Monday October 26 2015  AND A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE

I am purposely slowing down and still don’t have a moment to call my own.  Or at least it seems that way.  Not a lot going on around here right now so if this is too boring to read just skip down to the poems if you prefer. 

Up early, carved out time to spend with the Lord, fixed lunch for Dave as I would be gone during lunch time, went to the gym, stopped at the grocery store, made a stop at the CAMERA STORE in preparation for Friday’s school photography session, got my car washed and came home.  Ate lunch at 4:00 p.m., worked on laundry, and now I am here.  How does a day get used up so quickly?

Oh yes, I moved my red geraniums into the sunroom from outside.  That is where they will live for the next seven months.  I didn’t bring any geraniums in last year after doing so for many years.  I would bring the same ones in year after year, all nine of them.  They loved the sun room.  I had some sitting on the floor which grew up as high as my waist and huge in circumference.  They were a constant upkeep as I have carpet in the sun room.  I had four sitting in a row on an 8 foot bench like sentinels.  They had both southern and western exposure in a room that is almost all glass.  They thrived.  Others I had on the floor, on stands and on a table.  One particular day I had to debris all the spent blossoms from the geraniums.  I counted 210 flower stems I snipped off that day.  Most of the flowers would grow to the size of a grapefruit with a few others a bit smaller.  I have pictures of that somewhere in my archives.  It certainly makes for a cheery feel when I look into the sun room in midwinter and see all the brilliant red against the outside blanket of white.  This year I only brought in three small pots.  I have two very large pots that will be left to die in the winter cold.  Actually we will uproot them and put the pots into the shop.  Oops, maybe not this year.  I don’t have the strength to get them there.  That was always Dave’s job.  I’ll cover the opening of the pots and hopefully the pots will not freeze and break.

I guess my geranium tending is the most exciting thing I have done or will do on this day.  At least I hope nothing more exciting than that will happen the rest of the day. 

Dave is slowly making progress.  He is up frequently pacing around the house (doctor’s orders) so as to prevent blood clots or pneumonia from developing.  Yesterday he did over 5,000 steps.  I think he is aiming for that today.  It’s good to have a goal!  If that is the only thing you can do then that is a good goal.  He is an excellent patient. INSERT:  Dave just updated me that he will have over 6,000 steps in today.  YOU GO DAVE!!!

 

AND A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE

By Kathleen Martens

Oct 26, 2015

 

A little bit of summer

Came inside today.

In little clay pots

Their area to play.

 

Cheery and bright

In stunning red preen.

Framed in velvet

Leaves of green. 

 

Fragrance of summer

All winter long,

And lots of blooms

That sing a song.

 

It is in my heart

The melody is heard

Because they don’t really

Whisper a word.

 

They plant a smile

Upon my face

When I glance into

My sun room’s space.

 

And a bit of sunshine

Greets me each morn,

And winter’s cold

No longer forlorn.

 

We had a nice break while I was creating the above poem.  Rebecca and Neil called to face time us on the IPhone.  It is always so good to see them that way.  They have a lot of building projects going on inside their house (Neil is a builder) and they are planning on having them finished in time for some special company that is coming in about two and a half weeks.  Rebecca’s birth father’s sister, and her husband, will be visiting from Chicago.  It is such a wonderful experience for Rebecca to be able to connect with both sides of her birth family.  We have also met most of her family and find them to be delightful and interesting.  We are actually hoping that when things slow down with us that they will come and stay with us a few days.  Dave’s family is very small, two sisters, a niece and nephew and that is about it.  My family on the other hand is so large that it is hard to get a handle on it.  My mom was the oldest of 12 children who grew to adulthood, and quite a few of those had large families, and their offspring had large families, and now there is even another generation having families.  I couldn’t even give a possible guess as to how many first cousins I have, not to mention the generations once and twice removed.  I think it is great that Rebecca has so many families.   And I think that everyone that has ever met her, in her new found families (located 9 years ago), fell in love with both her and Neil.  I certainly know I fell in love with Rebecca the first time I set eyes on her, and that was when she was bald! And she leaked!

Early this morning I had a sweet time with the Lord.  During that time I wrote two poems.  I will share them below.

 

I NEED YOU LORD

By Kathleen Martens

October 26, 2015

 

I need You Lord every day.

Open Your path and show me Your way.

Call to my heart that I will hear

And be aware of Your presence, ever so near.

 

I need You Lord in time of stress

That when I’ve sinned I will confess.

You are the God of mercy and grace

And I desire to seek Your face.

 

I need you Lord when joy prevails

I need You Lord when all else fails.

I need You in all moments of time

That I know I’m Yours and You are mine.

 

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I PRAISE YOU FATHER

By Kathleen Martens

October 26, 2015

 

Lord I praise You for who You are,

And for caring about me.

I praise You for your splendor

And that You, someday I’ll see

 

No longer through a glass darkly

But face to face in all Your glory.

Thank You Father for mercy unending

And for the miracle of Your story.

 

I praise You Lord, the King above all,

And I rejoice in the power of Your might.

You, oh God, who are high above the earth,

Are the very source of unending light.

 

Good night and may the God of Love watch over you.