I wrote a blog entry for my church women blog so here it is:

https://www.commongroundwomen.org/post/bread

The Crane Wife

How to Deconstruct Your Faith Without Losing It

. . . don’t have to be scary.

My top reads for 2018:

A thing in nature I am grateful for…

Seasons.  Grateful for when winter turns to spring and when summer turns to autumn.  

A goal I am thankful for…

I am thankful for the goal of growing, learning, changing, expanding, deepening.  I never want to think there’s nothing left to learn or no reason to strive for changing. 

A friend I am thankful for…

So many.  My high school years – Elena and Nancy and Judy and Renee.  My 20s, Maryann and Judy and Betty and Laura.  My 30s – Linda and Vera and Marisa and Terry and Shelly.  My 40s – Terry and Amber and Sonnie and Pam.  My 50s – Suzanne and Judy and Kaye and Melissa and and and and …. and now, turning 60 – my daughter/friends are so important. 

And my sister – through all the decades.  The lifetime friend. 

An animal I am thankful for…

I don’t have any animals but have fond memories of Charlotte – the dog of my childrens’ childhood.  And Tess – the special friend of my daughters. 

They were special animals.  

A challenge I’m thankful for…

 I’m not usually thankful for challenges.  Wait – I’m never thankful for challenges.  

Maybe the most challenging thing I’ve experienced was becoming a nurse and that first year.  So I am thankful I made that journey, because it brought me to doing what I do now.  A job, vocation, hobby, most rewarding daily activity of supporting moms becoming moms.  

A promise I am thankful for…

that we will remain faithful to each other.