For the past three years, I have made a picture calendar and given it out to Henry's Mommy, Great Grandparents and I hang one up in my kitchen. It has pics of Henry throughout the year that just passed. I make it in December because I want to use the most recent Christmas pictures.
This year, I went to make a calendar using iPhoto which I always do but my computer was messing up so I went online and made it there. I am not a happy camper. My calendar won't stay together, it won't hang flat and I am just not happy with it. I have used this online company for Christmas pictures, canvas prints and books and I have always been pleased but their calendars just fall short of Apple's.
Yesterday, I decided that I was not going to fool around with this calendar all year. I got on my iPhoto and made a new one just for myself. I gave out the others already and I do apologize to the ones who received one as gift. Next year, I will not make the same mistake.
I always have a lot of fun picking out the pictures I am going to use for my calendar. When I made the new one, I changed a couple of pics and I am very pleased with the outcome. I cannot wait for my new calendar to come in. I like using my computer calendar but I like having a calendar hanging up in my house so that I can write things down that the whole family might need to see.
Some changes are good and some are not so good. I was thinking about that this morning before I began to write. Changes…my word for 2013. I changed my calendar company…bad decision but not a life altering one. This Saturday, my daughter will make the change from single to married…definitely a life altering one. It will not only alter her life but Henry's, Aaron's (groom) and ours. I asked her last night if she was totally sure. I said that this decision is a forever one. Marriage isn't something you can just walk away from. She looked at me with her huge chocolate brown eyes and said, "Yes, Mom, I am sure. I love Aaron and I cannot wait to be married to him." You may ask why I would ask her such a question three days before her wedding. My answer is this, I want my daughter to be 100% sure that she is doing the right thing and marrying the right man. It is not my decision to make, it is hers. I needed to look in her eyes and see her surety. I got what I was looking for. I am so happy for my daughter and her groom. They truly love each other and I that is what this Mama needed to see and hear. CHANGES…
Even when our changes do not work out the way we expected I have a place to go for peace.
Psalm 27:5 For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; In the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock.
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