Serenity Prayer

                                            The Serenity Prayer

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God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen. --Reinhold Niebuhr In loving memory of Fr Bertram Griffin -- 1932-2000  quiescat in Pace

WOW...it has been a year since my first....and last post

Hi all, It was my intent when I started this blog to share the ups and downs of this new life into widowhood. You can see from my last post date (a WHOLE YEAR has passed!!)that I got a little side-tracked with life itself.

In the 16 months I have been widowed I sold my previous home (I thought), bought a "new" one (130 years old) in OH, had the buyers back out of the deal on the other home in IN, packed and moved several truckloads of furniture to Ohio, listed the IN home with a realtor, been low-balled countless times on the sale of my IN house, began a 3 month (yeah, right!!) kitchen remodel that is STILL not finished, accepted an offer on the IN house in Aug '10, CLOSED on the IN house in Nov '10 (finally), and started a new job.

I have also painted almost every room in the 'new' house, downsized my belongings, rearranged my living space countless times, and moved my youngest child in with me to go to college here in OH.

I have also grieved my husband's death every step of the way. I am grateful for God's grace and provison during this time.

OKAY....with that update, we can now move forward and onward.

Until the next post...& I pray it won't be a year from now.

God Bless,

Sue