the Music of Christmas

What would the Christmas season be without Christmas music??  I find it harder and harder to find the traditional songs that I have heard and sung all my life...seems like everyone has their own 'new' version of an old song.....

Here are a few of the songs you will hear around our house this Christmas.....

I miss singing in a cantata but our churches don't have big choirs that do that sort of thing...but I still enjoy the music so much ...... I hope you enjoy these few songs...














thank you for stopping by during this busy time.....


Merry Christmas!!!!!!!

Some days are just like this..

Sometimes, I just cannot shake feeling depressed..I do not want to feel this way nor do I want to stay here at all....I run from it, I shake it, I scramble, and I FIGHT it with all that is in me...and then I usually get still because it has caught up with me and then I feel depressed..this morning has been just like that....rejection, sleeplessness, non stop barking dogs, and a messy house....all of this just added up and sat right down on top of me.......THEN.......


this song came to my spirit.....and I went to youtube (a wonderful, encouraging tool of the internet) and found it..as it played, I cried..relief...and then I smiled..and as quick as that....IT lifted...GONE!!! feel hope again....

it is because of my Lord and my husband that I can sing this song and mean it...and an unexpected call this morning from my Betsy to make me laugh....I wanted to share it with you...in case you are feeling 'IT' too...don't just settle and let it take over...fight with all you have to get it off of you....and let this song speak to you....close your eyes and drink it in.....




When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.

There is no life - no life without its hunger;
Each restless heart beats so imperfectly;
But when you come and I am filled with wonder,
Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be.


thank you so much for coming along this life path with me...may your day be filled with hope...

Morning has Broken

For this day, I am thankful...I will never get tired of looking at my backyard in the morning light....my hope for you is that you will see the sunlight in your mornings and bloom where you are planted....

Maybe this is song week.... :-) this one is certainly appropriate for today...enjoy.






As Sung by Cat Stevens

lyrics by Eleanor Farjeon

Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for the springing fresh from the word

Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God's recreation of the new day

thank you for reading and singing along....

Happy Trails To You & Potato Soup

Every time I hear this theme song, I think of potato soup...I can remember it like it was yesterday....the apartment we lived in was warm and it was COLD outside and my Mama was calling me to supper..as the Roy Rogers show ended....I can even remember how the soup smelled that evening....It's amazing what we do as mamas, not even thinking..just normal life..that makes a memory stick in our child's heart for more than 50 years....I think it was the scene being surrounded by music that made such an impression on me.....I loved to hear Roy Rogers and Dale Evans sing..it was my favorite show...




One of my very favorite things about my computer when I first learned how to use email was the quick short emails between me and my Mama...I would always tell her I am making potato soup and thinking about you....these short little emails were a constant between us....and I miss that.....but I still have the memories....and I know how to make really good potato soup. :-)

So, since I am making potato soup tonight, I needed to share it with someone...and I picked you..thank you for reading along and give the song a few seconds..it is a good song....