Writer Queen Bee has gone country! I can now be found on Sand Mountain off New Home Road in what is locally called 'Big Woods'. I'll be checking out how Big Woods got it's name, but I imagine 50 or so years ago there were isolated farms in this area amongst the, you guessed it, big woods.

Every morning I get up early when there is a frayed edge of ashen gray outlining Lookout Mountain in the distance. I watch the lights flicker on Covenant College and wonder what the folks over there are getting up to do. Are they teachers worrying over preparing lessons or students worrying over learning those lessons? I drink my coffee and mull this and other thoughts over. I think about my blessings. I'm thankful that I don't have to work right now but wonder if I should be! I'm thankful to live near my five grandchildren. I think about my husband who is working hard and not able to be home right now. I think about my 3 daughters and the choices they are making in their lives. It reminds me how God is ultimately in control and I'm so glad for it!

I also think about our future on this little plot of ground and pray for God's blessings and that He allows us many years of joyful living on it. May we also be a blessing to those around us!