Wordfull Wednesday: Shoes

Do people still shine their shoes?

I know, I know. It's a silly topic for Wordfull Wednesday. I think I was in a crazy mood, or is it desperate? Now I'm stuck with it. Stuck like gum to the bottom of your shoe.  ☺

My favorite shoes are an old brown pair I've had for 10 years at least. They are the work horse of my shoe collection. I wear them when I go grocery shopping {although not as much now that they are finally wearing out}, when I water the garden, and when I cook and clean my house.

Thank goodness this is NOT my house...though I do feel like the old woman sometimes...I don't know what to do!

These shoes have been worn to the hospital for the deliveries of five of my children. They have paced the floor while holding those children when sick or tired or while dancing with them in the kitchen.

These old brown shoes have driven many a mile - to Utah to visit family, to Reno for doctor appointments, to town for swim lessons or weekly church activities.



They aren't pretty or fashionable, just functional and comfortable. They take me through the day as I care for my family just like a good shoe should do.

Join us for Wordfull Wednesday! Write a blog post about your favorite pair of shoes. What adventures have you had in them? Come and link up!



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Wordfull Wednesday: Those who have mothered me

There have been so many, too many to name.

My sweet great-great aunt who didn't mind a precocious three year old coming to visit every day.

The jind "grandmother" who "adopted" us when our own grandmothers lived far away.


Karon, who taught me how to make bread, whose recipe has now been shared and made all over the world.

Beulah, who truly made her home a 'promised land' and shared her bounty with everyone {and saved her watermelons for my girls!}.

The unknown woman at the store who smiled at my children on a particularly hard day.

Robin, who stayed with me when my husband couldn't be there during Ganache's difficult blood drawing.


"Again, do it again!" Those infamous words repeated by my piano teacher who pushed me to do better.

Eve, Sarah, Rebekah, Mary, Abish and countless other scriptural women whose lives are there open for all to see, whose examples have guided me.

Aunts who have watched, sent birthday cards, spoiled, and encouraged, continually encouraged.

"Are we not all mothers? Motherhood is more than bearing children. … It is the essence of who we are as women." (Sheri L. Dew)

I am so thankful for the women who have been present in my life and in the lives of my children. They each help to fill in the gaps, smooth the edges, and fill us up. Through their individual lives the light of Christ shines through helping to light the way back to Him.

Join us for Wordfull Wednesday! Write a post about those who have mothered you. Leave a link and go read posts other's have linked to.



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