January 2012

Wow, I can't believe it has been so long since I wrote anything! - just not good! but, today is a new day and so I will begin.

On January 20, 2012, my precious mommie would have been 100 years old. The Lord saw fit to take her home to Heaven on January 4, 1980. But, her memory lives on. And, it becomes more precious every year. You see, the older we get the more we realize the little things in life are really the most valuable. Those little thoughts and sayings that stay with you and come to remembrance when the days are lonely and sometimes fearful. Then, as you remember the simple little things that brought you happiness in your childhood are far more important than all the things we could buy today - which just keep you wanting more and more. What do I mean? Well, how about:

Playing "little cars" in the garden with small bottles for cars and larger ones for trucks!

Playing "batman and robin" with towels tied around your neck!

Staying outside making snowforts and paths until you feel frozen!

Walking half way to DeKalb (from Malta) getting scared and running back home!

Playing with your "homemade" rag doll in your "chalk-drawn home" on the driveway!

Hours of fun that cost hardly anything at all. But, bring back such sweet memories! And, learning at an early age that "pretty is as pretty does" so we make our actions count more than our looks.

I did not grow up in a Christian home, but I had a mother that taught the value of a penny and "gave all she had" to keep her family together! And, praise be to our God, my mother did come to know the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour later on. And, so on this her 100 year anniversary of her birthday - I dedicate a new beginning in her memory. "Thy Word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee." Psalm 119:11 In order to hide God's Word in my heart, I must read and read and read it so that it will stick and become solid and bring conviction! Let's begin!