Hello everyone!
I haven't forgotten about you. Things have gotten pretty busy over here so I haven't been on as much these days. Doug has been doing alot of overtime at work, I've been trying to make meals for those in need either from church or elsewhere while also catching up on some reading.
Today Doug cut our Pekingese's hair today. A little choppy poor thing, but at least she looks a bit more clean. I also got fed up with her shedding. This year she's started to shed quite alot more. I don't know if it's our New York winters or just a different year. I hope to have a picture of her up soon.
I'll be gone for a few more weeks as Dougs family are coming to town and we're hosting a BIG dinner here. It will be exciting!
For now I'm trying to keep up with the house.
If you can all keep my friend Wendy in your prayers I'd appreciate it. We found out that her 23 year old son was stabbed several times while trying to come to the defense of a young girl. They're investigating everything. We took a huge tray to her and I filled up a cart with more food and drink as well as cinnamon rolls for breakfast for the crew. I just held her as she cried.
My heart goes out to her. She has many children in her house that were deemed "unadoptable" either because they were too old, or because of a health issue. Her and her husband have not only fostered them, but adopted them. Her son was one of those boys. While some of them have come through tragic circumstances and may have made some wrong decisions, they seemed to have thrived with my friend and her family. Her son clarence was a bright and kind young man and it breaks my heart that a tragic act of violence took him so young.
The gift that God gives us is that our children are HOME. They are waiting for US and are free. The sadness of it all is that we are the ones left behind and it takes a whole lot of grace from God to get through the grief and anger. It's God who picks us up when we cannot stand on our own two feet.
I'll never understand the reasoning behind killing another person to get revenge or even why a person would ruin their lives forever by taking a life and going to prison. There are questions I have that may never be explained until I get to heaven myself. ((sigh))
Summer is coming, and sadly crime will go up here in the city. I can't help in my friends own grief, think of all the other mothers and fathers who will go through this same loss because of disrespect for the gift of life. My only hope is that God will give the love to these teens and young adults that they may not have had in their own homes. I pray that God would deliver them from sin and that they would walk eternally with Him forever.
Please pray for my friend Wendy as she goes through the funeral plans and through the long grief process of losing a son.
May God bless you all!!
I haven't forgotten about you. Things have gotten pretty busy over here so I haven't been on as much these days. Doug has been doing alot of overtime at work, I've been trying to make meals for those in need either from church or elsewhere while also catching up on some reading.
Today Doug cut our Pekingese's hair today. A little choppy poor thing, but at least she looks a bit more clean. I also got fed up with her shedding. This year she's started to shed quite alot more. I don't know if it's our New York winters or just a different year. I hope to have a picture of her up soon.
I'll be gone for a few more weeks as Dougs family are coming to town and we're hosting a BIG dinner here. It will be exciting!
For now I'm trying to keep up with the house.
If you can all keep my friend Wendy in your prayers I'd appreciate it. We found out that her 23 year old son was stabbed several times while trying to come to the defense of a young girl. They're investigating everything. We took a huge tray to her and I filled up a cart with more food and drink as well as cinnamon rolls for breakfast for the crew. I just held her as she cried.
My heart goes out to her. She has many children in her house that were deemed "unadoptable" either because they were too old, or because of a health issue. Her and her husband have not only fostered them, but adopted them. Her son was one of those boys. While some of them have come through tragic circumstances and may have made some wrong decisions, they seemed to have thrived with my friend and her family. Her son clarence was a bright and kind young man and it breaks my heart that a tragic act of violence took him so young.
The gift that God gives us is that our children are HOME. They are waiting for US and are free. The sadness of it all is that we are the ones left behind and it takes a whole lot of grace from God to get through the grief and anger. It's God who picks us up when we cannot stand on our own two feet.
I'll never understand the reasoning behind killing another person to get revenge or even why a person would ruin their lives forever by taking a life and going to prison. There are questions I have that may never be explained until I get to heaven myself. ((sigh))
Summer is coming, and sadly crime will go up here in the city. I can't help in my friends own grief, think of all the other mothers and fathers who will go through this same loss because of disrespect for the gift of life. My only hope is that God will give the love to these teens and young adults that they may not have had in their own homes. I pray that God would deliver them from sin and that they would walk eternally with Him forever.
Please pray for my friend Wendy as she goes through the funeral plans and through the long grief process of losing a son.
May God bless you all!!
