To Everything There Is A Season

The New Brunswick Eel

This Friday a dear Lady will be celebrating her "Nifty Fifty". It seems like only yesterday that I too reached the half way mark. Where has the time gone? Most of the ladies that attended my party have moved on and are no longer in my life. The seasons change and so do friendships. I"m onto my fourth week at Tim Hortons. I think that I'm getting faster and more into the groove. I like the idea of a uniform and I get tips. My tips go into hubby's Tim Horton coffee fund. This is very ironic. I also can eat and drink nearly anything I want to while on duty. All gratis. This gets old fast. Usually I long for something green and I don't mean candy sprinkles. Son #2 is off eel fishing. It's a grueling job much like tobacco picking that the more adventurous young person would do back in the 70"s. It's all about the money. Why else would you choose to spend your nights out on the cold rivers sewing nets and trying not to drown. This too is a season. One day he'll have stories to tell his children. Son #1 has bought his first home. I miss his Saturday routine of laundry and lunch. Son#3 will be finished high school in a few months. Considering he was home schooled until last year this to me is a major coup accomplis. Ecclesiastes tells of a time to be born and a time to die. A time to dance and a time to cry. Sometimes I feel like were just bits of flotsam and jetsam floating along without a stitch of control or direction. Fate has us by our proverbial necks.. This is when it's nice to know that someone does have it all together. Our lives are this great tapestry. From the under side (where we see it) it's all frayed and messy. But from where God sees it there is purpose and beauty.  The season that I'm in is one of growth. I'm not been cut the slack that I feel I so need. Yet, it's a time of growth that even I can see. I'm out of that place called complacency. I'm made to work hard, to save money rather than spend. In order to get everything done I need discipline and strength. God meets us. He gives us the grace to carry on each new day. It's good to know that our lives are a design. The master planner will take good care of us. So whatever season your in right now, know that it's not forever but for better.. Adieu my friends, until next time..