November Musings
It’s November and soon the trees will be bare but this has been a Fall with glorious color! We’ve just had our first real windstorms so we have no lack of leaves still on the trees. A special treat to enjoy. About the middle of this month the wind won’t be needed for the rest to drop and the landscape will be colorless by comparison. It will be time to make extra effort to add color to our days, light to our evenings and the scent of soups and baking to the home atmosphere. I love this time of year. When I determine to look for beauty, I have found it, but this Fall it has not been effortless. Immediately after the stroke, it was easier to rejoice about the minor consequences, to revel in the grace I experienced, to trust there was goodness ahead. But, of course, circumstances didn’t stay that uncomplicated and I want to be honest and say that in spite of knowing the answer – TRUST GOD – some days it’s an all-out battle to steer my mind to the truth. There have been days of u...
