Trust, Love, and Other Stuff

     The last few weeks have been really crazy. A few weeks ago my Grandpa passed away. A week later, my aunt. There has been much travelling, some sickness, sadness. It's brought out some of my worst fears. Losing my family. I have always tried not to think about something happening to my mom or dad, my siblings, husband, daughter. It terrifies me. Travelling scares me. What if something happens?

     In my devotions I've been reading about Job. Last week was the end of Job, and I was reading about how God blessed Job even more than He had before. I realized (again) that God IS in control. I HAVE to put my trust in Him. I'm not going to make it any other way. My fears cannot rule me, I must give them to God.

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     In other news. Adeline has to wear glasses. She thinks we are twins. I may have helped that along to try to make the Dr. visit not so scary.  She got them a week ago, and I haven't had any trouble keeping them on her. She loves them. She was so excited to get them, she hates taking them off.

 

     BTW, when you get your eyes checked, get them to give you the prescription and then take it to Walmart and get your glasses there. The difference in the Dr. office glasses and Walmart was several hundred $, for us anyway. I spend $40 on her glasses at Walmart. If I would've gotten them at the office, it would've been around $300.

 

 

 

     I also finally finished a dress for Adeline that I had started a while ago. The first time she wore it she popped a button off. To be fair, she laid down in a shopping cart and the button got caught. I didn't realize it and was trying to help her sit up and off it came. So maybe I popped it off. I have to put a small patch on and resew the button on. This morning I also noticed that one of the buttons somehow got broken. I also have to replace that. Growl.

 



   This is also only half ironed. Somehow my iron has gunk on the bottom of it that I just cannot get off. Every once in a while it tries to get off onto the clothes I am ironing. This was one of those times.

 

     My next project will be a striped knit skirt. I want to try to get it made for my birthday date with John Lee next week. I'm a little nervous about that cause the stripes are small and I want to make a chevron pattern. That's alot of matching up.

 

     Leaving with a verse that's been on my mind lately.

Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind."





In Memory Of

  So this post was going to be about a dress (which I didn't get done) but it changed.

  On Sunday, we got a call during lunch that my Grandpa passed away. I remember him, but it's not like I have tons of actual MEMORIES of him. Does that make any sense? Like I remember him going to the shop to work, or sitting in his chair, or having devotions, things that he did every day, but I do have a few specific memories of him that ARE him. They are what I think of when I think of him.

  I remember sitting on his lap when I was a little girl. He wore suspenders, and he'd let me (and probably other grandchildren) snap them. Why that was so fun I have no idea, but I'd sit and snap away.

  One time he was working underneath the house on something. Another girl and I were watching and he told us there was a boogey man under the house. We didn't actually believe in boogey men, but hey, Grandpa said so!

  I always loved hearing him pray. I think it started when I was little and would visit them and they'd have family devotions. Of course, when you're little, all prayers last for hours, but I loved his voice. He was soft-spoken anyway, but when talking to God it sounded different. Reverent.

  I know the each of my family has their own memories of him that are special, these are some of mine.