1. HE LIVES

    the sun is shining
    as we celebrate
    the Son rising
    …and then
    the sun is covered
    by a big gray cloud
    the clouds are ever changing
    yet Heaven is a constant
    there is one sky above
    home to a never changing
    all knowing
    ever present God
    who sent His Son to die
    that we may believe in Him
    and have the gift
    of everlasting eternal life
    in Heaven
    when our time on Earth
    is through
    Thank you, God
    for sending Your Son to die
    and bear our sins
    today, on Easter Sunday
    we celebrate and say,
    “HE LIVES”

    March 31, 2013

  2. up and at ‘em
    feet on the floor
    children still sleepin’
    dog and I
    out the door

    it’s half past six
    there is a cold snap
    in the air
    we walk upon
    the sidewalk
    snow packed
    here and there

    we turn a corner
    toward the park
    the dog and I
    on our favorite walk
    there is pink mist
    thick on the horizon
    in front of us
    on either side
    me without my camera

    then I look behind us
    the dog wonders,
    “Why did she stop?”
    the sun was rising
    fiery red shown
    from behind the clouds
    blending to pink
    golden too somehow
    spectacular
    amazin’
    so movin’
    I said aloud,
    “Thank you, God
    Today is Yours.”

    He is the Creator
    The Greatest Artist
    His palette holds
    every color
    His canvas is the sky
    He created everything
    even that dog
    and me

    March 27, 2013

  3. carefully

    I’m trying to be still and know that He is God, from the Psalms.
    I am trying to Trust and Fear Not.
    It is hard.
    Faith is believing in things that cannot be seen.
    Love is the biggest of all.
    I am a Hope Full woman.
    I’m also held together really carefully on the inside right now.
    Love,
    Janean

    written Monday, March 18, 2013

  4. lucky thirteen

    It’s Wednesday today, right?!
    March 13th
    3-13-13
    Hmmmmm
    good thing I’m not superstitious
    I trust in God above

  5. more wind talk

    I prayed aloud as I walked Blue on our usual route in the biting wind, at times towing the dog to follow me, as I pressed on against the frigid gusts.
    I am not a quitter but I’m not a stupid fool either. < Just had to add that!
    God can move mountains. I’ve seen and felt Him do it, time and time again.
    I trust God. I love Him too.
    Trying to wake up sleepy boys and need to corral a barking dog who has the cat cornered behind the dryer.
    Must be Monday morning, and a school day at that.

    February 11, 2013
    6:40a.m.

  6. I love the rain Spring rains will come soon thunderstorms and gentle mists I welcome both I love walking in the woods and on a gravel road lined with trees on either side I love resting whether on a proper bench or plopping on the ground I love the river especially Grandpa&#8217;s river the mighty Mississippi standing atop his bluff looking o&#8217;er her curving path there I can breathe I love to smile and often do a gentle curve of lips or crooked at the corner a flash of teeth and quick laugh full wattage mega kind too the best ones reach my eyes I love the rain I walk my dog without an umbrella wearing rain boots with peacocks splashing through puddles with a grin laughing at my prancing pup I am not dead. I am here. Thank you, God, for these simple things and the ability to find joy in quiet moments such as these. Thank you for family and friends, and the powerful prayers of Your people who are lifting up my cancer fighting husband and me and our boys asking for the strength and courage we need to weather this vicious storm. We are thankful, humbled and oh, so very blessed. Hope bubbles fresh anew each day. Your love will see us through. ~Janean January 25, 2013 Photograph taken on January 16, 2013, standing atop my Grandpa&#8217;s bluff, overlooking his river, my Heart Home, that place where I can breathe.

    I love the rain
    Spring rains will come soon
    thunderstorms and gentle mists
    I welcome both

    I love walking in the woods
    and on a gravel road
    lined with trees on either side

    I love resting
    whether on a proper bench
    or plopping on the ground

    I love the river
    especially Grandpa’s river
    the mighty Mississippi
    standing atop his bluff
    looking o’er her curving path
    there I can breathe

    I love to smile
    and often do
    a gentle curve of lips
    or crooked at the corner
    a flash of teeth and quick laugh
    full wattage mega kind too
    the best ones reach my eyes

    I love the rain
    I walk my dog without an umbrella
    wearing rain boots with peacocks
    splashing through puddles
    with a grin
    laughing at my prancing pup

    I am not dead. I am here. Thank you, God, for these simple things and the ability to find joy in quiet moments such as these. Thank you for family and friends, and the powerful prayers of Your people who are lifting up my cancer fighting husband and me and our boys asking for the strength and courage we need to weather this vicious storm. We are thankful, humbled and oh, so very blessed. Hope bubbles fresh anew each day. Your love will see us through. ~Janean

    January 25, 2013

    Photograph taken on January 16, 2013, standing atop my Grandpa’s bluff, overlooking his river, my Heart Home, that place where I can breathe.

  7. Here Lies the Remains of a Girl Who--Did What Now?: Put yourself back together. →

    autumndragonfly:

    • Sit quietly in a storm without an umbrella, without a word of complaint. Let the rain wash away every ounce of bitterness that has been used to write a eulogy on your skin.
    • You’re not dead.
    • Remember.
    • Drive down to the river. Drive down to where the industrial waste has not re-colored the…

    I love the rain
    Spring rains will come soon
    Thunderstorms and gentle mists
    I welcome both

    I love walking in the woods
    and on a gravel road
    lined with trees on either side

    I love resting
    whether on a proper bench
    or plopping on the ground

    I love the river
    especially Grandpa’s river
    the mighty Mississippi
    standing atop his bluff
    looking o’er her curving path
    there I can breathe

    I love to smile
    and often do
    a gentle curve of lips
    or crooked at the corner
    a flash of teeth and quick laugh
    full wattage mega kind too
    the best ones reach my eyes

    I love the rain
    I walk my dog without an umbrella
    wearing rain boots with peacocks
    splashing through puddles
    with a grin
    laughing at my prancing pup

    I am not dead. I am here. Thank you, God, for these simple things and the ability to find joy in quiet moments such as these. Thank you for family and friends, and the powerful prayers of Your people who are lifting up my cancer fighting husband and me and our boys asking for the strength and courage we need to weather this vicious storm. We are thankful, humbled and oh, so very blessed. Hope bubbles fresh anew each day. Your love will see us through. ~Janean

    January 25, 2013

  8. here&#8217;s the second photograph of this morning&#8217;s vivid glow the luminescent color has since faded to a muted lavender with merest hints of gold thank you, God, for the beauty of the sunrise which soothes my aching soul December 6, 2012

    here’s the second photograph
    of this morning’s vivid glow
    the luminescent color has since faded
    to a muted lavender
    with merest hints of gold
    thank you, God, for the beauty of the sunrise
    which soothes my aching soul

    December 6, 2012

  9. more

    an early morning fog hovers
    thickest by rooftops
    chased away by streetlights
    and yet stars twinkle through
    Light shines from Heaven above
    saying, “I Am here”
    even in the dark, quiet, stillness
    of an early morning walk
    with that dog I love so BIG
    God loves me more

    November 21, 2012

  10. sunrise was spectacular that&#8217;s two days in a row sighing happy sighs and thinking, &#8220;Yeah God!&#8221; November 11, 2012

    sunrise was spectacular
    that’s two days in a row
    sighing happy sighs
    and thinking, “Yeah God!”

    November 11, 2012