Gracious Rain

November 11, 2026November 11, 2026

Could It BE?!!

If you know me–AT all, you know I’m always checking the weather for rain. I positively love rain!! I love the sound of it on my crazy metal roof. I love to see it pouring out of the rain gutters and flooding the grass. So, of course, I was pretty dang thrilled to see not one, but TWO days of rain in the forecast.

WAHOOOOO!!

Rainy days are the perfect baking days–don’t you think? Mmmmm….bread… cookies… brownies…. Yum!!

Scrolling down just a tad further it got even better…

when I saw…

SNOW!!

Wahoo! Wahoo! Wahoo!!!! Now we’re talking!!

Bring on the sweaters. Bring on the hot cider. Bring on the soup.

Bring on the snowwww!

November 10, 2026November 9, 2026

My Little Men

When my boys were about 9 and 7 they became the official “men of the house.” I think it’d be fair to say they took the job very seriously.

For a while I had been frustrated with the loose and missing boards in our fence, that constantly seemed to need repair. I woke up one morning to the sound of hammering and came out to see this. Rhen was holding the boards while Dane hammered them into place. I was so touched at their sweetness to want to do the “man job” that hadn’t been done in a long time.

Later, we had several guys offer to redo the boards and make them straighter and more aligned across the top and more professional looking–but I wouldn’t let them touch a thing.

Every time I looked at that sweet, perfect fence my heart just melted. This was the offering of my two little boys who were so young and yet trying with all their might…to be men.