Our Next Journal Question - Collecting

Did you have a favorite item that you collected while growing up?  I know that later in life Mom had fun collecting clowns and we all had fun buying them for her.

My favorite collection in college was Ziggy dolls and books.  I still have them.  I even had a Ziggy room in our first home.

Right now I'm collecting apps on my iPad!  I love music apps for teaching piano. I have a huge collection of fabrics from all my creative crafting.  I have another huge collection of teacups and teapots to make lamps with.

I'd like to collect responses to this blog post from my family but that's my wishful thinking.

If you are still working on your journal for your children, add this question and answer to it for them.

Jake Goes Home

Our sweet Jake is going home today to see Jesus.  He came into our world on January 18, 1998 and leaves us on January 2, 2014 at almost 16 years.  He is such a sweet and loving dog and we will miss him very much but know that he will be waiting for us at our homes in heaven.  Right now he's gonna go play with Jesus and Sassy.  He'll probably look in on Mom too.  I hope she will welcome him.  I know Mark will.

Jake loved to play frisbee and sometimes would play tug of war with Zack.  He loved to see the animals out our family room window and always let us know when someone was coming.  He played with my students' parents and siblings.  He loves us very much too.  I know he will be checking in on us from heaven's portals.