2017 in a nutshell

2017 in a nutshell

2017 was the beginning of a new season for our family with lots of shifting numbers… First there were 6, then there were 5 and then 4, then 5 again. One of our tribe flew across country to fight injustice, then another birdy got married leaving 4 but then we had a 6 week visitor making us temporarily 5. The numbers not all that important but the people and comings and goings made meal planning this year a definite challenge. Some days there were just 2, giving us glimpses of the empty nest life but just as quickly we could end up with a household looking for their next meal.

 It was a season of adding and subtracting. We gained a permanent plus one in our daughter in law. We added a driver, lost a car in a crash and another car just died. One vehicle went with the married-off child but somehow we still came out with an extra. 

2017 was also a season of simplifying, moving out junk, taking out couches and adding some cool factor.  It was a year of increase, at least in hours worked for John. My increase came in the form of volunteering outside the home. A year filled with new ventures in meeting people and getting to know new batches of friends including drop in center ladies, prayer time ladies, porch ladies and Sunday morning ladies. 2017 was also a year of digging down deeper, growing more roots, gaining more understanding of my mountain moving God and, gaining more understanding what it means to love.