I am off today but working a Seminar Christmas Dinner tonight for some of our clients from 6 to 8. Today I will go to work at about 4:30 pm. And guess what... tornado warnings all around us this morning. I just heard thunder and rain! It should be gone by noon. But what do I do right now, well, dance of course!
Sometimes rainy and dreary days without sunshine are just for reflecting and thinking. Our online sermons today were magnificent and it is a perfect day as I get the laundry done and prepare for the week ahead.
Spring, fall, foggy or a great view, just want to say thanks for being there for me all year long. Where did this year go? Christmas is just 2 weeks away. Are you ready?
Do you have that "Relax, it is Friday" feeling? We are getting showers on and off today, showers tomorrow, and maybe sunshine next Thursday. Going on 2 weeks with cloudy and overcast weather. But it is Friday! Enjoy!
What should I do on my day off? Color my hair? Check! Oh, I know - It's time to change my nails!
Even though we are 76° today and very cloudy again, I think it is time to take the Fall colors off. Ok, they were falling off and chipping because they have been on since a week before Thanksgiving.
So now it is time for Christmas and wrapping packages. What do you think? All I do is put presents in a bag, not wrap! How about you?
We only had 2 hours of sunshine this week and not much more than that last week. Even the Christmas Cactus is looking for sunshine.
I am so overwhelmed at all the Birthday wishes... I can never remember to look at the birthday list and then to get to your page on the right day. I'm bad. I don't know how to act but I am sharing my Birthday Cake with each of you for your birthday whenever it is. It isn't really mine but I couldn't resist! However, the arrangement is mine. My dear friend, Paula, sent it to me from The Flower Box in Rockwall. She and I used to run and play and go dancing in Corpus Christi before Robert and I met. Friends Forever! I am so BLESSED to have so many new and long time friends. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Remember it is all about your Perspective!!! Thank you for the "get well" wishes. It is back to work tomorrow, probably for another month or two. So today is shower, laundry and lots of other necessary stuff to survive... you know what I mean.
Oh my! I haven't even been here to read your posts and yet you kept sending precious things to me. What a blessing! It was a rough week. Several close friends have major problems in their life and I have cried on and off all week. It was also a busy week at work. Then during my Thanksgiving break, I developed a sinus infections. I have been fighting to keep it out of my chest. So... thank you for being my
Some thoughts as we enter the holiday season. ... it is important to remember that not everyone is surrounded by large wonderful families. Some have problems during the holidays and some are overcome with great sadness when remembering the loved ones who are no longer with us. Many people have no one to spend these times with and are besieged with loneliness. We all need caring, loving thoughts right now. Giving support for all those who have family problems, health struggles, job issues, worries of any kind and just need to know someone cares. Do it for all of us, for none of us is immune.
I'll never forget the day our youngest sat next to me on the couch watching television. While what we were watching was relatively kid-friendly, I failed to remember there was a reference to Santa being the parents.
I sat still wondering if my son had noticed the conversation. All of the sudden, he pipes up with, "Wait. You're Santa? Santa's not real?"
My husband and older son sat silent, and I chimed in immediately, "Oh my goodness!" With excitement in my voice, I looked at my husband and said, "Do you think he's ready?"
My youngest asked quickly as he straightened himself up, "Ready for what? I'm ready!"
"I think he's ready. " my husband said with a smile.
"Ready for what?! What is happening?!"
"To become a Santa with us, buddy."
"I could be a Santa?!"
"That's who Santa really is, sweetheart. When you are old enough, you learn that giving is better than receiving. You learn to give without asking for anything in return. You become a Santa."
"Oh my gosh! So I'm a Santa now?!"
"You are, my love. Congratulations on being a big kid."
"Who do I give to then?! I'm ready!"
And the conversation continued. And there was no sadness...only excitement. And he purchased items for others with mommy in order to surprise them and see the joy in their eyes.
When our kids grew old enough, they didn't learn Santa wasn't real; they learned Santa is in all of us. And they proudly accepted the new role of being givers.
Credit: Anchoring Hope for Mental Health: Jeremy & Bailey Koch
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
1st Corinthians 13:13
"My barbershop is located in an old mining town called Rouyn-Noranda in northern Canada. I opened here because there were no other barbershops, only hair salons, which is something completely different. Wyatt showed up with his mother during the first week I was open. He was my first child who had special needs. I figured out how to work with him by getting down to his level. These moments are very special for me. I'm taking great pride barbering here and my community is amazingly supportive towards my shop. People drive up to 4 hours to get a haircut. We usually start by having a candy together and we walk around the shop looking at everything on the walls. The shop is packed with gifts from clients. We can also put some music on vinyl during the haircut. I'm never typically driving the haircut, I simply follow the lead of the child. It takes me more than an hour to finish with a special needs child. It is worth every minute."
After 4 days with NO sunshine and over 3-1/2" of rain, we are smiling and soaking up the rays this morning. It has been a dreary and soggy time over Texas but we always welcome the rain. It makes us appreciate the Sun more too. Thankful for everything God provides!
Once a little dandelion had a very special dream. But for a plant whose roots were in the ground, this dream was strange it seems.
I will tell you her dream, but you mustn't laugh, for a flower she is shy. The dream she dreams every night is that one day she will fly!
Now in this dream there is something strange (as dreams are wont to be),
"I felt myself floating high, as far as I could see! But when I saw myself in my dream, the me I saw wasn't me!"
So everyday she opened her face to the warm golden sun, she grew and grew, she dreamed her dream till an awful change had begun...
"What happened to my yellow face?! My tiny petals are now all gone! What is this fuzziness that I feel?! Have I been dying all along???
The little dandelion, now sad and afraid, stood alone on the lawn. "One more night to dream of flight and then my dream is gone."
She awoke at dawn no longer afraid, the day was bright and clear. A little girl played close by, "What's this? She's coming near"...
The little girl giggled when she saw the funny thing standing there full of fuzz. She ran up to it and plucked it up! The dandelion's mind was all abuzz!
What happened next was like magic! Like nothing the dandelion ever knew! The little girl puckered up her lips and ever so gently, she blew! The dandelion soared into the breeze on a hundred tiny wings! "I am flying!" she yelled. "My dream! My dream! It came true!"
As she floated on the gentle wind, going higher in the sky. The dandelion looked down at the girl who was smiling, waving goodbye.
"Thank you" she thought, "You made my dream come true. Whatever your dreams are sweet girl, I hope they come true too."
Yesterday we watched NFL football games and so it seemed like Sunday. Today we watched College football games and now we thought it was Saturday. I will surely have trouble going back to work. I hope you had fun with family and ate lots of delicious food as you shared all the things you are thankful for out loud.
