The kids are on their way back to Oklahoma. The house is quiet and this time it stays that way. Only our oldest grandson is here and will be until after New Years. He is a quiet soul anyway and will be a great help in putting the house back in order helping grandma with the chores she usually does at this point. 

Little by little life will return to some type of normalcy. What I know more than ever before is that what I have called normal will still be temporary. God has never intended for our earthly life to be permanent. It is a time to find Jesus, decide if we are going to believe in Him and bring Him into our lives. We can then decide if we will serve Him with all of our heart, mind and soul. Following this life will be one that is eternal where all of life’s woes will be behind us and will no longer have any control or temptation to control us. I look forward to this eternal time. Yet, I have grown to enjoy each of the days we presently have living them for one purpose and that is to glorify our Lord and Savior–Jesus Christ.