tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55373108348566472782023-11-16T03:58:24.988-08:00LaughtershockIt's after shock but instead with laughter. When someone tells you something really funny and you think about It again later and you still laugh about it.Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613313503232069420noreply@blogger.comBlogger276125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537310834856647278.post-58485377893666158682012-04-08T06:00:00.001-07:002012-04-08T06:00:01.327-07:00He Is Risen<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLbfF97cY3_NRIWt1P7LY7OaTS7fL7W6B-vJu9zpbNZVCpgcFoLKruY6tJboC2uappg35NxFro-u_ZPdGDvHyw5nx87f6bwE9AkyWZBoaU5EAm1rPbhdyvubWh0jNwvbOweLKjATIlgAJ/s1600/GardenTomb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXLbfF97cY3_NRIWt1P7LY7OaTS7fL7W6B-vJu9zpbNZVCpgcFoLKruY6tJboC2uappg35NxFro-u_ZPdGDvHyw5nx87f6bwE9AkyWZBoaU5EAm1rPbhdyvubWh0jNwvbOweLKjATIlgAJ/s400/GardenTomb.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></strong><span style="font-size: large;">he earth shook with the news. He is not here; He is risen! And in that moment, joy replaced despair, hope pushed past fear, and life conquered deathnot just that day, but for eternity. We celebrate the resurrection of Christ for what it meant then and what it means for us every day a sacrifice that brings forgiveness, renewal, and peace to any of us who put our faith in Jesus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">No matter where we are or what burdens we might be carrying, we have reason to give thanks and praise for the unmatched love of our Savior</span><br />
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">As we celebrate the blessings of Easter, may we experience a rebirth and renewal that courses through our hearts and minds, spilling over into our lives and our communities throughout the year. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">He is risen indeed.</span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxF2GbdNf0DiyS_Wsk9hRAQVGGYUpqsXDXsqOIUgot8D5G1Dbh29_FlB20X_5VB7WBuCMIzFPXa6XXrc_lzID8cXXG0GsKSYyrzbArfYTbuvLmBmzEwWPCss19EWIIb-1K-uxVT13xqdoq/h120/sig.png" style="border: currentColor;" />Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613313503232069420noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537310834856647278.post-5210447193587708862012-04-05T09:15:00.000-07:002012-04-05T09:15:12.766-07:00הר הזיתים<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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My husband and daughter just returned safely home from the most amazing adventure of a lifetime. Visiting the Holy Land.<br />
<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxF2GbdNf0DiyS_Wsk9hRAQVGGYUpqsXDXsqOIUgot8D5G1Dbh29_FlB20X_5VB7WBuCMIzFPXa6XXrc_lzID8cXXG0GsKSYyrzbArfYTbuvLmBmzEwWPCss19EWIIb-1K-uxVT13xqdoq/h120/sig.png" style="border: currentColor;" />Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613313503232069420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537310834856647278.post-72172051176932876742012-03-14T07:28:00.002-07:002012-03-14T19:46:30.249-07:00Seeing God in everything<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2quyzRueGREyyLuimPImIOa7MEsH6Jcb1X2qqYFZoNsqNOl4GGkVtiiDzyt4Qq81D_V0yKW5GoP4COQooP7t4VF13eFNqDv5vJj2lYb28KyIcaijF2k8_f8KsZXOng8yzfKZXgkEkKBGq/s1600/wednesdays-word.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2quyzRueGREyyLuimPImIOa7MEsH6Jcb1X2qqYFZoNsqNOl4GGkVtiiDzyt4Qq81D_V0yKW5GoP4COQooP7t4VF13eFNqDv5vJj2lYb28KyIcaijF2k8_f8KsZXOng8yzfKZXgkEkKBGq/s200/wednesdays-word.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.</i> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">—Ecclesiastes 3:11—</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-size: small;">I read this devo from a WOF email by Sheila Walsh. It was just so good I wanted to read over and over</span>.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Nineteenth-century theologian Charles Finney said, <u>“A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart</u>.” When I came across that statement, I wrote it in my notebook, and it became a daily challenge for me. Like me, do you also acknowledge that God is in everything but struggle to see God’s hand in everything that is happening right now, in your daily life?</span></div><br />
<span style="color: #76a5af;">This is exactly why I have become devoted to express worship weekly by keeping a list of gratitudes. Through that discipline I've truly learned to see God in even the smallest of things like a dewy leaf in a parking lot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What are you dealing with right now that you don’t remember signing up for? I think of those waiting for medical test results—for themselves or a loved one, maybe even a child—that may well determine the path their lives will follow. I think of a female soldier during the war in Iraq who wrote to say that listening to Women of Faith audiotapes was sometimes the only thing that kept her sane when she saw friends die.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #76a5af;"><span style="font-size: small;">This year has been somewhat of a harsh reality for our family. Filled with healths ups and downs...admittedly more downs.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Harsh realities that intrude into our lives can make it hard to recognize the fact that our God is always present. But some of the greatest surprises to me on this spiritual journey are those moments when it becomes clear that God has been faithfully cultivating my heart—those times when things don’t go as planned but I do see God is in control.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These moments don't have to be extreme, life-and-death situations. Often it’s in the little things that we see God's work. That is grace, and it is a gift."</span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">~Sheila Walsh~</div><br />
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</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxF2GbdNf0DiyS_Wsk9hRAQVGGYUpqsXDXsqOIUgot8D5G1Dbh29_FlB20X_5VB7WBuCMIzFPXa6XXrc_lzID8cXXG0GsKSYyrzbArfYTbuvLmBmzEwWPCss19EWIIb-1K-uxVT13xqdoq/h120/sig.png" style="border: currentColor;" />Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613313503232069420noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537310834856647278.post-17201913567114847722012-03-12T04:33:00.001-07:002012-03-12T08:33:04.263-07:00He has not given us a spirit of fear<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: "Gungsuh","serif"; font-size: 28pt;">I </span></span></span>tend towards fear. I'm not sure when this occurred but I think it coincided with my first pregnancy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Irrational...even silly things. Everything from A-Z</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I've decided I'm just going to devote a whole post to the craziness.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For now I rehearse that He has </span><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Timothy+1%3A7&version=NKJV"><span style="font-size: large;">given me a sound mind and a spirit of power and love.</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I sit here to what has become my favorite part of the week, Reminiscing and celebrating on how I'm doing better </span><span style="font-size: large;">than I deserve and giving great thanks to the One who provides.</span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-size: large;">My Revlon square tip tweezers. I have an irrational fear of becoming the bearded lady. (post to follow soon:)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">JoAnn Fabrics (I don't sew but still spend hours meticulously going through every isle)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">A massive solar flare ( I love His mysteries and when His creation shows off for us) The solar storms started hurtling at Earth on March 6th from a massive solar flare. This is the biggest solar storm the Earth has seen since 2004 and sent charged particles speeding towards us at 600 miles per second. </span></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.traderjoes.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Trader Joe's</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> Chocolate</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Signs of spring</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Watching and listening as my Rebecca and Reece make amazing music</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">HGTV House Hunters International...even though I've discovered the secret that the home is already picked out before filming. I still get excited and love trying to figure it out</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">My sweet husband who is up for just about any adventure</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">A groovy blog friend </span><a href="http://www.thepixelboutique.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Nicole</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> who spiffs things up in this space for me. She is a genius!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Reliable top notch health care. We are very blessed in this country!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">A new realization of </span><a href="http://www.invisiblechildren.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Invisible Children the the movement Kony 2012</span></a></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Sparkly things</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Watching my Reece run like the wind</span></li>
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<strong>1st thought and 5 minutes</strong>. <br />
Taking the plunge with <a href="http://thegypsymama.com/"><span style="color: #d9ffd9;">Lisa-Jo</span></a> and a throng of other fun women for 5 min of writing. Come what may, come what might.<br />
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Our word this week:<br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">A Bible student went to a wise man and said, "Will you teach me what you've learned about God?" The man invited him into his house and replied, "I'll be glad to, but first let me pour you a cup of coffee." The young man held out his cup as the man poured it until it was full, but kept pouring until it was overflowing.<br />
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<div><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The student said, "Stop! The coffee is spilling out. The cup can't hold any more." The wise man said, "This is your first lesson. When you are full of yourself, there is no room for God. If you want God to fill you up, you must first empty yourself."</span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">EMPTY... "Lord help me empty myself of ME. Help me be <em>entirely</em> full of You". </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Through emptiness we can come to a full relationship with Him. </span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It is allowing ourselves to give up our pride and make our hearts truly a place in which Christ can abide. Then allow the love of Christ to flow in.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If we find that we are unhappy, discouraged, bitter, angry, etc, it is likely that this is the direct result of being full of ourselves.</span> </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">I read recently that there is a clear connection between self-centeredness and the inability to experience joy.</span></strong> </span></span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Only if we are emptied of self can the word of God take root in us, bring us understanding and then bear its fruit.</span><br />
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<h1 class="photo-title" id="title_div4023027870" property="dc:title" style="text-align: center;">He leads me beside the still waters... </h1><h1 class="photo-title" property="dc:title" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=psalm%2023:2&version=NIV">Psalm 23:2</a></span></h1><div class="photo-desc" id="yui_3_4_0_3_1330910469125_1686"><br />
</div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/58/C1B0E673CE1FAD9010CD6DBB394C5DC6.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /></a>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613313503232069420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537310834856647278.post-35973430126674616242012-03-07T03:39:00.015-08:002012-03-07T03:39:00.125-08:0040 sextillion stars<em><strong>Wednesday's Word</strong></em><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%2040:26&version=NIV"><span style="font-size: large;">Isaiah 40:26</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="color: #ffd966; font-size: large;">Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:<br />
Who created all these?<br />
He who brings out the starry host one by one<br />
and calls forth each of them by name.<br />
Because of his great power and mighty strength,<br />
not one of them is missing.</span></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our solar system has approximately 40,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars. In other words 40 sextillion stars. H O L Y!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Not only did He create them...each one, but He knows them each by name!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If that doesn't put things in perspective then nothing will.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He knows our names, our needs, our desires, our struggles, our fears, our longings, our humor and funny bone, our dreams and aspirations, our motivations, our goals, our physiology and so on and so forth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I don't know about anyone else but i will say this, I am stilled, paused, in awe and in Love with God Almighty the Creator of a vast universe who flung the stars into the heavenlies and knows me, my inward parts and my name.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Praise be to Him...I love you Dad!</span><span style="font-size: large;"></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The only people for me are the mad ones, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">but burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">~ Jack Kerouac~</div><br />
<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/58/C1B0E673CE1FAD9010CD6DBB394C5DC6.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /></a>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613313503232069420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537310834856647278.post-34686384046950324512012-03-05T06:06:00.011-08:002012-03-10T16:33:32.337-08:00Blessed better than I deserve<a href="http://www.aholyexperience.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img height="83" src="http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff162/annvoskamp/multitudesonmondaysbutton2-1.jpg" width="200" /></a><em>Another year wiser...I pray.</em><br />
<em>Blessed better than I deserve. Rich with family, breath, friends and a warm home. Any food I could dream up, shoes on my feet and cars that faithfully take me about. </em><br />
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<em>As a continual act of worship I count my gratitude with a posse of other women over at <a href="http://www.aholyexperience.com/ann-voskamp/">Ann</a> with out the fanciful 'e''s place. Join us... </em><a href="http://www.aholyexperience.com/2003/06/buttons-to-use-and-share/">Grab and run</a><br />
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<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Cordia New","sans-serif"; font-size: 22pt;">Cakes that look like cupcakes<o:p></o:p></span> </div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Cordia New","sans-serif"; font-size: 22pt;">March snow<o:p></o:p></span> </div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Cordia New","sans-serif"; font-size: 22pt;"><a href="http://www.buffaloexchange.com/"><span style="color: #d9ffd9;"><strong>The Buffalo Exchange</strong></span></a><o:p></o:p></span> </div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Cordia New","sans-serif"; font-size: 22pt;">Portland at night<o:p></o:p></span> </div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Cordia New","sans-serif"; font-size: 22pt;">Funny glasses and hats<o:p></o:p></span> </div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Cordia New","sans-serif"; font-size: 22pt;">"Do you have any questions"..."Yes I was wondering where your dressing room is"..."Oh I don't work here I was just wondering if you had questions"....lol<o:p></o:p></span> </div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Cordia New","sans-serif"; font-size: 22pt;">Pretty necklaces<o:p></o:p></span> </div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Cordia New","sans-serif"; font-size: 22pt;">Pay it forward cards<o:p></o:p></span> </div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Cordia New","sans-serif"; font-size: 22pt;">"Honey, when I said to bring over a hot dish, I was not talking about a green bean casserole."</span><span style="font-family: "Cordia New","sans-serif"; font-size: 24pt;"><o:p></o:p></span> </div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Cordia New","sans-serif"; font-size: 22pt;">Flowers Flowers everywhere </span></div></li>
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<strong>1st thought and 5 minutes</strong>. <br />
Taking the plunge with <a href="http://thegypsymama.com/"><span style="color: #d9ffd9;">Lisa-Jo</span></a> and a throng of other fun women for 5 min of writing. Come what may, come what might.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shuttle launch by James Vernacotola</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Last week I spoke of </span><a href="http://laughtershock.blogspot.com/2012/02/makings-of-pearl.html"><span style="font-size: large;">launching out of the new year into a coarse, abrasive gritty place</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">. Still here...but I am full of quiet gratitude and mostly peace. I am truly humbled and stilled at an outpouring of prayer, assurance and encouragement. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Thankful for His word, Holy Spirit and prayer.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Beholden to sisters in this space that we come to share words, hold hands and hearts.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I catapulted into January with health problems that persist today. Aches and pains that at times have taken the breath right out of my lungs. The unknown is a scary place but a place of growth in the unseen places.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I'm no longer in a nameless place and so thankful that soon this will be behind me and behind my family. Soon I will be whole again...for a time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When your body fails, surely tribute must be paid to when health restores. This body, mortal and temporary gives way to knowledge that when it's course is accomplished, we run into Heavenly arms embrace.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Costco Bear has provided many hours of naps</td></tr>
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</div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/58/C1B0E673CE1FAD9010CD6DBB394C5DC6.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /></a>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613313503232069420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537310834856647278.post-29193450209212883342012-02-29T07:00:00.000-08:002012-02-29T07:00:04.459-08:00His feathers<em><strong>Wednesday's Word</strong></em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Eyes heavy and sleepy from a restless night of tossing and turning. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Worries for this and worries for that. Shuffling through the dark I reached for my phone to see new text messages and twitter posts. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Through the tired slits I read verses, encouragement and exhortation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">@robinannl The Lord will fight for you; you need only be still. Exodus 14:14</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">@ robinannl Moses answered the people, "Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">@ robinannl praying for you today <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN7L3m9jIcc">beautiful friend</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">God gives us friends and those friends become sisters... Thank you </span><a href="http://frenzy-tracy.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Tracy</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+91&version=MSG"><span style="font-size: large;">"<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">God</span>, you're my refuge."</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+91&version=MSG"><span style="font-size: large;">Fear nothing—not wild wolves in the night, not flying arrows in the day, Not disease that prowls through the darkness, not disaster that erupts at high noon.</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+91&version=MSG"><span style="font-size: large;">"If you'll hold on to me for dear life," says God, "I'll get you out of any trouble. I'll give you the best of care if you'll only get to know and trust me. </span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+91&version=MSG"><span style="font-size: large;">Call me and I'll answer, be at your side in bad times; I'll rescue you, then throw you a party. I'll give you a long life, give you a long drink of salvation!"</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/58/C1B0E673CE1FAD9010CD6DBB394C5DC6.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /></a>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613313503232069420noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537310834856647278.post-70170721072139179502012-02-28T06:34:00.001-08:002012-02-28T07:32:39.701-08:00Worry and fretting and stewing and pacing<em><strong>Tuesday's Quotes</strong></em><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">~photo courtesy of Pintrest~</span><br />
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1st thought and 5 minutes. <br />
Taking the plunge with <a href="http://thegypsymama.com/">Lisa-Jo</a> and a throng of other fun women for 5 min of writing. Come what may, come what might. <br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><em>I can't even believe our word this week. I saw it and was like Whhhhhhhat. Here goes nothing.</em></div><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">GRIT</span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I launched out of the gates of New Year...into a coarse and abrasive place. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Contracting Norovirus not once, not twice not even three times. I got it four times and a plethora of complications. I'm still battling the aftermath and the toll it took on my system.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Time off work, house a mess, chores undone, life undone, PTO bankrupt and a grumpy marriage. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I've been thinking, praying, pondering and writing about GRIT. I feel like I have a little something to say about our word this week girls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">I don't like being raw and undone...but who does? I don't like my family seeing me undone... hello transparency. I don't like any of this but I'm determined to claw and crawl into His wisdom and reach for the growth that can happen in the unseen places.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In the wake of Valentines day I wrote:</span><br />
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<a href="http://laughtershock.blogspot.com/2012/02/gritty-and-grainy-kind-of-love.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>A Gritty and Grainy kind of Love</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"> followed up by </span><br />
<a href="http://laughtershock.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-do-we-love-in-difficult-places.html"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Loving in the difficult places</strong></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>.</strong> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I love what Lisa-Jo says at the end of her post </span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">"Broken is always just the beginning of the story. Even when it feels like the end."</span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Yeah it's all been a pretty scratchy & coarse start to the year, but I serve a God who is in the business of making pearls right out of the irritant of a grain of sand!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With Valentines day behind I find myself still beset with thoughts of </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">As I wrote abstractly to what true love birthed in maturity looks like here...</div></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://laughtershock.blogspot.com/2012/02/gritty-and-grainy-kind-of-love.html"><span style="font-size: large;">"A gritty and grainy kind of love"</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">...This is more of a "HOW TO" through the grit and grain that rubs our relationship raw like sandpaper on weathered lumber. </span><span style="font-size: small;">(which if you think on it is a good thing as the wood becomes fresh and like new)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When our flesh is weary, our patience spent, and our creativity exhausted. When illness draws out, when the "grass seems greener", when temptation threatens to take over. When we allow disregard, routine or boredom open us to flattery outside our marriage. When diapers pile and bathtubs are grey and work calls out. When angry words that grip our memory cause our flesh to recoil at his touch and our heart to chill. When the paycheck doesn't meet the bills and when in laws get in the way. When we can't agree on how to parent and discipline...</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">These "<strong>whens</strong>" pile up like unfolded laundry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Often it's not even in storms but a calm harbor and sunny skies where we find ourselves distracted and vulnerable. In fact I believe with all my heart that <u>it's in the daily life of the mundane and oftentimes seemingly unrewarding tasks, that tempt us to lose perspective of who we now are in Christ as a woman and as a couple.</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><em>How do we love in the difficult places?</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For me, it all comes under the heading of this one simple phrase: </span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: "Fiolex Girls","sans-serif"; font-size: x-large;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Fiolex Girls","sans-serif"; font-size: 28pt;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galations%202:20&version=NIV"><span style="color: #e06666;">Crucify</span><span style="color: #cc0000;">"<o:p></o:p>Self"</span></a></span></b><br />
<a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=galations%202:20&version=NIV"><span style="font-size: large;">Galations 2:20</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">In other words...deny myself. </span></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It's a <u>simple</u> awareness and admission of my "<strong><u>self"</u></strong> tendencies. Carry this discernment into a life like a finely etched mirror. For each of us the list will vary but overall we are fairly similar. If we glance now and again into this mirror of discernment we can see where we might need some momentum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These that fall under the Heading of Cruicfy, <u><strong>for me</strong></u>!</span></div><ul><li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Patient tounge</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Responding with I'm sorry first</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Saying thank you</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Flirt with him when all I want to do is slop in sweats and unshaven legs</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Following his leadership when every cell in my body screams to BE IN CHARGE</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Not inviting or entertaining flattery from any other man than my husband. This grows ego...ego chokes out areas where God does His deepest work. <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=titus%202:12&version=NIV">Denying ungodly and worldly desires!</a></span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Forgiving even when not asked for or deserved</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Putting his needs first when all I prefer in the moment is me Me <strong>ME</strong>!</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=philipians%202:3-4&version=NIV"><span style="font-size: large;">Paying attention to my motives and not manipulating for my own personal gain.</span></a> </div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Humility <span style="font-size: small;">(I struggle with this one)</span> I am a pround independant woman. I'm constantly asking the Lord to crucify this area.</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Making love with Him even though I risk falling asleep, because He needs me. </span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Building him up even when I may be thinking...you have got to be kidding me.</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Being his help mate, not bully factor . <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs%2015:1&version=NIV">Words come quick and sharp</a>. I can cut him to shreds before he blinks. </span><span style="font-size: small;">(I also loathe this seed in me and thankfully with age this has mellowed.)</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spontaneity</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Grace</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Grace</span></div></li>
<li><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Grace!!!</span></div></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">These are but a few of my "how toos" I embrace<span style="font-size: small;">...(work at). </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">I surely haven't arrived.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Anticipating a mature gritty and eternal love with my best friend and husband!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=mark%208:34&version=NIV">"If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me."</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: large;">My sweet Betty is 80 years wise now. Her back nor fingers quite as straight, her eyes however are soft with love and compassion but not without the twinkle of humor and firm convictions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She has held me up so many times as I've cried on her shoulder, held my hand as I questioned those 80 years of wisdom. Her prayers reach tall to the heavens and I can almost feel the flitting of angels wings while she prays. She did not birth me but I look to</span><a href="http://laughtershock.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-story.html"><span style="font-size: large;"> her as mother</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">. The only mother I've known.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">During this month of illness and the unknown she stands with me firm and unwavering.</span> <br />
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</div>Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613313503232069420noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537310834856647278.post-90757334534002230742012-02-17T07:00:00.000-08:002012-02-17T07:00:01.376-08:00Some days you just need to<em><strong>Funny Friday</strong></em><br />
Some days we just need mindless, silly words and a picture of a black belt Heifer. At least I do!<br />
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<div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><span style="color: white;"><em><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">-Gentle Thoughts for Today</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";"> -</span></b></em></span></u></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
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</em></div><ul><li><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">B</span></b></span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC";">irds of a feather flock together . . . .and then crap on your car.</span></b></span><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 24pt;"></span></b></div><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 24pt;"></span></b></li>
<em> <b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 24pt;"></span></b></em></ul><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 24pt;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><em><br />
</em></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><ul><li><em> <span style="color: #6aa84f;">A penny saved is a government oversight.</span></em></li>
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<em> </em><ul><li><em> </em><span style="font-size: large;">The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat have gotten to be really good friends.</span></li>
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<em> </em><ul><li><em> <span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">The</span> easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.</span></em></li>
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<em> </em><ul><li><em> </em><span style="font-size: large;">Did you ever notice: The Roman Numerals for forty (40) are XL.</span></li>
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<em> </em><ul><li><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 24pt;"><em>If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.</em></span></b></div></li>
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</em></div><b><span style="font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 24pt;"><ul><li><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">Did you ever notice: When you put the 2 words 'The' and 'IRS' together it spells 'Theirs...'</span></div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"></span></li>
<em> <span style="color: #3d85c6;"></span></em></ul><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><em> <br />
</em><ul><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><em> Aging: Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.</em></span></li>
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<em> </em><ul><li><em> </em><span style="font-size: large;">Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved.</span></li>
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<em> </em><ul><li><em> <span style="color: #6aa84f;">When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to your youth, think of Calculus.</span></em></li>
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<em> </em><ul><li><em> </em><span style="font-size: large;">You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.</span></li>
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<em> </em><ul><li><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><em> One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it is such a nice change from being young. Ah, being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.</em></span></li>
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<em> </em><ul><li><em> </em><span style="font-size: large;">Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth . . .. . . . .</span><em> </em></li>
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<em>1963-2012</em><br />
Born into greatness, daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston. More than 55 million records sold in the US alone. <br />
Best selling artists that spanned more than a decade. I'm so sad that she was unable to conquer her addictions. I can't believe she is gone at a young 48! She was a beautiful soul. Pray for her Dtr.<br />
This is how I will always will remember you.<br />
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I</em></span></strong> decided to be prepared and bought my</span> <a href="http://laughtershock.blogspot.com/2012/02/towanda-buys-valentines-day-card.html"><strong>Valentines Day cards early</strong></a><strong>.</strong> <span style="color: #c27ba0;">I put them in a special place where noone could get a</span> <span style="color: #c27ba0;">sneak peek. After the kiddos were off to bed, the hubby gone for work and the house still, I gleefully grabbed my pen and....wait, where are the cards? <strong>I cannot even believe it</strong>, I've spent the last hour and a half looking for those perfect expressions of my love and they are nowhere to be found.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">I love my family and thankfully they are painfully used to my misplacement of items, namely cards. The cards they will receive tomorrow will be the birthday, Christmas and other holidays gone by, that were lost at one time as well. Oh dear...it's fun to repurpose a birthday card into much more...right :)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">I love the way these scrumptions cupcakes look but even more the heart behind them.</span><br />
<span style="color: #c27ba0;">When I asked my daughter why she was making so many and who she was going to give them to she told me this...</span><br />
<span style="color: #c27ba0;">"Mom I'm just going to give them to whoever is supposed to have them. I hate to see people left out, and so many other kids at school are getting Valentines from boyfriends or girlfriends. I just want to see people smile and feel loved".</span><br />
<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Ahhh I feel full! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">Let's see the next holiday is Easter...I do believe my family very well may be receiving Valentine cards!</span><br />
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<div></div><em>Startling reminder that life can pass in a blink and to be mindful and grateful for every moment. Never ceasing to pray for those around us and even those whose path we will never cross, but realize their life is broken. </em><br />
<em>Prayerful that Whitney is whole in Jesus arms now and that her daughter <span dir="ltr">Bobbi Kristina Brown will be completely bathed in prayer and in His grip!</span></em><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-size: large;">Meeting a sweet friend for tea and hearing her heart.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Sunshine 3 days in a row and lazy walks</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">My first birthday card</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">A spontaneous gift of coffee and snuggles on the couch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Every candle in my home lit</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Pandora and my little French cafe station</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">A pace slowed by half</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">My new discovery of </span><a href="http://www.shutterbean.com/kalechips/"><span style="font-size: large;">BAKED KALE CHIPS</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">. Where have you been all my life</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Lunch with a sweet buddy sharing all kind of crazy girl things. Warms my heart</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Encouraging words</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Getting out doors this week and better every day</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Why am I tickled by doors and wine displays?</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">My sweet Betty made me a beautiful Valentines floral display</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Tea</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">BAGELS BAGELS BAGELS. Doing the BAGEL dance</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">A birthday ring...Thank you dad and Wanda</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Twinkling light up a winding staircase that I was dying to climb!!</span></li>
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Staying true to the premise...1st thought and 5 minutes. A very light hearted thread of how our word struck me today.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Curlz MT;">TRUST:</span></span></strong><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Curlz MT"; font-size: 22pt;"><span style="font-family: "Curlz MT"; font-size: 26pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I</span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Curlz MT"; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">let one in, the other goes out. They stand on opposite sides of the door studying each other. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">When the door is closed they intuitively know the other is just outside waiting to come in, and beckon their people. They trust us purely for not only sustenance, but that we will drop whatever we are doing to open that door :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">With just an expression, I discern their desire for sister to be let in. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Each look out for one another and summon us to their tag teaming & plotting. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sometimes they both sit on the <strong>same side</strong> of the door peering out...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">I sit back and wonder, "what could they possibly be sitting there dreaming about"?</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>T.S Elliot</strong>, wrote a poem called the <u>The Rum Tum Tugger</u>. There is a phrase in the second stanza, </span></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">"When you let me in, then I want to go out I’m always on the wrong side of every door</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> <strong><u><span style="font-size: large;">"He's always on the wrong side of every door"</span></u></strong></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;"><em>Oh to be as pure & trusting in my Heavenly Father as our sweet pets are in us. How patient He is as I run circles around myself feeling like I'm on the wrong side of the door, while He just continually opens it & smiles :-)</em></span></div><br />
Taking the plunge with <a href="http://thegypsymama.com/">Lisa-Jo</a> and a throng of other fun women for 5 min of writing. Come what may, come what might.<br />
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