Five or more years ago I was charmed by this bowl when it appeared in a Mary Englebeit magazine.
Years later at an antique shop I spied one with a price greater than I wished to pay, but yesterday! At a yard sale I found this one for just $2. The only thing I bought all day, but it was enough. More than.
Now, lest your eyes keep bulging at the $2 price tag, here is a major reason for it:
Such a lovely gift from God, one with much thoughtfulness poured into it to cheer me a bit. This weekend was rough, what with the death of my friend, yet still I walk on (limping a bit) and still God is good.
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Busy times down on the farm! Our favorite real estate agent will come next week (she's a delight. We've kept in touch these three years.), so in the meantime we declutter and pack stuff no longer meaningful into boxes which we'll have a clean-up company pick up. Sounds easier than making a ton of trips to Salvation Army as we did in 2007 when SA stood just down the street. It's a much longer drive now and with the price of gas(!) and the value of our time, etc., well, this will be a better deal all-around.
And really? My heart has moved on. Already it lives in another place and loves it there. Where? I don't even know, but it's no longer here--I do know that.
Remember how, before we moved from the suburbs I felt twinges of claustrophobia when I'd drive past houses so squeezed together? And how I longed for wide-open country spaces? Well, this weekend as we drove through the countryside I gazed out the car window at everyone's rolling acres of lawns and felt twinges of overwhelmingness. It was all too much, well, work! Way too much to care for.
I knew way past any doubts that this is a major signal.
It is so time for me to move on, to locate the next phase of Tom's and my life together. And perhaps that lovely blue bowl was actually a going-away gift from God, a gift to show me all will be well if we follow Him.
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"You must always be true to your own heart or you will never, ever be happy." ... Joyce Meyer
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2 comments:
Amazing how times can change the way we think about "things" and it's importance. Hope your week has started out great.
Lovely find!! I have been looking for a long time now, for a crockery bowl like I used to make cookies in with my Grandmother (who taught me as much as anyone about making especially pies, cookies, cakes etc.) I did find a smaller one, in a different color for $3 at a thrift shop last year. Made my day...so I know how you feel. I have told my hubby that if I EVER see one just like my Grandma had, I will be getting it!! I was her only granddaughter...but nearly all their household goods were long gone before my dad finally passed on...and who knows where such treasure ended up. (My brother kept a sharp eye out while getting rid of the stuff still left...nope, tis gone). Well, at least I have the memories Grandma and I made!! No one takes those away!!
Blessings on your search...we fast approach out time of change too.
Elizabeth in NC
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