Friday’s Fave Five

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Welcome to Friday’s Fave Five, hosted by Susanne at Living to Tell the Story, in which we can share five of our favorite things from the last week, a wonderful exercise in looking for and appreciating the good things God blesses us with. Click on the button to learn more, then go to Susanne’s to read others’ faves and link up your own.

It’s been another busy week! Here are some of the highlights:

1. Sundays. The last two Sundays at church have just been especially good: a visiting drama team one day, Skyping with a missionary one evening, other missionaries here another day, a rousing and heartfelt and heart-stirring rendition of “No More Night” from one of our members.

2. Mondays. I know a lot of people don’t like Mondays, but for me it’s a time after a busy weekend to enjoy the quiet and stillness and regroup and figure out what I need to do for the week ahead.

3. A call from an old family friend. One of my mother-in-law’s oldest and dearest friends called this week to see how she was doing (my m-i-l doesn’t hear much at all on the phone, so she can’t call her directly any more). It was good to hear from her and catch up a bit and then to tell my m-i-l about her call.

4. Finding an old keepsake. I was looking through a box in the garage where we keep packing materials, and discovered some things I hadn’t unpacked from our last move down in the bottom. One item was a small cedar chest — maybe 8 ” long by 4″ high and wide. I’ve had it ever since I could remember, and it used to hold childhood treasures. I don’t know where it came from: perhaps it was a bonus when my mom got hers. I had been sad that I lost track of it, so I was joyful to find it again. There’s no time to take and upload a photo of it now — it’s fairly plain and the value is sentimental more than decorative.

5. Dinner with friends. Our last “dinner for six” with our current group turned into a dinner for nine, and it was quite lively and fun and ended up with a rousing game of Balderdash. I was even winning until the last couple of turns. 🙂

I have a busy day ahead, but I’ll look forward to catching up with the FFF crowd and Google Reader later tonight or this weekend. Have a good one!

11 thoughts on “Friday’s Fave Five”

  1. Mondays are a good day for me especially now in my empty nest years. Sounds like you had a good week. Hope your weekend is a good one, too!

  2. Hi Barbara. I really enjoy reading your writings, particularly your Fridays Fave Five posts.

    Thank you for reminding us to take time and count our blessings.

    Have a nice weekend : )

  3. I love that “finding an old keepsake”! Sounds like a great surprise. How nice to share fellowship with your six group. Sounds great. Hope you have a great week ahead!

  4. Sounds like you had some great faves this past week….we used to play Balderdash all the time when we were younger and the girls were in bed early…it’s so much fun with a large group of people!! and yay for awesome sundays and mondays!! i like Mondays cause I head back to the classroom very refreshed and renewed from Sunday! 🙂

  5. I’m so glad to be back and catching up. I too enjoy Mondays after the busy-ness of the weekend. I guess I like the normalcy of getting back in the groove of the week.
    I also have a small cedar chest my mom gave me, though I think mine might be a little larger. How neat that you found it.

  6. Yay for finding lost treasures!

    Your dinners sound like such fun.

    If I didn’t have to work, I’d probably enjoy Mondays a lot more. I always feel one step behind on Monday mornings.

  7. When I graduated highschool in 1975, a local furniture store gave the girls miniature hope chests. That sounds like what you described. I still use mine! Never got a “rea”l one though :).

  8. I never thought about how it would change things to not be able to call your older friend anymore – and instead need to call their relations to check up on them. How very sweet and persevering she is! I’ll remember that.

  9. I like your perspective on Mondays as a time to take stock. And the dinner with not-six-but-nine sounds like a blast. Enjoy your upcoming Monday 🙂

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