Tuesday 4
Just Wondering.. a Toni RepeatFrom Annie: "This week slipped away from me and I didn't get the Tuesday 4 up.
I will post one from Toni's site in case you would like to do one this week whenever you wish. I am very sorry this happened friends.
This Tuesday 4 is from Monday December 9. 2019...."
Well, I've tried to come up with some new answers since I last did this actually in January of 2021. To be honest, I can't improve on that so we might as well leave at that! So what you see below is what I posted in January of 2021...
Wondering..,
Welcome back to Tuesday 4 where we remember the wonderful memes of our friend Toni Taddeo by continuing them on in her memory. I am glad you've stopped by to join in.
To begin 2021 I thought I would re-post the final Tuesday 4 from Toni, posted on Monday Dec. 9, 2019! Enjoy playing along friends.
A Repeat ~ Just Wondering (my original 1/5/2021)
1. When was the last time you tried something new?:
Hmm, well, maybe when I tried to paddle a kayak around Still Waters Pond last year...
And I lived to tell about it! That was such fun...and I am so glad I did it! When it warms up a bit I hope to get back out there and do it again!
Well, probably I am more like my father than my mother. My daddy and I both had bright red hair as children and we had to put up with a lot of teasing. I am the only child of four kids in our family who got daddy's red hair.
And I tend to be a lot like him in other ways too. I like adventure and family fun, and he was always ready for family fun. My mother was a lovely lady and she liked to have fun too, and I learned a lot from her about cooking and sewing and appreciating the "finer things in life", but still I think I am more like my dad. 
However, in many ways I am like my mother...
Do you see why?
3. What lesson in life did you learn the hard way?:
My Dad, after winning a game of horseshoes. "Always the Champ!"
Update 10/17/2023: I can't play horseshoes like my dad could, and I'm not much of a champ, but I tend to have his outgoing and competitive personality.
(this photo is several years old)
Don't think that just because you tried to be a "perfect parent" and brought your kids up in the "right way" , that they would always be "perfect kids". Every child has to find their own way in life, but the good news is this promise found in Proverbs:
Proverbs 22:6 KJV
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
So even if a child should wander from the fold, there will come a time when he/she will come back home. We just need to be patient and be like the father in the story of the prodigal son, (See Luke 15) and stand ready and willing to welcome them home.
I also learned that I cannot always protect my children from harm and sickness. This world is not always a kind place. Things happen beyond our control, even when we think we have done everything possible to protect our children. But again, God gives us grace and comfort and strength when we go through the valley of the shadow of death. He gives us what we need when we need it, even in the midst of the storms of life. I don't know how anyone can get through this life without a relationship with Christ.
4. What can you do today that you weren't able to do before?:
Let's see, now that I'm retired I can sit here in my comfy house and enjoy reading and writing this blog and visiting with dear friends from around the country and world whom I would never have been able to meet if it weren't for the invention of computers and the internet and the time to sit and enjoy doing this! Say what you will about modern technology...it does have its faults and downside, but when used appropriately it can be a wonderful tool to "reach out and touch someone". Remember these commercials for AT&T telephone calls?
Of course nothing can replace the sound of a human voice...and now with Zoom and Facetime we can talk and see each other at the same time. What a wonderful world we live in...when used appropriately. Thank you for being a part of my world, and for this opportunity to "reach out and touch someone". Happy New Year! (written in January 2021)
I really can't improve on what I said above in 2021, so I will leave it at that.
Now let's mosey over to Tuesday 4 and see what others are posting! Thank you Annie, for setting this up each week! I am sorry I couldn't really come up with anything new to say.
What great answers! I love red hair and secretly wished I had it :)
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Ha ha, thank you, Colletta! Sometimes being a redhead had its downside...I used to get a lot of teasing as a kid, things like: "I'd rather be dead than red on the head", or "Carrot Top", "Freckles". Now my hair is rather faded and brownish red with streaks of gray...not such a pretty sight anymore, but in my mind I am still that little redhead that could dish it back out if the teasing got too mean! LOL. Mostly it just got me a lot of attention. LOL.
DeleteI'm a new reader and it's so nice to 'meet' you and to start to get to know you here! The picture of you in the kayak is full of joy, especially that flower :)
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Hello "Miss Kim"! Welcome to my world! Thank you for visiting today, and I hope you will come back again soon. I love that you said my picture was "full of joy". Last year's "One Word" was joyful, and so I guess I should make that my poster picture for 2020. I did try really hard to remain joyful in spite of the circumstances of the year! Very thankful to have survived 2020 and am looking forward to a wonderful new year. I hope you will also have a blessed new year! Come back again soon!
DeleteGreat post and I agree, I don't know how anyone can live without Christ!
ReplyDeleteThank you and Amen! It would definitely make life so much more difficult and meaningless to try and live without Him.
DeleteThis was a lot of fun and perfect for what I wanted to tell you! We hiked to Johnson Park in Citrus county yesterday and I thought of you when I saw all the beautiful water lilies! I took SO many photos! I can't wait to share the beauty! Didn't see any geese but lots of other pretty birds. Enjoy your day and this fabulous weather! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteOh, how wonderful! Were the water lilies still blooming? Ours are not blooming now and the geese are eating the roots or stems or something they keep pulling up, which is fine with me. It cleans up the pond for the next crop! I can't wait to see your pictures! I am not sure where that it, so it will be fun to see them. Hugs to you too.
DeleteI enjoyed reading your answers. Your Dad looks like he's good fun to be with in that photo.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Eileen! It is so nice to have you visit here in my part of the world! And yes, my Dad was very much "good fun to be with". He was always a happy person ready for fun with the family. I miss him very much. He lived a wonderful life to almost age 93...and hardly a day goes my that I don't think of him in some way. I am happy to be somewhat like him.
DeleteGoodness, Pam, those ads really took me back. How times have changed! I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't see/hear my girls once a week on FaceTime. Such a blessing, almost like having them physically close.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your day!
Oh I know, Martha, I felt the same way about the TV ads. We've sure come a long way, haven't we? I wish we had had facetime when my kids were little and we were far away from our parents. That would have been so nice. Yes, I hope you will take advantage of every opportunity to visit with your sweet girls one way or the other. That is so important for all of you. (((hugs)))
DeleteFun post, Pamela! Last time I tried something new ... I guess that would be playing a new game with our daughter's family on Christmas night. They have the game Cover Your Assets, which we've played with them a number of times and I understand it. This new one is called Cover Your Kingdom (I think) and it's a more complicated version of Cover Your Assets. I get the basic premise because I'm familiar with the other game, but it will take me awhile to figure this one out!
ReplyDeleteI have never heard of that game...either one of them. I will have to check them out to see what they are about. I like to learn new games. It's fun to play games with the family. We did Scattergories a few weeks ago with our kids and it was fun. I wanted to play something over the holidays but we just got too busy with all the other stuff, like eating and such...and forgot about games. So maybe another time soon. It's good to learn new stuff at our great age! LOL
DeleteI love the photo of your kayak adventure. My dad and I once enjoyed horseshoes too. This was a fun read. Happy new year to you and yours. I am grateful for your blog friendship.
ReplyDeleteOh Mildred, I am so happy to hear from you. I was thinking about you earlier and thinking it's been a while and time to check up with you again. I am glad you popped in for a visit. And I am very thankful for YOUR blog friendship as well. (((hugs)))
DeletePam: I have lost a lot of my adventuresome spirit as I have gotten older. Never really had a whole lot of it. I did have a good imagination a few years back. As I grew up, people said I looked like my dad. My mother said I reminded her of her sister. All this is okay with me. I loved your picture in the kayak.
ReplyDeleteWell, I think we all lose some of our spirit of adventure as we age and become more "sensible". But we need to try and hold on to that zest for living and learning new things and meeting new people. It is what helps make the world go round and keeps us connected. I think we all have parts of several ancestors within us. It seems like as we age different characteristics pop out from one or another. Imagine...all those genes from all our ancestors have to show up at some point or another! LOL. Thank you for enjoying my silly kayak picture. That's probably the real me...LOL!!! Thank you for visiting today. Let's keep looking for new and happy challenges to keep us growing!
Deletei agree with you about the good things about technology . I also agree that it can easily be abused, but used in the right way, it is very good. How else would I ever have met you and a whole host of other online friends?
ReplyDeleteI agree...we would not be having these conversations and enjoying these friendships without this technology. Even the old pen pal letters couldn't do what this does! I am very thankful for our friends here in "blogland".
DeleteI try to take comfort in that proverb, but a friend (who also has an estranged child) and I were talking recently and wondering if that is not necessarily so as we move further into end times and take 2 Timothy 3 into account. There is always hope, but someone has to be living to fulfill the prophecy and I know so many good Christian families who raised their kids right and still...here we are. For it to become as it was in the days of Noah there have to be good kids who choose to reject what they've been taught and never come back, I think. Not a happy thought...just a thought. I am still praying for a miracle, though. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on the computers and internet. If someone had told us even 25 years ago that we'd have friends all over the country and even the world that we'd never even met face to face...we'd have thought them crazy! It has opened up the world.
Some things are best left to God to determine. He is the only One Who knows the heart of each person. And we may not necessarily be alive when a child returns to the Lord. Again, the timing is also in God's hands. There may be many who are saved in tribulation, you know...sadly for them they will go through a lot of suffering, but nothing compared to hell. So again, these are issues I leave up to God. He knows those who are His and those who are not nor ever will be. I believe those who have been trained up in the Lord will eventually come back to the Lord. God knows their hearts and that is enough for me. I am very happy we have this ability to communicate. I love having you and so many others as friends. And someday we will meet, whether here or "there", we will meet!! God bless you dear friend.
DeleteNo, we can't really keep people from harm, but we do try our best anyway and there is much we can do.
ReplyDeleteNothing will ever replace human companionship. Even Adam found that out.
Yes, we always do our best, and then we have to leave the rest up to God. We can't be everywhere all the time, but HE can! And you are right about human companionship. We need each other...human contact especially. This year has shown us all how much we need the human warmth of hugs and face to face conversations.
DeleteReally great answer to #3! I am really struggling with that right now and my son.
ReplyDeleteI also felt more like my dad. I was a daddy's girl, so I enjoyed doing things with him. My mom not as much. She loves shopping and I hate it. My dad taught me how to cook. I sure do miss him. Loved your answers! Have a nice week!
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I will pray for you and your son. It is very hard for a parent to know when to "let go" and when to "let God" handle the issues with our children. But there does come a point when we realize that we have to do just that and commit them to the Lord for His protection and care. We never stop praying and caring, regardless of what they may do or say. But we have to leave the results up to God. Probably the hardest thing for any parent to have to do. When I was young I did more things with my mother, but my Dad was the one making a lot of the plans that made our lives fun and happy...like camping on our vacations, and seeing the beauty in the world around us. I am very thankful for both of my parents, and I know what you mean about missing them. I hope you have a blessed week too.
DeleteYou are so right, social media used in the right way is fabulous. Not only now during this covid crisis, but always for shut ins as well. I was an over protective Mom, and I would be an overprotective Granny but the girls scold me. lol
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about being overprotective. Probably why I never had any daughters and just had boys! I probably would have made their lives miserable by being so overprotective! LOL. God knows best.
DeleteAmen to your #3! While I was never a 'bad' girl, I'm sure there were times my mother uttered, "Where did I go wrong?" Too, whenever there came news of delinquency (or worse) without fail she'd say, "Their POOR parents!"
ReplyDeleteSweet videos! Back when commercials were enjoyable! Whenever they'd call relatives in Minnesota or Chicago, my parents set out a little 3-min. hourglass. Talk fast! Time's money!
Oh I remember those timers when we'd get on the phone long distance! Yep, those minutes added up so fast. I was so happy when we got that unlimited long distance plan, which of course didn't come along until we were grown. Oh how times have changed!
DeleteGreat answers, Pam! You really should write a book and get it published. You have a great way with words! Your posts are always interesting and entertaining! I LOVE that you got in that kayak and paddled around your pond! xo
ReplyDeleteOh, Terri, you are so sweet. I wanted to write a book until I went to a writer's conference and realized how hard it would be to get published and recognized, etc... and I gave up on my dream. But this blog is my book...and it's free for all my friends so you don't have to buy a book! (and it's free for me too...those self-publishing deals are quite expensive and then you're stuck with a lot of books that you can't sell...) But thank you for your vote of confidence. Oh, I loved paddling around the pond too, and I can't wait to do it again! But right now the geese are spending a lot of time out there and I don't want to disturb them or scare them off. I'm sure I would be a frightening sight for them to see coming toward them on the water! LOL. xoxo to you too!!
Delete{{{{grin}}}} Love your answers, Pamela...your dad just makes me smile. Have a beautiful day, friend.
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ReplyDeleteI'm lagging in the group to catch up with what everyone shared last week. That's what happens when you're too busy, right? I'm trying to get back into a normal schedule while including new things like this little meme but it would appear it's now coming to an end. Am I right? I sure did like reading your responses especially being a perfect parent or at least trying to be because kids do not follow your teachings like you think they will but like you we're clinging to God's promises while trying to be patient. That's hard sometimes to do. I got a good kick out of your last answer. Technology is a wonderful thing when used right. I'm thrilled to have this modern invention reach out to friends near and far in a different way. Your post was delightful. Have a good evening!
Good answers and thank you for joining in. I just let time get away from me and then last night I realized.. hey, its Monday night and I didn't even think of Tuesday 4! So I had to use an old one. But I think its kind of nice to go back in time and repeat things once in a while too. You are right, we are limited in protecting our children but in the end they are in good hands anyway. Have a cool Florida day.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your answers and really agree with you about technology being a wonderful tool, otherwise we never would have 'met'. Enjoy the rest of your week Pamela.
ReplyDeleteWonderful answers. Yes, technology can be good if used appropriately. The Internet has been a great help to keep in touch with family and friends - like in Blogland.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.