Lent is upon me!

It has been nearly a year since I wrote anything and I doubt I have a single reader left. But I have decided to make Lent a time of thanks and to write something at least a couple times a week (have to be honest with myself! :D) about the journey I am taking this year.
Four years ago tomorrow I left the church I loved and had attended for nearly 28 years, because I did not feel I could stay. There was a new rector and too many things she did made me angry. I would leave church on Sunday morning angry and that is NOT how I want to leave church - or indeed ever feel! I celebrated Ash Wednesday with a new church and attended several different congregations for nearly a year. Eventually I, and my hubby, settled into a new church family and are slowly feeling a part of this wonderful group of individuals.Since that time I have been thinking a lot about the communion of a congregation. I worship God in my heart all the time, but I firmly believe that I need the company of others on this journey of faith. Too many times over the years, we have been helped by others from our extended family for me to think they are un-important. And even more, we have been able to help others. This has made us stronger.But now-a-days all I seem to hear is "I don't need to attend church to be a good Christian," and while technically that is correct, I take exception to the thought. Christ commends us to join together, to eat together, to work together, to be in community with one and other. And I believe that is what a weekly service with like-minded souls is! How can we accept Christ and not try to live as He wanted us to live?

I've been sick!

All week I have been sick! Head cold I think - though lots of well meaning folks have been trying to tell me it is allergies. I don't know nor really care what it is, I just want it gone! I am much on the mend now and hopefully will see it out in another couple days, but the interesting thing is...my feet/ankles feel better than they have in 2 years! And I suspect it is because for 2 days this week I did NOTHING but sit in my chair and doze. Stayed off the feet completely. Makes me wonder if I had been able to stay off them for a week back at the beginning of all this...maybe all this wouldn't be? (am I losing you?)
Anyway, it is now midnight and since I only slept 12 and a half hours last night, I guess I will head back to sleep.

Shorter and just as sweet?

Well it has been over a month since I wrote. That is too long. The problem is, I think of stuff to write when I am not at the keyboard and dry up when I have time to blog. Also I seem to be under the illusion that is has to be thought-provoking and of some heft. So today. Short and sweet.
I love reading others blogs, Spontaneously Clapping's post honeymoon ramblings (and now pregnancy journeys) are a reminder of a great time in my life. My friend Joy just had a new baby boy, and is blogging of that wonderful time at The Strange Land. I love Kim in Just a Southern Girl on a mission-journey in Argentina. And I especially love my cousin's great honesty in her blog 2 Thinks to Share. Love all of you and many more that I read but don't always comment on . Thank you.