Debbie Macomber's Blog, page 65

Stacks of Papers!

I accidently spent the morning cleaning my desk.  I was looking for something I brought to Florida from Port Orchard and couldn't find it.  With no other option I started sorting through the stacks of papers, letters that need to be answered and other assorted piles atop my desk.  I'm basically an organized person . . . or I used to think so until I discovered the January letter I meant to answer last . . . January.  Oh, and there was a receipt Wayne tore the house apart looking for.  (He mus...

A New Life, New Adventure

There was cheering in the Macomber household as our baby grandson, Jaxon Paul, was able to leave the hospital yesterday afternoon.  He weighs five pounds and seven ounces now, gaining a pound and two ounces his first week of life.  I can safely say he eats like his grandma!   And so the adventure begins for Dale and Laurie.  I pray God will bless this young family, and may Jaxon give them more sleep than Dale gave his father and me!

Thank you so much to everyone for the well wishes and...

A New Grandchild!

This is a red letter day for the Macomber household.  This morning we welcomed Jaxson Paul Macomber into the family.  He was born in the early morning hours and is a little tyke weighing in at 4 pounds 5 oz.  All our grandchildren are precious, but little Jaxson is God's special gift to our family after six IVF attemtps.  I'm walking on air and shouting praises to God this morning.

Signs of Spring

My walking partner, Martha Powers, and I, were walking on the track this morning when we heard what sounded like machine gun fire.  I ducked (Martha did too!) and grabbed hold of my heart while looking for the drive-by shooter.  Vero Beach is a nice, quiet town and one just doesn't expect this type of random violence.  Only there was no car.  There was no drive-by driver.  The culprit?  A woodpecker who mistook a steel pole for a tree!  Ah, spring!

Time Just for Us

Wayne and I are going out on a date tonight. We're going to see a comedy show and then dinner.  We started this tradition years ago shortly after the children were born.  We were completely wrapped up in raising our family. 

On one rare night we happened to go out to dinner, Wayne suggested we not mention the children.  We sat and stared at one another with nothing to say.  It was enough to shake us up to the point we decided to take time just for us . . .   to date again.  It's a practice...

A Full Day

I have a busy day planned today!  It starts with Bible Study this morning, followed by a tour of the local homeless shelter here in Vero Beach.  Wayne and I have volunteered to cook dinner for 65 (I just haven't told him yet),  so I'm going to take a look at their kitchen.  Last year one of the most powerful books I read was BREAKFAST AT SALLY'S by Richard LeMieux.  Richard was a successful businessman who lost everything and ended up living out of his car.  His book changed my entire...

Tickling the Funny Bone

My cousin Shirley recently e-mailed me a list of funny items listed in church bulletins.  My favorite was the retreat on fasting and prayer, meals included.  Another one that tickled my fancy was about a workshop on low self-esteem with instructions to use the entrance at the back of the church.  And the church that held Weight Watcher meetings advising those attending to use the double wide doors.  It helps when we can laugh with each other, doesn't it?  I think God must have a great sense o...

A Fresh Perspective

A friend gave Wayne and me the PBS series The War on DVD.  We've watched a segment every night and are caught up in the tremendous sacrifice the men and women of our parents’ generation made in the war years.  My own father was taken as a POW, captured during the Battle of the Bulge, and held in Germany until the end of the war.  I phoned my uncle, a former Marine, this morning and learned he was on Guadalcanal and several other islands in the South Pacific.  This series has given me a fresh ...

How much do you love me?

Wayne and I were in the hot tub with friends last night.  Jerry and Ann graduated high school with Wayne and have a long history of close friendship.  Ann and I got to talking about the  "incredible" gifts our husbands have given us through the years.  I believe I won.  The zaniest gift Wayne ever gave me . . . and friends I swear this is true . . . was a container so I could pee while riding in a private plane.  (This was when Wayne was actively pursuing his private pilot’s license.)  Jerry ...

A Time of Celebration

Wayne and I are back in Florida after commemorating Jody Rose's special birthday.  We had an incredible time celebrating our daughter.  Her sister organized the party, and her two brothers roasted her.  Ted and Dale figured out the day she was conceived, and while I blushed Wayne burst into the Jackson Brown song, "Oh, What a Night . . . "  Indeed, the birthday was a time of celebration and family fun.