Winter Time Is Here

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

I thought that I should take a minute to give the Boiling Springs snow update. This is what it looks like at our house these days, and I love it! I was tutoring a child after-school Friday when it flurried for just a minute. However, by the time I got home from school our front yard was covered. It continued through the night and into the morning hours here. Our snow total is just over three inches with a slick layer of sleet on top of that. I ventured out for a few minutes (with Lexie) to take some pictures of the winter wonders around our neighborhood. I love the red barn photo, and I've lived here all my life and never even noticed it before. It is actually in a neighbors backyard, but now that the area between our homes has been cleared we can see it. I did have to zoom in with the camera to get it to turn out. None the less, it made for a beautiful view and moment in the snow today. I have always enjoyed snow days, but I think most school employees do right? I think snowfall is fairly rare here and it makes me really enjoy it when it comes around. My thermometer says the temperature is 27, so I'm not anticipating much melting. I wonder what we'll do about church in the morning? I'm close to the pastor, so I'll give him a call later. Enjoy the snow, Ashley

SNOW

We have almost 2 inches at 9:30 January 29, 2010, and still snowing.

Happy Birthday Ashley

Ashley

The first time I held you in my arms,

I never wanted to let you go.

I knew that very moment my heart would

be intertwined with yours forever.

It was easy to hold on tight

when you were a child.

I wanted to protect you from the threatening

menaces of the world around you.

But I knew that I would soon

have to loosen my grip.

You'll never know how hard it was

for me to release my grasp,

and let you venture off on your own.

Even though my fingers let go,

my heart never did.

now you have grown into

a most remarkable woman.

You are everything I ever wanted

my daughter to be and so much more...

You are a woman I am truly honored to know.

You are my heart, my soul, my love, my joy.

And now, more than just my daughter

You are also my friend.

Suzy Toronto

Happy Birthday

Shiftwork

I'm working 7 to 3, 3 to 11, 11 to 7! You have to be a George Straight or Kenny Chesney fan to understand the ramblings of this post so far. However, I do hope to clear up some confusion in a fairly quick manner. Many of our friends and family know that the last couple weeks have been abnormal around the Ford house. Yes, even more abnormal than usual, and I know that's hard for some of you to believe. Dad has been working a different shift at work and it has had everyone all out of sorts (even the dogs). It has caused a change in our supper routine because it's just mom and I a couple nights. It caused a change in our bedtime rituals because his shower times overlapped ours, and Friday mornings when all three of us were trying to get to work for first shift was a nightmare! You people know "it's a two hour process for me!" The most important change that all this brought about was that he was working on Sundays and hasn't been to church with us the last three weeks. I have to stay this was so strange. Mom and I just kept talking about how weird it was without dad there. We've missed his praying, singing, and worshiping with us more than we ever imagined. So, we have prayed over this daily in private and public. We called in the real prayer warriors (Uncle Tommy & Aunt Cathy) to help us with this. Now, I'm happy to report that as of now Dad is on a shift where his is able to be back at church with us on Sunday! Yes, praise the Lord. This is truly an answer to prayer! I thank Jesus even now that I am already looking forward to worshiping with my family on Wednesday and Sunday, and I won't be taking that for granted! Enjoy the journey, Ashley