PLEASE DON'T BE OFFENDED

Skinny people irritate me! Especially when they say things like...

"Ya know, sometimes I FORGET TO EAT."

Now, I've forgotten my passwords, my library card, and even my purse, but I have NEVER forgotten to eat.

You have to be a special kind of stupid to forget to eat!

. . . or blonde.

(I apologize to anyone who doesn't think this is funny. However, I THINK IT'S HILARIOUS!! I'm neither skinny nor blonde, and even if I were - I doubt I would forget to eat.  :)

WHAT'S IT TO YOU?

To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.

To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask the person who missed the train.

To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask the person who just avoided an accident.

To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympics.

LET US TREASURE EVERY MOMENT WE HAVE remembering that . . .

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift.

LEARNING . . . AGAIN

Some people have to learn to walk again after surviving a serious accident. On their journey to mobility they will experience moments of exuberance as each hurdle is mastered, and yet, unexpected set backs can deflate even the most hopeful of souls. Each day must be taken one-by-one, hour-by-hour, and minute-by-minute. Every step will be filled with pain and victory.

Numbness, in one form or another, reigns in the bodies of these individuals, and it will take time for feeling to return. The Oxford American Dictionary defines numb as being 'deprived of the power to feel or move.'

Most everyone who has been to the dentist to have a cavity filled or to the surgeon for an operation has experienced this sensation. It is a welcomed loss of feeling, indeed, when used to block the pain of such procedures. Usually, the passing of time is all that is needed for the anesthetic to wear off.

One's sense of feeling returns on a case-by-case basis. Most people enjoy a rather rapid return of their faculties and go on to live full and productive lives. Their memories of the incident are filed away, and the details, which at first were so vivid, eventually fade.

Similarly, some people have to learn to LIVE again after surviving spiritual abuse. At times it may be hard to love again, laugh again, or to even trust again when one is engulfed in 'emotional' numbness. It is possible that some will remain prisoner to the numbness, be it physical or spiritual. In these cases the senses do not re-awaken and complete paralysis sets in.

What happens next is any one's guess. The individual may decide one of two things. Either he will give up, or he will LEARN . . . AGAIN.

BABIES + MOMMAS = FRIENDS! :)

My friend made this collage and placed it on her blog in tribute to these little guys, and now I want to add it to my blog in tribute to our sons...and to OUR renewed friendship. Praise God for giving me "beauty for ashes."

MY BELOVED IS MINE, AND I AM HIS

"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you."

~ A.A.Milne

DON'T GIVE ME NO LIP

Bonding time.  Ain't he cute? Daddy, I mean, not the baby. ;)


(In all fairness to Daddy, this was the only picture I could find of him and the baby together, because he was the one taking all the pictures!)

OUR NEWEST ARRIVAL

Such a good baby from conception (except for the first three months when I was sicker than a dawg and flat in bed. Ugh!) Aaaah, memories. :)

MOMMA AND BABY

This is me and our newest little blessing. I am so happy in this picture because my hair looks so great! Haha! That's partly true, but I'm really so happy because God has blessed us with yet another child . .. and at my age! "PRAISE THE LORD!"

HEAVY WITH CHILD

Hello, there! This is me not too long before I gave birth to our last little one.

IT'S NOT THE CRITIC WHO COUNTS

It is not the critic who counts.

Not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,

whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood,

who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again,

because there is no effort without error or shortcoming,

but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause;

who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement,

and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly,

so that his place shall NEVER be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

~Theodore Roosevelt

WORDS OF WISDOM

Life is too Short to Wake up with Regrets, so...

Love the People Who Treat You Right.

Pray for the Ones Who Don't.

Believe Everything Happens for a Reason.

If You Get a Second Chance, Grab it with Both Hands.

If it Changes Your Life , Let it.

Nobody said Life Would be Easy, they Just Promised it Would be Worth it ...

A CHUCKLE 4U - "So True . . . It's Scary!"

Mom and Dad were watching TV when Mom said, "I'm tired, and it's getting late. I think I'll go to bed."

She went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for the next day's lunches, rinsed out the popcorn bowls, took meat out of the freezer for supper the following evening, checked the cereal box levels, filled the sugar container, put spoons and bowls on the table, and started the coffee pot for brewing the next morning. She then put some wet clothes into the dryer, put a load of clothes into the wash, ironed a shirt, and secured a loose button. She picked up the newspapers strewn on the floor, picked up the game pieces left on the table, and put the telephone book back into the drawer. She watered the plants, emptied a wastebasket, and hung up a towel to dry. She yawned and stretched and headed for the bedroom. She stopped by the desk and wrote a note to the teacher, counted out some cash for the field trip, and pulled a textbook out from hiding under the chair. She signed a birthday card for a friend, addressed and stamped the envelope, and wrote a quick note for the grocery store. She put both near her purse. Mom then creamed her face, put on moisturizer, brushed and flossed her teeth, and trimmed her nails.

Hubby called out, "I thought you were going to bed."

"I'm on my way," she said.

She put some water into the dog's dish and put the cat outside, then made sure the doors were locked. She looked in on each of the kids and turned out a bedside lamp, hung up a shirt, threw some dirty socks in the hamper, and had a brief conversation with the one up still doing homework. In her own room, she set the alarm, laid out clothing for the next day, and straightened up the shoe rack. She added three things to her list of things to do for tomorrow.

About that time, the hubby turned off the television and announced, to no one in particular, "I'm going to bed," . . . and he did!

A thought from me: There are a few times when I really wish I were more like a man. This is one of them. ;)

TOP PRIORITY

If every person in the world had adequate food, housing, and income; if all men were equal; if every possible social evil and injustice were done away with, men would still need one thing:  JESUS CHRIST.

SCARED TO DEATH

Mr. Whitman told of a boastful, vociferous, rock-ribbed atheist who was dared by his cronies to go out into a cemetery at midnight, hammer a cross into the ground, and then shout three times, "There is NO God!"

He accepted the dare and went to the cemetery, knelt down and hammered a cross into the ground. While kneeling, he shouted, "There is NO God! There is NO God! There is NO God!" He started to rise up to leave, but he was held fast and could not move. Something held him fast, yet there was no visible hand upon him. It seemed as though an invisible power was replying to his shouts. The shock of it so frightened the atheist that he dropped dead.

What held him fast? It was a very simple thing. He had hammered the wooden cross through the hem of his overcoat.

A CHUCKLE 4U - "Oh, To be Six Again!"

A man was sitting on the edge of the bed, observing his wife looking at herself in the mirror. Since her birthday was not far off he asked what she would like to have for her birthday.

"I'd like to be six again," she replied, still looking in the mirror.

On the morning of her birthday, he arose early, made her a nice big bowl of Lucky Charms, and then took her to Six Flags theme park. WHAT A DAY!! He put her on every ride in the park; the Death Slide, the Wall of Fear, the Screaming Monster Roller Coaster . . . everything there was.

Five hours later they staggered out of the theme park. Her head was reeling and her stomach felt upside down. He then took her to McDonalds where he ordered her a Happy Meal with extra fries and a chocolate shake. Then it was off to a movie, popcorn, a soda pop, and her favorite candy, M&Ms. WHAT A FABULOUS ADVENTURE!!

Finally, she wobbled home with her husband and collapsed into bed exhausted. He leaned over his wife and with a BIG SMILE lovingly asked, "Well, dear, what was it like being six again?"

Her eyes slowly opened and her expression suddenly changed. "I meant MY DRESS SIZE."

A CHUCKLE 4U - "Mayhem"

One afternoon a man came home from work to find TOTAL MAYHEM in his house.

His three children were outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard. The door of his wife's car was open, as was the front door to the house.

Proceeding into the entry, he found an even BIGGER mess. A lamp had been knocked down and the throw rug was wadded against one wall. In the front room the television was loudly blaring a cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing. In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door.

He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she may be ill, or that something serious had happened. He found her LOUNGING in the bedroom, still curled up in the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel. She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day went.

He looked at her bewildered and asked, "WHAT HAPPENED HERE TODAY??"

She smiled again and said, "You know every day when you come home from work and ask me 'what in the world' I did today?"

"Yes," was his incredulous reply.

Then she confessed, "Well, today I didn't do it!"

A CHUCKLE 4U - "Pancakes"

A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Ryan, age 5, and Billy, age 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake.

Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. "If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, "Let my brother have the first pancake. I can wait."

Ryan turned to his younger brother and said, "Billy, you be Jesus!"

WORDS TO LIVE (AND LAUGH) BY

Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can't eat it or play with it, just pee on it and walk away.

Some people are like slinkies - not really good for anything, but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs.

God gives every bird its food, but He doesn't throw it into its nest.

Surviving and living your life successfully requires courage. The goals and dreams you're seeking require courage and risk-taking. Learn from the turtle - it only makes progress when it sticks out its neck.

He who dies with the most toys is still dead.

WUTZ RONG WIT DIS?

Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.

WORDS OF WISDOM

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your character is what YOU REALLY ARE, while your reputation is merely what others THINK you are.

Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.

We do not remember days, but moments. Life moves too fast, so enjoy your precious moments.

It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are done.

Nothing is real to you until you experience it, otherwise it's just here say.

Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.

Laugh every day, it's like inner jogging.

A CHUCKLE 4U - "The Texan"

Several aspiring psychiatrists were attending their first class on emotional extremes.

"Just to establish some parameters," said the professor to the student from Arkansas, "What is the opposite of joy?" "Sadness," replied the student.

"And the opposite of depression?" he asked the young lady from Oklahoma. "Elation," she said.

"And, you, sir," he said to the young man from Texas, "how about the opposite of woe?"

The Texan replied, "Sir, I believe that would be giddy-up."

A CHUCKLE 4U - "New Pet"

A lonely man decided life would be more fun if he had a pet. So he went to the pet store and told the owner that he wanted to buy an unusual pet. After some discussion, he finally bought a centipede. It came complete with a little white box to use for its house. He took the box back home, found a good location for the box, and decided he would start off by taking his new pet shopping.

So he went to the centipede's little house and asked, "Would you like to go shopping with me?" But there was no answer from his new pet.

This bothered him a bit, but he waited a few minutes and then asked him again, "How about going shopping with me?" But again, there was no answer from his new friend and pet. So he waited a few minutes more, thinking about the situation.

He decided to ask one more time; this time putting his face up against the centipede's house he shouted, "HEY, IN THERE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO SHOPPING WITH ME?"

A little voice came out of the box: "I heard you the first time. I'm puttin' on my shoes!"

WORDS OF WISDOM

The tongue weighs practically nothing, but so few people can hold it.

Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

When one is in deep water, it is highly advisable that he keep his mouth shut.

Between the great things we can't do and the small things we won't do, the danger is we will do nothing.

Anger is only one letter short of danger.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

Beautiful young people are acts of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.

Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.

PIGS DON'T . . .

A Christian farmer visited the city and entered a restaurant for a meal. His table was near some young men who noticed he bowed his head and prayed quietly before starting his meal. Observing this, they decided to ridicule him.

One called out saying, "Hey farmer, does everyone do that where you live?"

The older man was ready with an answer that sort of quieted the crowd a bit. "No, son, the pigs don't."

I AM A CHRISTIAN!

I don't claim to be 'The World's Greatest Christian' by any means, but praise God, I AM a Christian.

I was led down the ROMANS Road. "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:" (3:10). I realized I WAS A SINNER. 

"For the wages of sin is death;..." (6:23a). I SAW MYSELF IN HELL had I died before that day. I was furious as I thought, "I never killed anybody! I never stole a car!"

"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (5:8). I SAW JESUS, God's only Son, DYING and SHEDDING HIS BLOOD FOR ME and I wept as despair overtook me.

"...but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (6:23b). I FELT LOVE that I didn't deserve.

"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." (10:9) I BELIEVED!!

"For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." (10:10) I CONFESSED MY SINS and ASKED JESUS into my heart TO BE MY PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR.

"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." (10:13) I RECEIVED ASSURANCE that I was a child of God and my sins were forgiven.

I made THE BEST DECISION of my life. Spiritually I was born again when JESUS SAVED ME. Praise God for Holy Spirit conviction! I know my home will be in heaven when I die BECAUSE OF WHAT JESUS HAS DONE in me.

THANK YOU, DEAR CHRISTIAN FRIEND, for loving my soul enough to tell me about Jesus and what He could do for me! "The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise." (Proverbs 11:30 KJV 1611)

A CHUCKLE 4U - "Morning Coffee"

A little boy surprised his mother one morning with a cup of coffee in bed. He made it himself and was so proud. He waited while his mother finished the whole cup. She had never had such a bad cup of coffee, and as she forced down the last sip she noticed three little army guys in the bottom of the cup.

She asked, "Honey, why did you put three army men in the bottom of my cup?"

Her son replied, "You know, it's like on tv, 'The best part of waking up is soldiers in your cup."