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Why Bother?

It is Quadrille Monday on dVerse! Today's hostess is De Jackson (aka WhimsyGizmo) who has asked us to write our 44-word poem using the word bother in some way, shape or form. De is Being bothered seems to be second nature to many of us moms... just sayin'... Why Bother? "Thanks for soups, Mamz." "Yeah, it was great!" And before I know it they've flown off their chairs mouths still chewing that last bite Why do I bother? Would it kill them to just once offer to clean the dishes without me hounding them?

Don’t Look Back

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” ~ John Muir

Loving the Exhale

This is the year. The big one. They are coming, ready or not, and they will arrive in droves. Image by parlansky from Pixabay In Pennsylvania, where I live, this is the year of Brood X. The year of the huge 17-year cicada hatch. According to National Geographic, there are 3,000 cicada species, but only seven are periodical cicadas. The insects we typically hear droning as the backdrop music to our summer nights have spent less than a year underground as nymphs. The 17-year cicadas (or 13-year cicadas in the south) hatch from eggs laid over a decade ago on…

Receive God's Love

by Hazel Straub God is love. One of the benefits of experiencing a close relationship with Daddy God is receiving his love. You are his child, who is well loved. Then love will be a constant stream pouring out love, to others. You give the love you receive to others. Your love for others will transform others. Those who are loved by God, let his love continually pour from you to one another, because God is love. Everyone who loves is fathered by God and experiences an intimate knowledge of him. The one who doesn’t love has yet to know God,…

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Sabbatical

Lisa, our Senior Pastor, is taking a three month sabbatical this summer to spend time with her young family, to finish the editing of a book about women's struggles as clergy, and to begin another book on the same topic. Our congregation is paying her salary during this time. We appreciate our pastors and we want to nurture them. Local pastors and members of the congregation are going to give sermons and help out. I always thought the concept of a sabbatical was wonderful. To spend time studying, resting, and getting ready for the next phase of life seems so…

5 Things Every Young Adult Should Know

Adulting is difficult - it isn't as glamorous as the movies make it seem. There is no Chandler who is going to pay your rent as you struggle with your job, there is no absolutely no job that let's you chill with your friends and flatmates in a coffee shop or bar on most nights, more often you won't get along with your flatmate and would want to see them as less as possible, there are no rent controlled apartments in NY just waiting for you and losing your job is traumatic and not funny! I love FRIENDS but why,…

My Opinion On Friendship: It Sucks!

Who Is A Friend?A Friend is that faithful, soul cheering individual you love and who loves you just as much as you love him/her and would do anything for you.....Is that what you think or is that what the world tells you? well, thats the world's perspective. My definition of a friend.A friend is that little cute puppy who is faithful to you as long as you throw bones at him and would be a real beast if you run out of bones.....its quite simple. You're free to oppose. Okay, let's get this straight....I don't hate friendship and I definitely…

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#NaPoWriMo - Day Fourteen - My Married Name

This name is still an uncertain bird in my mouth,perched at the tip of my tongue when I reach for its fragile feathered body.So small in the hold of my handit cheeps, cheeps, cheepsand I say Finch, Finch, Finchto the mirror above the sink,check the windows are closed before loosening the grip I have on its wingsuncertain if I can make the sound stick. Write a poem that delves into the meaning of your first or last name.NaPoWriMo 2021 Prompt - Day Fourteen

snapshots from my week | lemonade, the playground, & spicy chicken bites

Hi guys! Well, I'm trying to get this post finished as fast as I can because I didn't have it ready by 8 AM. 😂🧡 How's your week been going? Mine had a lot of ups and downs... let's chat for a minute ☕ Last week, there were some great times, stressful times, decision-making and future-planning... I learned a lot, but I'm also mentally exhausted. I'm glad I've learned what I have, but if I could, I'd go back and change my responses to different situations. You ever feel like that? Since the past is already what it is, I…

Daffodil Scouting With My Photography Assistant

The Unofficial Official Opening and 1st birthday celebrations

We are happy to report our long awaited Family Fun Day and 1st birthday celebrations of the Tumbarumba to Rosewood Rail Trail actually went ahead as planned on Saturday 10 April 2021. As you know it was our third attempt at running an opening celebration, each previous one thwarted by Covid restrictions. Last year on 3 April 2020 we 'virtually' opened the first rail trail on government owned land with pre-recorded videos and footage on Facebook. This year though it was able to go ahead with a crowd and we had a very full schedule of fun events along the…

home(-ish)

"For the mountains may departand the hills be removed,but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,says the Lord, who has compassion on you." - Isaiah 54:10 Our good friends always told us, when changing time zones you should give yourself one day for every hour of time difference. That means by today, seven days after arriving in the United States, we should finally be "normalized" with the time zone we're residing in. The first days here were definitely unique, trying to accomplish important tasks with the enthusiasm and energy of a…

" So What Are You Going To Do With Your Retirement? "

Says your relative at the family party. In a bright and fauxly-interested voice. It is one of those questions that you hear when the conversation about paint drying lags. If they also turn on the Bright Social Face you know you have be presented with a target of opprtunity. Sip your beverage carefully. Make eye contact. lean slightly forward and whisper: " Crime. " Experts and purists will say no more. A slight hint of a wink or smile is permissible, but no more than might be seen in the blink of an eye. Then settle with a pleasantly neutral…

Places I feel most at home

For me I have these special places that make feel a peace and are where I go when I need to recharge my mind. In my family we have always loved going to Broke for family picnics, I remember that for what felt like almost every second Friday in year 8 my mum would take us up there for a drive and a picnic. When we get out of the car, we all close our eyes and take a collective breath, and you can just feel that whatever tension or worries that we had just melt away. Broke is not…

The Journey - A Video About Life & Living It

From Pastor's Kid to Pastor with Kids

This is an unedited and anonymous guest post. Views expressed in this article are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect those of this blog. Firstly, I just want to say from the outset, I love my dad. We’ve had our difficulties in our relationship, but by God’s grace and our mutual love for the Gospel we are united more today than ever before. So, although being a pastor’s kids was hard for me, my brother and my two sisters, I am writing this whilst holding in view the life transforming power of the Gospel of Jesus which meats us…

Utah Man Reveals Chokehold Guaranteed To Make Your Wayward Son Go On A Mission

Ogden, UT—A Utah man has revealed a special chokehold that he guarantees will get your deadbeat son to go on a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He calls his new hold Choked-to-Serve. The secret? Grab him by the hair and slam his head against the ground multiple times before moving to a standard stranglehold. "I never thought serving a mission was for me," says Aaron, son of the chokehold's inventor, "but while I was blacking out after the beating of my lifetime, I had a sudden change of heart." Aaron has recently been called to…

My Dog Gets It. Why Don’t We?

Photo by Author. I never contemplated having another dog. My previous foray into that did not go well; I adopted two rescue dogs during my time in Puerto Rico that were completely unteachable. When it was time to move back to the continental U.S., I found good homes for both and wished their new families bueno suerte as I backed out of their driveways. Maxwell came to us through somewhat extraordinary means. His lifelong momma was no longer able to care for him, so she asked for help on Facebook in re-homing him. I don’t know why, but something about his face…

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