Girlfriends ...

And why I love mine.

First, they are there to scrape you off the floor whether you are down there because you are laughing or crying hysterically. And they wait for you to come back from the ladies room before telling the rest of the story that put you on the floor in the first place.

Second, they are there to listen to you vent one more time about the same situation ONE MORE TIME! And they don't complain that you already told them that three times.

Third, they are there to help you when you need it even when you don't think you need it.

Fourth, they can make me laugh/cry faster than anything and they know when I really need it.

Fifth, they love me warts and all. And I've got a lot of them.

Sixth, they encourage me to continue to grow in the Lord by their words, actions and love.

Seventh, they all pretty much knit or appreciate my knitting with the appropriate awe.

Eighth, they like my cookies, bread etc. and gladly try one more thing I've made.

Ninth, they share clothes, yarn, food, drink, tears, laughs and more yarn, food, drink...

And tenth, God put them in my lives at the right times and I'm so very grateful to have them all. Thank you Lord!

So go love on your girlfriends today. Call one and chat. Meet one for dinner or coffee. I promise you won't regret it.

In Christ's Love,
Peg

We had to take drastic measures ...

The kids were totally wired this afternoon and getting on our last nerves so we had to take some drastic measures. They had to run 6 laps around our acre. Here's the exhausted group:



We're hoping they'll sleep good tonight. It was either laps or the chains. (Just Kidding)

In Christ's Love,
Peg

My Babby thinks she is a big girl.

But I beg to differ. She has been telling me that she doesn't NEED a nap anymore because she is a big girl.

This week is a special week for us. Our family is here and they are playing hard and fast with each other. She has tagged along behind the big kids really well. And we have allowed them to just be together and play. I haven't had her nap at all. Then tonight, around 8 p.m., minutes after her bath she sat up with her Daddy and look:


This was at 8:02 p.m. But she is a big girl! Really she is!

Don't you just love it? There are many days I wish I could curl up in my Father's lap and sleep like that. He'll hold us if we let him. I'm trying to let Him. How about you?

In Christ's Love,
Peg

They are here!

We've got our family from WV visiting us this week. They came in this afternoon around 4 and they'll be staying through Sunday afternoon. We're so excited they are here! My girls are all downstairs making up dance steps and generally being teen and pre-teen girls. Notice the poses in the picture? You all be praying for us. We need it!

And did you notice my walls and the beautiful floor my beloved finished this afternoon around 3:45? Gorgeous, huh? I knew putting it on the blog would motivate him! Thanks!


Have a great day in our Lord!


In Christ's Abundant Love,
Peg

Family

You know pretty much everyone has a family. Of some sort - it may not be the typical family that we're presented with in "Leave it to Beaver" or "The Cosbys" but it is a family nonetheless. In my family we have my beloved and my four girls plus me. Then, of course, our extended family (that'd be my mama and daddy, three sisters and one brother and all their people, my beloved's mama and daddy, sister and all her people), aunts, uncles, cousins etc.

And then there are the people we've chosen to be family. My best friends who live in WV, my girl friends who live here in VA, in IN, in NC, etc. My girl friend's folks who live other places like Arkansas. I love them all. And I love the blessings they are in my life. I'm not sure some of my family would have chosen me at first glance but I'm sure glad they look past the outside and get to know me.

I am a family person. I am rarely without someone in my family with me and I love being with them (well, most of the time). I love wholly when I love you and I tell you often. And once you are in my family - however you got there - you are there forever. Doesn't matter where you live, whether we see each other often or not - you are still in my family. I like to think that this is an area where Christ wants us to be like him. He loves us and we are his brothers and sisters because we are adopted into the family. Praise the Lord!

So how big is your family these days?

Food, Friends and Fun

And not necessarily in the that order.

This week we have had the opportunity to have meals with several sets of friends and I have to tell you it just doesn't matter where we are at because we sure know how to have a good time!

These are the places we've been in the last ten days with our good friends: A really nice restaurant (think someplace we wouldn't really take the kids), our very favorite family restaurant where everybody knows our name and we have a favorite waiter (that would be Sal's in Williamsburg, Va), a hot dog place, my girlfriend's living room and tonight our very own dining room table.

In all the meals we've had with all of our friends the one recurring theme is that every meal was a great time of fellowship and just enjoying the company of each other. No alcohol needed. Just fun, food and lots of laughter! I sure can't wait to get to heaven if this is any indication of what is to come. That is what I'm talking about!

Time well spent ...

My beloved and I spent the weekend away. We went to a retreat our denomination sponsors every spring for their lay people. We had a wonderful time recharging both as a couple and as people who love the Lord. It was a focused time for both things.

When I got to my hotel room on Friday night this is what awaited me:




Isn't God good? Need I say any more about how my weekend went? Enjoy your week.

In Christ's Love,
Peg