blessings...

This afternoon, unbeknownst to me, my dear little teenage daughter Mary and her dear little friend Bailey decided that they would do some housework for me! When I came downstairs, the kitchen was super clean, and a delicious pork roast was in the slow cooker, and I just can't say how nice it is to live with someone who really enjoys reaching out and helping out! What a treat for a tired mother- to be blessed by the willing work of the loving hands of her own sweet child. Thank Heaven for such unasked acts of kindness- and the true little heart that has found the joy in giving them...

Living in the land of opportunity- we have it so good! Yesterday my brilliant husband graduated with his masters degree. Of course we are all so happy, and so proud of him... He is blessed with not only intelligence, but opportunities! We grow up here, and in so many other parts of the world, going to school because that's just what kids do after breakfast three quarters of the year. It's easy to take our education for granted. To see it as a bit of a chore, and a lot of a bore. But it's a bit chilling to think of the primitive and dangerous world we'd be trying to survive without educated people. Lives are saved, and made healthier and happier every minute because someone learned how to help make it so. A few years ago I read about a mountain-climber from Montana who was separated from his group in the Himalayas and happened upon a remote village where people took care of him until he could go home. Naturally he offered to do something in return for their life-saving ...