Lisa Notes: Looking back over 2012 (pt 1)

For the last three days of December, I’ll be reflecting back on a few defining and/or favorite moments of 2012.

. . . Sometimes life changes too quickly. So you let things sit while you catch up. I hadn’t planned on going through it this week. . . .

I need a miracle

. . . But this sign was different. It said, “I need a miracle.” That was all. . . .

If I do it for you

. . . I’m beginning to question my logic. He said quit trying to be fair. Life isn’t fair. . . .

Who do you follow?

. . . Not a book. Not a doctrine. Not a religion. We sin. . . .

say something or keep quiet

. . . i pick up a rock
just a pebble of pride from my nearby pile
a gentle toss won’t do much damage. . . .

Look grace in the face

. . . A flippant little exchange between two people in a car, right? We laugh. Drive on. Forget about it. Uncaught. . . .

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Looking back over 2012 (Part 2)

Looking back over 2012 (Part 3)

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Barbara H. 65p · 640 weeks ago

I've been going over some of my favorite posts from the last year, too, and hope to post them in the next day or two. I do remember a few of these.
My recent post Top Books of 2012

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Brenda · 640 weeks ago

Went back and read each one. Enjoyed them. Especially the one about going through your mama's jewelry. I still one box in my closet. Time to pull it out. Take care

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Lisa notes 103p · 639 weeks ago

Wow, Brenda, you're a real trooper to go back and read each one of the posts. Thank you for caring. I still run across Mama's jewelry in my dresser drawer now; it remains bittersweet to see one of her necklaces or rings. Very thankful I have them though. Praying you and your family have a great 2013! Love you.

lynnielou2 28p · 640 weeks ago

I resonated with your first remembrance re: your mama, Lisa.
This past week - well right before Christmas and now after - I had to dig back in to papers because of a glitch with a bank and my Mom's name ( all government required but it took 10 years for them to get to my Mom's name. IT was a silly thing, her name on my safe deposit box and her never having anything to do with this bank other than store her Will in my box! But the bank had to comply as her name showed up as "no activity" and the gov't wanted to make sure she was not up to some subversive activity - blah, blah, blah. It took a couple of trips first with her SS number and lastly they needed a copy of her death certificate to take her name out of the system. The bank personnel could not have been kinder.

It brings that time all up again - that and a dear friend facing the exact same scenario with his Mom right now and my being able to encourage him. I found loving things as I got out the papers, though, loving cards sent after her death - a softening of the other emotions that emerged.

All your posts are a joy to read and it is nice to see which ones come forth to be of import to you as you reflect.
My recent post Merry Christmas, 2012

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Wow, Lynn, that's amazing that even 10 years later you still have to deal with such paperwork. I'm glad the people you had to deal with were kind, as I'm sure you were too. I continue to get bank statements and insurance statements in my mother's name. It's still a sting every time, maybe because it's so unexpected seeing it in my mailbox now and again.

I like how you put this: "a softening of the other emotions that emerged." I'll remember that.

I was perhaps a little self-indulgent in which posts I chose to include in these round-ups--the ones that meant the most to me, not necessarily the most popular or most heavily commented. It sometimes take reflecting back to realize which circumstances and events made the most difference....

Praying you have a blessed 2013!

Lynn Severance · 639 weeks ago

Lisa - seemed self -explanatory that you would choose the postings that meant the most to you.

Ruth · 639 weeks ago

Thanks for sharing these, Lisa. I am blessed by your posts and the resources you share with us. We have so much to be thankful for as we look back and look ahead. Our God is a God of GRACE and Hope. Surely, goodness and mercy will follow us all of our days and we will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Happy New Year!

I appreciate your encouragement, Ruth. Words like yours really do make a difference. We definitely do have much to thank God for--in ways he worked through 2012 and how he will work in 2013. Yes, he is a God of grace and hope! Love that. May you have a blessed New Year!