Medical City, TX

I went to Dallas, TX for my doctor's appointment and took seatbelt pillows to the Medical City Cancer Resource Center there. They were so kind and so happy to get them. They said they had been waiting for these!!!
That made my heart soar. When I returned to Florence, the ladies at Montreat started working harder knowing their work was not in vain, they are truly appreciated.
All of you ladies are a God-sent!!!
I love you all!!!!!

Times Passes Quickly

My husband, while serving in the Army, was stationed in Germany when Desert Storm broke out. His unit was one of the first sent in and his unit spent several months in the desert while the world watched for the first time on CNN and other news station the realms of war as it happened.

That has been 19 years ago. I didn't realize how much time had gone by until some of the men from my husband's unit started finding each other on facebook in order to get a reunion organized.
So much has happened since that time.

Sometimes you don't stop and think about the past and all that has happened in it until something like a reunion triggers all the memories. (Good and bad) When thinking back, the good memories you enjoy with a smile, a chuckle or just an outright laugh. The bad memories you relish with hope and encouragement that you learned or grew from them.

I just know that everyone else grew older in those pictures in 20 years, but I still look the same when I look in the mirror!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ha-Ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Race is Over

Many people in our country right are battling cancer. It is a disease that is not prejudice over sex, color, age, nationality, single, married or widowed. It does not care if you are democrat, republican or independent, Jewish, Muslim, Christian or aethist. It does not care if you have a family of four or twenty-four that love you or if you are just trying to find yourself in this world. It does not care if you have a Ph D or MBA or MD behind your name, your name does not even matter to this disease. It inflicts everyone it can whether you are a famous entertainer or a homeless person.

What does matter, is how the battle is fought. Sometimes we say when someone passes away, they lost the battle with cancer. My childhood friend, Susan, fought an awesome battle with cancer.
Through it all she walked with God. Though many, many people will miss her, myself included, and her family mourns deeply, I cannot say she lost the battle.

Paul says in 2Tim 4:7-8 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have love His appearing."

I believe Susan fought a great fight, finished the race and has now received her crown.
Congratulations, Susan. I love you and miss you.

God has a plan

God is the creator and He is still in control of everything, regardless of what some people think or say.
I have a childhood friend whom I love very much and fighting breast cancer. It is very hard to see the plan in all of this but I continue to pray and not lose hope that, God willing, miracle is right around the corner.
I am reminded of the song by the Crabb Family, "Through the Fire." He never said that the cross would never get heavy..... He will take you through the fire again.
It is so true.
Jesus is always there besides giving us strength, courage, and most of all LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Beginnings

Hello World of 2010!!!
My wonderful ladies that help me sew pillows each week have generously finished about 10
lap quilts which I donated to my church to be sent to Haiti. These ladies are so giving and
loving.
They are now working on pillowcases also for the homeless shelter. They are all senior citizens, ranging from different ages and different ailments. Some days their bodies try to tell them because of their ailments they are limited to what they can do for themselves or other people.
But on craft day, they do not take "no" for an answer. They work hard and lovingly with hands that are crippled with arthritis, eyes that do not see very well, and bones that just plain ache. The finished product is beautiful to me, because I know the sacrifice these women have taken just to be there and the love behind each stitch.
If you get one of our pillows, you are truly, truly blessed. I am sorry for the reason you have
received it, but the love that went in it is powerful. I guarantee it.

The trees look beautiful with their array of different colors. I love the fall with the crispness
in the air, the fall colors and the feel of everyone getting ready to settle down to hibernate for winter.

The winter was designed by God to gives us all rest, not just the plants and the animals. It is a time when we are to refrain from working hard in the fields in the spring and summer. We have
gotten away from that because of the industrial age and now the technology age. We no longer "labor" as we once did. Or I should say many of us do not.

Our summers and winters all run together. There is nothing to separate the seasons in our life and that is why so many of us get confused.

In Ecclesiaste 3:1-8
There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:

² a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,

³ a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,

⁴ a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,

⁵ a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,

⁶ a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,

⁷ a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,

⁸ a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace.

Everything has to have balance. I think it is just important to not exceed time on something as not to spend any time on something else.

God says there is a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to keep and a time to throw away.
If you are "out of balance" maybe you are spending time on things you need to throw away rather than keep or visa versa. Or maybe you are mourning when you should be dancing.

Think about it.
Jesus loves you and I do too. Have a great day.

It is a beautiful day!!!!

My husband and I have been sitting on the deck enjoying the beautiful hummingbirds. We have taken some pictures and I will share them soon. My husband had a light stroke, showing up in his eye. He had surgery to clean his arteries to prevent another one. We are so thankful. I think he is taking to time to "smell the flowers" as we use to say.

We take so much for granted and need to just enjoy God's gifts to us. God's greatest gift to us was His son Jesus Christ who died on the cross for our sins. Jesus just wants to love you. If you don't know Jesus, just close your eyes and ask him into your heart right now. He is there waiting, I guarantee. And when you do, oh what a beautiful day it will be.

God bless!!!!