Category: babies

I don’t know about you, but I have those days where I feel like just floating through much of the boulders that life leaves dangling above me, just waiting to splash down either on or near my tiny raft floating along on my journey down its’ river.

I seek the solace of drifting… coasting past things that I’ve nearly avoided running into along my path. If any water splashes in, well, I have a cup that I can use to just scoop it back up and throw it out the side of my floaty chair.

I plan to ride this raft all the way through to the new year, calmly and quietly, gaining strength and energy for the rapids that the new year will most certainly bring along my way. No worries… I am using this time to refresh my first-aid kit, resupply my energy bars and add to my repair kits, for any unsightly leaks occurring up ahead in 2024. 

I was born for this wild ride of life… I mean come on, my name is WIWOHKA! Water has been in my blood from birth! With a voice like a raging river, my character must be made of a very tear or puncture resistant material that can hold up to all the slamming against the worlds rocky edges! Again, I remind you that I am GOD tough… and not by my own strength, but His! 

With all this tough talk splashing around, this girl does get tired, sore, and in need of some respite here and there. Today is the HERE part, and you may see me do it again down the road a bit in the THERE of 2024. I think everyone should treat themselves to a Free Floating Friday every now and again. Who knows, maybe we will bump ores somewhere along the journey…

I have an idea that managed to get dropped into my think tank sometime in the last few weeks. I can’t really tell you what the idea is, first of all, because it is still swirling around in there looking for a place to settle into… and secondly, because some ideas are better once they have been birthed into a real thing. If I shared what I am thinking before it has time to define itself, it usually comes out sort of ridiculous and get’s lost in the telling … no no no says I!

Sometimes, it is better to be an Idea Savings Account, than an Idea Mr. Microphone, if you get my drift!

These last few weeks have felt somewhat like a furnace, as far as survival goes, but I’m made of tough fibers… have been since birth! I’m almost beginning to think that I write better under pressure or heavy flames. I’m actually getting to the point that I seldom flinch from the sparks that can sometimes singe my soul… and I honestly don’t seek to know why anymore. 

In the bible, Hebrews 11:1-3 says,

“Now faith is the confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. ² This is what the ancients were commended for. ³ By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.”

With this truth in mind, I am getting better at walking just one day at a time… there is a sweet peace in this type of surrender that is beyond words. 

I cannot describe this place of the heart, as it is a very personal and intimate place within my spirit that only God dwells. Everyone has this place so don’t feel left out! I want to share one of my favorite verses with you, as it confirms my belief in this place within each of us…

⁹ However, as it is written:
“What no eye has seen,
    what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”^[a]—
    the things God has prepared for those who love him—
¹⁰ these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.
The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. ¹¹ For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. ¹² What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. ¹³ This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.

1 Corinthians 2:9-13

I know I could have just shared the little bit in the middle, but I love this verse and wanted you to read it in its whole form… besides, this is my blog and this IS Thoughtful Thursday! Who else’s thoughts would you expect to find in here, right?!

What happens to an illegally parked frog? He gets TOAD away!

Your Welcome!

Not my traveling… I stayed home. For many others, however, today is probably both a traveling and recuperating day. The week between Christmas and New Years is always a bit of a blur, if you ask my opinion. 

There’s always the clean up, which can be quite daunting if you have a large family that gathered. If you aren’t the party host, you still have to take all your holiday booty home and find a place to stuff it! 

There are leftover Divas making Pinterest presentable dishes for posting, belated Christmas gift exchanges, half hearted attempts at returning to work, and preparations for all our last hoorah’s on the last night of the year. New Years Resolution lists will be forthcoming for most by the next morning!

While there was no traveling, or partying, I am still feeling exhausted… I didn’t even do anything.

My coffee just beeped, so I’m gonna enjoy my first cup of Jo for the morning. After that… who knows.

Merry Christmas to each and everyone of you… I’m so glad you came. Take a moment before we get to partying…

You first have to pick out your favorite pair of Pajamas…

There are plenty of styles, fabrics and colors to choose from…

No pajamas are complete

without matching slippers for your feet…

Silky or fluffy

Make sure they feel right…

For this comfort upon you

Should bring feelings of delight…

Next up are the bathrobes

whose warmth may inspire…

Pick out your favorite color…

Then come sit beside the fire…

Now that your here

Grab your favorite spot…

Fill a plate from my tables

Some that is healthy and some that is NOT…

Ok, it’s Christmas so just pretend something in there is good for you… just humor me…

So Carver, this gift here is for you

As you are so gifted shaping wood…

Here’s a life size Christmas Carving Elf

With extra fingers…….. because my AI could…

Christine, I know you need some help

With things around your place

While He’s not very good with housework

This Handyman Gnome you should not waste…

Bubbles, this gift is for you

Always seeking to bring others fun

A wand with never ending soap suds

Causing sorrows to just come undone…

Crocket, I came across something you’d like

A matching fur hat and fur coat

for out on the trail when you’re running

You’ll remember your name in the story I wrote…

Cate, my sweet Cate

What gift can I get for thee

no need to shake packages

left under the tree…

I have bottled my love,

wrapped it up to inspire

It should be over there, just next to the fire…

Ivy,

Your gift with poetry and painting

make you the Boss

So I searched and searched

til I found you Bob Ross…

Nk1,

You said you wanted to travel

to see beauty from coast to coast

So I gotchu your very own camper

Many future adventures you can boast…

I got me one too

with my name on the front

To meet up with you

Somewhere fun to have lunch…

James D, my funny friend

You always make me laugh

I got you a brand new card table

and a new poker playing Top Hat…

Willow oh Willow

I had no idea what to get you

Always content you seem to be

Til I came onto my Gencraft

and it created for you these three…

The wheelchairs aren’t for you my dear

so don’t get your pants in a bunch

I figured your dogs are all elderly

these specialized canine therapists were merely a hunch!

I could go on like this for hours

choosing gifts for each and every one of you,

But it’s Christmas, we’re all busy, and that just won’t do…

Suffice it to say that I love each and everyone

Take a hug and a cookie this lovely morning

From me all the way to you…

*These puppies represent a hug*

Merry Christmas to all and God Bless!!!