Peace in the morning

Imagine sipping your coffee, watch this sunrise.

Choosing Joy- In my warm cozy home

Pogonip is an indian word which basically means "freezing Fog". We have that off and on in the winter months. It is really freezing temperature wise and you can't see 2 feet in front of you. The worst part is driving in it. The ground gets frozen in patches. So not only can you not see where you are going,you have a tendency to hit patches of ice in the road. Then you slide and have no idea where you are going. I am so glad I do not have any reason to drive in it.
Another thing about the pogonip, is it freezes everything in its path. The telephone line, anything metal, the trees...everything. Now it can be a bad thing if the wires get loaded down with all the ice. The can snap,as well as the tree branches. But I choose not to dwell on that part.
The thing I look forward to, when we have pogonip, is the beauty the next day. It is like a silent ice storm came through and turned everything white. I have to count my blessings when we have these occur. One, I am tucked away, ever so warm and cozy inside the house. Two, I have no where to go. Three, I can wake up to this....From my warm cozy home.

peaceful sleep

Choosing joy - Looking forward

With the new year quickly approaching, I will try not to look with a cynical mind. It is so easy to find the negative things in life. So I Choose to look forward to the new year with joy. I look forward to all the things to come,even though I don't know what is coming. This year,I am going to try my hardest ever to see the good in the day and reclaim the joy in every day. After all, every day is another gift from God. I need to remember that. Who knows how many days I have left on this earth. Only God knows for sure. So I need to quit wasting my time worrying about the things I cannot change and find something to be happy about every day. I am so glad that I took part in this challenge. I maybe missed a few days, but overall it has been a blessing to me. I really have found joy in so many more things. So here I am looking forward to another year of life that God has given me. I choose joy in every day to come and pray I can share it with those around me.

Loving the grand kids

Choose Joy- Even when its hard

I am choosing joy on behalf of my husband today. His brother is a truck driver and just so happened to stop by in our little out of the way town. They haven't seen each other for quite a while. The reason I choose on behalf of my husband, is because we, his brother and I , do not under any circumstances, get along. It has always been that way, and I can't really get into details. Since my husband has had a had a series of illnesses lately, his depression has been almost unbearable. He seemed to brighten up a bit when his brother happened along. So for that I will choose to be joyful in his arrival. I know it seems unkind to be so unforgiving to someone like my brother-in-law, but there is just a lot of history. But to see my husband have a glimmer of joy to his face, I can endure and be truly joyful.

Tow family

My abstract version of family. You would really have to know me to understand this.