Joy!!!

I called the company where my prescriptions get filled via mail order and asked if the one that got sent to them earlier this week from my doctor could be transferred to our local pharmacy.  They are the same company.  He informed me it had already been filled and shipped and told me it was in Columbus as of yesterday.  He did tell me the prescriptions can be transferred no problem.  I thanked him for his time and he told me I was the happiest sounding person he has talked to in a long time!  I laughed and told him about my miraculous May 11th day.  He told me the joy in my voice is enough for a non believer to believe in God!!!  He told me he was glad he got to talk to me.  I have so much love in my heart and I am so elated that others can actually HEAR how happy I am!!! 
Many blessings and lots of love to ALL of you!!!  Please remember to be happy and help each other!!!  We are here to love!!!

Many thanks to ALL of you who are reading my blog!!!  I reached 1,000 pageviews today since I started it on September 1, 2013!!!  You ALL rock!!!

Laugh and Smile often, Love ALWAYS!!!
 

Jesus Pumpkin

With Halloween approaching, here is a different way to look at it.  I loved doing this lesson when I taught Junior Church!!!
I am very blessed to have a dear friend who is a fantastic artist!!!  Several years ago I was trying to draw a picture of Jesus's face so I could carve it on a pumpkin for a very special lesson in Junior Church.  I used to enjoy carving special pumpkins like a cat's face, house, Welcome, etc,  Now, I have blurry and dbl vision a lot.  I didn't carve any pumpkins for the last 4 years and I won't be carving any this year either.
My friend asked me what I was trying to draw.  We were working at the time.  I told her I was trying to draw Jesus but I wasn't doing very good.  She took my paper and pencil and within a matter of a few minutes, she was done!  What a beautiful picture!!!  I then made the lines thicker so I could use it as a pattern to carve the pumpkin.  I was so excited! The last Saturday of October,  I cut the top off of the pumpkin, dug out the seeds, and put them in a plastic bag to save for the lesson.  Next, I transferred the pattern to the pumpkin and started carving.  It took me over 4 hours to carve but it was worth it!!!  I placed a candle in the bottom, a lighter, and put the bag with the seeds inside. 
On Sunday, I sat the pumpkin with the back facing the kids on the table.  Lesson time!  I told how when we are born, we are all born with sin just like a pumpkin has the "yucky stuff" (the stringy pulp and seeds) inside.  I then used my hands and scooped out the pumpkin pulp and seeds and placed them on a newspaper so they could see.  Some of them said. "Eeeeewww!"  lol  Without them seeing, I took out the plastic bag and light the candle.   I then told them all we have to do is ask God to forgive us of our sins and ask Jesus into our hearts and we will have his light in us forever!!!  I then turned the pumpkin around and they could see Jesus's face lit up!!!  They loved it!!! 

I hope you enjoyed the lesson!  Many blessings and lots of love to ALL of you!!!

Laugh and Smile often, Love Always!!!

Pennies From Heaven

Whenever my heart feels heavy about something whether it be about my family, friends, finances, the world, or physical well being , which periodically happens, I'll look down and there will be a penny or several pennies...They are my pennies from Heaven and my heart is instantly lifted up!!!  Whenever you find a penny or pennies, they are sent from someone in Heaven who is watching over you.  I found 4 pennies yesterday!  Yes, I have been very stressed the last few days but not now!  If you are ever stressed, may you find all the pennies you need to help you through it!!!
Many blessings and lots of love to ALL of you!!!

Laugh and Smile often, Love ALWAYS!!!

Turmoil In America

I wasn't going to write about this, but the urgent feeling for me to do it won't leave me.  It is about the Turmoil In America that I am sensing.  My heart has been feeling very heavy with the implementation of Obamacare.  People have told me how their hours have been cut and or benefits lost since Oct 1, 2013.  Most people I know can't afford to pay their regular bills such as electric and gas let alone being FORCED to pay for insurance.  If they don't pay for insurance, they are going to get fined.  Hhhhmmmm, they can't pay for insurance and then the government is going to fine them too?  How does that work?   Before anyone wants to jump on the racist bandwagon and say I am racist, I am by far NOT!!!  I have some very close friends who are not Caucasian.  Our government is shutdown right now because Congress and the President won't compromise.  The world is still turning!!!  I actually knew this day would come.  It has nothing to do with who is President.  It has everything to do with pushing God out of everything and the constant fighting and bickering!!!  We are supposed to love and help one another!!! 
May God have mercy on this nation!!!

Laugh and Smile often, Love ALWAYS!!!

Rough Roads

I have been on some rough roads but I am still smiling!!!  I am very thankful to have the fantastic doctors and their fabulous staff trying to get me straightened around!!!   My Meniere's Disease has been acting up more than usual...It typically does this time of year.  I used to love Fall and Winter...All of the beautiful colors, the leaves falling to the ground, and the snow falling.  Now, those same sights that I used to love now torment me.  Even riding in the car and the shadows showing through the trees are tormenting.  I usually cover my head and keep my eyes closed tight.  It is a good thing I very seldom drive now because I can't drive with my eyes closed.  lol   Shopping is tortuous too especially when the stores change things around.  They will be doing a lot of that over the next few months with the Holidays just around the corner.  I am very thankful my family does my shopping or goes with me.
I do love the Holidays!!!  The wonderful smells of Thanksgiving and Christmas baking!!!  Yummy!!!  I especially love being with family and friends who I don't see often because of the miles that separate us and everyone is off doing their daily routines.
Take care everyone and lots of blessings and love to you!!!

Laugh and smile often, love ALWAYS!!!  

Loving Memories

Memories...How sweet that word is to me!  Everything I have been through over the last 19 months, I have forgotten some things but the most fulfilling memories I can remember...even tastes and smells.  Many years ago, I was given a personality test.  When the results were given to me, the examiner told me he has never seen such a strong S (sensitive) person in his life!  Anything that has to do with taste, sight, smell, touch, and hearing is amplified with me.  My senses are what drives me.  If something appeals to 1 of my senses, I embrace it wholeheartedly.  The opposite is also true.  If something doesn't appeal to my senses, I push it away...like a gross picture and I am deeply hurt if something negative is said to me.  I dislike the word ha*e.  I don't even like to spell it.  Ha*e is such a strong word.  I am very thankful the appealing things happen a lot more than the other.  The love I feel, I truly feel.  Someone once told me it is impossible to love all the things I love.  There are different types of love....There is the love I have for my family and friends, the mother's love I have for my sons, the love I have for my animals, the love I have for certain foods,  the love I have for Christmas, and the love I have for God.   It is so much easier to love!!!
The most precious memories I have are those of Kurtis and Kyle growing up.  I can still hear their laughter and see their smiles!!!  

                                                Good night, sweet dreams, and God bless!!!


                                            Laugh and smile often, love ALWAYS!!!

Lost Loved Ones

This post I am dedicating to those who have lost loved ones, present company included.  I don't know why some of us are sent back and others are kept....maybe it is the physical pain here on earth that is too great to bear.  What I do know is on the other side, there is no more pain, just a NEVER ending love!!!  A love so powerful that it is so hard to leave!!!  When I was there, I didn't want to come back but His assurance gave me all the peace I needed.  When my time comes, as it eventually will, I do NOT want people grieving for me.  I know there will be pain for those who are left behind but one day we will be together with those we have lost here on earth.  PLEASE remember that!!!  Life is too short here on earth to be grieving all the time.  I know it hurts when a loved one is gone.  Just ask yourself these questions, "How will my loved ones want me to be?  Will they want me mourning all the time?"  I know my answer is I want my loved ones to be happy and I do not want them mourning.  Death hurts but it is for us who are left behind that it hurts the most. 
When my dear friend Thelma passed away on May 4, 2009, I wept uncontrollably.  We had gotten so close in the last 8 years of her life.  We were neighbors since 1984.  She was like a grandmother to me and 1 of my closest friends.  She was nicknamed the Cat Lady and I was her accomplice and she recruited me into politicking too.  She had so much spunk in her and lived life to its fullest!  When she passed away at home, even the cats and dog grieved for her.  They sat beside the couch where she laid and I could see the sadness in their eyes.  When they came to take her body, Moe jumped on the stretcher and refused to move.  I had to pick him up and hold him.  The day of her grave side service,  I was 1 of the pallbearers.  It was something I felt deep inside me that I had to do.  It started to be a gloomy day, just as sad as my heart was feeling.  When the pastor started speaking, the sun broke through the clouds and was shining so bright and the birds were singing.  Warmth and comfort overcame me as if gentle arms were holding me close.  I spoke with others after the service and they felt the warmth and comfort too.  It is that warmth and comfort I send out to all of you!!!  Please don't be afraid to keep loving.  We are meant to love one another.  Many blessings and lots of love to ALL of you!!!


Smile and laugh often, love ALWAYS!!!