by Kara | May 19, 2020 | Reflections
“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt This morning I woke up to rain drumming the roof, a dreary Monday, the 70-somethingth day of quarantine, ahead of me a full day helping five kids do school at home and doing...
by Kara | Jul 31, 2019 | Country Living, Cows, Grief, Reflections
“I don’t know what lies around the bend, but I’m going to believe that the best does.” ~Anne of Green Gables I have blogged only twice in the past two years, and life has changed a lot during the passing of that time. I’ve discovered...
by Kara Williams | Nov 21, 2018 | Grief, Reflections
It’s been 364 days since I last wrote and I’ve never had so much inside me, yet so little power to articulate. The past year’s events mean life will never be the same. And yet in so many ways, life is the same. The week after my mom died I reached out to a friend who...
by Kara Williams | Nov 22, 2017 | Reflections
To be grateful is to recognize the love of God in everything He has given us — and He has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from...
by Kara Williams | Jun 7, 2017 | Reflections, Spring
“I do not think that I have ever seen anything more beautiful than the bluebell … I know the beauty of the Lord by it.”~ Gerard Manley HopkinsSpring will depart in days, and I am looking ahead to summer. It’s been a strange year,...
by Kara Williams | Nov 15, 2016 | Reflections
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.~Lao TzuIt is mid-November, and blissfully there is not much farm news to report on. Instead of tending the garden late into the twilight hours or using the extra summer daylight to finish projects and chores,...
