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In 2007, I began my original website, Sonshine's Haven. In 2007, it was turned into a blog and used to keep family updated on my first husband's fight with liver cancer. He passed away November of 2009. We were married for 34+ wonderful years and this journals some of that grief process I've gone through.

I have since remarried another widower, but Mike is missed dearly, and will always be a big part of my life.

At times, all of us will be called to act as witnesses to the suffering of another. We will be unable to affect the outcome physically. Words will fail us. Prayer will seem futile. And yet, the act of bearing witness to someone else's trials is a sacred sorrow that offers and astounding glimpse of eternal joy." by Ginger Garrett

"Being willing to stay with a loved one throughout their travail, can be difficult....YES! But offering yourselves as faithful companions on a dark and dreadful journey can be an unmeasured blessing." (paraphrased by me)

4.25.2011

Wading in Water

What could be worse than moving?  Moving in rain!  There is water EVERYWHERE, and running to the laundry room to wait out tornado alerts, is slowing me down from getting this process over with!

We have most of the larger items moved.  Because I felt this process might be difficult on the kids (because it already has been on me), I hired a moving team to help Glenn and I move the larger pieces of furniture.  We did a lot on our own, and we certainly have bruises and scrapes as our battle scars, but we've been able to do it mostly at our own pace, and that has helped make it a little easier.  

After taking a week off to go on a little vacation with one of Glenn's daughters and her family, we will return to have a moving sale.  Blending two family households together, is leaving us with a double car garage full of "stuff"! Once that is done, we will tidy up the place and list it for sale.  That will be the most difficult part of the process for me.  "God's Acre" (the name we had secretly given it) was a dream come true for Mike and I.  I was blessed to be able to live in it for almost 10 years.  I pray whomever purchases it, will be blessed as deeply, and their dreams made true too.

On a positive note...the pool at Glenn's home, is just around the corner....meaning, the schedule was moved up and we are next in line.  It was suppose to begin being dug last Friday...BUT....we have developed our own Arkansan swimming pool the natural way. :-) Once we get rid of standing water in the backyard, the pool process will continue.  We can't wait to get all of the grandchildren together.  Between the two of us, we now have 10!  I think it will get a lot of use!

I had a picture I wanted to share in this post.  This sweet site is just outside my new bedroom window.  I have enjoyed watching this process take place during my month long moving in process.  New life!!!  Makes me hunger for the everlasting life God has promised to His children who believe and trust Him,  beyond what they can fully understand, or feel they deserve.

Enjoy, and God bless!!




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