Quote from "Stepping Heavenward" by Mrs. E. Prentiss

"She says I shall now have one mouth more to fill and two feet the more to shoe, more disturbed nights, more laborious days, and less leisure or visiting, reading, music and drawing.

Well! This is one side of the story, to be sure, but I look at the other.

Here is a sweet, fragrant mouth to kiss; here are two more feet to make music with their pattering about my nursery. Here is a soul to train for God; and the body in which dwells is worthy of all it will cost, since it is the abode of a kingly tenant. I may see less of friends, but I have gained one dearer than them all, to whom, while I minister in Christ's name, I make a willing sacrifice of what little leisure for my own recreation my other dear darlings had left me. Yes, my precious baby, you are welcome to her time, her strength, her health, her tenderest cares, to her lifelong prayers! Oh, how rich I am, how truly, wondrously blest!"

Thursday, August 29, 2024

Traveling Plans

     Tonight is the night of our 2nd annual friend's camping planning meeting.   I've been pretty excited about meeting up to plan the next year to see what kind of beautiful destinations we will go to, mountains we will climb, waters we will kayak, stars we will sleep under.  You know, all the things.  The only trouble I may have is that I want to return to Alaska and do my work remotely from there next summer so we can fit more fishing, hiking, animals, stars, and the beauty of that last frontier.   I'm going to plan as if we are not going, but hope we can work it out.  Stay tuned!



    Meanwhile, Emily has been finishing up a lot of our videos so we decided to start over watching our Alaska videos.  We've only started back today but it was so fun to see after a year.   Here's the link to the first we watched.  We want to put together some of our other trips this year to hopefully inspire others to go and have fun in this beautiful country that we are blessed to live in.  We also love to share with our family and friends who are not able to always go on these adventures with us but enjoy "traveling with us" on the journey via their computers or phones.  They are always such an encouragement to continue when I don't ever want to appear we are bragging or showing off.   We just love to encourage others to make their own adventures while they can.  

 




    Not any other big news in our family.  Thankfully all are well.  The family is growing by leaps and "grands" which is so very exciting.   Looking forward to this Labor day weekend to catch up with my peeps, kayak with some friends, and play a bit of tennis with other friends.   Thanks for stopping in and I hope to get more regular in writing here again.   I'm back to listing lots of books on Ebay as Tordoffmama if you are needing any good deals.  Adventures don't always come cheap, but they are worth all the extra work to share the wonder of this creation with my family.   


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