Oh my. It has been so long since I\u2019ve been with you all. So much has happened and life has just been, well, life. I have missed two things through this past couple of years. First is writing. Sometimes my brain just doesn\u2019t want to shut down. I have had the desire but not the time. Second is painting. I began watercolor painting several years ago. Each Saturday I would meet up with a couple of friends and we would paint, laugh, cry, discuss Scripture and pray. It has been two years now since I picked up a paint brush and palette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You may be asking what I have been doing. My last post was June 8, 2020. Wow. Over 3 years! Well let me give you an overview today. As time allows, I will dig into each of these events and share more of the reasons behind the events and how God showed up while all of this was happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
June 2020 \u2013 changed jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
April 2021 \u2013 visited Ohio family for the first time in 14 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
April 2021 \u2013 we decided to move to Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
June 2021 \u2013 home in Colorado was put on the market\u2026sold in one day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
June 2021 \u2013 I moved to Ohio and Mason stayed in Colorado to finish packing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
June 2021 \u2013 started new job in Ohio\u2026quit said job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
June 2021 \u2013 started looking for home in Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
July 2021 \u2013 back to Colorado to finalize packing and move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
August 2021 \u2013 moved into home in Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
August 2021 \u2013 started new (better) job in Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
December 2021 \u2013 Mom passed away. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n\n\n\n
February 2022 \u2013 Mason in hospital with chronic congestive heart failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
April 2022 \u2013 quit better job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
June 2022 \u2013 bought a business with my sister\u2026Costume Castle!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
July 2022 \u2013 remodeled Costume Castle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
August 2022-February 2023 \u2013 worked like crazy at the Castle\u2026Mason continued to have health issues (hospital stays and diagnoses).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
May 2023 \u2013 Mason began dialysis 4 days a week\u2026I began training to do his dialysis at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
June-July 2023 \u2013 home dialysis 5 days a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, here\u2019s the thing. I am at home 5 days a week while Mason is on dialysis. His treatments last between 3 to 3 1\/2 hours. I need to be in the house to hear alarms, but now I have flexibility and time. As I thought of what I would want to do with these hours, I knew I wanted to get back to writing. You will be hearing from me more often. And I will be painting! I can’t wait to share some of my artwork with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I look back at this timeline, I can only say \u201cphew\u201d. A lot has happened in 3 years. I have said it before and I will say it again, I have only been able to do what I\u2019ve done with God\u2019s help and provision. I have been weak. I have been weary. I have failed. I have struggled. But through it all, God\u2019s grace has been sufficient. The Apostle Paul knew of God\u2019s grace and said it so eloquently. \u201cTherefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ\u2019s power may rest on me. That is why for Christ\u2019s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.\u201d<\/em> (2 Corinthians 12:9b-10 \u2013 NIV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grace and peace be yours in abundance,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Donna PS \u2013 I forgot how much I loved my blog design! Thank you Maria Hauser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Oh my. It has been so long since I\u2019ve been with you all. So much has happened and life has just been, well, life. I have missed two things through this past couple of years. First is writing. Sometimes my brain just doesn\u2019t want to shut down. I have had the desire but not the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[73,5925,1989,43,6038,6039,60,6040,2510,5116],"class_list":["post-6377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2-corinthians-129-10","tag-busy","tag-death","tag-grace","tag-health","tag-move","tag-strength","tag-watercolor","tag-weakness","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6377"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6380,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6377\/revisions\/6380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fullmeasureofjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}