Extreme Quilter

From 6/23/11:

"Fools' words get them into constant quarrels; they are asking for a beating."

- Proverbs 18:6

LOL - I love some of these verses!

"We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about His power and His mighty wonders." 

- Psalm 78:4

From 6/25/11:

"The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear Him, and delivereth them." 

- Psalm 34:7

"Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes." 

- Proverbs 19:2

"To acquire wisdom is to love oneself; people who cherish understanding will prosper."

- Proverbs 19:8

"If you help the poor, you are lending to the Lord - and He will repay you."

- Proverbs 19:17

"You can make many plans, but the Lord's purpose will prevail."

- Proverbs 19:21

So yes, I've been AWOL for over a month.  That's crazy!  Right after my last posting, I think, my Granddaddy had what they originally diagnosed as a stroke.  Eventually it was "downgraded" to a ruptured blood vessel in his brain.  After two weeks of fighting and surgery and craziness, the ventilator was turned off and he passed quite gently from this life into the next.  I haven't been able to write about it or even talk about it much so I suppose I've sort of avoided blogging.  I think I'm finding my voice again so we'll see if I can get back into a routine again.

Mark and I finally made reservations last night to go camp in Utah over Memorial Day weekend.  We've been trying to go for several weeks but illness, activities, and unexpected events have kept us from "getting out there".  It is wonderful to have something fun coming up to focus on!

My girls (10 of them as of now) are bridging up from Juniors to Cadettes at the end of next week.  We hosted some younger Girl Scouts yesterday (Daisies and Brownies) and it made me reminisce about when my girls were littles as well.  My how they've grown and my how proud of them I am.

I guess I'll close by saying the I can still feel the Lord piecing my heart back together after each and every heartache.  I don't know what you do when difficult things happen if you don't have faith to turn your eyes to the Lord.  I call my blog A Patchwork Heart ... you know Heavenly Father is the one piecing it back together ... which makes Him and extreme quilter.  YEAH BABY!

Blessings y'all!