If you have white hair, you are obviously someone's grandmother. When Todd was in the 1st. grade his friends wanted to know if I was his grandmother. (:-)
My hands look older than I am. Gavin tells me often, "Nannie, your hands are really old!" I have not been brave enough to ask what he thinks of my hair and face.
The best breakfast, nutritious and delicious, is a banana spread with nutella (chocolate hazelnut spread)!
You still have to mind your children, especially when it comes to theirs.
Grandchildren ARE your reward for not killing your own.
Reading is one of the best investments of time. You cannot live long enough to learn all of life's lessons personally (at The School of Hard Knocks)...It is less expensive and less painful to learn from someone else's experiences.
To pick my battles. Things I used to think were so important, I cannot even remember now. I pray that my children will forgive me for "grinding at their very bones" about some things that really were not significant at all.
There is comfort in a long marriage. As with my children, I wish I had picked my fights more carefully. I am thankful that Gordon as stood by me in spite of my warts. We fit, like broken in shoes.
That all the "things" I thought I could not live without, I now can. All those "things" become a weight around your neck. They are too nice to discard; your children don't really want that "antique" bed; all those what-nots are just something else to dust!
That I have possibly influenced someone's life for the better. When you wake up in recovery after an operation and see a former student, you think maybe you did something right. When you find out one of your former students has willingly donated a kidney to someone that needs it, you think maybe you played a small part. When one of your former Sunday School students comes home to preach a powerful sermon, you think WOW!! He's just a kid!!
Most of all that God is a patient God, loving and long-suffering, and still in my old age, not finished with me yet. I have other things He has called me to do. I'm not sure exactly what but as Jason Lowe said in his sermon today, "All I have to do is take the next step." I believe I can do that!
Friendships are priceless. Some friends come into your life for a season. God brings them there to accomplish something in your life, or in theirs. Then they are gone. But some friends He brings you for a lifetime. Those are the ones who laugh with you, cry with you, pray with you, encourage you, and speak to you truthfully, sometimes things you do not want to hear. I thank God for each of you who have served my life in either purpose. It is true that a real friend, will "stick closer than a brother," and in my case, that is mighty close!!
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