Chink!!!

Can I pet your sloth?

This was said to me by a little boy that visited the farm and thought I had a sloth.

He asked me several time even though I told him I didn't have one.  So he would say,

"or maybe your chihuahua then."

2021 hasn't been easier like we all thought.  But I think we've all learned a few things.

We've learned that we can stay home with our spouse and children and still manage to keep

ourselves from exploding into a thousand pieces from stressing.  

We've learned we are not as prepared as we thought we were and might need to make a few

changes.

We've learned to improvise, cook, find other solutions if we run out of TP.


I've learned that my faith in God is the most important thing in my life beyond all else.

When you miss someone you lost you hope for them, that they are in heaven. It becomes

the only thing that matters when they are gone.  I understand that life is not short like we 

always say.  Life is long and we are only going through the labor pains.  

I am confident that I will get to spend my life in Heaven and what I do here just earns me

gold coins in my little heavenly can.  What ever happens to me that feels bad, "chink" into

my little can.  Life is not fair.  It's not going to be.  Heaven is when all things are made right.

So every day I get up and do my best.  I have been blessed to have a couple of weeks of 

visitors to our farm that have been so much fun.  And then I've lost some favorite hens and

we may lose our little boy cat named Greta in the next few days too.  I did my best to love 

and care for them as well as I could.  "Chink"  My life is chaos.  I work crazy hard as does 

my sweet husband.  On occasion we get to be generous.  I love this life even as temporary 

as it is, not because it is perfect or I think it should be, but because it has molded me to be

the person that God intended. I do nothing unless God gives me peace about it.  I love it 

because God gave me this life and all that is in it.  I get to learn and have adventures that, 

when you actually stop and look at them, are so cool even if they are imperfect or challenging.

The bible has started to open up and I understand more and more.  Each time I read it, it is

a new experience with new information.  

When your day seems hard and you start to feel that depression kicking in... pray for someone's 

salvation.  It always make the bad stuff run away like you set it's butt on fire.

Don't forget to put some gold coins in your can.  Chink!!!



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