Happy Birthday, My Son! April 12th, 2026

Good morning, et cetera, dear Reader, and welcome! I woke up at 2 o'clock this morning and just decided to go ahead and stay up. 
I'm diving into the day's Proverb, here you go, if you need a compass for the morning. 

May my oldest son be blessed, today on his birthday, and always, as well as my youngest son. My only prayer is for them both to know Christ and Him crucified. Out of respect for my oldest who ask that I not openly talk about him here, that is all that I feel that I have the freedom to say. 💚

It's still about two hours before the Sun rises here; I hope that it's not cloudy at that time today! I can't wait for the two or three minute silent show of splendor that God bathes the world in during those Dawn moments, every day! When the creatures of the world wake up, all of them praise God in a chorus of barks and birdsong; it's glorious. I marvel at it now, wondering how I ever slept through such a miracle for so many years! Then again, like I said the other day, I am the exact and very same kind of person who'd hold an AA meeting inside of a bar, so, there's that.

Anyway, my therapist (he's amazing!) has been, in part, teaching me about the importance of mindfulness. Focused, counted breathing for one (which I do in the shower, when I remember to!) But, rather than that becoming a moment for self-focus, I realize this:

God Himself IS the breath of life! To be still and know that He is God shifts the focus from 'self' to Him! And this goes hand in hand with John 3:30 where John the Baptist declares "I must decrease that He may increase". I can see all of these things: my evil broken past, His redeeming power, His Word and His Will, all finally being woven together in my own life like a tapestry that exists solely for His will alone. 

Friend, if, like me, you have a shameful and evil past, take heart! There IS a Redeemer! He is mighty to save and there is no such thing as a human soul that He cannot reach, and further, redeem! 

The more sin and evil you've had in your past, in fact, the brighter His light may shine out from you, in stark contrast to what the world has to offer, that His Truth rise above all, that His salvation IS at hand, for all who will receive it.❤

P.S. I cheated and posted one last thing to my online account as something of a swan song; I'll tell my husband about it when he wakes up. the post includes the following short that lists the 8 products I use now for my daily go-to minimal makeup routine:

8 product face - 54 years old