are all scattered with families and responsibility, but I am thankful that I got to spend today with my youngest and her family and worship with them in their church. It was a good Mothers Day!

I thank you God for such a great gift to be called "Mother". It is worth all the work, prayer and even some tears over the years.

GOODNESS OF GOD

Recently on our trip back from Tennessee to our daughters in Texas, we stopped over in our home town, so we could go back to our property to reminisce and take a few pictures. That was very hard on us to walk through it again. It all brought back so many memories.
Although the yard is so messy right now, to us it still was a place of beauty! Our old garden even had a few flowers trying to bloom. That reminded us of new life and made us smile!! With tears in our eyes, we thanked God for His goodness even in the midst of the storm.
One day all things will be restored to us!! Once we get to move back to our property we will have months of work ahead of us to get things looking nice again.
The old damaged house is about to be removed from the property, and we hope to have a new one on there by July.
Before we left we decided to have a picnic lunch there. That brought back so many memories. Then we were on the road again back to live with our youngest daughter in Texas.
One day we will call this little country town home again! Until then we will just enjoy the goodness of God wherever we are! For God is always good to His children. We just have to learn to see beauty in the valley until He restores all things. HE IS GOOD AND HIS MERCY ENDURES FOREVER.