Through the Years

52 is just around the corner. It seems impossible that I am over a half century in years now; that I have a 30 year old son and 29 and 27 year old daughters! Then comes a couple more girls of 21 and 15 and throw in the mix 3, 2 and 1 year old grandchildren with 2 more on the way and my life through the years has exploded -- or perhaps imploded would be a better term. I wouldn't say it has turned out anything like I had imagined as a young girl -- quite the contrary but as Psalms 16 says, my life has been good on this earth and God has shown me great mercy.

I say all this to say I am in the "fall" of my years as my husband is so keen on reminding me. The fall of my years has brought new and perturbing experiences; the least of which is daily and nightly hot flashes which in turn contributes to hours of sleepless nights. Nights when I visit with that digital beast by my bedside -- at midnight, 2, 3:16 (I generally quote John 3:16 at this point), 4 and 5. Most of the time my best sleep comes around 5:00 which leaves about 30 minutes before the "music" of my day begins.

Sweaty sleepless nights with one leg constantly in and out of the covers gives me a lot of time for reflection; prayer, meditation, readings. . . it all is part of my well loved life at this point. Time now is cherished. Cherished hours of talking with my Lord and going back and forth on the why's and the hows, the what if's, could of's, would of's and should of's.

So the older I get and the more I read the more I want to reflect and remember. Thus my new blog beginning today of "As A Page Turns". My hope is to continue to read, to learn, to reflect, to remember, to ponder, to grow and to keep a memoir of thoughts as I continue "through the years."