Rings of time.

I no longer have my engagement ring nor my wedding ring that was given to me on my wedding day. I have a band that I wore all the time it is in my jewelry box. I use to wear it as a reminder of how important my marriage is to me. Like the identy marks that our finger prints leave and the rings around a tree they all say something about us. Rings on a tree can tell you if it was a good summer or a dry summer. The marks on our faces show weather life has been cruel or kind. Like the erosion of the sea on a cliff so the rings of time leave marks in our lives. Some people cannot handle it and others muddle through. I love walking in forests there is a presence of sheer peace of knowing that that forest made it through many differant seasons and that beauty has left a mark for us all to see. Take a walk along the North Norfolk coast or down Roman camp forest that forest is years old yet the beauty is there for us all to behold. Romans stood there and yet I can go back there and feel the same peace as perhaps as they did.
So I may not wear a ring on my finger any more. It does not mean that marriage is no longer important to me it means actually I value it far more. It just means that the season in my life has left an Autumn and I await the Spring. So when others see my life in years to come they see beauty after the storm.
I hope you see that beauty in yourself at times because each of us have that own identy.
Please have a cup of tea with me today.

Long Road.

When I lived in Aylmerton we walked every where it was always a long road to get home. So it was with life back then my parents divorced when I was fifteen and life just seamed a long road. Although in my mind that house would always remain home. This week I have had allergic reaction after allergic reaction and now I have a ragging sore throat feeling excessively sick. The road I have travelled has seen so long from so wanting to be married to where I am today. We all often think that the long road will end or take us to where we wish we could go. Perhaps it takes us right back to where we came from with us having to face ourselves. Aylmerton was a long time ago and one day I will look back and say where I live was a long time ago the differance is that I hope I have learnt a few things along the way.
Guess in it all the long road should make us look back and think.
So take a few moments to think and a few moments to remember just who you were once and where you are going.
Please have a cup of tea with me today.

Talking to your ornaments!!

A friend posted on facebook how her mum had talked to the Fairy as she took it down from the Christmas tree. I thought this was kind of funny. My daughter has a lovely ornament and I have in truth talked to that at times saying how pretty it is. As I thought about this concept of talking to our ornaments even our dogs,plants whatever you might talk too. How often do we spend more time talking to others and objects than God I know I do. I look at the ice skating ornament and think how beautiful it is and yet often I spend little time talking to God and thinking how great He is.
I often put God in a box only to be bought out at Christmas so to speak.
So as I joked about talking to ornaments throughout the year on facebook I am drawn to be convicted and talk to God far more throughout the year. Thanks Marina for your conviction.
Please have a cup of tea with me today.

Talking to your ornaments!!

A friend posted on facebook how her mum had talked to the Fairy as she took it down from the Christmas tree. I thought this was kind of funny. My daughter has a lovely ornament and I have in truth talked to that at times saying how pretty it is. As I thought about this concept of talking to our ornaments even our dogs,plants whatever you might talk too. How often do we spend more time talking to others and objects than God I know I do. I look at the ice skating ornament and think how beautiful it is and yet often I spend little time talking to God and thinking how great He is.
I often put God in a box only to be bought out at Christmas so to speak.
So as I joked about talking to ornaments throughout the year on facebook I am drawn to be convicted and talk to God far more throughout the year. Thanks Marina for your conviction.
Please have a cup of tea with me today.

Allergic reaction or what?

I was unfortunately blessed with having a root canal done yesterday the night before i had an allergic reaction to some medicine followed by last night having another allergic reaction this time I became beetroot red. Yes days of working at a pickle factory flooded back the bright red beet going down our gloves and aprons. As I watched all this happening, I couldn't help but think how Christians often have a dose of an allergic reaction for a moment in time they are convicted rush to the altar or rush to courses thinking that that moment in time will change them. But once the course is done and no one is there is high fiving you there is you your allergic reaction either cleared up and you became a better person or you simply never had anything you did it all for your own attention.
It's interesting how become bright red and one's mouth swelling can bring me to see Christians and even others this way.
I like to think my allergic reactions when positive stay forever the penicillin fighting the bad and me a better person for having that allergic reaction because it changed me for good.
Please have a cup of tea with me today.

Questions?

As we enter the new Year there are all so many questions. Especially for me what job will I get, why was my marriage not saved. I so had wanted to be one of the one's that made it. Why did my brother die. Guess there is what will happen to the house and how come so many wonderful people go through hard times. The Bible says that hard times produce perseverance and character. I think I must have quite a bit now. It just seams that so many wonderful people have struggles after struggles. I mean I was nervous enough about facing 2011 then my teeth have ached and ached since then now I have to find out if I have medical coverage and I am looking at a root canal I mean come on. People write on Facebook such cool things can I be one of them PLEASE. Yet in all this it is true a person does change they realize what is important what meant a lot and they some how survive. I have always said I did not want to be bitter and indeed it is one thing I have tried to keep to. All I can say to all you wonderful people wow we must shine through all this.
We may always have questions but we are true blue survivors here's to us.
Please have a cup of tea with me today.

New year 2011

So we saw London come into the New Year from here in the USA called my mum my daughter was told that the church bells were ringing in the background. We sang Auld Lang syne and laughed and cheered. Now for American New Year my tooth was aching so much and my younger daughter was asleep.
This is the first year without my brother Scott.
Who knows what this year will bring. We worked hard today taking all the decorations down.
I never liked Christmas until I got married and now it is a holiday I absolutely love. With or without a husband I am thankful for the gift that Tim gave me.
So here we a laugh is how we saw London in from our little part of America.
Please have a cup of tea with me today.