It's been a long time......

My dear sisters and friends,

It's been a long time since I have posted anything.  If you will look at the last date I was on here it was January 10, 2011.  I found out later that day that the Judge had signed my divorce decree and although Jason and I had been apart for a year, and you think you are ready for it, nothing can ever really prepare you for the final tearing of the marriage covenant.

I feel blank inside.  I don't really have anything to offer at this point in time so I haven't.  I want you all to know that I have been on Facebook as a means to keep somewhat current with family and friends and not run away from life completely. 

I hope to one day come back here and be able to put down what God has taught me through this time of my life.  Right now, I'm still trying to understand it myself.  I understand if you don't "follow" me anymore but I want you to know that I hold you all dear to my heart.

Numbers 6:24-26 "The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace."

Lead Me to the Cross.....

What a beautiful song to be running through our heads today.............God bless you!!

Blue Monday

Happy Blue Monday.  I'm linking up with Smiling Sally and showing you some blue today!

I love this picture.  This is my father (they call him  Jody blue eyes)(he is standing to the left) and my Uncle Frank and their two sisters, Aunt Doris sitting in the rocker to the far left and my Aunt Liz in the brown shirt.  Aunt Jessie is Uncle Frank's wife and Aunt Essie is her sister.  This was at an Apple Cider shop that was oh so good! 

This is my Daddy and my Aunt Liz sitting on the porch at my Aunt Doris's house.  We enjoyed sitting outside and when the cars would go by we would just wave because it seemed like everyone knew everyone! lol

This is me and my Daddy standing outside of my Aunt Jessie and Uncle Frank's front yard.  I had on boots but we were "going up the mountain" so Daddy made me put on tennis shoes.  He kept complaining that I was overdressed!  lol  He is a handsome man, in my most humble opinion.

Aunt Jessie snapped this shot of me. I just loved being in Tennessee.  I found it so beautiful :)

Aunt Doris, myself, Aunt Liz and Aunt Jessie.  We had gone to a cookout to celebrate Aunt Doris's granddaughter's birthday.  We had a great time while the sun was out....as soon as it went down though.....oooohhhhh myyyyy!  It was cold and we went home! The natives stayed and enjoyed an outside fire pit. 

I had such a great time visiting with my family from Tennessee.  My Aunt Liz gave me a swatch of patchwork cloth from my Grandmother to make a quilt with.  And I heard tons of stories about their childhood that I had missed when growing up.  I hope to go back with my parents or my Aunts and Uncles again in a few months.  I cherished this time with them.

Tuesday Ticklers

Kids say the cutest things ......

 (oh Nan, I hear ya....lol)

God bless you!  Have a wonderful day!

Blue Monday

Happy Blue Monday everyone!! I'm linking up with Smiling Sally and posting something blue today.  If you'd like to join us, click here.

This picture just tickled me!  My nephew, Jason, was under the tree looking for presents with his name on them and his father, Brian, called his name and he looked up just in time for the shot.  His pajamas had a blue cartoon character on them that you can barely see but his underoos had they been visible in this shot were very very blue! lol  It seemed like everytime we looked under that tree those underoos were high up in the air for us to see and we giggled until we almost cried.

He was one determined young man to find his name on his presents!  And he was so expressive when he opened them up.  He would say "what"?  Like "are you kidding me"?  Precious!  I pray you had a joy filled Christmas with all the wonders that children can bring.  My children are both grown so I am blessed that my sister has these little ones that still fill the home with giggles. 

Happy Blue Monday everyone!  May the Lord bless you abundantly today til your cup runs over!

Happy Sunday

Word-filled Wednesday

Happy Wednesday!  I have not written for the entire month of December with the exception of leaving up the video of Faith Hill singing "A Baby Changes Everything".  For today's scripture verse I am going to write out the 150th Psalm.

Psalm 150  Praise the Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty firmament!
                  Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him according to His excellent greatness!
                 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; Praise Him with the lute and the harp!
                 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
                Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with clashing cymbals!
                Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!

Our Christmas Eve Service consisted of many things but one thing in particular spoke volumes to my heart....the children's choir and the youth group combination singing / dancing presentation of "Little Drummer Boy".  I didn't have much to bring Christmas Eve as I was hurting and sick.  This was my first Christmas without my husband and son and although my mind said "I will go to church and celebrate the birth of Jesus"; it was a struggle and sitting in my chair alone far from everyone else so that I could cry and also so that I could keep germs away from others, I found myself very lacking in the worship department.  And then....this happened.  I don't have a picture.  I have a video.  I'm going to play it for you and tell you that after these children sang and worshipped with their whole hearts and with JOY on the countenance of their faces and each one using their talent or gift and being happy to bring it to the King Jesus, I found myself worshipping! Praise the Lord!

You may have a lot weighing heavy on your heart today.  Will you take a moment and pause and offer the talent or gift that God has given you to the Lord so that we can say "and then He smiled at me"....oh Hallalujah!  




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