Generosity

It's a giving time of year, but generosity does not have a time of year. And generosity involves both giving and receiving! In my cultural circumstances, receipt of generosity is unfortunately difficult. I have struggled with the issue often—and still do. This Christmas my family gave me a golf membership. The cost (and value) of this gesture was far beyond (multiples beyond!) expectations and the defined limits our family prescribed for our gift giving. It was (is) overwhelming. It is generous. I was speechless when they gave it to me—so I've decided to write about it instead.

One of the great attributes of God is generosity. I try to be generous, and I try to teach my children to be generous. I am so proud of them (even of myself) for what they are becoming. God is again being generous as I am blessed by a wonderful family.

Blogging—what's the difference?

Although I am writing the first entry of this venture, it may be true that I was blogging before there was blogging. I have been writing and posting about events from my life for quite a few years—at my age, I can't remember how many! I have been sharing my thoughts and opinions freely for even longer (and too freely for some folks comfort!). So perhaps this is a natural next step in my writing endeavours. It frees my usual contacts from my weekly blurbs, and allows those who wish to to still keep track of a little of what's going on in the life of my family.

I hope you enjoy it. I hope I enjoy it!