The Big Dipper

When i was a little girl we lived in a trailer behind a huge house. My grandparents, Floyd Arthur & Mary Etta lived in the basement. I had three cousins that lived with my grandparents at one time or another but not usually more than 2 at a time. My Uncle Charles, Aunt Elizabeth and their four children lived up stairs (the ground floor).. the attic.. (yes, a real, like in the movies, attic) was, as in the movies, mostly used for storage... sometimes in the winter.. Colorado has long winters.. us kids would get to play there... yep! It was cool to do that, even then. Grandma's home was like Grand Central Station..always full of people.

My grand parents had a very small bathroom. On the wall by the bathroom door beside the sink hung a "dipper". It was about 4" diameter and made of tin. This is the same dipper that hung by the well pump before there was an indoor bathroom (which i do not personally remember) There it hung in the open, in the bathroom, and EVERYONE used that dipper to drink from... UHG! I can not believe we were not all sick all the time.. but really we were rarely sick, ...go figure!

So, a few years ago i was in one of my "poor me" days, of which i realized i had way too many of.. and to cure it, i was thinking about all my blessings, starting with the grand kids.. 14 of them! wow! and from that to another thing and another and thinking about my own childhood, when i realized, " As much as i love to complain about my life, when God was passing out blessings He used a big dipper for mine."

Anyway, i relayed the story to Don that evening.. or confessed it, i'm not sure which. He loved the story! We've been using "Big Dipper" or "The Big Dipper" on most of what we do ever since.. So, the BIG DIPPER is for counting our blessings...

as a side note... Don hunted around a bit and actually found a big dipper (in an antique shop). nearly like the one my grandparents had.. It does NOT hang in our bathroom! It hangs over the kitchen sink... NOT for drinking from, but for remembering.

I would write the end here, but it's not... the blessings continue on.....:) for one, we now have our fifteenth grand child on the way

I know i'm no "writer", but i think i will keep trying this blog thing, maybe some of my kids, grands, or nieces & nephews will like the stories for the "family" in them.

Not the End,
Bev

Philippians 4:6) Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7) Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus