Seven years ago today there was a light show of thunder and lightning that my hubby and I watched from our porch. To us it was a celebration because IVY LOU came into this world. BIRTH is LIFE CHANGING because BIRTH BIRTHS LIFE! BIRTH is MIRACULOUS, as it is knitted by GOD~ PURPOSELY BORN because GOD said so for "GOD LOVES EACH OF US AS IF THERE WERE ONLY ONE OF US" (St. Augustine). Another precious little child sent to show us grown ups how to live. To have the FAITH like

GRACE is one of those CHRISTIAN~ESE words that is the most misunderstood, because it isn't a word. GRACE is a GIFT, a beautiful GIFT that never stops giving. GRACE GIFTS you STRENGTH, when you are WEAK. GRACE GIFTS you FORGIVENESS, when you are GUILTY. GRACE GIFTS you LOVE, when you are REJECTED. GRACE GIFTS you LIFE, when you are DEAD. GRACE IS A GIFT that is LIFE CHANGING, because GRACE IS SURRENDERING to the GIVER OF GRACE. GRACE is ONE SIZE FITS ALL. GRACE drips from th

She hugged me so tight and said, "This is the best sleepover ever". Our granddaughter. Tears overwhelmed me, as I also thought this was the best sleepover ever. And "all" we did was watch a movie together, and dance together, and a scavenger hunt, and eat McDonalds, and do crafts, and eat candy in bed, and... But what was it really all about? What does a CHILD desire? TIME. Precious TIME my hubby and I LOVED on our grandson and granddaughter. TIME to look into their eyes, w

MORE THAN A MEMORY~ Those who are no longer here, yet imprinted on our hearts forever & ever. MORE THAN A MEMORY~ Because those who have gone before us, where once here doing life with us, becoming a part of us. MORE THAN A MEMORY~ Because LOVE isn't a memory. It is a bond that can not be broken, even if those whom you LOVE are no longer with you. Oh don't you wish you could see your loved ones who have gone before you, JUST ONE MORE TIME! To hear their voice~ JUST ONE MORE

There were two women. Each had a son. One son died in the night. His mother took her son and SWITCHED her son with the living son. And oh how this SWITCH was not so good. For when the other mother awoke. she discovered "her son" was not alive, but something was just not right as she spoke~ "When I got up in the morning to nurse my son, behold, he was dead! But when I examined him closely in the morning, behold, he was not my son, whom I had borne!”* Oh what would you do? Wou