Under His Wings

Tim and I celebrated our 18th anniversary yesterday.  The past 18 years have been filled with many joys and some sorrows, but through it all I've been blessed to have a wonderful husband who has stuck with me. I looked up the song "Cherish The Treasure" this afternoon.  It's the song we had played during our candle lighting ceremony.  After the candle was lit, I remember very vividly standing looking at Tim while holding his hands. His eyes were filled with tears, which made me cry too. Listening to the words "This sacred vow I make to you does not contain an if.  Though I'm aware that trials lie ahead."  I never could imagine the trials we would have to go through, especially about 2 years into our marriage with the loss of our daughter Gabrielle Renee.  We've also had a lot of health challenges and just the normal couple/parenting issues. I'm so glad God sent me Tim.  He was a specific answer to prayer.  I had cried out to God to send me a...

As part of our anniversary celebration, my husband and I decided to take a local river trail.  We sat on the shore and I was amazed at the beauty I found!  It reminded me of some of the state parks I've been too....many miles away.  The sun was glistening down on the water.  The birds were gathering and chirping away.  I think I might have even seen a deer crossing the path from afar. We only saw a few town workers and a couple of people walking around. It was quiet and peaceful. West Elmira is only a couple of miles away.  I travel the parallel street to the trail at least 1-2 times a week at times.  What a beautiful hidden treasure.  We will definitely return. Another park we visited was Miller Pond. It's a city park about a mile from our house.  We had been there a few times, just basically on the left corner of the park.  What we realized that the pond is probably about a quarter of a mile long surrounded by shady trees....

                                                   Mom and Dad 40th anniversary 8/06  I've been thinking about my parents a lot lately.  Friday is my dad's birthday.  I'm hoping to get over to see him and mom this weekend to help celebrate. I also was reminded of them when I read a friend's blog about his parents celebrating their 50th anniversary.  When I read Matt's description of his dad's love for his mom, I thought of my dad too.  His love for my mom is very evident and vice versa.   My mom wrote a blog of her own just last night, which made me so proud describing her love for my dad still strong after 46 years.         http://disciplesnook.blogspot.com/201...

sad update....About 6:30 this evening my dear Mother in Law went home to be with the Lord that she loved so much.   I know she's out of her suffering, but I miss her so much already!  Thank you for your continued prayers.  As I celebrate this day, I am counting my blessings. God sent me an incredible man. He was an answer to a very specific prayer I prayed actually only days before the day Tim asked me out the first time.   Little did I know how quickly and completely that prayer would be answered. 14 years ago this day I became Mrs. Kimberley Cone!   It was the happiest day of my life.   It was a day I had always dreamed of, but I say if you asked me even 6 months before it happened I would have said you were crazy!  I always love to share the story about our whirlwind romance.  I moved to Elmira in October of 1996.   I started to attend Maple Avenue Baptist Church that first Sunday I was in town.  Tim ...

I had a wonderful day celebrating my husband's birthday today. Tim and I went to our boys' "Special Person Day" at school. Then we met Tim at work at 2:45 and went to a playground with the kids. We took a nice walk, ate beef stew and watched a video for a while. Yesterday was the 12th anniversary of our first date. Tim walked up to me after the morning service and told me he wanted to get to know me better. Hmmm! Sometimes I wonder if regretted that statement LOL! I read the journal of our first month together. It is still amazing to me how long I waited for Tim (I was 27 when we met) and then how quickly things happened after we started dating. It only took about 2 1/2 weeks to know we wanted to get married. We were married about 5 months later. Tim was the man I had been looking for. I'm more convinced of that now more than ever. He's a loving, caring, patient husband. He's a wonderful daddy too! I'm so thankful God sent him to me.

I was feeling pretty down earlier this afternoon. I felt like a really bad mom. It didn't last for long as my 2 younger kids gave me a "kiss attack" as Nate called it. Both Nate and Anna showered me with kisses. It must have been for at least 5 minutes. Nate said he loved me no matter what. Honestly, sometimes I feel like my kids don't love me. They frustrate me to no end at times, but I am so glad I have my kids. I really miss them when they are in school. It's hard to believe how quiet it is without them. I love my husband too! He was away at a church men's retreat last night. I realized how much I appreciate him. We just celebrated our 11th anniversary a couple of weeks ago. He has brought so much joy into my life.

Yesterday was one of the most stressful, scary days of my family's life. As I posted before about 5 weeks ago my mom was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Yesterday was the day of the surgery to take the diseased thyroid out. I was heartbroken to see my mom so sick beforehand and so much in pain and grogginess after the surgery, but one inspirational thing that came out of the day was to see the deep, deep love my parents have for each other. (tears are starting to come) My mom and dad met nearly 43 years ago on a blind date. My dad's best friend at the time was dating my mom's cousin. They thought my parents should meet. Well, they did that was around Thanksgiving of 1965....they were married August 20, 1966. My parents have gone through some really bad times in those 43 years, but they have always come out of them stronger. There was a moment yesterday just before the surgery where my parents were standing next to each other with that starry eyed lovey dovey look. I comm...