Little Decisions & C.S. Lewis ~ March 2025

 

“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of. An apparently trivial indulgence in lust or anger today is the loss of a ridge or railway line or bridgehead from which the enemy may launch an attack otherwise impossible.”

― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

Have you ever read Mere Christianity?  I have not. 2nd Quarter Book list has a familiar face. What's on your bookshelf, to be read, or goodreads you've been putting off? 

 

1421 Days, Temptation, and C.S. Lewis - March 2025

BOOK 3, CHAPTER 11, MERE CHRISTIANITY. 

If you've ever read this passage, it likely stuck with you as it has with me. 

A person who has never gone past the first moment of resisting the element of temptation, 'the buffer,' will never know what it feels like to have that memory of success. 

C.S. Lewis is always flipping the stone over to allow the light to get in. 

1421 days #sober on a Thursday in March. Here for it. 



 

Jekyll Island and Valentines - February 2025

Our first visit to Jekyll Island fooled us. A storm had kicked up the waves and we believed we'd found our happiest beach destination. If you know the Georgia Coast, this is quite a wrong impression. It's usually brown and brackish, unpleasant waters with few waves. The view is beautiful, the culture and conveniences delightful, but not a crashing gulf or southern Atlantic tide. 

Fortunately, we are not married to our vacation destinations, AND we are to our spouses. Eric & I were late to our generation's expectation of age-of-marriage. 30 & 31, some of our family believed we never would, but we did. We tied the knot, 3 months after being engaged. We were both gun-shy but I knew he was a good man. My dad did too. They had a proverbial man-to-man and he told my Dad he would be faithful and always take care of me. Dad had good intuition. 

Realtor Prom, Winter 2025 Sanford Stadium, UGA

Eric kept his word. We, together, have kept our vows, commitment to stay together when the path always didn't seem clear. He has been generous with his gifts and talents and made our world one that is enviable. I am forever grateful our paths crossed and intertwined the way they did. 

Here's to however many more years we are allowed to share. Be mine, forever, sweet man. I'm here for it.