Tag: Country Comforts

• 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

• An Odd Favorite

  

  I thought about Doris last week. Doris lived with us for almost four years. She came for assisted living in 2005, shortly after her husband Ernie died. Doris, a nurse, had been caring for Ernie for many years, and now it was time for someone to care for Doris. She was in her late eighties.…

  Marian

  May 24, 2016

  Assisted Living, Jail Ministry, Music, Reflections

  Country Comforts, Country Comforts Assisted Living, Dane County Jail, Doris, family of God, favorite hymn, favorite hymns, Favorites songbook, gospel songs, Holy Holy Holy, Melodies of Praise, sing-along, Songs of the Sanctuary, stately old hymn, The Methodist Hymnal, Trinity Sunday, women’s worship service

• 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

• My Musical Destiny

  Seventeen years ago, Mim and I created a new business called Korth-Jacobson, LLC. Within that business structure we have done lots of different things – from being a bed and breakfast to selling real estate; from doing strategic planning and project management for small businesses to providing music in churches and a pub and other…

  Marian

  June 16, 2015

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

  All Shook Up, assisted living, Aunt Edith, bed and breakfast, Beer Barrel Polka, childhood memories, church music, Country Comforts, Country Comforts Assisted Living, Eleanor Jarlsberg, Elvis Presley, Fireside Theater, funeral, funeral music, gospel music, gospel organist, Gospel pianist, Greatest Hits, Jesus loves me, Korth-Jacobson LLC, Love Me Tender, Lowery electronic organ, Lowery organ, memorial service, musical destiny, Nancy Koplin, Ward Brodt

• Henry’s Story

  Henry is one of my heroes. I knew Henry for a total of about twelve years, starting in 2000. He wasn’t a perfect person. He had one significant flaw that I knew of – not being punctual. He lived by his internal clock, not his watch. But he taught me more about forgiveness, kindness, and…

  Marian

  April 14, 2015

  God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  absolute commitment to serving God, accomplishments, Adventures in Hospitality, auction, auctioneer, clown, clown ministry, clowning, Country Comforts, forgiveness, friends, God’s love, God-given gifts, guardian, guardianship, heart transplant, Henry, Henry and Bob, Henry Hall, hospitality, kindness, legal guardian, life calling, life challenges, life changes, listening for God, love your neighbor, ministry, organ transplant, parsonage, Peter Rooster, reflections, rooster, serving God, spirituality, Willerup, Willerup United Methodist Church

• Dinnertime

  I guess today is a good day to talk about dinnertime. It’s Mardi Gras – Fat Tuesday – a time of feasting the day before beginning a forty-day fast for Lent. Mim and I are planning to go out for a musical feast tonight – an organ recital by Thomas Trotter (a fantastic organist from…

  Marian

  February 17, 2015

  Assisted Living, Book Recommendations, Celebrations, Life’s Challenges, Reflections

  Abbey, Adventures in Hospitality, assisted living, Bread for the Journey, Buffalo Ice Cream Parlor, Country Comforts, Country Comforts Assisted Living, Country Comforts Bed & Breakfast, Country Comforts family, daily devotions, devotional book, dinner time, dinnertime, eating meals together, family, Fat Tuesday, feasting, friends, God’s love, Henri J. M. Nouwen, Henri Nouwen, kindness, Lent, listening for God, love your neighbor, Mardi Gras, meal time, Mim, musical feast, Nouwen, reflections, spirituality, Sunday dinner, talking with God

• New Words for 2015

  After one year’s experience, I’ve decided that I really like the idea of having one special word to focus on for a whole year, as an alternative to making New Year’s resolutions. Last year’s word for me was JOY. Knowing that JOY was what I would concentrate on every day from January 1, 2014 through…

  Marian

  January 6, 2015

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

  assisted living, beginner class, Corrie ten Boom, Country Comforts, Country Comforts Assisted Living, four-legged caregiver, God’s love, God-given gifts, gratitude, Holly Whitcomb, joy, learn, life challenges, listening for God, new words, New Year’s Resolution, Pablo Picasso, puppy class, reflections, selfie, Seven Spiritual Gifts of Waiting, special word, spirituality, talking with God, wait, waiting, words for 2015

• JOY – My Special Word for 2014

  “Abbey, Mim & Me – Our Special Words for 2014” was the first blog post I wrote this year. I explained that rather than coming up with any New Year’s resolutions for 2014, I would spend the year focusing on JOY. The idea of choosing one special word to focus on for a whole year…

  Marian

  December 30, 2014

  Assisted Living, God’s Love, Life’s Challenges, New Year

  92-year-olds, 93-year-olds, Abbey, assisted living, blogging, Christmas Mountain, Country Comforts, Country Comforts Assisted Living, Debbie Macomber, enough, Floey, friends, God’s love, gratitude, joy, life challenges, listening for God, mini-vacations, nonagenarian, One Perfect Word, perfect word, play, reflections, special word, spirituality, talking with God, the joy of the Lord, The Theory of Everything

• Abbey Still Has More to Say

  In my imagination, Abbey has been talking to me over the last couple weeks. Her spirit is still very much alive. “Mom,” she said, “I was really sad to leave you, and I still think about you a lot. But I’ve also been really busy exploring heaven. You can’t imagine all the smells there are…

  Marian

  November 25, 2014

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

  Abbey, Animal Rescue and Vet Support Services, ARVSS, assisted living, blogging, caregiver, Country Comforts, Country Comforts Assisted Living, dog adoption, dogification of love, Floey, Florence Nightingale, God’s love, Help Wanted, imagination, kindness, life changes, love your neighbor, loving companion, personification of love, reflections, spirituality, talking with God, thankful, Thanksgiving, working dog

• HELP WANTED: Canine Companion and Caregiver

  We took a vote – Mim and me and our three 93-year-olds. We want to get another dog as soon as we can. We don’t want to wait till spring, which was our original plan. Every time Anna comes home from one of her outside activities, she says, “I miss Abbey so much.” When we…

  Marian

  November 18, 2014

  Assisted Living, God’s Love, Reflections

  Abbey, assisted living, assisted living family, canine, canine caregiver, canine companion, caregiver, Country Comforts, Country Comforts Assisted Living, dog adoption, friends, God’s love, Help Wanted, hospitality, Job Description, kindness, life calling, life-long position, Megabyte, mixed breed, reflections, spirituality, unlimited love