March Blessings~ Counting It All Joy

Counting It All Joy

The Winds Of March

March 5~ Get up Beth you have a coffee and breakfast date. Then some NASCAR. Don't like the new point system at all. But had a wonderful day. Great music on the jukebox. Dancing, laughter, memories, and smiles. Actually just a different kind of day. It was fun just doing something totally different and out of the ordinary for me. Then I had a wonderful visit on the phone with my daughter Amber Webber. Extremely blessed beyond measure. Surprises and blessings are the order of the day. Prayers with Katherine Fischer Huston. Thankful she is on the mend. As well as the needed prayers sent this way. Love praying with my sister's in the Lord. Brings a peace, hope, and His divine providence of grace upon all things. Thank You Lord for your will to be done. Blessings

March 6~ Oh wake up Beth! Bad dream....wake up and get this new week started. Good morning Monday! Time for some prayer and coffee. Out the door for the first of two appointments. Watching the sky as its truly a crazy weather day. Snow, sleet, rain, wind, blue skies and rainbows. Kinda feels like my life at times. Doesn't know whether to sit and cry or sing, and dance in the storm. Oh yes! The answer to that is..... Sing, and dance in the storm to make the rainbows of life. Lessons today in the weather. Realizing what a truly small world we live in. Talking today with a friend and finding out we have a lot of mutual acquaintances, and life situations in common. Felt very connected and not so alone. Funny how life brings people across your path. just at the exact right moment in time that is needed. God's perfect timing. Just being open and honest, and real; not hiding behind false pretenses. You see the true person and the beauty and love story of who they truly are. So grateful that I don't need to hide behind lies and false pretenses. No phony! Even in the brokenness it creates a new growth of radiant beauty and newness. Thankful that God, brings so many wonderful people across my path at the right time.That leave amazing life prints in my journey. Making a banquet of beauty. Thankful for the healing journey I'm on and those He has placed in my life to travel this road with me. As I look back and see where I was and were I am. Totally amazed! We've come along way baby! Thank you Lord. God's amazing grace! What could be better!? Thank you Lord for this day and your hand upon my life. Blessings

March 7~ Do I have to get up? It's ugly, wet and cold out there. It will be an amazing day Beth! You are alive and today is a gift. Fueling this day with coffee, prayers, and friendship. Time to go bless a lovely lady with a new style and a smile. Thank you Cindy Forsythe Rieder for allowing me to care for Ann's hair. Then let's meet up with a lovely lady for some lunch and friendship. What an amazing afternoon. Then time to meet up with the lovely Christina Lee. Love those leggings. Thank you! Love catching up with friends and just sharing life. Great way to turn a grey gloomy wet rainy day into a beautiful liquid sunshine day of smiles and laughter. Always looking for the light in the darkness, treasures hidden in the everyday, and gifts placed in the day for me to find and unwrap. Thankful for each opportunity to be the best me possible. Thank you Lord for another day of possibilities. Blessings

March 8~ Good morning Wednesday! It's salon day. Time to create smiles of beauty. Love my little job and the ladies I see every week. Today Norma blessed me with an amazing complement. She told me how much she appreciated me and that I was an extremely compassionate person that was very gifted and talented and must have a special calling on my life, to work with the elderly. WOW! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Best paycheck of the heart ever. Love the five beautiful smiles that left the salon today. Thankful to have choices of bottles of color to pick from today as I covered my wisdom. And each one of those wisdom were well earned. Glad to put the youthful color back in. Love all my body lotion and moisturizer to keep my body and skin silky soft and smooth. Got to love that Mary Kay product! For the quiet of the evening as this gloomy wet rainy day closes. Thank you Lord for another day of possibilities. Blessings

March 9~ Time to raise and shine. Its a new day. It holds new adventures and surprises awaiting you Beth. Morning coffee brewing. Prayers. Time to go create smiles of beauty at the salon. Plenty of surprises today.....three walk ins.....added two more to schedule for next week. Thank you Lord for the extra blessings added to me today. Home to pack for a short overnight visit with my dear friend Sally Mazza. Thank you for the invite and hospitality. What a crazy long drive to McMinnville. Rain coming down in buckets, just like the tears in my heart. So glad the Lord sees my tears as diamonds and holds them in a jar. Arrived safe and sound in McMinnville. A Lovely early evening out. Then back to the house to kick back to laugh and giggle. And a tasty fruit tray and cheese. Love R&R. And I'm warm. So just like the message says: life is calling.....I must go! This day was calling me to live and enjoy....get moving. Thank you Lord for this amazing day and life you've blessed me with. So thankful for this life's journey with all the twist and turns. Blessings

March 10~ Early morning raise before the sun. Quietly tiptoe not to wake anyone. Sun breaking through the blinds. Good morning sunshine. It's going to be a beautiful day, and drive back towards home. Then there is GPS. Yes thankful for it.....but it sure does take one on some grand detours that are rather adventurous. Thankful for the angels of the Lord protection encamped about me as I drive allover. Trains planes and automobiles, oh yes ferry's too. Safe return home two plus hours later after a few detours. Chiropractor visit. Thank you for the reschedule and getting me in today. Time to get some household chores done. Then an evening out with Katherine Fischer Huston. Thank you! Always fun to watch the kids perform. Today I'm thankful for getting from point A to point B in safety; as well as all the adventures the GPS has taken us on today. Glad that the Lord is my GPS in life. Time to close this day until the morning light. Blessings

March 11~ Good morning! 🎂🍦🎂Happy birthday🎂🍦🎂 to my beautiful baby girl Racheal; 36 years ago I was blessed with my third daughter. She told me she was glad I was celebrating the National Holiday for her today. 💖💖💖Yes Racheal it is your national holiday💖💖💖 and💗💗💗 I love you!💗💗💗 Early morning adventures with Mary McCormick Loomis, Trevor, Tyler, and Katherine Fischer Huston. Heading for Astoria for the weekend. So blessed to be invited to join in on the celebration of Mary's grandfather's Coast Guard Cutter being named after him. Katherine and I enjoy late afternoon walk on Pier 39 and early dinner at the Rogue. Then a long walk in the rain. Drenched Oregonian girls we are. Taking in all the views and activities. One can tell an Oregonian from a tourist. We don't care if we get wet. Lots of photos and memories made today. Thankful for my camera. Thankful for the opportunity to come along on this adventure with my girlfriend's and Mary's boys. Life is good! Being open to the possibilities and opportunities laid before us makes the adventure; as we journey through each day we are blessed with. The views are there to take in and relish. Thank you Lord for each one. Truly I am blessed. Blessings

March 12~ No! It cannot be time to get up! Where did that hour go? I've been robbed! It's okay .... It will appear again in the Fall. In the meantime get up and celebrate this day and enjoy what is wrapped in this day and this moment. Waking to the beautiful river view at the hotel. Blessed to be invited to be apart of the celebration of Mary McCormick Loomisgrandfather's Coast Guard Cutter Ship that was named after him; the John McCormick. Very impressive. So enjoyed the tour and the story's we heard today. WOW! Then some great food with great company at the Buoy in Astoria. Then headed to the beach at Fort Stevens to the Peter Iredale ship wrecked in 1906. The beach....did someone say beach? Oh thank you for the ocean water. The smell of sea salt. Sun setting on the horizon. So much to enjoy at the beach. Do I have to leave this place? Having a great time with Katherine Fischer Huston, Mary and her boys Trevor and Tyler. A bit of treasure hunting. Found a few special treasures to bring home with me. Most of my treasures were captured in my heart as well as my minds eye. Alot was captured in my camera's lens today as well. So much to see and enjoy. Thank you so much Mary for including us on this amazing day and weekend as you celebrate your families legacy. We are all ships sailing through. What legacy is found in your ship's hull? I thank each one of you that sail through life with me. You are my treasures. Thank You! Blessings