A Different View from This Old Shoe!

 

“There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children she didn’t know what to do…” That’s how the old nursery rhyme starts, and that’s how this blog started 15 years ago.  I was that woman.  I was knee deep in ankle-biters.  My home was a cacophony of cracker-cruncher chaos.  I loved it. 

A lot has changed. We’ve lost friends and family members and gained some new ones. The kids are grown, and life is different, and still amazing.  GOD IS SO GOOD! 

I don’t think there are any more verses to that nursery rhyme, but there are lots of verses for our little corner of the world. It would sound something like this:   

So out of the house each one left as they grew.  They became young adults, as all children must do. To the Army! To college! To their work they all run! Creating their own lives, each daughter and son.

The shoe has grown quiet, with a soft empty hush. No overbooked schedules, no reason to rush. The quiet was piercing, what an awkward transition. I find myself now in a different position.

It’s just me and my spouse all alone in this shoe.  Now we go when we want, and we do what we do. We were tourists in Paris, and Pilgrims in Rome. We prayed in Assisi and then came back home.   

We love all those children and grandbabies, too. When they all come home, it’s a very full shoe. So I’ll share our adventures, (we’re having a hoot!) The “View From the Shoe” will now get a REBOOT!

  I’m hoping to share more of the amazing things God has done in our lives, and some of the things He’s taught me.  It’s important to stay teachable at every age.  I CAN NOT BELIEVE the amazing things I’ve been blessed to see and do and be a part of. (And I was THERE!)

Stay tuned and buckle up.  God writes the best stories!