What beautiful blue skies and sunshine today, with a blustery feel of 30 degrees. I'm not complaining, for it is so good to see the sun!!!! My birds have been feeding like crazy trying to keep warm. In fact Saturday afternoon there was the cutest chickadee at my feeder who was all fluffed out, and sat there eating for over an hour. Poor little guy. I hope he made it!
Last week was a busy one for me, for I am helping a 37 year old young woman who has had a tough life and ended up with a bit of brain damage, as well as other health issues. She is an avid reader who has never been to the Fayetteville pulic library. It was like a child at christmas, taking her to the fiction section, and we started with just one of her favorite authors. She checked out 10 books. As of last Saturday she had read 8! She was really overwhelmed seeing all the books, but thoroughly enjoyed the day. She was so grateful, and called me Tuesday to see if we would come to dinner Wednesday night. She wanted to have a dinner party for me, Matthew and Karl. And what a hostess she was! She served beans, sweet cornbread, salad and topped it all off with cake. It was delicious, and an incredible feat for her to have accomplished. She wouldn't eat with us, she just paced the floor to see what she could get for us. So sweet. Such pure love. She has spent the past 6 months or so in the hospital, then a rehabilitation facility, and has had her own apartment for only about 4 weeks. She started with a bed, a sofa, a boombox a TV and a lamp. Slowly she is getting her home inventory completed. She cannot work because of her injuries. Her name is Robin, and I am sure I will be writing about her in the future. I also took her to Wal-Mart a couple times last week, talked about how she is dealing with her finances, and we take her to church with us, which is also her home church. God is good . . . he continues to show how he provides, and is there for us all. She has hope, because of her relationship with God. And I am humbled.
Sounds like you have been busy. That sounds like a great way to spend some of your free time. I can't think of anything better than serving others. I'm sure she really appreciates all you do for her.
ReplyDeleteHow fun! Tell robin that I am like that EVERY time I enter the library. I have a hard time narrowing it down to what I will be able to read in a timely manner. I love the smell of the library too.
ReplyDeleteI have my feeders full this year but no birds! I don't know why they aren't coming. Maybe I need more sunflower seeds? Do you guys ever put out those suet "loafs"? Anyway, that is my latest mystery to solve.
Courtney - it has been great fun, and I receive a huge blessing myself every time I spend time with her. God's amazing that way.
ReplyDeleteNicole - I can just see you with you in the library like that. Robin has shared paperbacks she finished (that people have given to her) on to your dad, for they share similarities in some of their reading material. She teases me that if she, I and Dad all went to the library I could go look for books, go to the coffee shop in the library and return to find them still discussing books! lol
As for the birdseed - I have found the quickest way to NOT have birds is to put our wild bird seed. If I want to attract them it has to be sunflower seeds. Since I do have a bag of wild bird seed to use up, I sprinkle a little in with each feeder fill. Right now I put out three feeders a day and they're empty by nightfall.
Suet brings in even more birds, as does the larger seed-cakes.
Love to you both1 :0)
that is - I can see you - NOT you with you :0)
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