The Grass Is Green Enough

Plans. Have you ever heard the phrase, "Fail to plan, plan to fail"? I've always embraced the idea of at least trying to get some ducks in a row, get a date on the calendar, secure a reservation, put together a to-do list, etc. But, lets face it, sometimes our best laid plans still fail. Sometimes stuff just happens.  Take Saturday, for example. Don and I each had plans later in the day - he with all of our boys, which would involve a fun afternoon/eve at Top Golf. Me, a movie and dinner to celebrate my sister's birthday. At 2:00 pm, we were both going to head out in different directions. Only one tiny little problem. On Friday night, we heard a loud "bam " that sounded like a gun shot coming from our garage ( Did something fall? ) Nope. The wire that pulls our garage door open snapped. This would not have been an immediate-fix type issue if it hadn't been for the fact that we couldn't open the door. Our cars were both literally held hostage. Thi

On February 27th, a new man entered my life. He may only be a little over 8 lbs at the moment, but my heart's filled to overflowing. How do grand kids do that? My friends told me that it would happen, but still I wondered. Would it really be all they said it would be? Yep. From the moment Connor was born, I realized, Wow, I have a new little person to love, to pray over, to spend time with, to enjoy. His poor parents are so sleep deprived. Very sleep deprived.  It's been five weeks of getting up every couple of hours in the night. Still, they soldier on. That's all you can do with a newborn. It's one day - one night - at a time. I assure my daughter that time will fly by fast. ("Savor each moment," I say.) When you're in the trenches of sleepless nights, it doesn't feel fast. In fact, there doesn't seem to be a light at the end of the long, dark tunnel. I spent the day with her today. Didn't do much, other than offer moral support. Her h