IN HONOR OF MOTHERS DAY AND NURSES DAY 2015...

In honor of Mother's Day and Nurses Day 2015..

I see posts about nurses and the sacrifices and challenges they face nearly everyday while working ..

When and while I worked as an LPN,

I don't think I ever thought about those sacrifices and challenges .. I just faced each day determined to care and touch each life I encountered ..

I look back now and realize how difficult it was working full time and raising a family ..

Life was more difficult than anyone can imagine .. I refuse to pat myself on the back and tell every detail  I had to face ..

I loved caring for people, whether it was my own family as a mother or families I had the privilege of caring for as their nurse...

A COUNTRY ROAD...

I need a country road to walk, to wonder..

To feel the thrust of wind to feel as I surrender..

To peel away  the madness that has permeated my being..

To conquer my soul for the beauty I am 

seeing .. 

To break the bondage 

of tears and sorrows..

To see Gods creatures scurrying outside their burrows ..

To hear the birds sing their melodious song..

Enriching my spirit, my sadness gone ..

Yes, I need to walk that country road ..

To fill my soul with wonder untold..

Patsy McNutt Morgan

04/17/15

LIVING THE AUTUMN OF LIFE...

There's a feel in the air, if you are indifferent, 

you'll miss the pleasure..

The softness to a summer morn, a scent of autumn breeze, 

and the chill of a winters day..

Days leisurely run  together..

 They become  a long warm summer day, 

then almost without notice,
the days become brisk and cold ...
It is then we see snow laden pines as the
sun reflects its light twinkling off  their branches ..
We are like the changing of the seasons..

Each spring brings new life, rebirth,

 creatures awakened

with the newness of each day..

Soon the ground erupts with new life..

Strong trees bud to bring forth each new leaves that becomes  

transposed through the warmth of the  

summers sunbeams and soon shades ..

Like the ocean tide that ebbs and flows,

the colors of trees become a manifestation of color and hue..

The air is brisk and the light of the day no longer goes into evening..

All too soon the dark clouds form to bring a flurry of 

snowflakes covering the cold hard ground..

My Autumn days have come  .. 

Here I stand.. life has now slipped into a wonder of glorious  

colorful flurry of memories as I recall the fruit of my life ..

Looking back to what was and wondered what could have been..

Still,  I'm satisfied knowing the cycle of life, my Equinox if you will, 

has now shifted to the the beginning of the proverbial end..

My life colors are now bursting  brilliantly, with stellar vibrancy, 

bold and bright for all to see..

Soon the colors will fade.. It is then that I shall walk slowly 

toward His light, my home..

Patsy McNutt Morgan

04/16/15

LOVING ACTS OF KINDNESS ...

Reading this morning in John 13..

"I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them". (‭John‬ ‭13‬:‭15-17‬ NIV)

Jesus had just washed his disciples feet.. Teaching them that we must learn to be of service to others..

I share this to tell you  for the last several weeks my dear soulmate and sweet husband has spent his days caring for me in a way that Jesus told his disciples to do..

He was at my side helping me dress, bath, walk, keeping up with the house work, taking me and still driving me to therapy and Dr visits.. Weekly, driving me to the hospital to get my labs drawn.. Doing the laundry, making meals.. Waking up the next day to start all over again.. Very selflessly and lovingly..

While all the time, in pain himself ..

To my children ..

 Use your father as your great example . Give of yourselves like your father has done pretty much all his life ..

I can't thank him enough and love him sufficiently for all the acts of love he has bestowed ..

Be caring, be loving, be kind, BE SWEET.. Because these are the attributes you should immolate in your lives, everyday, to all you encounter ..

I thank God everyday for this man of God and the selflessness of his gentle nature ..

Thank you sweetheart and I can only hope I show half the loving supportive care and acts of kindness in return as we live our remaining lives together ...

In case I may not have said it ..Thank you dear husband for all that you have done through our years together, but most especially over these past few weeks❤️

I love you Larry💋

I AM REMINDED...

I AM REMINDED...

Though rain clouds and darkness bring with them sadness..

It is the springtime showers that bring 

forth blooms, rainbows and gladness ..

Never shall I stay long where sadness reigns,

to the soul where it wants to cling..

Shaken, I face the new day coming...

 I reach and hold fast to the bright morning rays as they now linger..

Warming my spirit, calming my soul.. 

Once again I'm reminded of your love that always carries me through...

Your sacrifice that haunts my being too..

I want to shout from every building high...

"Open your eyes, so that you may see, so your spirits can fly"..

Such agony, such pain, torment and grief..

He did it all for you and me..

"It is finished" he cried to the Father..

But alas, the third day He arose a victor, no longer a martyr..

"He has risen .. He has

risen indeed"..

Fall on your knees before Christ our Lord..

Recognize your selfish needs..

Ask and be forgiven,

That's why he died..

He'll take them all, 

you'll be freed from your wretchedness inside ..

Praise God Almighty..

Hosanna, my precious Jesus .. Amen  

Patsy McNutt

04/02/15