Homestead Blog Hop 499

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Gather the Roses As I began this day, a poem/song has been running through my mind. I hope you will be blessed by it, as I have been. Here’s the video ( one of several that I like) of that song. The lyrics to the chorus go… Gather the…

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Austin’s 1 Year Trauma Anniversary

Austin’s Trauma Anniversary Today: Sunlight streamed into our bedroom. Birds chirped brightly outside, and Buddy the cat pushed his way close between my husband and me. Morning snuggles kept me in that zone between blessed slumber and harsh awakening. Suddenly the bright light rudely invaded my sleepy eyes, and I flung the blankets over my…

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Small Beginnings & Homestead Blog Hop 491

For who has despised the day of small things? For these seven rejoice to see The plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. They are the eyes of the Lord, Which scan to and fro throughout the whole earth.” ~Zechariah 4:10 Small things, new beginnings, little steps forward–what do they have in common? They are hard…

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