Christmas will be spent in Indiana - I'm going to visit my sister and new nephew! It MAY be kind of boring for me (everything is going to revolve around baby!) but hey! Just have one gift left to wrap - a gift card for sister and brother-in-law (REAL easy!) Hope you enjoy your time with family!
Hey my BFF!!!! How are you? I had a wonderful time in Florida. I have pics I shall share later. I like that pic of you and your nephew Mus!!! How was your Christmas and New Year Beanie? I know you miss Hubby. When do you get to see him again? Well take care and know I missed you and love ya.
*Life is full of sweet surpises Everyday's a gift The sun comes up and i can feel it lift my spirit Fills me up with laughter, fills me up with song I look into the eyes of love and know that i belong
Bless us all, who gather here The loving family i hold dear No place on earth, compares with home And every path will bring me back from where i rome Bless us all, that as we live We always comfort and forgive We have so much, that we can share With those in need we see around us everywhere
Let us always love eachother Lead us to the light Let us hear the voice of reason, singing in the night Let us run from anger and catch us when we fall Teach us in our dreams and please, yes please Bless us one and all
Bless us all with playful years With noisy games and joyful tears We reach for you and we stand tall And in our prayers and dreams We ask you bless us all
We reach for you and we stand tall And in our prayers and dreams we ask you Bless us all*
Good to hear things are getting better with your cousin!
Hey my BFF, have you missed me? I have missed you and this room so much. I finally mailed that check thing to Mus last week. Hope he got it. How are things with you? I am doing ok. I love you all. Missed you my friend.
The Most Important Body Part =============================
My mother used to ask me: "What is the most important part of the body?"
Through the years I would take a guess at what I thought was the correct answer.
When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us as humans, so I said, "My ears, Mommy." She said, "No Many people are deaf. But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon."
Several years passed before she asked me again. Since making my first attempt, I had contemplated the correct answer. So this time I told her, "Mommy, sight is very important to everybody, so it must be our eyes. She looked at me and told me, "You are learning fast, but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind."
Stumped again, I continued my quest for knowledge. Over the years, Mother asked me a couple more times and always her answer was, "No, but you are getting smarter every year, my child."
Then last year, my grandpa died. Everybody was hurt. Everybody was crying. Even my father cried. I remember that especially because it was only the second time I saw him cry. My Mom looked at me when it was our turn to say our final good-bye to Grandpa.
She asked me, "Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?"
I was shocked when she asked me this now. I always thought this was a game between her and me. She saw the confusion on my face and told me, "This question is very important. It shows that you have really lived in your life.
For every body part you gave me in the past, I have told you was wrong and I have given you an example why. But today is the day you need to learn this important lesson."
She looked down at me as only a mother can. I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said,
"My dear, the most important body part is your shoulder."
I asked, "Is it because it holds up my head?" She replied, "No, it is because it can hold the head of a friend or a loved one when they cry.
Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life, my dear. I only hope that you have enough love and friends that you will always have a shoulder to cry on when you need it."
Then and there I knew the most important body part is not a selfish one. It is sympathetic to the pain of others.
People will forget what you said... People will forget what you did.... But people will NEVER forget how you made them feel.
~Author Unknown~
True or not, the story makes you stop and think.
Be blessed. Be a blessing. Get your shoulder ready....
I got this in the mail, thought it was worth sharing...
I have a question for ya. There's another forum I an SERIOUSLY considering pulling out of. The topics that are popular don't interest me, the ones that DO interest me seem to be buried, and I joined it because of a few friends - all but one of those is gone, and the other friend that I'm met there doesn't seem to be posting much. I've been with the group for a long time, just...don't particularly feel welcome anymore. Should I let the manager (she'one of the reasons that I joined that's still there) know I'm discontent - very discontent? I LOVE this group, you, me, trish, and val have a lot of fun! The fun is gone in this other group - it has been for awhile, feel it would be better if I left...yet some part of me says to stick it out.
LONG post to say *I'm discontent with this other group* but hey...what would you recommend?
*Life is full of sweet surpises Everyday's a gift The sun comes up and i can feel it lift my spirit Fills me up with laughter, fills me up with song I look into the eyes of love and know that i belong
Bless us all, who gather here The loving family i hold dear No place on earth, compares with home And every path will bring me back from where i rome Bless us all, that as we live We always comfort and forgive We have so much, that we can share With those in need we see around us everywhere
Let us always love eachother Lead us to the light Let us hear the voice of reason, singing in the night Let us run from anger and catch us when we fall Teach us in our dreams and please, yes please Bless us one and all
Bless us all with playful years With noisy games and joyful tears We reach for you and we stand tall And in our prayers and dreams We ask you bless us all
We reach for you and we stand tall And in our prayers and dreams we ask you Bless us all*