Madre's Missives

I was missing one thing though.  Despite all the snow, and the holidays, it still didn't feel right and I couldn't put my finger on it.

When I came to visit Loveland last year (because Mt. Olive was crazy enough to offer me a job as their Christian Education and Youth Director) I drove west on Highway 34 - an important fact because that is toward the mountains, which is another Colorado bonus - and came to a curve where the road bends around Lake Loveland.  For about 1/4 mile driving around the south end of the lake, I felt like I was back in Minnesota, where it seems that no road stays straight for very long because it eventually has to go around a lake.  And at that moment, I knew I was going to stay, everything was about as perfect as could be.  

Today, I drove the same route and to my delight and surprise, there were ice houses out on the lake.  Now, I've never been ice fishing, and I have no desire to go ice fishing, but there's something wonderfully homey and familiar about seeing ice houses dotting a frozen lake.

Isaac and I will be flying to Minneapolis in a few weeks to visit family since we stayed here on our own for the holidays.  But it amazes me how the Lord has provided everything I could possibly need here back home, including ice houses on Lake Loveland to make me smile.

I am watching Grumpy Old Men Release Date: 25 June, 1997