March 9: Philippians 2:12-13, Fiber Fun, Literary Life and Finding Joy

  Hello There,

Thank you for stopping by this week!  We had a wild weather week filled with blowing dust and allergies.  At times, our view was limited to only the houses across our street!  I'm praying for rain as more dust storms are expected.  

Our precious Chloe was very sick, but is improving.  We are cautiously optimistic.  Our eagle-eyed groomer pointed out a rash on her tummy, so we treated it with the appropriate medications.  By the next morning she had a large, dark bruise in the same area.  After viewing the pictures, our vet wanted to see her immediately.  Blood work showed that she had zero platelets versus the norm of150,000! 

After steroid treatment for four days, they went up to 20,000. Her next follow up is in four weeks.  Signs to watch for:  bruising, poor gum color, blood in her urine.  This condition can be caused by vaccines or occur spontaneously; but she received her vaccines some time ago, so, in her case, the cause is unknown.  I'm sharing with all parents of fur babies that I can so you will be award of this condition.  Our thorough groomers at K9 Cuts literally saved her life.  

Now that I've possibly raised your anxiety level, please relax and enjoy this weekly post!  😏

HERE'S A WORD - Faith...broken faith...faltering faith.  Here I will share a Scripture about these topics.  No judgement, only love.  

As we work out our own salvation with fear and trembling, we are to remember God is working in us to will and to act in order to fulfill His good purpose.  

How does this apply to those of us with faltering faith, perhaps not seeing His good purpose in our current circumstances?  

How do we accept His good purpose as we navigate our painful circumstances while we struggle to understand what appears to be our unanswered, desperate prayers?  

I've seen people simply walk away from God.  For some of us, that is not a long-term option.

I've seen people accept His will with humility and grace.  For some of us, we're not there - yet.  

I've seen people have honest conversations with God, sharing their anger, hurt, frustration, confusion and pain.  As they continue these conversations, His healing touch slowly helps them on the path to reconciliation with Him.  This process takes time, honesty with God and patience.  

Like I said last week, He is with us - even now.  

Give it time. Give it time.  

FIBER FUN

Crochet:  

This week I finished my rebozo!  Yea!  

I also made more crocheted hangers for my daughter, but forgot to take pictures.  Please, if you make these, use the hangers like these, with the pattern I shared.  The ones with the wider corners will not work.    

Hand Embroidery:  

Have you ever tried Punch Embroidery?  My LQS started carrying these kits from Kimberbell and I picked one up.  

Quilting:  I almost finished my baby quilt version of Melva's Pieces of the Santa Fe Trail.  Just need to finish the quilting and bind her up!  

LITERARY LIFE -   

CURRENT READS

FINISHED

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I highly recommend Two Who Survived by Rose and Max Schindler,
especially via audio, which Rose reads her part. 
You will experience pain, horror and hope all in one. 
Very Highly Recommend.  

FINDING JOY - LeeAnna's I Like on Thursdays at Not Afraid of Color helps me consistently find the joy in every life.  LeeAnna's prompt is:  As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? I dreamt of becoming a lawyer.  It may be more than one thing as you got older.  How did it change?  Instead I became a bilingual teacher.   Did you bring any aspect of that into your career?  In my case, I chose to bring my fight for justice to my career as I advocated for my students to have equal educational rights and the same materials as the SPED and Regular Education students.  I advocated for them to have bilingual materials and for them to keep their home language as they learned English.  

It is vital that our bilingual students maintain their first language to truly master English and become even more versatile in today's job market.  Once they understand how language works in their mother tongue, it quickly transfers to second and even subsequent languages they may learn.  I've been a witness to this process for many years.  

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