being afraid… or letting You sweep me out into the depths of You!

10 May 2010

Oh, Papa! I just can’t go on like this!

I’m afraid!

I feel like somehow I’m getting way too far from where You want me.

Or maybe I’m just getting into deep water and fear that I’m going to be swept away.

I remember when I was a child, maybe 9 years old or so, and my . . . → Read More: being afraid… or letting You sweep me out into the depths of You!

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off to Vancouver Island!

April 13 to 16, 2010

I was worrying about the cooling system in the car… but asked Papa to take care of it – and He sure did! Thank You!

Before I left I got an email from a good friend. She is reading my church journey blog and her comments were so encouraging! Thank . . . → Read More: off to Vancouver Island!

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Papa, I want to live on the Island, so much…

July 03, 2009

A whole week has passed! Trip to the island, home, visit with Pastor P again, Canada Day airshow and fireworks, save everything from my computer (including bookmarks, email, and all my blogs and websites) on my portable external hard-drive, so my son-in-law can totally revamp my laptop! ___ and . . . → Read More: Papa, I want to live on the Island, so much…

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Sonnet

February 19, 2009

Tonight was the monthly Penticton Writer’s Group meeting, and the challenge for this month was to write a sonnet. Since I missed the last meeting, I didn’t know what the challenge was… so emailed the lady in charge – and consequently had very little time to write a poem in a format that . . . → Read More: Sonnet

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I love weather!

I love weather! I also love sleeping outside, no matter how windy and rainy it is. I believe this goes back to my earliest days. I was less than a month old when I returned from my summer-holidays birthplace in warm, sunny Summerland BC to our home in the blustery, misty isles of Haida Gwaii . . . → Read More: I love weather!

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I must go down to the seas again…

I wrote this in my journal the other day as I sat on the ferry crossing from Vancouver Island to the mainland…

I am surprised how “open” the water is here. Islands are quite far off in the distance, just dark grayish shadows along the edge of the horizon across the expanse of . . . → Read More: I must go down to the seas again…

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