Nuggets Along the Trail: Beauty In The Sorrow

Over the years, we've always compared our family life to a wagon train heading west. Just as everyone had to do his part to get to Oregon years ago, so everyone in our family must do his/her part to make our journey through life successful. If somebody climbs in the wagon and lets the others do the work, we just don't make any progress. We all have to pull our weight and work together. Along the trail we find lots of pebbles that make for a smooth ride and some bigger rocks that jar us a little; we hit the occasional pothole that can slow us down. But if we purpose to search diligently, there are countless gold nuggets and precious gemstones along the way as well. This journal is an attempt to preserve some of those precious moments for our children, and our children's children, as together we travel this trail called life.

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Psalm 16:11

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Beauty In The Sorrow

God is good All the time

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All the time God is good.

So November marched by as Novembers tend to do; in between hospital visits and good news and hospital visits and bad news, life kept happening. There were up days and down days and same days and different days and amidst it all, God's goodness never faltered. But then, it never does, even when we don't understand it. His amazing grace is available and boundless; His mercies are new every morning. Great is His faithfulness.

There were some really windy days amidst the beauty. I remember one of those days when the South Grove burn pile fire didn't get put out properly and started up again... it wasn't big but it was persistent. With Josh and Dad and Kaitlyn working on it, it was out in an hour.

These from Kaitlyn

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and isn't he just the cutest?

Sunday afternoon walk with Dad to check cows.

So much beauty this month. Or maybe I was looking for it more. I don't know.

My favorite.

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Bennett's first horse ride💙💖

Major repair by the township men when a concrete culvert crumbled.

When ASarah gives a hospital tour, you get to see some interesting places -

photo cred: ASarah -

Camping💙💙💙💙

Uncle Josh makes everything more fun 💙💙💙💗

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Mom-isms

When you've got a lot of irons in the fire, sometimes you're gonna get burnt.
Much gain comes to him who hustles while waiting.
Good intentions produce little.
Efficiency is utilizing effective but careful shortcuts for the sole purpose of making more time for the next productive pursuit or service to others.
Laziness is utilizing shortcuts, careful and effective or not, for the sole purpose of making more time for the next selfish or nonproductive pursuit or activity.
Never try to multi-task while giving haircuts.
Carelessness hurts.
I've never met a mess that can't be cleaned up.
God made dirt not to hurt.
When you go on a walk, take gloves and a bag for trash.
Shortcuts usually aren't.
A job done right has been done twice.
When sick children are almost better, we always regret taking them anywhere.
When sick children are almost better, we are always glad we kept them home.