Chandler Buchanan

It seems only yesterday that our three children got married (over a 10 month period). That was a busy and exciting time for sure. Now our grandchildren are beginning to graduate from High School. How can this be? Austin graduated last year and is in college, Chandler will graduate in a little over a week. He is going to Link Year in Missouri, where he has attended a Christian Sports Camp for the past many years each summer. This school will give him a chance to solidify his Christian beliefs while also addressing his basic college courses. I love the idea and am so very glad he chose this path.

Brennon is our youngest child, married first, and now will be sending her oldest of five off to college. I know it will be hard for her and for us too. Chandler has become such a precious young man. He loves the Lord and is faithful with church and youth group every week. He  is an outstanding Basketball and Volleyball Player, just like his dad, Brett.  Volleyball may be his favorite. His select teams have played in nationals the past couple of years. No boys volleyball in Texas schools has been sad.

 I’d love to hear your thoughts on this phase of life. Do you have children or grandchildren graduating and leaving home?  Does it seem to you that time gone by a little too fast?

June went by like a race horse.  I love being busy and productive. The speed this past month picked up and is continuing into July is more like a whirlwind. We had some wonderful events in June with our first grandson graduating from High School, a week of memories in Cancun with our three oldest grandsons and now watching our grandson, 17 year old, Chandler, playing in the USA Boys Junior Volleyball Nationals here in Dallas.

No Kitchen

After 16 years of the same cabinets, we decided to have our kitchen cabinets painted white. This was a great idea as far as causing me to sort each and every cabinet.  I must admit, however, that this sounded more doable than it actually was and is. These couple of weeks have everything in boxes and the painters  have the kitchen roped off and sealed up these next several days. This is definitely taking some creative thinking to still eat and eat healthy. We brought our blender upstairs along with our ice chest.

During my sorting time, I have encouraged myself by listening to a couple of my favorite Bible teachers: Keith Moore and also Jeff Coulter. I took really good notes on both, but alas have lost them in the shuffle.

Keith Moore’s series, Precious in His Sight, filled me with hope as I listened over and over. His main theme was “Nothing is Impossible with God”. In a summary (without my notes) my biggest takeaways were:

• If anyone tells you something is impossible, just remember this: what they should have said is “It is impossible for me in my knowledge to know what to do.” And then remember that “With God all things are possible.” They don’t know what to do, but someone else does.
• If any doctor tells you, “There is nothing we can do,” remind yourself that they should have said, “there is nothing I know to do.” With God all things are possible and he will direct your steps if you call out to Him.