Thankful Archives - Jenster's Musings

So Much Good Stuff

By Jenster | April 27, 2017 |

You guys! There is so much stuff going on! I had been feeling overwhelmed, but now I’m just feeling blessed. I’ve been going through the most recent online IF:Equip study on the Spiritual Disciplines and it’s been so magnificent. It has reminded me to slow down and lean into God instead of hyperventilating over my super…

That Time the Basement Floor Was Saved and How it Almost Ruined Vacation

By Jenster | October 12, 2015 |

Last Friday afternoon found Todd and I watching the news in the basement due to a tornado warning. There was a funnel cloud, but thankfully it never touched down. All I could think of while we were down there was how much better it was to hunker down in a finished basement with a TV…

On The Road To A Great 2015

By Jenster | January 31, 2015 |

2015 is a big year with some huge milestones for me. In May I will celebrate 10 years as a cancer survivor and in November I’ll be a half a century old. My 40’s have not been at all what I had planned them to be. I’m fairly certain that if I didn’t have a…

Good For The Soul

By Jenster | October 4, 2014 |

I’ve been stuck in a rut lately . You know how it is – every day you repeat the same task, the same function, the same drudgery . You are merely existing and not really living. That’s just life and I see no help for it. At least not on a daily basis. But sometimes…

A Month At A Time

By Jenster | November 30, 2013 |

PREFACE When I said “Join me after Thanksgiving for my next round of Holy Random Stories No One Cares About, Batman!” I was only joking. But look. Here it is, two days after Thanksgiving and the very last day in November. I really need to plan my time a little better. THANKFULNESS If you were around…

He Speaks!

By Jenster | April 5, 2013 |

About two weeks ago I had a texting conversation with Taylor. I told him we bought a new car and he asked when we would be driving it down south to see our son. We’d had a weekend trip planned in March and one in April, but they both came to naught and our next…

The Next Chapter

By Jenster | February 6, 2013 |

I am staring at a new chapter of the cancer chronicles. It’s not a bad chapter, precisely, but it has me feeling a little uncomfortable. Or maybe restless. Or maybe I just don’t know what it is I’m feeling. Next week I see my oncologist for my last biannual appointment. That is a great thing.…

NoThanks – Day Thirty, The End

By Jenster | November 30, 2012 |

Tonight I’m thankful that I finished NoThanks! I have realized that I am not a daily blogger-type person. Or maybe it’s just that I went more than two months without writing anything and then BAM! I’m having to post something every day. And I really phoned a bunch of the posts in. Like tonight. It’s 9:00…

NoThanks – Day Twenty Nine

By Jenster | November 29, 2012 |

Tonight I’m thankful that there are only 30 days in the month of November. Tonight I’m thankful that it’s 10:00 and I can go to bed. Tonight I’m thankful for Nutella. Tonight I’m thankful for slippers. pillows. dishwashers. Hallmark commercials. Starbuck’s. Angry Birds. Sofa covers. plastic utensils. microwaveable dinners.…