welcome to January friends! as a new year begins now is the time to embark on the changes you've long wanted to make in your life. jump in! embrace the change! today is the first day of the rest of your life.
we're good here at the House of Fruit & Nuts. truly this last year has been wonderful and exciting and blessed in ways i can not express. (i'm sorry. is everyone tired of hearing me say that?) all i can tell you is that God loves the sinners too and be patient because you just can't know what He has in store for you.
now, i'm not going to lie. 4 grown adults sharing one house never stops being a test of the nerves. throw in the daily care of Grannie who is entirely dependent on us and just as entirely unhappy about being so dependent and you have our daily lives. sweet, huh?
special shout out to my friend Viv!! she was showing me photos of her late beloved husband Eddie and i noticed the gravestone read "At the end of the day, it's just you and me." it was a kind of litany for them especially as he struggled with cancer toward the end. that really wowed me. Russ & i have adopted it for ourselves.
think about it: people, jobs, places come and go in our lives. we love them and take care of them as best we can. but "at the end of the day" when we are tired and depleted, what makes marriage so special is that there is just the two of you - there for each other.
so, take a moment. commit to love and take care of the people, jobs, and places in your lives. at the end of the day, treasure those who are there for you. and never, never feel alone. know that God is there holding your hand until you are ready to hold the hand of another. believe it because i said it. (and i am just hardly ever wrong.)
i've commited to writing to you every week. i hope you'll support me by reading and responding.
we're good here at the House of Fruit & Nuts. truly this last year has been wonderful and exciting and blessed in ways i can not express. (i'm sorry. is everyone tired of hearing me say that?) all i can tell you is that God loves the sinners too and be patient because you just can't know what He has in store for you.
now, i'm not going to lie. 4 grown adults sharing one house never stops being a test of the nerves. throw in the daily care of Grannie who is entirely dependent on us and just as entirely unhappy about being so dependent and you have our daily lives. sweet, huh?
think about it: people, jobs, places come and go in our lives. we love them and take care of them as best we can. but "at the end of the day" when we are tired and depleted, what makes marriage so special is that there is just the two of you - there for each other.
so, take a moment. commit to love and take care of the people, jobs, and places in your lives. at the end of the day, treasure those who are there for you. and never, never feel alone. know that God is there holding your hand until you are ready to hold the hand of another. believe it because i said it. (and i am just hardly ever wrong.)
i've commited to writing to you every week. i hope you'll support me by reading and responding.
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