Saturday Morning

The reason I like gardening is because of the surprises that show up. We planted Clementas  last year and I completely forgot about it, I really thought it had died. I walked out back and there blooming as pretty as you please this giant flower. The bloom is as big as my hand.

This morning we will be working in the berry vines. Weeding. It will be nice to get them all pretty and weed free. We have worked so much on the house that our garden area has been so sadly neglected.

This isn't a very good photo of this rose. It is called Lucille Ball. It is at first in the spring bright orange roses. The color of Lucille's hair. They change to a light red as the weather gets warm. The first time though in the spring they are just so pretty and unique.

I wanted to share a bit about last week. Tuesday when my daughter and family left to drive to Arizona. My heart was in my throat. My daughter was more tired than I have ever seen her before, letting her go like that knowing that I had to trust God was so hard for me. I knew that before she got to Saturday she was going to have to keep pushing herself beyond what she thought she could push. It is a lesson, as women I think we all have to learn. It is what gives us strength. Somewhere down inside is a flame that we can call on when we have to and we can do what it takes. It is what those women who braved prairies, hostile Indians and had the ability to conquer fear.

Last summer when I knew the answer to my prayers was that they were going to move. If I could have figured out any way to not obey God I would have done it. Like a child afraid of the dark with my hands over my eyes, God very slowly began to take my hands and pull them down from my eyes and show me that I must trust Him. I can trust Him for me and my husband so much easier than I can for my kids.

Yesterday, I talked to her for the first time since they left. As I listened to all of the good things that God has done, I wondered why I am always so afraid to trust God. The place they moved to is big and it is in a very nice area. The play ground is around the corner from their house. In fact, there was a brand new playhouse finished on the day they moved in. They have a front porch and one of those little secret prayers I prayed not expecting it to be answered. I prayed she would have a washing machine. Her In laws had bought one for her.
So I am in awe. I always wish I would obey God sooner, why do I have to put myself through so much.
The place they have moved to she was so impressed because they landscape with orange trees. She said, every where you look are orange trees. She loves orange trees. Just another way that following God sometimes is so good.

Well, time to grab that hula hoe and chop weeds. It will be so nice to work in the garden. My flowerbeds are just beautiful, but not the same as working in the garden. Working in the garden is my therapy.
I know that next year in 2014 I am going to look back at 2013 and just gasp at what God has done not to us but for us and I will be truly thankful. Right now though, I am not so sure. So many changes in such a short amount of time, I am forever trying to catch my breath.
Have a wonderful day,

~Kim~