The Lord's Tender Blessings

One never knows what Tender Blessings the Lord has in mind.

This past week we had a "trip North" planned, to see Joanie & Gordie, Sarah and her little kindergarten people, Dave & Niki and Sam & ShaNee.

We enjoyed our wonderful visits so very much. Then Old Man Winter decided the weekend was the opportune time to flex his frosty muscles in snowy show, so we missed our visit with Sam & ShaNee. However Joanie & Gordon made us welcome in their comfy home for another night.

Joanie's enthusiastic YES when I called to see if we could stay with them was followed immediately by a call from her:

"Will you sing O Holy Night with me in church tomorrow?" she asked.

"I'll have to sing alto. Is that OK?" I said.

Well, it has been forever since we have sung together, seeing as how Joanie was a little girl when I went away to college.

Singing with Joanie was a sweet blessing, the huge bonus to a wonderful weekend of visiting. The delightful warmth of singing a song with my sister that Mom used to play for us so very long ago was unexpected and still lingers with me today.

What a choice surprise Heavenly Father had for Joanie & I! What a priceless blessing getting to sing with my sister! What a wonderful Sabbath dividend!

Top picture: The Navitity, birth of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Picture 2: Joanie and baby Jace (Mar 09).

Picture 3: Amy and her Grannie Annie (Jun 09)

I was hoping for a recent picture of Joanie & I together. Didn't have one, but these are a couple of my favorites, taken in the last year.

Go Fer a Ride with me, me Patty??

We went to visit Joanie the other day . . . Have been trying to get there for the past two weeks, and time just would not allow the trip. But Friday we carved out a whole day for the excursion and were off! Years ago in Livermore or Palmdale, Joanie gave me a shamrock start which I have loved, especially in the spring when it gets so leafy and excited about the new growing season. And we had a St. Patty's plant for Joanie that we wanted to deliver . . .

"Take a ride with me, Lucille, in my merry Oldsmobile . . ."

We also thought of Jake: maybe he would be playing his bass for a gig that night, and we could stop and listen.
When Jake called back, he invited us to their place to see the "sweet set-up" he had, more especially, his music room.

He and Cody had also painted their living room and acquired a new couch since our last visit!! Pretty nice, for sure!

Long and the short of it??

We had a most enjoyable day with Joanie and Jake. What good company those two are! Poor Cody had to work and Uncle Gordie had some home things to attend to.

It was a fun day to be able to drop in on My Sister like she was a neighbor and enjoy a visit. Haven't ever been able to do that before!