Notes of kindness.

My girls are with their dad this weekend, I will spend Mothers Day alone. I decided I know who I am I will be my girls mother always I don't have to a special day for that nor a photo around my neck to know how much my children mean to me. The girls left notes around the house and a friend sent me a card. It made me laugh, cry and remind me how fortunate I am.
If you have a few moments call or email or write a note or say some words of kindness. The road I am on is very tough but every word of Hope helps me to push on.
Be encouraged and encourage others.
Wishing you lots of tasty English Delights.

Herbs of joy

Well spring is finally coming. The Little Herb house of Holland Church Road in Raleigh will open this Saturday March 13th. Lisa Treadaway the owner will open it for another year her wonderful charming smile and her love for herbs overflows. But the truth is Lisa lives a life where God shines through. There are few people that i know that live a life where what they say they do. Lisa and her husband have found the balance of giving and also sharing what God has blessed them with. I encourage you to go and visit her this year. You will find her heart warming smile a pleasure and a restorer to any bleak day. I also encourage you to think how your life could shine a part of Christ through. Maybe it is in simply sharing a cup of tea or simply reading a book to an older friend whatever it is this coming year give with a cheerful heart you will find blessing and find a new you in doing that.
Wishing you lots of tasty English Delights.

Friends of hope

This weekend was the first weekend my girls stayed with their dad. I went and stayed with some friends. It is amazing how God works both had flannel sheets for the beds,both offered inviting movies and both offered a hug and tea. Memories of days in my childhood flooded in. The warm sheets the warm home the pots of flowers that I use to draw perhaps a part of me was reawakening from the sleep of time. Perhaps a new dawn was been birthed in me.
Whatever you are going through there is a door that leads to find you and loving who you will become. As I put on cornfielddreams I am reading a book about Psalm 27 take a moment to read it too. Perhaps it will encourage you. I hope so.
Wishing you lots of tasty English Delights.

Good friends and a meal shared.

A new friend mine came by and had supper with us yesterday. It was so nice to sit with a friend and go for a walk, we played cards and laughed. She shared her broccoli and we shared our home. How fun this all was in a time of my life when normality seams so far from my reach. It was lovely to take a walk hug one of my dogs and laugh a long the way. We promised to do it again.
It is amazing how a simple yes you can come over to my house can open up a friendship how often we never ask in fear of been rejected but in truth if we opened up our homes we may find a new friendship. I don't know how long I will be in this home but I do know that while I am here it is a home where I want people to laugh in and be themselves.
So where ever you are today take a moment to think of someone you could reach out to that person may become a new friend all you can do is try.
Wishing you lots of tasty English Delights.

Cup of kindness

I have a friend who has this amazing drink machine it makes an awesome cup of drinking chocolate we sit by the fire and enjoy each others company. But in truth they have many friends and their home is open up with many cups of kindness. It has taught me that even in my own life that seams a mess a cup of kindness costs nothing. Sit on a bench or by a fire enjoy a drink whatever it is and just listen. It is amazing how much a person learns about giving even when their life is crashing down a simple smile can bring healing a simple hug ,simply listening and a simple just been there for another can change how life is for both people and in truth they become closer maybe for life.
Wishing you lots of tasty English Delights.

Cup of tea moments

Cups of tea are so British. We have them at socials and the Queens parties. But how often do we have a cup of tea with God and just share a moment in thinking where God might be leading us. I don't do that much. I drink my tea and run.
This weekend I was blessed to have a cup of tea with a friend it felt like Heaven on earth her kind smile her wonderful laugh and her love. She offered a cup of tea and friendship and I accepted. But in truth she offered something laid in her heart a cup of kindness.
It is so easy to forget to share a cup of tea with a friend or just to have a cup of tea with God.
So today make it a point of sitting for a moment and share a moment knowing that your cup of tea moments are treasured by God.
Wishing you lots of tasty English Delights.

To eat or not to eat that is the question?

As the winter nights draw in on us all and we ponder on that extra piece of cake that teases us and calls our name from the table. I tell you remember that to think twice is often a good thing. Making healthy choices in a new year is often the best thing you can do for yourself. I drink a lot of cranberry juice. I often find myself craving it, it is so good for you and not that bad. You can make many healthy soups. My leek and potato soup was really easy to make I even used the skins. If you want to be a little naughty fry up some bacon or be good and add little grated cheese. Remember even if you do eat the cake you can still try again. This year grow a garden if you do not have the land buy some herbs that you can grow inside. Make an effort to learn about how to cook with a few things like adding certain herbs or even just veggies. Making simple choices make the others not so hard. So enjoy the hot home made soup and take a smaller piece of cake.

Wishing you lots of tasty English Delights.