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I am Made whole!

Today I am made whole.
After having just spent the past hour with Ron Kenoly's "God Is Able" CD, I have to enter this day with a renewed hope, a renewed account and perspective of God's Love for all mankind.
I pray for you family and friends. I pray for you.

LIFE Puzzle of Stamps

I love puzzles. Kodak, Life, Panoramic Views of New York City, Las Vegas, Hot Air Balloons, Boating areas from Phoenix, Florals, It's been many years that I have been making puzzles.

My granddaughter is learning to love the art of puzzle making as well. You see, without her mother in our house, our lives are a lot simpler, but she gets lonely, and from time to time, I notice her becoming depressed. At eleven years old, I never knew what it was to be depressed. My own childhood had no bad breaks. I was a kid, became a teenager and grew up, but today's youth have so much more to deal with.

Sometimes I don't know what to do to break that depressive spirit; but I am getting better. So, while it's terribly hot outside, we sit inside and we put puzzles together. The picture above is the most recent one we finished. She had a wonderful sense of accomplishment, I Thank God.

We made something better. :)

Writing Words that Mean Something

Everyday, I get up, and the first thing I do is sit down to my personal computer and put word to paper.  Sometimes I remember my dreams, sometimes I speak of events from the previous day, sometimes, I just need encouragement because this world becomes too heavy on my shoulders. 

I just found out recently (Friday), that my daughter is in jail.  She hasn’t been home in nearly a 1/4 of a year, and it was at that time that she left me with my grand daughters, ages eleven, three, and two.  Feeling completely overwhelmed, I didn’t know what to do.  I am in no condition to raise anymore children.  I suffer from severe osteoarthritis.  And I don’t mean to disclaim that I am unable, but repeating the past 18 years just isn’t in me.

So, I sit down and express myself on monitor.  I cannot imagine what goes on in my daughters mind that makes her turn from everything she's known, to search out a life without the ones she loves.  My love of words is what gives me the strength to bear the pain and get through it.  Hence, my something better!

Since my eldest grand daughter is living with me, I watch her go through unknowingly, a very painful situation.  But each and every day something better happens, that turn my granddaughter’s frown into a smile.  And should the day come when she begins to ask the hard questions, I pray that I’ll be able to answer her questions with compassion and tolerance of a situation that I have lived through and learned much love through it evermore.

Today

While in the human form there is little that remains of the human experience, I maintain but one joy, my ability to smile.

On this day I will always look for the peace of mind in this thing called life, it isn’t always easy, due to situations and issues that grieve, but it is a choice daily to make my life better than I ever hoped that life would be, or a love stronger than the touch of a loved one; when the tears well up inside my eyes, but the hope remains in my mouth I will speak and say, “this day has the Lord made, my heart will rejoice and be glad in it.
Ms. Unique

FRIDAY

You have to love Fridays! Plans the weekend, plans with friends, and plans with Worship of my maker.
Faith has a friend spending the night tonight, allowing her to have more fun with this weekend. Her mother has called her this morning, making it a good day, and we are going to White Water Bay, more swim fun!
The suit we picked for her came from Sears, and she looks good in it, it's like a speedo, with a cut little skirt, Yeah!
I am making Spaghetti today, along with Pizza and Salad, our food choice today promises to replenish the strength we'll need to have the remainder of this weekend.
Make money at home, work online, check out a couple of jobs.

Happy Friday:)

Summer Vacation

It's going to be a long hot summer by the pool for my grand daughter and me. We are already looking forward to getting out there, but the summer seems a few days away. Just enough time for us to get ready.

Her: She loves the sporty look: http://www.shopjustice.com/girls-clothing/swimwear/swimsuits

Me: I am older and more shy about putting it all out there, So, I'll be wearing something to cover up most of my scars, but attractive. http://www.lanebryant.com/plus-size-swimwear/view-all/17472c17493/index.cat?intid=LB053111x0007

During our swimming at the local water park, (White Water Bay), we won't have the cash to purchase our snacks from their refreshment counter, and they don't carry apples, oranges, or bananas; they carry french fries, hot dogs, pizza, all things i don't want to include in my early day diet, so we'll have to pack a snack, or visit our friends at 7-11: http://www.7-eleven.com/Hungry/Fresh/Default.aspx . Oh, and we are spending the summer increasing our reading so we'll be reading books.
A trip to the local library is going to be in order! http://www.mls.lib.ok.us/mls/mls_library/ed.htm

During the swimming season, it's most important to take care of your hair. So we'll be using a shampoo/conditioner after getting home, and allowing our hair to sun dry during the evening when we work in the yard. http://www.pantene.com/en-US/african-american-hair/Pages/default.aspx We have a lot of work to do too, so there won't be any boredom.

Here's to hoping your stay cation is as fun as ours :)