I feel totally incapable of making a blog post right now and yet it seems like the right time. My head spins as I think about all that has happened since I wrote here last. I'll see if I can remember the highlights.
Well, I turned 65 in December last year. That means that I had to sign up for Medicare and figure out all of that rig a ma role. I'm glad that I am a member of AMAC as they have a Medicare specialist who got me into the right program for me and saves me $55 a month.
We got to go to Cora's for her son's first birthday at the way end of December and, of course, we hosted our New Year's Eve party again. It was the quietest party yet as the young couples left before 9:00 and the older couples left before 11:00. If it weren't for my sweet neighbor, Luci, and her husband I have to wonder if we would have been in bed before midnight and missed that first kiss of the new year. :)
This has to be the snowiest Winter of my life. It just keeps coming and coming. We just finished a 2 day blizzard and now I hear that a 3 day one is supposed to move in tomorrow. The guys take turns between pushing snow like crazy for long hours and recovering on the couch watching movies or playing with computer buddies.
The biggest decision for me was to close my Bismarck office. I've been in there for 12 years but, alas, many of my clients were older and have passed away. With my declining health, I was unable to find new clients and the day finally came on February 27th when I turned in my keys. My office neighbor, Paul, saw me loading my car and said "Dawn, are you leaving?" I told him that yes, sadly I was leaving. He looked so sad which, I'm sure, matched my expression.
Now that the bitter pill has been swallowed, I'm happy to admit that I felt a sense of freedom when I didn't have to pay rent for March. It was also a blessing to see the people that God sent to buy my office furniture. I especially was blessed to meet the ranch wife who will use my massage table in her Christian energy practitioner office. That made me so happy to know that it will go on blessing the world through her hands!!
The farm's biggest news is that the crew has finally arrived to build our shop. We were expecting a crew last September but they must have had many delays as they never came. We were told over and over that a crew would come but we never imagined that they would come at the end of February which is our coldest month.
So they got the frame up last Friday before they left for the weekend. Most of that time it was below freezing so I kept praying for the wind to stay down at least. This morning they showed up ready to get back to work on our shop. PLEASE pray with me that they can get the building enclosed so that they can work inside no matter what the weather is like. Here's a picture that I took of the shop frame this morning.
In other news, my daughter Cora turns 36 tomorrow. That means that I've been a mother for 36 years plus 9 months. How I wish that she still lived across the road from us but she is happy where they are at now. That's worth so much to her papa and I.
My guys and I have been working on the building that will adjoin the shop. This is where the farm office will be on the main floor and an apartment will be upstairs. Some day our son, Jacob, will live there. I'll see if I can add some pictures of that project later.
Once again I thank you for all of your prayers for my family and I over the years. I pray for you to be at peace with God and to shine for Him in this horrible darkness all around us. His servants are all saying that He will turn over the money changers tables soon.
Most of all, as always, the children of this world are in my thoughts and prayers. Let's all pray for all of them to be safe and in loving environments. That's what they deserve and anyone who would hurt them deserve what Jesus talked about. It would be better that a millstone be tied around their necks and be drowned in the sea than to face the wrath of the God who loves ALL of the little children!!!
Robert and I delight in the 6 grandchildren that He has blessed us with although we wish that we could see them more....................
Sometime I 'll write about the home school convention. I got to go with Andrew and his family. It was a blessing to see so many new faces amongst the parents. The best part for me was seeing the daddys kissing their babies. Truly I am blessed to be a part of the home school community here in North Dakota.
May God bless your week,
Dawn
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