Pink Saturday

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There is no PINK like God's PINK!

Happy Pink Saturday!

I am off this morning to my very dear prayer team session! We pray for our church, community, families, and the world situation! Our hour together is full and potent with the power of God manifest through His Holy Spirit. I am lifting up all of you who might visit my blog today that the desires of your heart might be made tangible and that God will bless you each in personal ways as needed. Thank you so much for visiting and have a lovely weekend!

Love, Carolyn

My Husband Rocks, Friday

Lynn is so great about this!

He is the main dish washer in our home. I mean he really doesn't even like for me to attempt to wash the dishes.

This is especially wonderful when we have dinner parties and large crowds! What a guy! He truly rocks!

Show and Tell Friday

Kelli of There is No Place Like Home hosts this each Friday!

This week I am sharing my sunroom table hosting a display of tea goodies. I love this teaset for one I received from my Mitford secret pal, and wonderful friend, Mary, a few years ago. I hope to stop in to see her on visit up north in a few months! Ever the encourager, this teaset reminds me to have faith, hope, and love! My heart is full of love each time I see it because I know this was a gift of the heart! Lynn gave the yellow roses to Amanda for Valentine's Day!

Friday's Favorite Family Foto

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Sunday I had my parents over for a Valentine dinner to spend some time with the kids before they left for Boston. This is one of the last photos I got of them with Amanda.

Skywatch Friday

Monday we were travelling through the Shenandoah Valley at dusk and enjoyed this gorgeous handiwork of the Lord!

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Elizabeth Gaskell

This week I am focusing on another Victorian author, Elizabeth Gaskell.

as our Kindred Reading Group begins her book, Wives and Daughters, I am compelled to do a bit on research on the author.

According to Wikipedia, "Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson, (29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. She is perhaps best known for her biography of Charlotte Brontë. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature.

Though she was born in Chelsea, much of Elizabeth's childhood was spent in Cheshire, where she lived with her aunt Hannah Lumb in Knutsford, a town she would later immortalise as Cranford. They lived in a large red brick house, Heathwaite, on Heathside (now Gaskell Avenue), which faces the large open area of Knutsford Heath.

She married in 1832 and then settled in Manchester, where the industrial surroundings would offer inspiration for her novels, namely Cranford (1853), North and South (1854), and Wives and Daughters (1865). " So I am off to Barnes and Noble to purchase my own copy of Wives and Daughters.

They Have Moved

Amanda and Joshua left today for Boston! It was a tearful goodbye for me as we entered a new phase in our family.

While Joshua packed their rental van with all the comforts they'd need while living in a hotel suite for the next month or so, Amanda was saying her last goodbyes.

Thank goodness for fold down seats!

Then she went out and helped with some of her many clothes bags filled with her winter togs! And then it was time for their final pass through.

I was pretty choked up as I saw our girl raise her hand to wave goodbye.

So they got away by 9:45 am and they called tonight to say they had to pull over in Pennsylvania due to treacherous roads and blowing snow. With about 3 or 4 hours to go tomorrow I am praising God they are safe and sound tonight. For Lynn and I, we have now officially become empty nesters of our professional children instead of university students. A new beginning all around. I am really trying to see the benefits instead of the losses! If you are reading this, now you definitely know how to pray for me.