The Rock Who Stands
(picture a small child standing next to a tree with his eyes covered, playing hide and go seek.)

Have you ever wished,
deep down inside
That you could find a place to hide?
To hide from folks who come your way
With endless problems day by day?
To hide from all that lies ahead,
The unseen foes and griefs you dread?
To flee decisions you must make,
Avoid the path that you must take?
To run away and find a spot
Where even self can be forgot?

Earth has no place as such you seek --
No place of refuge for the weak;
For ev'ry shelter here on earth
Soon proves to be of little worth
And we are left alone to face
The woes that plague the human race.

But wait! The Rock of Ages - - He stands,
A refuge from all life's demands;
A place to hide - - to weep - - to rest;
A place to hover and be blest.

For Jesus is that Rock who stands
Holding forth His nail pierced hands - -
A covert from the storm is He,
Saying, "Come, and hide in Me."

--Author unknown

Leaving Something Behind

It could be like light shinning through the trees, a little hitting here and a little there. Or it could be like seeing a movie through another persons eyes. It could be a lot of things but what I think is will be a legacy - a part of myself left behind. So, to what am I referring? I am attempting to write a book, albeit a short one but still a booklet about mine and my husband's family. Since I know more about my family it will entail mostly about those in my mother's and father's family. I am including what I know about Dave's family and their lives.

I want my children, grandchildren and their children on down the line to be able to say, "Wow, I am so glad my grandmother, great-grandmother, etc. wrote this down about herself and her side of the family." How I wish my mother or grandmothers had written down or told me things about themselves, their memories of growing up, things their relatives shared with them, etc. My mother, her mother, her father, my dad and his mother has told me some things and that's what I want to include in this undertaking. Hopefully, it'll make sense and be of value to the future generations in this family.

I encourage anyone to do the same thing in some form or another....journals, scrapbooks, videos, post-it notes, or whatever. Consider it an inheritance you're leaving to those you love......along with all the other valuables you'll be leaving......riiiiight.