Oh, how I love fall. I was dancing around my house this morning saying "I love fall so much!" Hum..it is only a few weeks away...I'm so excited for the orange's, yellow's, red's, and the cool crisp smell of pumpkin. Scarecrows, festivals, carving pumpkins, mums (which mine are BIG), laying in the leaves....goodness...fall truly causes my heart to skip a beat.
Now, my mad love obsession with fall is not why I write to you today. I am a subscriber to a brilliant group of women's daily study, and today the topic from them was "falling into fall peacefully..." and they went on to say (as they have many times before) to pick a theme for the season. Hum..I've never really done that before. So, why not use my favorite season and give it a theme? They pointed out a verse that would be brilliant:
"Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble."
And, so, I say...why not? Remember those voices that we talked about a few weeks ago? How I've now learned to silence my own bitter critic? Well, that bitter critic must see that nothing can make me stumble, and thus, that is this houses theme, this fall.
Sorry so short, and sweet lately...back to school has kept us so busy!! Natalie and I make frequent trips to school to volunteer :-) I think Natalie enjoys it as much as I do! Aiden is doing fantastic in school, and I didn't expect anything differently. I'm so proud of both of my children. Miss Natalie is just growing and growing, and Mr. Aiden seems to be doing the exact same. This next weekend will bless us with much family time as we celebrate my nephew's birthday, and spend one more great day at the lake as a family before it is just too cold! I told Aiden we were going to the lake over the next weekend, he laughed and said, "Mom, can we do man over board?" (I tipped Mr. Aiden and I off the jetski last time, and he thought that was just so much fun!) It is so neat watching these little people grow, and experience new things with them.
I have to say that our family has truly banned so close after the passing of my Mother. I miss her each day, and perhaps this fall I might miss her the most. She helped me plant the big mums in my front garden. It's outside that I feel her the most as I would like to. When I'm out there cleaning out the gardens I talk to her, and I think in my head that she is right there with me telling me how to do it the right way...or giving me gardening advice. I miss you Mom. I wish you were here to celebrate these things with our family, I wish you were here to feel the cool crisp fall air when it arrives....I just wish you were here. I miss the way you would say my name. I miss your voice. I'm doing ok though Mom, I'm talking to people, I'm reading, and I'm doing so much meditation which I have found to be very helpful. Finally, I'm sleeping again, and I'm sleeping like a rock.
Be with me Mom...each day. I love you. I miss you.
Now, my mad love obsession with fall is not why I write to you today. I am a subscriber to a brilliant group of women's daily study, and today the topic from them was "falling into fall peacefully..." and they went on to say (as they have many times before) to pick a theme for the season. Hum..I've never really done that before. So, why not use my favorite season and give it a theme? They pointed out a verse that would be brilliant:
"Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble."
And, so, I say...why not? Remember those voices that we talked about a few weeks ago? How I've now learned to silence my own bitter critic? Well, that bitter critic must see that nothing can make me stumble, and thus, that is this houses theme, this fall.
Sorry so short, and sweet lately...back to school has kept us so busy!! Natalie and I make frequent trips to school to volunteer :-) I think Natalie enjoys it as much as I do! Aiden is doing fantastic in school, and I didn't expect anything differently. I'm so proud of both of my children. Miss Natalie is just growing and growing, and Mr. Aiden seems to be doing the exact same. This next weekend will bless us with much family time as we celebrate my nephew's birthday, and spend one more great day at the lake as a family before it is just too cold! I told Aiden we were going to the lake over the next weekend, he laughed and said, "Mom, can we do man over board?" (I tipped Mr. Aiden and I off the jetski last time, and he thought that was just so much fun!) It is so neat watching these little people grow, and experience new things with them.
I have to say that our family has truly banned so close after the passing of my Mother. I miss her each day, and perhaps this fall I might miss her the most. She helped me plant the big mums in my front garden. It's outside that I feel her the most as I would like to. When I'm out there cleaning out the gardens I talk to her, and I think in my head that she is right there with me telling me how to do it the right way...or giving me gardening advice. I miss you Mom. I wish you were here to celebrate these things with our family, I wish you were here to feel the cool crisp fall air when it arrives....I just wish you were here. I miss the way you would say my name. I miss your voice. I'm doing ok though Mom, I'm talking to people, I'm reading, and I'm doing so much meditation which I have found to be very helpful. Finally, I'm sleeping again, and I'm sleeping like a rock.
Be with me Mom...each day. I love you. I miss you.