In the Storm

30 Days of Thankful | 15

After a very difficult summer, now with Mom having moved in with us, she has been able to take regular walks, sometimes 2-3 times a day. If she was still in Indiana she'd have been closed up in her house with little chance of walking even across the street without battling the sub-freezing temperatures on a regular basis. While we have had some cold days here in Savannah, Mom continues to thrive because of her walks, getting stronger all the time. Her shorter term goal is to make it to the city bus stop and be able to take the bus - somewhere, anywhere. It is something I am thankful for.

30 Days of Thankful | 14

Even after many months, John and Jarrod still carry my bag out to the truck most days before work, and they still stop at the top of the stairs to the front stoop and render a salute, whereby I, in turn, salute. When this 'time' goes away as I am sure it will at some point - for everything there is a season - I will miss it. For now, I am thankful.

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At the beginning of the school year we began Daniel (a Beth Moore study) and the boys did amazing going through the Bible study. We began James and decided we'd complete all 5 levels of her study to include memorizing the book of James over the next five months. We'll be finished with James, Mercy Triumphs in another couple of weeks and we'll move right into the book of Esther (the boys decided on doing this study instead of Jesus, the One and Only next). Now, Mom has joined us in our studies too.

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It was pretty cool to see Jarrod display some home initiative after a P90 workout in homeschool co-op. The workout motivated him to get busy - moving more!!!

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It has been along time coming that I would switch to an iphone. We didn't buy the new 6's but did get the 5S. While I treat it much like my other flip phone it is really nice to search for something when I'm out and about and most of all I love taking photos with it and can't wait to load up some photo app's.

30 Days of Thankful | 6

We have needed a bunch of little things taken care of around the house and Jeff has been able to take some time on weekends to make them happen: put up a new cabinet in the boys' bathroom, door knobs, change light bulbs, towel racks and new shelves in Mom's room, put up a new television, hang a quilt holder in Mom's room, other little stuff here and there. It's been wonderful to get those things done.