Monday, May 17, 2010
hola mouchchas I am about to die from shock. my own MOTHER has forgoten my few. [my favorite website ever.] As most people know already i have a new puppy called captin Lou Schooch Dragin Roudy Turkey Whatabut Dog. we got him from pollys pet shop on the market place. we where supost to be looking at bunnys and my mommy wants to see the dog and as we came around the corner he just did not breake eye contact he was the cutest. And my godsissys where here yesterday and i just went coco locoo. i have a new friend at cle, her name is Jule [julieanna] burman. i think she is relly cool and stuff. right noe she is doing a report on davy croket. as i say about davy davy criket davy corcet. I just want to let you konow i was in my very first brountex prodection bye for now
Monday, February 9, 2009
Right Now
Right now I am thinking about my daughters friends.
Right now I am wondering if I should wake up my hubby from a nap in his chair.
Right now I am thanking God for the patience he gave me today.
Right now I am waiting for Maggie's silent reading time to end so I can kiss her good-night.
Right now I am wondering if I should do the dishes now or in the morning.
Right now I have decided they need to be done tonight.
Right now I am wondering about my homework and my final this week.
Right now I am singing in my head a song Maggie was singing in the shower.
Right now I am realizing I need to take my medicine.
Right now I am looking forward to a shower and time with my hubby.
Right now I am missing my sisters.
God, thank you for being my God right now. You are awesome and even with all that is going on in the world you want to be with me, here, right now. Thank you for sending me a Savior. Jesus without you I fall so far short of God's plan for me. But right now in this moment you love me and saved me. The beauty is that right now I know that you will be there for me in this moment and the next, and the next,. All that I am and All that I have comes from you. Thank you for right now.
Right now I am wondering if I should wake up my hubby from a nap in his chair.
Right now I am thanking God for the patience he gave me today.
Right now I am waiting for Maggie's silent reading time to end so I can kiss her good-night.
Right now I am wondering if I should do the dishes now or in the morning.
Right now I have decided they need to be done tonight.
Right now I am wondering about my homework and my final this week.
Right now I am singing in my head a song Maggie was singing in the shower.
Right now I am realizing I need to take my medicine.
Right now I am looking forward to a shower and time with my hubby.
Right now I am missing my sisters.
God, thank you for being my God right now. You are awesome and even with all that is going on in the world you want to be with me, here, right now. Thank you for sending me a Savior. Jesus without you I fall so far short of God's plan for me. But right now in this moment you love me and saved me. The beauty is that right now I know that you will be there for me in this moment and the next, and the next,. All that I am and All that I have comes from you. Thank you for right now.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
New Year New Hope
It is hear folks! The year two thousands and nine! An entire year given to us by our Lord. What are you going to do with it?
Do you set resolutions? I once did. It seems that this was the time of year that I thought about all the things I wanted to accomplish and all of the ways I wanted to imporve myself. Then around Easter I found myself ever so grateful for a savior. It was usually around Easter that I saw myself and all of my flaws and felt hopeless. Then around the start of summer came the surge of energy that would inspire me to try again. The came the beginning of the school year (which is a new beginning for any one still involved in schooling in anyway). At finally the year ended with the celebration of a gift.
Do you set resolutions? I once did. It seems that this was the time of year that I thought about all the things I wanted to accomplish and all of the ways I wanted to imporve myself. Then around Easter I found myself ever so grateful for a savior. It was usually around Easter that I saw myself and all of my flaws and felt hopeless. Then around the start of summer came the surge of energy that would inspire me to try again. The came the beginning of the school year (which is a new beginning for any one still involved in schooling in anyway). At finally the year ended with the celebration of a gift.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Our pastor gave a great sermon last week. It has been on my mind all week. She lead us in a sermon about "Cheating Jesus" after all this is his birthday. She asked us to consider giving gifts to Jesus this year. And here is what he has on his list: forgiveness, healing, and love.
So for Christmas I am giving Jesus the forgiveness he has given me that I will extend to someone else. Pain is something we can carry around with us or something that can wake us up to and realize life is slipping by while we sit in our pain and hurt. We may have the right to be hurt and angry. God has been there with us and understands our pain. But he wants us to chose, wallow in the pain and anger or move on.
Next I will give him healing. I have recently learned that, really, I am the only one I can change. I can not force someone else to change their ways but I can change how respond to them. This has allowed me to heal in ways I did not know possible. A mentor that I realize I have moved on from and no longer see eye to eye with is not someone who has hurt me but has taught me what God wanted me to learn and is now a treasured love one. This healing he has offered my heart has helped me love without expectation and disappointment.
Finally, there is the love he has given me that I will share. No matter what I will love those in my life even when I feel it is not returned. I will not let those I love go on without knowing how I feel about them.
So don't cheat Jesus. Celebrate his birthday in style and grace!
So for Christmas I am giving Jesus the forgiveness he has given me that I will extend to someone else. Pain is something we can carry around with us or something that can wake us up to and realize life is slipping by while we sit in our pain and hurt. We may have the right to be hurt and angry. God has been there with us and understands our pain. But he wants us to chose, wallow in the pain and anger or move on.
Next I will give him healing. I have recently learned that, really, I am the only one I can change. I can not force someone else to change their ways but I can change how respond to them. This has allowed me to heal in ways I did not know possible. A mentor that I realize I have moved on from and no longer see eye to eye with is not someone who has hurt me but has taught me what God wanted me to learn and is now a treasured love one. This healing he has offered my heart has helped me love without expectation and disappointment.
Finally, there is the love he has given me that I will share. No matter what I will love those in my life even when I feel it is not returned. I will not let those I love go on without knowing how I feel about them.
So don't cheat Jesus. Celebrate his birthday in style and grace!
Inspiration
Just a quick note before I head into the weekend. My family is asleep and I have a rare moment to be alone on the computer.
I am sitting in my very messy house, I am watching the Chronicles of Narnia and I am thinking about how incrediably blessed I am. I was thinking about what God has put into my life as inspiration
An adoring husband who buys me a new down pillow when the one from my childhood explodes
A giving daughterdaughter who gave to a friend a gift she wanted for her self but saw a friend in need
Supportive friends who laugh and cry with me no matter what I am facing
Snow during a thunderstorm in New Braunfels, Texas. I am not kidding!
Laughing brownie scouts who love to just be friends with each.
Encouraging colleagues who suport each other during tough times
Creative sisters who seem to have an idea for all kinds of things (my little sister inspired a new background for my blog)
And a God who continues to surprise me daily!
There have been times where I feel I have grown up and I no longer look to my mentors of the past. Then God puts a new task in my life and new inspirations and I am growing again! Here's to all of the great inspirations in our lives! Thank you Lord.
I am sitting in my very messy house, I am watching the Chronicles of Narnia and I am thinking about how incrediably blessed I am. I was thinking about what God has put into my life as inspiration
An adoring husband who buys me a new down pillow when the one from my childhood explodes
A giving daughterdaughter who gave to a friend a gift she wanted for her self but saw a friend in need
Supportive friends who laugh and cry with me no matter what I am facing
Snow during a thunderstorm in New Braunfels, Texas. I am not kidding!
Laughing brownie scouts who love to just be friends with each.
Encouraging colleagues who suport each other during tough times
Creative sisters who seem to have an idea for all kinds of things (my little sister inspired a new background for my blog)
And a God who continues to surprise me daily!
There have been times where I feel I have grown up and I no longer look to my mentors of the past. Then God puts a new task in my life and new inspirations and I am growing again! Here's to all of the great inspirations in our lives! Thank you Lord.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Chit Chat and Socializing
Preparing for my daughters birthday on Friday got me thinking about birthdays when I was a kid. Some of my best memories are from birthdays with my family. Not because of the gifts and not because of the grief that led up to the special day but because of the actually time spent with family. (Yes I am a sap) I remember homemade birthday cakes, special dinners, my Uncle Mikes hugs, cousins to play with while the grown ups talked and laughed. As a kid that is what you see. That is how my relationships formed with my extended family. We were not perfect. There was stress and heartache and all kinds of issues in my family but holidays were for family. As we grew from kids to teenagers our own attitudes shifted. My older sister no longer felt like going to every family party and we all began to take issue with the predictability of each gathering. Jokingly we referred to them as time to "chit chat and socialize".
Now, however, listening to my daughter make plans for her big day I realize how important these events truly are. She is developing her own memories. As I helped her wash her hair tonight she said "Mom, when we get back from my special dinner can you have my presents set out in front of the fire place and maybe blindfold me before I walk into the room?" I laughed because except for the blindfold, she was checking on to make sure that we were going to follow procedure. Dinner at her restaurant of choice, home for cake and presents (plus a little Maggie flair with the blindfold!)
This is what birthdays are about building memories and sharing special moments together. Not the obligatory phone call we all seem to make to the relative that seems so distant. Or the hunt for a perfect gift for someone when you truly do not know them well enough to shop for anyway. My Aunt Joyce always sends me a card with a special message. She does the same for Darrel and for Maggie as well. All three of us look forward to her card because it ment she took time to sent down and write each of us a quick note and let us know how much she cares about us.
Unfortunetly, I have not lived by this example. I have always wanted to do this but I always fall short. I have had every excuse, too. I am overwhelmed with life (read my lil' sis blog and her about a crazy life with four kids and this excuse falls flat). I wanted to do more for their birthday to show them how much my family loves them (Then I hear myself say that and laugh, because we all know how much a gift says). So I started to think about my own extended family. I do not have the forced chit chat and socializing that at times I saw as predictable so I do not have the relationship that I thoughtI would have with my loved ones. So now it is up to me. Do I want to keep letting birthdays slip by with nothing more than a phone message left for them on a machine. Or do I want to live up to my Aunt Joyce's example and send a personal message of love and thanks for the blessing these people are in my life? Seems pretty obvious what I want and the kind of sister, aunt, daughter, grandaughter god-mother, and friend I want to be. So here is to a New Year's resolution made early. (Now all I need to do is get calandar in order and make the time.) To all of my family that I no longer have "chit chat and socializing" with: I love you all and I daily Thank God for the blessing of having you in my life. May your Christmas and Birthdays be moments of joy that last all year long!
Now, however, listening to my daughter make plans for her big day I realize how important these events truly are. She is developing her own memories. As I helped her wash her hair tonight she said "Mom, when we get back from my special dinner can you have my presents set out in front of the fire place and maybe blindfold me before I walk into the room?" I laughed because except for the blindfold, she was checking on to make sure that we were going to follow procedure. Dinner at her restaurant of choice, home for cake and presents (plus a little Maggie flair with the blindfold!)
This is what birthdays are about building memories and sharing special moments together. Not the obligatory phone call we all seem to make to the relative that seems so distant. Or the hunt for a perfect gift for someone when you truly do not know them well enough to shop for anyway. My Aunt Joyce always sends me a card with a special message. She does the same for Darrel and for Maggie as well. All three of us look forward to her card because it ment she took time to sent down and write each of us a quick note and let us know how much she cares about us.
Unfortunetly, I have not lived by this example. I have always wanted to do this but I always fall short. I have had every excuse, too. I am overwhelmed with life (read my lil' sis blog and her about a crazy life with four kids and this excuse falls flat). I wanted to do more for their birthday to show them how much my family loves them (Then I hear myself say that and laugh, because we all know how much a gift says). So I started to think about my own extended family. I do not have the forced chit chat and socializing that at times I saw as predictable so I do not have the relationship that I thoughtI would have with my loved ones. So now it is up to me. Do I want to keep letting birthdays slip by with nothing more than a phone message left for them on a machine. Or do I want to live up to my Aunt Joyce's example and send a personal message of love and thanks for the blessing these people are in my life? Seems pretty obvious what I want and the kind of sister, aunt, daughter, grandaughter god-mother, and friend I want to be. So here is to a New Year's resolution made early. (Now all I need to do is get calandar in order and make the time.) To all of my family that I no longer have "chit chat and socializing" with: I love you all and I daily Thank God for the blessing of having you in my life. May your Christmas and Birthdays be moments of joy that last all year long!
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