Sharing The Journey

Feb. 13, 2009

Roses! :)

Not long after I posted the last blog hubby went to the porch and brought in a vase filled with a dozen beautiful red roses and two lilies. It was drizzling and well, getting roses on a drizzling evening was very special. That really warmed the cockles of my heart. I really didn't expect him to get me roses this year, and that he presented me the roses a few minutes after I had blogged about "The Dark Side of Roses" was even more unexpected. And funny.

I guess DH is a die-hard romantic at heart. :)

My plans for tomorrow include giving DH a homemade card, chocolates which we will share (yum, yum...methinks I'll get some from him too), and making heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast. The kids will get something simple from us too. Just for the fun of it. DD has a violin recital at 3.00pm and after that we and another family will have having pizza to celebrate their performance. I guess that will be our Valentine's Day dinner too.

My real dinner date with DH will be on Sunday evening when we celebrate my birthday. That I can't wait. :)

VD is more a "Hallmark" thing and we don't really "observe" it. It seems so "manufactured" to totally devote a day for lovey dovey activities and sentiments. We've been commanded to love and serve one another and that's an everyday thing whether it is convenient or not. Love is a choice...

But on that day we want to make sure that at least someone outside the family knows that we care, and that God loves him or her. This year we've chosen to spend some time with a shut-in widow who was recently hospitalized for a broken knee. She misses her adored husband of 33 years (he passed away 5 years ago and talks about him all the time). And she is childless. Somehow not allowing a day like that pass for her seems important. And if anything, the thought of us making her heart glad tomorrow by our presence and some homemade meals is making me more excited that any gift from anyone...it really is more blessed to give than to receive...

However you celebrate or don't celebrate Valentine's Day, have a great day tomorrow. :)

And if you want to give me flowers I'll accept them with gratitude. Flowers and chocolates make my heart sing, lol. :)

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Feb. 16, 2009 - Awesome!

Posted by onecrazymom

I love your idea for sharing the love of Jesus with others on VD. I just know you made that dear woman's day! My friend Jen (http://jenslessons.blogspot.com/) and I helped our kids to begin a service club (the kids named it 'The Hope Brigade') that meets once a week to share the love of Jesus with others in various ways. So far we have began a once a month Hymn sing at our local retirement home, served lunch at our local men's shelter (the Union Gospel Mission), helped get wood for a couple from our church, put together over 30 Operation Christmas Child boxes for our church, and even picked up litter along the highway into our little town. The kids love it and look forward to all the services we do. We are all learning that it is more blessed to give than to receive too!
Love,
Mandi

PS - you have a very sweet husband!

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