Uncharted Heritage

In a few short months our daughter will be turning 3 years old! She is doing well with saying and recognizing her alphabet and counting, milestones, etc., so we decided it was time to start some more advanced activities. We are planning on home schooling when the time comes anyway. So over the last couple of weeks we worked on cleaning up our spare room, which we were just using for storage, and made us a little office/classroom. Nothing fancy, but our little girl is so excited! And so am I!

So it seems, sometimes, the world around you keeps on going – moving, living, unaffected – yet your world feels as though it stops all together; I don’t know how else to describe it. In November we found out that we were expecting again, only to have a miscarriage last month.  Quite honestly, I haven't felt much like talking - let alone blogging, and yes, it has felt almost as if our lives have paused while we see the rest of the world carrying on. So, once again we are slowly trying to pick up the pieces and trying to move on. We are thankful for a new year. It helps to feel like we have a fresh start, and a ‘new beginning.’

Thanks for the prayers.

Just wanted to share a few highlights from our weekend. Saturday we took a trip to the mountains and did some hiking in Tellico. We had a nice time. The weather was perfect and the fall colors were absolutely beautiful.

If God asked you to do something, or to give something up - would you? Do you love Him [and your family] enough to do so? Is there something that you have already felt a conviction over that you are hanging onto? What blessings that could be in store for you, if you would just obey! What does the Lord require of you? And are you willing?

It has been a rough week. Just when we thought that we were getting back on track with things our daughter came down with the flu. Poor little thing! As any parent knows, it is so hard to see your child sick. But thankfully she is now feeling much better! And so hopefully we all will be sleeping better again.

From a “prepper” standpoint though, any suggestions on how to be better prepared for the sudden appearance of illnesses?

The cold weather arrived quickly this year.  Rather, it snuck up on us!  And really it feels almost as if we are skipping directly from summer, right on into winter.  

Where did autumn go?  

As we were playing in the yard today, we noticed how quickly the trees are becoming bare again.  Almost all of the leaves were missing from the persimmon tree, now with what is left of the fruit clearly visible.  

Got us thinking about the legend of the persimmon seed. 

Thought we would take a look again this year...

Looks like we have another spoon this year.  

Have you tried this?  What piece of flatware showed up in your persimmon seeds? 

Another thing we have missed is hiking. Hard to believe that it has actually been over a year since we have been on a hiking trip. And today we had a nice, moderate 4-mile hike to get back into it. Definitely got to work on getting our endurance back! Ha ha! But it was nice to be out there and away from all the other 'stuff' that is going on. Hopefully there will be more trips to talk about in the near future, but for now, the baby is asleep and my body is tired - so it is time for some rest.