October 2010

In my efforts to attempt to catch up....here ya go:

Christopher with Dick (Chris' dad)

Kraig with Dick...watching Emergency (no not ER, Emergency, like the show from the 70s--he LOVES it)

Kraig with a classmate...Melli

Shopping with Kraig....I'll admit I'm organized, but this even surpasses me!

Kraig sleeping...he is zonked!

And his favorite spring/summer/fall pastime....THE PARK!!

The roses are still attempting to bloom  

PTA meeting.....Kraig got a couple of awards....Perfect Attendance for the 1st grading period and a helper award.  He even walked up to the front BY HIMSELF!

HALLOWEEN

Kraig the fireman!

Black tip nails with silver line...for Halloween, of course!

Who needs a bowl?  He just eats right out of the bag!

Once I Held An Angel

ONCE I HELD AN ANGEL

(author unknown)

 

Once I held an angel,

So very close to me.

I watched him run and jump and dance,

But only in my memory.

I waited for the day he'd come;

He'd bring such joy to all.

Then the Angel was called home,

He never had to fall.

He was too perfect for this world,

He didn't need to stay.

He went straight up to Heaven,

I'll join him there someday.

You don't know how I feel-

Please don't tell me that you do.

There's just one way to know--

Have you lost a child, too?

"You'll have another child!"

Must I hear this every day?

Can I get another mother too,

If mine should pass away?

Don't say "It was God's will"

That's not the God I know.

Would God on purpose break my heart,

Then watch as my tears flow?

"Aren't you better yet?"

Is that what I heard you say?

NO! A part of my heart aches,

I'll always feel some pain.

You think that silence is kind,

But it hurts me even more.

I want to talk about my child,

Who has gone through death's door.

Don't say these things to me,

Although you do mean well.

They do not take the pain away;

I must go through this hell.

I will get better, slow but sure.

And it helps to have you near.

But a simple, "I'm sorry you lost your child."

Is all I need to hear.

A million times I've needed you.

A million times I've cried.

If love alone could have saved you,

You would have never died.

In life I loved you dearly,

In death I love you still.

In my heart you hold a special place,

That none will ever fill.

It broke my heart to lose you,

But you did not go alone,

For all my love went with you

The day God called you home.

Did you know.....?

Another email pass along......if you agree, feel free to share.

DID YOU KNOW?

As you walk up the steps to the building which houses the U..S Supreme Court you can see near the top of the building a row of the world's law givers and each one is facing one in the middle who is facing forward with a full frontal view ... It is Moses and he is holding the Ten Commandments!

DID YOU KNOW?

As you enter the Supreme Court courtroom, the two huge oak doors have the Ten Commandments engraved on each lower portion of each door.

DID YOU KNOW?

As you sit inside the courtroom, you can see the wall, right above where the Supreme Court Judges sit, a display of the Ten Commandments!

DID YOU KNOW?

There are Bible verses etched in stone all over the Federal Buildings and Monuments in Washington , D.C.

DID YOU KNOW?

James Madison, the fourth president, known as 'The Father of Our Constitution' made the

following statement:

'We have staked the whole of all our political Institutions upon the capacity of mankind for Self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to The Ten Commandments of God.'

DID YOU KNOW?

Every session of Congress begins with a prayer by a paid preacher, whose salary has been paid by the taxpayer since 1777.

DID YOU KNOW?

Fifty-two of the 55 founders of the Constitution were members of the established Orthodox churches in the colonies..

DID YOU KNOW?

Thomas Jefferson worried that the Courts would overstep their authority and instead of Interpreting the law would begin making law an oligarchy the rule of few over many.

How then, have we gotten to the point that everything we have done for 220 years in this Country is now suddenly wrong and Unconstitutional?

figures

I was going to finally have a few moments to update the blog with recent events...and the image uploader is disabled for maintenance. 

That bites.

Till next time....

Golf Balls

Got this in my email the other day....I have read it before (or a similar variation) but it is worthy of repeating. Enjoy!

The Mayonnaise Jar

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle.  When 24 hours in a day is not enough--remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of hot cocoa.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him.  When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and started to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students if the jar was full.  They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured it into the jar.  He shook the jar lightly. 
The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.  He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded With an unanimous 'yes.'

The professor then produced two cups of hot cocoa from under the table and poured the entire
contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand.  The students laughed.

'Now,' said the professor, as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.  The golf balls are the important things - God, family, children, health, friends, and favorite passions. Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the things that matter like your job, house, and car..

The sand is everything else --

The small stuff.

'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls.  The same goes for life.  If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, You will never have room for the things that are important to you. 
So...

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.

Play with your children.

Take time to get medical checkups.

Take your partner out to dinner.

There will always be time to clean the house and fix the dripping tap.

'Take care of the golf balls first --The things that really matter.

Set your priorities.

The rest is just sand.'

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the hot cocoa represented.  The professor smiled. 

'I'm glad you asked'.  It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem,
there's always room for a couple of cups of hot cocoa with a friend.'

(Anyone that knows me, knows I LOVE hot chocolate; so in essence, I LOVE my friends--both in real life and online; those I see everyday and those afar.)

P.S. I have been very busy and just not had time to blog much the last couple of weeks...but I will get family reunion pics posted soon and other happenings as I can. I've been playing with my early Christmas gift....my husband is AWESOME!

God's finger touched him....and he slept. ~Kyle~ Our Angel Born Sleeping

Mi Vida Loca

My apologies for the lack of blogging....it's been crazy to say the least....busy busy busy.  Family reunion this past weekend....pics to come soon (See post dated 10/9/10). And the gradual return to hopping.....

And...my daughter has asked me to help her start a blog...she loves the blog hops as much as I do!

Tootles....more later!