by Robin Farnsworth | Mar 1, 2016 | Faith, Hope, Loss
Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receive the early and latter rain. James 5:7 ESV The dog was a disaster. My husband told me to wait, but I...
by Robin Farnsworth | Nov 1, 2015 | Faith, Loss, Uncategorized
Sunday morning. I swung the back door open, the door Rosie always used, but this time she circled the car three times, stopping at the door for a few seconds then looking up at me, and walking away. I knew what it meant. But the last time she circled she took a small...
by Robin Farnsworth | Sep 24, 2015 | Blog Post, Faith, Hope
I plugged in the iron and flipped the small cabinet open in the kitchen, releasing the ironing board. It was one of my favorite things about that house in Yarmouth. It was the first house I ever owned, bought with a small down-payment of borrowed dollars from hopeful...
by Robin Farnsworth | Aug 3, 2015 | Faith, Uncategorized
This blog turns four years old this month and I wonder: Have I run out of meaningful things to say? Am I repeating myself? I told a friend I had writer’s block the other day, and she said I should write about having writer’s block. And I replied: “I already have.” (A...
by Robin Farnsworth | May 19, 2015 | Blog Post, Faith, Redemption
“Our Father who art in heaven, Harold be thy name…” No, not Harold. It took my sister several years to realize God was not named Harold. Harold was our uncle. And why was the guy in the robe named Father? I thought our Father was Dad… My first memory of...
by Robin Farnsworth | Apr 7, 2015 | Blog Post, Faith, Hope
I told my husband I would not complain anymore. I didn’t mean forever. I might’ve meant that day or evening. No, I think I said too much about it – about gratitude and rejoicing and how I needed to regain some things. Darn. Now I’m stuck. Ooops, I just complained. Now...
