God is in the Little Things......

We KNOW God is in the BIG things but we often forget he is in the little things, TOO!
Some 'little' things (to us) may very well be BIG things to someone else.
This afternoon I spent a little time cleaning house. Louis Dean and I had a deep discussion about my housekeeping ways this morning. I am not one to go in and blitz through an entire house cleaning and straightening as I blow by. No, I start at either one end of the house or the other. That would be our bedroom or the den. In this case I had started in the bedroom yesterday evening. I work from the top to the bottom and sometimes just do the basics adding one or two special jobs as I have time. Special as in cleaning out a drawer or organizing an area or doing some in depth dusting. As each room is completed I light a candle and check that the scented plug ins are still full. When possible I also add a small bouquet of flowers - roses or even a bunch of rosemary sprigs. I made it through the guest room, hall and bathroom yesterday. Today I worked in the living room and foyer.
Louis Dean says I do not so much clean as I 'stroke' my house. I kind of like that. I do go back to the 'clean' rooms and 'pet' them - or touch them up so they stay clean.  

As I was dusting the tables in the living room, my mind was on my mother.

She loves peppermint candies and a couple of weeks ago she had run out of them and we had looked in several stores to get her another supply. It was Halloween season and no peppermints were to be found. Now I had moved all my crystal candy dishes to a tall cabinet to keep them away from the quads when they come to visit - leaving a good sized container of candy in the den where they could reach it. I was wishing I had the time and energy to run out to Sam's and get Mother some of that candy she loves so much. As I dusted the end table I decided to open up a heavy silver candy box (that I THOUGHT was empty!) and lo, and behold, it was full of peppermints!!! It may be one of those 'little things' but I KNEW that God was in it!!

While I was at home - Summer was at the hospital with her Granny!

My son, Jesse, came up to visit, too!

Jesse brought his son, Sam, and Mother was so glad to see them!!!

Mother had LOTS of visitors today!

This is my brother, Lonnie, and his lovely wife, Michele.

Mother had an echo cardiogram this afternoon and her heart was pronounced GOOD!!!

But then, we already knew that!!!

We keep a small notebook beside her hospital bed and Summer was an excellent scribe writing down all the pertinent information of the day.

This is the changing of the guard!!!

My sweet Summer Dee! She left a Christmas magazine and a bottle of Diet Coke for me!

She also gave me the gift of six precious hours - taking her place beside her Granny so we could get some rest. (AND I could 'pet' my house!!)

Have I mentioned the excellent nursing staff here???

This is Jenny and she and Loyce are two of our favorites.

I must say that every single staff member has been nothing but kind, courteous and professional.

This afternoon there was a long anticipated wedding shower going on at Nita's!

 Nita and Deanie hosted and then part of the party came to US!!!

Mother got so excited!!!!

She had no clue they would come visit HER!!

As you can see - she got pretty emotional about it!

Bless her heart! She was very touched by their visit!

Rachel ( my cousin's wife) has been an ANGEL to Mother over the years.

This is my cousin's first grandchild.

Isn't she beautiful??

My cousin, JD.

All in all, this has been a wonderful day!

It's November!

It's CHILLY! We get to wear COATS in TEXAS!!!

THAT doesn't happen every day!

Mother received a good report!

Family visits!

A friendly hospital room and staff!

 A good sized TV in the waiting room!

Sandwiches for sale in the gift shop - since the cafe is closed!

Free coffee all night long!

Louis Dean and I arrived at 4:00 and will stay for an 18 hour shift.
He and I may watch a movie in the waiting room and take turns resting in the recliner beside Mother's bed. She is still in an ICU room. I am glad LD wanted to come with me.
Tomorrow is his birthday!
He will be 78 years old......although 'OLD' is not really a good word to describe him!

So tonight I am praising God for all the little things!
It's the 'Little' things that make life so wonderful!!!