His Perfect Goodness

It seems like AGES since I've been on blogger! I cannot believe we're heading to Thanksgiving next week ... and yet, how is it that every single retailer has had their Christmas displays up since before Halloween?

 

 

Dan & I have been keeping extremely busy with "all" of our kids (we include our grands when we refer to "our kids).  I've normally had a day in between visits either to their house or our house ... cleaning, grocery shopping, laundry, etc. ... so not much time to sit down and catch up in my blogging community.

 

 

So many changes coming in the very near future ... and so many reasons to simply breathe in God's goodness. 

 

in all the busy-ness

in all the rush

in all the chaos

 

God's goodness is perfect for each of our lives

 

His goodness to me may be different than His goodness to you ...

but His goodness is still perfect

 

 

I do hope to catch up with my blogger-friends over the next several days ...

but just know that I do think of you and I say a little prayer for you & your family daily.

 

Have a blessed day, my friends!

 

 





The Non-Posting Blogger

So we're settling into our household routine with our kids being a couple of hours away.  Lucy stays with us a couple of nights so that she can continue her activities at church and dance.  So Tuesday mornings she & I head back to meet her Momma & brother so that she can go home with her family. 

 

And on the drive back ...

 

Granny writes blog posts

 

I write at least a couple of them while focusing on the traffic around me --

 

I can come up with clever titles & formats

I can insert pictures & captions

I can write some tear-jerkers & some comedy

 

and when I sit down at my laptop ...

 

nothing

absolutely nothing

 

... every line is lost

... every picture has disappeared

 ... everything simply gone

 

So, this Granny is seeking some input ---

if there's any readers out there in my little cyber-corner

of the vast world wide web ...

 

How do YOU write your posts?

What prompts you to write what you do & when you do it?

What motivates you?

How do you put aside all the tasks that lie in front of you?

 

I know, I know ...

I am probably coming across (at least, kind of) whiny and moody and self-pitying.

But I'm really trying NOT to sound that way. I'm just wanting to learn from some of my "posting blogger" friends. 

Let's face it --

every single one of us has "life" going on right now in our lives (makes sense?). 

 

Some of us are transitioning ... some have already transitioned.

Some of us have full-time outside-of-our-home- jobs ... some of us have already retired.

Some of us are searching for our niche ... some of us know exactly where our niche is.

 

Maybe once  When life settles down  After ...

 

Well, this Granny should just hit the "publish" button and mark it down that I actually posted to my blog today!

 

Until the next time ...

 

 



Social Media: My New Respect

Facebook ... Twitter ... blogs ... CaringBridge ... emails ...
I'm learning with each passing day that social media may not be such the enemy that I had prematurely thought. The past week has given me some new respect for this main-stay in my life. Here's some of what I've come to realize that I can do:

~~~ Review headlines from sites of my choosing

~~~ Engage in real-time 'conversations' with my friends at any given time

~~~ Share pictures of my family through albums/wall photos and don't have to worry about acid-free paper/albums

~~~ Pray for friends who are hurting

~~~ Enjoy doing something new

~~~ Connect with people whom I've lost touch with over the years

~~~ Touch people's hearts by listening to theirs

These are just a few ways that I have new respect for the social media that has crept upon me. I want to challenge myself in this media aspect to utilize social networking as a means to connect and share with others. My 'community' grows smaller everyday as I expand my acceptance and participation in our world of social media.

I joke with Granddad that my desired career is to be a hermit. But that's not what God put us on this Earth for. We need to fellowship and build relationships with others so that we can collectively and individually worship Him. We weep with them who weep; and rejoice with them that do rejoice. And Where two or more are gathered in my name, there I am also. God can work in the social media realm ... it's just up to us to allow Him to use it in whatever way He sees fit.