I really do like to blog. I like to layout the photos and the copy and go from there. Perhaps I can credit this to being a yearbook editor in high school & college - or working for a newspaper during the summers. Who knows - but I do like this format!
However I know that it is a bit in the past. Most of the people I follow these days - use instagram, newsletters, or Substack. I have a substack account too. If I can figure out how to incorporate pictures within Substack - then I do not mind going over to that platform too.
I suspect that part of the choice is based on financial implications. I do not think there is a way to have paid subscribers to this blog and while I am okay with that - there are several of my friends who want to be paid for their writing. That is certainly I seek - mostly because it means I have a bunch of followers - but until that day - I am okay with just some of you reading my work!
So this is here - but I am going to try to post it across several platforms - we will see how it goes!
I lost my 2024 Day Planner. I ordered it in December - I suspect in the middle of my mom's hospital stay and all of the things that went with that. Up until today - I had looked for it everywhere. Of course if you must know the truth - I have crap stacked in all kinds of places. Mostly books - you surely know by now that I LOVE books.
Those books on the arm of the chair - were stacked beside my bedroom door. I thought the day planner might be with the 3 stacks I had in that location - but I did not see the spiral bound planner. However I knew those books needed to be put on the shelf. I did not take time to actually put them in ABC order by author - but I moved the stacks to the library shelves.
And guess what .....
Fallen behind the stacks - and behind the box they were stacked upon and actually fallen into the living room below - albeit caught on the rock wall - was my planner.
There is a lesson here. The lesson of not giving up - not moving past the goal. In this case the goal was simply to find the planner. I almost sat down today and ordered another copy. But first I decided I would put up those 3 stacks of books. I thought to myself that maybe I was just missing the spiral bound planner in the stacks - thought that moving them to a better place - might allow me to run across the planner.
It did. Not exactly like I had thought - but I found the planner and it is only January 17th - I have just missed a little bit of the month!!!
There are so many quotes for "keep going" - but my favorite of all time might just be the verse I featured on this blog long ago.
She did teach me about faith. There is so much to say about my mom. I will share those things as time goes - in little bits along the way. Her faith was what one would say - so strong. A strong faith. A faith that kept her eyes on Jesus. I never really said enough how proud I am to be her daughter. Maybe something we don't think to say until the person who needs to hear it is gone. But the blessings of being their adopted daughter will linger for years and years to come.
And I will keep going - there are certainly more "planners" to find - more things to do. Most of all - I will just keep on with whatever the task for today is. Today - it was find that planner and decide what I need to do to accomplish the work this week - and make a list!
Behind that scripture just might be one of my most favorite pictures of my mom.
