Christmas Roller Coaster

Last night I drove home in a blizzard glad for once that my husband and I had gone in two vehicles so that I could think my own thoughts without interuption. I thought long and hard and I was still thinking on the way to Sendai today. In fact, today I thought so hard I made myself cross. I've been thinking ever since the day before Christmas.

Years ago, when the Mannhardt family was unraveling, my sister Ruth Mae was wont to quote Proverbs 25:28 "Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control."

How true! And how it grieves me to see that lack in those I love and not be able to supply ... because it is, afterall, self-control.

Passing through Hachimantai - and still thinking...