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.
