Merry Christmas!

Note: Photos taken in November in La Crosse, WI

A Smile

Dad, Hannah and I happened upon the decking of many trees in a park along the Mississippi on our November doctoring trip. This fella made me smile.

Goodbye, Dear Dorothy

On December 8, we said goodbye to Dorothy. Painful for us. Peaceful for her. The joy and peace she is experiencing with Jesus seeps into our hearts. Still, we miss her so.

"Death is the Gate of Life.

"There is deep insight in those old words. For man's natural thought of death is that of a dreary ending in decay and dissolution. And from his standpoint he is right: death as the punishment of sin is an ending.

"But far other is God's thought in the redemption of the world. He takes the very thing that came in with the curse, and makes it the path of glory. Death becomes a beginning instead of an ending, for it becomes the means of liberating a fresh life."

- I. Lilias Trotter, Parables of the Cross

Note: Picture taken two days before Dorothy went to be with Jesus:

Maren, Dorothy, me, Hannah

August - September: Meals of Produce

There is great satisfaction in eating what you (or your Dad) grows. These plates full were just two of many meals grown mostly in our own gardens.