I never knew that retirement could be so action packed.

I feel like my writings have suffered a bit the last few weeks because of my busyness. Yesterday and today I put Contact paper shelf liner in all the cabinets in my daughter’s new house. My backside feels as if I had picked strawberries all day and was bending from the waist over continually. I laid, I crawled, and I wrestled that Contact paper into position! Tonight I pulled out that bottle of bath salts that me and Sis got in Hot Springs and had a good soak. The people that know me really well know that I never take leisurely baths but think rapid quick fire showers are the way to go.

Sunday afternoon I will be leaving for our youngest son’s home and will start my new chapter of keeping my youngest grandchild while the parents work. I will stay there all week and come home on Friday nights. I ask for prayers from all of you that I don’t become the bossy, know-it-all mother-in-law and that my six months there becomes a time that we all will cherish.

I have worried about leaving Mark to himself with all my spring and summer chores pending but he usually does more chores when I am not around cracking my whip anyway.

Our one twin, Rachel, just built a new home as a divorcee with 3 boys and her back yard touches her twin sister’s back yard. I have lectured them both about staying within their boundaries and being courteous with one another and respecting each other’s privacy.

I have a tendency to be a Martha personality and need to learn to be more of a Mary and sit at Jesus’s feet. I want to not only teach my children and grandchildren things but to be a mother and grandma that they want to be around. In all my busyness I want Jesus to shine through me. Please Lord let me be your light!

Please pray for me as I pray for you as new chapters unfold in our lives.