Dusty Roads to the Heart

The other night, as the setting sun was turning the western skies to a soft glow, I found myself standing in the back lawn of a little church, holding a single candle, as it flickered there in the semi-darkness.  The large cottonwoods raised their branches to the darkening heavens. Soft music flowed out into the twilight and circled down among all of us as our little candle let out its flicker against the sunset. I was surrounded by lots of people but the stillness, the quiet, could be felt very strongly as our candles flickered there together. We were all remembering a dear wife, a dear mother, a dear grandma, a dear sister, a dear neighbor, a dear friend. God so kindly gave me five beautiful gifts. The most precious gift a person could want. He gave me my sight, my touch, my hearing, my smell and my taste. These all are so wonderful. Because of them I can enjoy His great creation. Because of these I can hear those three words "I love you" as my husband tells me, or my li

As some of you know, I have totally fell in love with Anne of Green Gables. I love to listen to her books while riding on the tractor.  I always come home so happy, so joyous. The world seems like a beautiful place after spending time with Anne. So last night I decided to be an "Anne of Green Gables" myself.  I wanted to see if I could turn a regular busy day on the farm into something to remember with fond memories.  If I was to remember today in a special way, I had to think just like Anne.  I did just that and now I want to share my lovely day with you, my Facebook friends. Our alarm went off at the early hour of 5:30.  Lots of people get up that early, I'm sure, but consider that my hubby didn't get in until midnight last night, so hence I didn't go to sleep either. So 5:30 came really fast. Hubby was up and out to the kitchen before you could shake a leg, putting the tea kettle on to boil. He always does this before he heads down to the basement to do a