Happy 15th Birthday!!

To my best Tim!! You are a joy and a blessing to your best Mom!  I remember calling a friend when you were 3 and saying, "I'm not going to make it with this one! I mean it!:  And HERE WE ARE!! 
I love you very much Tim!!

My Baby Boy

turns 15 tomorrow. And the Christmas tree stays up until long after that.

This momma had fourby40. I got home from the hospital and in the wee hours of every morning I nursed my Timbug by the light of the tree. And thanked God for His many blessings.

For His Son and mine.

I Received

a record player for Christmas from Patrick!!  I quick ran to get all of my 45's!! Played the first record I ever got. A Million to One by Donny Osmond! Of course.
Nate and Tim watched me spin it.  They both said, "That's crazy!"

Snowshoeing Streams

 

Unwrapped

 

Merry Christmas from The Streams!!

 

Tradition

Hearing the Christmas groans from my Streamers is another one of my favorite traditions.

Sam's Christmas Village

 

Too Much?

 Naaaahhhhhhhhhhhh
NEVER ENOUGH!!

White Christmas?

 
If we hang these, it will come.

Goal Crushed

I did.  I did crush the goal of losing 25 pounds in 2020!! 
Thank you Lord!!

Decking the Halls

 

Happy Thanksgiving!!

 Annual coloring of the turkeys.  Serious business.

17!!!

Happy Birthday to you Nate!!  We love you very much!!
 

China Virus

We cannot lockdown a virus. We cannot control a virus. We cannot contain a virus. We cannot beat a virus. A virus will do what a virus does. Spread and Infect. It will eventually burn itself out as it spreads through and infects our population. A 99.9% recovery rate? That is AMAZING!! THANK YOU LORD!! We should quarantine the SICK not the HEALTHY.

Happy Reformation Day!!

 

Grandma Nora

 Probably the best picture I have of my beloved Grandma Nora given to me by my cousin Sue. 
That is my cousin Eric on the left.  He passed away 9 years ago. 

Happy 55th Birthday to Me!!

 

2020

The year 2020 means many different things to all of us. To me it means HEALTH!! After 6 years and 6 providers and all of you praying for me I FEEL FANTASTIC!!! I spent the month of February 2020 in bed. Felt horrible. Everysingleday. I interviewed another provider and hired him. By May I was working out, cutting out sugar, eating a semi Keto diet and intermittent fasting. Today I reached one of my goals.

Before I hit my 55th birthday I wanted to lose 20 pounds!

I actually lost 21!! I weighed 148 lbs. and am now down to 127.

Thank you Jesus for answering the prayer I prayed for so many years.

Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved for you are the one I praise!! Jeremiah 17:14 This photo is of me videotaping my abortion story and healing at Rachel's Vineyard for Seed of Hope Pregnancy Center's virtual banquet.

Some Things

 are better left unsaid.

Except for what I just said. That seriously needed to be said.

Doing This

 today and most likely tomorrow.

Streamhouse

Thank you Lord for our home of 24 years!! 
We love our little place!! 

Even If

What if you changed your "what ifs" to EVEN IFs?

"What if" questions can stir our hearts to worries and fears of things that may or may not even happen.

Even if________(insert worst fears here)

Even if that happens.....

God is still on the throne. He is still in control. He still loves me. He still cares. He is with me. He is watching over me. He is mine. I am His. There is NOTHING that can happen to me today that He will not lead me through. For my good and for His glory.

Pastor Tim Porter talked about this in a sermon once.

credit where credit is due

Moments

If you are a boymom you will totally "get" what I am about to say. Boys are insane. They drive their mommas insane. And then there are the moments when they take your breath away and the tears fall. Tim "Why do you wear makeup mom? You are beautiful the way you are."

When the Streamers Come Home

 

When my daughter is at UMD but has drill this weekend, I step up. 
laundrylove
armymom

Glory

 Grocery shopping is not my fave. The planning. The forgetting of bags, grocery list and quarter. The hitting two stores. The loading and unloading. The rest of the week buying all of the things I forgot. No, I don't need advice about cookbooks, and online lists and food delivery. I need an attitude adjustment. I pray my way through it all. I have the blessing of family to shop for, money to shop with and the convenience of food everywhere! In the Aldi(no S)parking lot I found this encouragement from the God who sees me. So I snapped this picture of His glory.

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands. Psalm 19:1