Thursday, October 30, 2008

seasons of life

As I look around at all the fall color I was thinking how there are seasons of life just as there are seasons of the year. At 47 I guess I'm in the fall of life. And it's a busy fall! But I know it's a short-lived season. This helps me keep perspective as I try to raise my boys, write, keep up with a home and a husband, stay active in church, and all the rest. Everyone I know is as busy as I am but in different ways.

So during this busy week, which we'll never have back again, we trade October for November. Trick or treating is tomorrow night - Paul is Indiana Jones and Wyatt is wearing some sort of a mask and carrying a plastic weapon. We usually attend a church harvest party but this year Randy wants to take us to town. We'll probably go to the pier and have a burger and watch the seagulls fight the raccoons for stray french fries, enjoy the sunset, and let the boys ring a few strange doorbells. Paul wants to bring his fiddle but I reminded him Indiana Jones doesn't carry a fiddle, just a whip! He thinks a fiddle is the next best thing.

I love November and am glad to see it get here. Some wonderful things happen in November. Wyatt turns 12 on Thanksgiving Day. And my publisher has a sales conference mid-month which features a catalogue with the upcoming summer line of books - mine included! I can't post the book cover for a few more weeks till any final changes are made. But I can post the recipe for my granny's Praline Pumpkin Pie which you will probably like even better than a book cover:)

So squeeze every second from these last few days of October as they'll never come again. Buy a good book. Take a walk. Bake a pie. Better yet, eat a pie. Listen to some fiddle music. Smile!

... He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; He provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy. Acts 14:17 NIV

4 comments:

  1. Thinking of you all there! Thanks so much for the very sweet and uplifting notes you sent Mark and I. He loved getting it! I am glad you have had some pretty fall weather..........same here but it sure leaves us too soon. Wish I could run over and have some coffee and pie with you, ha! Off to work but talk with you soon. :)
    Safe and fun trick or treating

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  2. Hi Rhonda,
    We could split a pie:) It would be a toss-up between pumpkin and chocolate! I know you all are in for a fun weekend too. Hope to talk to you soon!

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  3. I'll take an apple pie. That sounds like an autumn gift. Always enjoy your blog entries, Laura. And I'm looking forward to that catalogue too.

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  4. Hi Ann,
    I'm so glad you're back! Apple is a favorite at our house, too. Hope you had a wonderful time in TN and thereabouts. You are one busy author:) Counting down till that catalogue now, same as you! Bless you!

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