Keep Your Chin Up!

These were the last words I
heard my Grandpa say and at
that it was more of a motion
than actual words.
He was too weak.

Grandpa was on his way into a
surgery from which he would
not recover.

My Grandpa was a Pastor,
a business man and a
lot of fun.

Unfortunately, we lived in
Pennsylvania and he was in
Michigan. I didn't know him
that well but I loved to hear
my Mom tell stories about him
from her youth.

Many years, though, we would
make that long trip to the North
and if it was winter he would have
built a large ice rink in his
back yard. Huge! So fun!

Anyway, I thought of that simple
thing he said that means so
much.
"Keep your chin up!"

All over blogworld there is a sense
of doom and sadness. There is an
understandable uncertainty and fear
creeping in.

We don't know what the economy is going
to do...we don't know who will be elected
and what the fallout from that could be...
either way.

The not knowing drives us crazy.

The defenses in our brain kick in
and we try to prepare ourselves for
the worst.

Then we worry...
and fret...

Well, today my advice to myself...
and to you is...

Keep your chin up!

We are not in this alone.

God dwells within the heart of the
Believer and wants to lead us through
these challenges.

Let us act like we Believe that "All things
work together for those, who are the Called...
for our good and His purpose."
Becky's paraphrase of Romans 8:28.

Let us be an example to the world, who is
watching, that we can have a peace and a
joy that is beyond explanation.

Be Prepared.
Be Steadfast in Him.
Be ready to lend a hand
or to speak for Him to those in need.
Be content.

But above all...

Keep your chin UP!

That's from my Grandpa to me... and to you!!!!

With love,

Becky K.

Making plans!

While it is a ways off we are making plans for a trip out to Colorado and Arizona for sometime in the Fall. It is exciting and challenging to make plans for our immediate family plus two Moms. We all have different ideas of what we would like to see and do while we are there.

Then there is the fact that it is actually cheapest to fly.

I don't fly!

My family tells me that I have been afraid of planes,
even overhead,
since I was at least 2. I would hide under the bed when they went
over...so they tell me.

So...that makes it all the more interesting that I am even
contemplating flying. I wonder if there are enough medications in the world to keep me from having a panic attack and being carried off of the plane and to the jail or nut house???

Yesterday, the Moms and I spent most of the day creating a train schedule that shaved many hours off the trip, compared to driving, and had us sleeping a majority of those hours. Our awake times would be daytimes in cities where we would change trains and spend a few hours sightseeing.

But...when I shared this with Warren...out in Missouri, working...he showed me the fallacy of my ways...Ha! We will see!

Initially, we had planned to purchase or rent an RV to take all of us out there. Then I began to picture us stranded in a corn field....or the engine blowing up on the way to Pike's Peak.

Neither is a fun image.

So...I'll keep you posted on the plans.

Should be fun...I think!