Goodness and Mercy
We have been aware of the presence of Goodness and Mercy,
but we have finally come face to face...
They appear tattered and worn on the outside,
but on the inside..their spirits are refreshed by the thought
that they have been sufficiently acknowledged.
Isn't that how it is?
We 'feel' a presence, just like we 'feel' the wind...
but when we finally see it face to face....
like leaves swirling in mid-air...
we can truly believe!
Goodness..who is nicknamed 'ohma'
because of Grammy's favored saying,...repeated often by Xavier .."ohmagoodness"..
is now known ..
as something God shares with those who seek Him.
Her dearest friend is Mercy...
formerly known as a very southern term ..followed by very many exclamation marks...
is now known for being one of God's greatest gifts!
These two have been around for quite a long time...
working steadily... all these days... in the home of Grammy and Big Daddy.
They scurried silently through the rooms...
...Welcoming children who would call out "Grammy and Big Daddy"...
Xavier, lover of all God's tiniest creatures...
including Chicky Chick...who would go to Heaven, not long after Easter...
and Baby Bun...
wounded beyond repair, who we would lose the following week...
loving them with his tender heart, whilst they were on this earth...
Princess Kyleigh...who would enjoy her very first Tea Party......
..... ever smiling...Colin...
..and "Miracle at Christmastide"... newborn, Sophia...
Around the kitchen, they'd sneak ... smelling eggs that were 'scrandled'...
spying their Dormice friends, John Jacob and Eliza....
...passing Scout's favored 'circle of sunshine' she found each morning, in the foyer...
And up the stairs...
into the play room....
watching Xavier as he played with a set of 'lincoln logs'...
enjoyed and cherished so many years ago, by my Matthew, Cale, and Olivia....
and the wooden train set...each piece, a Christmas gift for my mother , who began requesting the set when she became a 'memaw,' and her grandchildren became toddlers...
out the windows, they hopped....
...and into the blushing petals of the 'Bride'...
'neath the towering stalks of Xavier and Grammy's Hollyhocks...
...stopping to gaze at the first bloom of Xavier's 'Rainbow' summer cutting garden....
down the drive...
to the pond and the great marshmallow tree...
a little boy claimed as his own....
......Sprinkling their blessings every where they stopped to rest.
How evident are their gifts all around...do you see? Goodness and Mercy are everywhere at once..for that is the nature of these two ..
They are now joined by a new friend, Shirley...
Who shares with Goodness and Mercy, the resource she has found...in Grammy's growing library...
(Thankful to a very talented craftsman, Seth Tudor...
son of our beloved Tasha Tudor....who crafted the wooden art stand)
..and Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy shall follow Grammy and Big Daddy for all the days of their lives...
into their new home,
and into the lives of their children and grandchildren.
Such a gift!
How blessed we are!
And one day, we will all dwell in the house of the Lord!
These are the children...along with the ones who love our children...and the grandchildren ...of Grammy Christie and Husband...worshipping on Easter Sunday...
All of us together, at once. I believe it was a first. God is so Good.
Thank you, in advance, all my dear friends...new and dear...tried and true...
for all of your prayers in these next several...
very hectic...
days ahead.
May God add His richest blessings upon you!