Thankful Thursday - Ten Golden Years

On Friday, we'll celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary.  Actually, we'll celebrate all week long (because that's how we do it).  I'll share with you about our celebration later.

I'm so thankful for my sweet husband and for the past ten years.  G-d put us together, and he has been a wonderful husband and friend.  I'm also grateful to have my own personal rabbi.  What a blessing to have a husband who is a mentor, a teacher, a counselor, and a living example of how to obey the Torah!

Before we married, I'd read the passage in I Corinthians 13 and think that nobody could ever do all that.  Well, Gail-Friends, he does all that and more.  He is consistently loving twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.  Even more, he is a role model for me and every person with whom he comes in contact.  He's good with children, teenagers, and old people, too.

He's hilariously funny and makes me laugh every day.  A member of our congregation asked me if he's always so jovial.  I laughed and said, "This is his serious side."  Everything that happens is fodder for the jokes he makes up.

Here's a picture of him during his Navy days, which is when we met, over forty years ago.

And here we are on our wedding day, ten years ago.

We're fond of saying that we were like the Jews who wandered through the desert for forty years before we found the promised land (each other).  How G-d brought us together is a beautiful story, and I'm so very grateful He did.

What are you grateful for this week, Gail-Friends?

Thankful Thursday is my day to focus on and be thankful for the good things in my life.

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Sabbath Music - Wonderful Merciful Savior

I hope you've had a blessed week, Gail-Friends, and I hope those of you who are mothers enjoyed being loved on by your children.  If you were disappointed because you weren't remembered, turn to your Comforter, our wonder-FULL, mercy-FULL Savior, Yeshua the Messiah.  The same goes for those who are longing to be mothers, and those who have lost children to death or separation.  Pour out your heart to Him.  He cares and He will heal your hurting heart.

Whether you're happy or sad, it's the Sabbath.  It's His special set-apart time just for you.  Draw near to Him and He will draw near to you.  Turn away from your problems and put on the garment of praise!  I hope you will be blessed by this beauty-FULL song by Selah - Wonderful Merciful Savior.

(I'm sorry the embed feature is not working for me lately. Just click on the blue link and you'll be able to listen.)

Have a blessed week, Gail-Friends.


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Thankful Thursday - The Golden Years

So much to be thank-FULL for this week.  The flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, and I am just filled with JOY, Gail-Friends.  This poem is just right for this wonder-FULL time of the year:

And Spring arose on the garden fair,
Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere;
And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast
rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.

~Percy Bysshe Shelley.

My sweet hubby and I were on a trip to Barberville for the Spring Fling event, when we saw these beauty-FULL flowers growing along the sides of the road and in the median.  The photos don't do justice to the brightness of the pinks, lavenders, and crimsons spread out for miles.

We really enjoyed the singing, music and dancing at the Barberville event.  They had some very entertaining story tellers, too.  I especially loved hearing the hammered dulcimer concert.

On the way back, I asked Jem if he'd stop and let me get some of the field flowers to plant in the yard.  He's always so obliging.  

Isn't he just the sweetest man in the whole, wide world??? 

Yes, he is, and I'm the most blessed woman, too.  The past ten years have been the best and happiest of my life.  Yes, these truly are the "Golden Years" in more ways than one.  I love being Mrs. Golden.

He's been hard at work on our yard, sprucing it up for spring and summer.

These are the two new birdbaths he added to our collection.  I love them both.  The neighborhood cats love the lower one and use it for their own drinking spot every morning.

He even painted Jemima Puddle Duck.  Doesn't she look pretty?

Mr. Golden also blessed me with two bouquets of flowers for Mother's Day.  This one was on my breakfast tray, along with the pancakes he made.  I was a pampered princess for sure.

I loved the mason jar with flowers, and thought at first that he'd used one from our pantry.  When I looked closer, I saw that it was a special one that said "Jardin" (garden in French).  I absolutely love that jar, and resolve to always keep it full of fresh flowers!

So far, May has been a wonderful month, and our anniversary isn't even here yet.  I'm so thankful for all the blessings poured out so far.

What are you thankful for this week?

Blessings to you all, Gail-Friends.

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 I sometimes share my posts  with  friends at: 
Charlotte a Spiritual SundaysSpiritual Sundays     Janis with Sunday Stillness       THE SUNDAY COMMUNITY – #GIVE ME GRACE @SEE SPEAK HEAR MAMA Kathy’s Return to Loveliness at A Delightsome Life     GRAND Social       The Beauty in His Grip Link-Up   

Modest Mom Monday Link-up       Our Home Of Many Blessings
The Art of Homemaking Link-Up
Growing Homemakers Link-Up        The Gathering Spot Link-Up 

MOTIVATION MONDAYS – @EMBRACINGHISWILL      SHARING HIS BEAUTY – @THEBEAUTYINHISGRIP

Titus 2 Tuesday     Share Your Stuff Tuesday    TITUS TUESDAYS @CORNERSTONE CONFESSIONS     Wordless Wednesdays    Jennifer Dukes Lee Tell His Story  Teaching What Is Good Link-Up

Classical Homemaking Link-Up    Judith’s Wholehearted Wednesday     Raising Homemakers Wednesday     A Wise Woman Builds       Wake Up Wednesday     A Little R & R Wednesday     Wednesday's Prayer Girls & Link-Up Party Thought Provoking Thursdays at 3D Lessons 4Life     Thursday  Favorite Things 

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