The more things change, the more they stay different

  Yes, yes I have been gone a while. Life kicked into high gear and my body went into low gear and it was just a hot mess. Raising a toddler when you are older is a workout. Jellybean is growing and he actually made it on to the growth chart. Not the adjusted one, the  regular one. Okay, he's at the bottom but, hey, he's on it. He is a whiz at pushing a wheelchair and can use a walker for a short period. He is a speed demon at crawling so we are busy chasing him most days. The feeding pump is still part of our life but Jellybean is trying to eat on his own and we are learning sign language at a snail's pace (us not him).

  See...

  Busy, busy, busy. 

  And now, this little piggy is trying to start a teeny little business. One day while we were out looking at junktiques, the hubby said, "We should have a junk business." And, BOOM! It was born with the purchase of this sweet little wooden sewing box which became an outdoor planter. 

(Mary, Mary Quite Contrary, the sewing box that started it all...now a sowing box)

   It has been so nice to be creative again with something besides medical equipment. Not that I am grumbling but I think I have been in a funk. Could be the sleep I miss at least once a week. At my age, you don't bounce back from it. The only statement I make when I go out is "this is what 2 week old lettuce that has been sitting in the hot sun for a week looks like." 

  My prayer was "God refresh me, renew me, give me something I can do." It is still hard to get out and our schedule is pretty tight but sometimes on Saturday, we all wander the junk store for a bit. One of my fave things is to find something that might look like trash to others and give it a new life. It was skill acquired from growing up broke. You can be really creative when you do not have any money. 

  Now what will God do with this?  Whatever He wants. Does He really lead you to buy junk and repurpose it? I think He gives us all a place where He can use us for His purpose. We all can't write amazing Bible study books or be conference speakers but we can honor God in whatever He leads us to do. Any talent we possess is a gift from Him in the first place. In this season, this a feasible for me while I maintain caring for Jellybean so we shall see what happens. 

  Hopefully, you will come back and check out my projects. Who knows what this little piggy will get into next????