Tag: Country Comforts Bed and Breakfast

• God winked at me again!

  Author Squire D. Rushnell defined the term Godwink as ”An event or personal experience, often identified as coincidence, so astonishing that it could only have come from divine origin.” Rushnell has written several books where he tells the stories of amazing Godwinks that either he has experienced personally, or that other people have experienced and…

  Marian

  June 24, 2022

  Blogs, Book Recommendations, God’s Love, Reflections

  Adventures in Hospitality, background music, bed and breakfast, breakfast conversation, coincidence, Come Lord Jesus Be Our Guest, Country Comforts, Country Comforts Bed and Breakfast, Godwinks, people we admire, silent prayer, Squire Rushnell, substitute organist, Thank you Lord

• Moving on to the Next Phase of Our Lives

  Monday of this week seemed really strange. It was the first day of the next phase in our lives. The day before, Anna, our last long-term assisted living resident, moved on to her next life. She had lived with us for eight years, and had just celebrated her 98th birthday a couple weeks ago. She…

  Marian

  March 20, 2019

  Assisted Living, Goals, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  “Christ in Our Home”, Anna, assisted living, assisted living phase, bed and breakfast phase, Country Comforts Assisted Living, Country Comforts Bed & Breakfast, Country Comforts Bed and Breakfast, moving on, next phase, Nightingale Suite, rainbow, Rainbow Hospice Care, retired, retiring

• Two Thousand “Ducks in a Row”

  Just imagine 2,000 ducks waddling around a big pond. Some wood ducks. Some mallards. Some plain white farmyard ducks. Some old. Some fluffy little yellow ducklings. And they’re all mixed up. Now imagine that it is your job to organize them by species and subspecies, and then line them up alphabetically by name – from…

  Marian

  July 26, 2016

  Book Recommendations, Goals, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  2000 books, bookcase, books are friends, bookshelves, Country Comforts Bed and Breakfast, down-sizing sale, ducks in a row, favorite authors, give-away library, lending library, library, Max Lucado, organizing books, Philip Yancey, whispering winds, Whispering Winds Retreat Haven

• The Life of a Farmhouse Continues

  Last Thursday was a very big day for Mim and me. We sold our farmhouse. This is the farmhouse where I grew up, and where my mom grew up. The farm had been in my family for over a hundred years – since 1908. Mim and I moved to the farmhouse in 1992, after my…

  Marian

  August 25, 2015

  Goals, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  assisted living, Captain Kangaroo, Country Comforts, Country Comforts Assisted Living, Country Comforts Bed and Breakfast, farmhouse, FH, Grandfather Clock, hiatus, hospitality, house blessing, Martin Kenseth, moving out to pasture, peaceful, retreat house, Selma Jacobson, spiritual retreat center, stewardship, supportive living, welcoming guests, whispering winds, Whispering Winds Retreat Haven

• The Life of a Farmhouse

  When I was a kid, I’d occasionally watch “Captain Kangaroo” on TV. One of the characters on the show was Grandfather Clock. He was a tall, normal-looking grandfather clock, except he had a cartoon-like face and he talked. He often talked about whatever was on his mind and how he felt about it.  I thought…

  Marian

  December 2, 2012

  Assisted Living, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  assisted living, bed and breakfast, Captain Kangaroo, Country Comforts, Country Comforts Assisted Living, Country Comforts Bed and Breakfast, fairness, farmhouse, God’s love, Grandfather Clock, group retreats, guests, hospitality, house blessing, life challenges, life changes, listening for God, reflections, talking with God, whispering winds, Whispering Winds Retreat Haven