dog meets 50

Get a dog, they said! It'll be fun, they said.

Seriously. Isn't that the cutest face you've ever seen?

Seriously. My reading glasses she chews up? I do have a love/hate relationship with those things, though, so maybe she picked up on it?

But that logic doesn't hold up for this:

Or this:

(Both of those last two pictures are [WERE] cat toys.)

Speaking of cats, there's no love lost between these two:

And while this might look like a truce, it is uneasy at best.

Get a puppy, they said. It'll be fun, they said! I think I'm too old for this. Seriously. Did I mention I turned 50 last week?!

But then she looks like this:

And I think I'm in love. I'm sure of it.

And even as I type this (still annoyed about the reading glasses, by the way), I'm struck by the reminder that we break stuff, make messes, aggravate other people, chase after things best left alone ... and God loves us. Period. He doesn't even need for us to be sweetly sleeping to remember that He does. Love us. Fiercely.

And I am grateful, thankful, humbled.

(P.S. - just for fun:)

back to the basics

Interestingly, I tried to post on my Pathways Through the Wilderness blog today, for the first time in WAAAY too long, and found it has crashed. And since I'm oh so clueless about such things, I dug up my original, first-come-first-serve blog from the good 'ole days. It's been fun reading back through those posts, and I think I'll just continue on here for now.

I giggled a little at my tag line ... "Living a Life of Constant Change" ... well, that hasn't changed even though it's been almost two years since I've posted here.

I could write a country song.

But some things never change, and that is the simple reality of my life. Sacrifices made for me, lives shared with me, friendships forged over laughter and tears (and coffee, of course). Endings become beginnings.

I am days away from a new Slice of Life. I've resigned my position as Women's Ministry Director at my church, because I've hung on as long as I could and it's time to go. My body is weak. Yet my mind is still strong (mostly) and I have confidence that this new Slice will be as delicious as all the previous ones. I just don't happen to know what flavor it is yet! Good thing I'm a fan of pie in general, and that I have (some) patience to wait for it.

Looking forward to catching up!