I’ve had this posted on my refrigerator for years. I found it in a book by Carrie Bender; the series is Miriam’s Journal but I don’t know which book it was in. It’s incredibly profound, especially the last sentence. Read it. Think on it. Re-read it. Ponder it. Read it again, pray about it, and then ACT on it.
Now is the time to love. Tomorrow is too late to rock the baby. Tomorrow the toddler won’t be asking questions. Tomorrow the schoolboy will not need help with his lessons. Nor will he bring home his school and neighborhood friends to share in family fun. Tomorrow the teenager will have made his major decisions and will not feel a need for the nearness he longs for and which we can give him now. And tomorrow our child will be close to us or a stranger to us depending upon how we use our time for him now.
~John M. Drescher
Today was Restmor, and we were glad we weren’t the only ones there this time. John & Misty and their family and Leann and her 2 girls were there; singing was much better than last month. We did errands before and after, and were home for lunch and school meetings by 11:30. Routine afternoon. Kids spent much time outside enjoying the beautiful day. Levi and Jesse milked twice, with Levi studying here in between and Jesse hauling manure for Uncle Randy in between. Levi left to feed and milk at the dairy a little before 2:00, and I taxied Jesse there around 3:00. Home to a wonderful walk while Aunt Joyce read to the kids (Joshua was napping). Supper prep, supper, k.p., Bibletime. Dad continued on in Proverbs but I don’t remember the chapter. We talked about talebearing, slothfulness, and wastefulness. Mmm hmmm – we can all do better in those areas. Then beds for all.
Found this picture on the camera when I got back from taxiing Jesse. Mmmmmm…. EVERYB0DY loves scotcharoos!
That’s it; good night.
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