Dear Son,
You are 19, you know it all. You are loud and messy. You reminded me of my dad, your Pepa, whom I know you would have been close when you pranked me hiding my phone and hugging me so tight it hurt while laughing with a laugh that is only yours. Man you love a good joke.
You have changed course, you plan to join the Army full time. Even, with all that is going on in the world, I know this is the best thing. This is your calling. You are a protector. You stand up for others. You love your country.
I cringe at your vocabulary at times, but you will come into your own. I pray for you as I am trying not to take a skillet and whack you one. When you become a dad , don't be like your mom and yell, love and guide them tenderly. Be the dad you wanted. Be there for them. Money doesn't matter. Time does. You know that. I wouldn't change all the fun times you, me and your sister had on Saturday and nights in our room at Mema's telling stories, watching TV and just talking. I am so glad we had those times. I firmly believe those times have made you sensitive to women and intolerant of those who do not take care of families.
Dear Son - I love you. You are not a baby - you are growing in to a man. I am so proud.
Saturday, August 26, 2017
Dear Daughter
Dear Daughter,
I love you. I am amazed at your strength, your compassion for others, your love for your job. You inspire me.
I hope I have some wisdom left to give you. I hope I wasn't too bad of a mom - do not be like me, do not yell at kids - work it out with a lower tone. I regret I was a hollerer. Please forgive me.
You have decisions to make. Oh, am I praying that discernment and wisdom fall from the sky and make it easier and faster. I pray for you.
I love you.
I love you. I am amazed at your strength, your compassion for others, your love for your job. You inspire me.
I hope I have some wisdom left to give you. I hope I wasn't too bad of a mom - do not be like me, do not yell at kids - work it out with a lower tone. I regret I was a hollerer. Please forgive me.
You have decisions to make. Oh, am I praying that discernment and wisdom fall from the sky and make it easier and faster. I pray for you.
I love you.
Healing and Restoration
Healing and restoration has come to our family. I think. Maybe I am a tad doubtful about it. It feels a tad incomplete, I cannot explain it- but it is better.
Three sisters now talk regularly. Mom and dad would be proud. We have gone shopping and shared a meal or two. Helping to recall lost memories - especially for me being the youngest. My sisters grew up together, they have memories together and of a younger parents. Like more than none, our family is not Norman Rockwell. Our parents far from perfect made mistakes, painful and hurtful mistakes. I have forgiven them. I cannot hold onto anger and bitterness. It takes away from life, doesn't mean I forget. Because I do not, but I cannot obsess.
Sisters. We are sisters. All blonde with help from a bottle , all see with glasses, all caregivers, all love - we are restored. I am blessed.
Three sisters now talk regularly. Mom and dad would be proud. We have gone shopping and shared a meal or two. Helping to recall lost memories - especially for me being the youngest. My sisters grew up together, they have memories together and of a younger parents. Like more than none, our family is not Norman Rockwell. Our parents far from perfect made mistakes, painful and hurtful mistakes. I have forgiven them. I cannot hold onto anger and bitterness. It takes away from life, doesn't mean I forget. Because I do not, but I cannot obsess.
Sisters. We are sisters. All blonde with help from a bottle , all see with glasses, all caregivers, all love - we are restored. I am blessed.
TEXAS - HURRICANE HARVEY
A category 4 hurricane hit Texas yesterday. Many towns, many people, many business and more affected. At this writing there has been one confirmed death.
I have seen on the news the devastation. I have a special interest in a little town. Rockport, TX. Steve has a cousin who lives there with a wife. A charming town of 10.000. I like looking at the pictures and the videos of folks on the beach or at town celebrations. They take care of their own.
I am trying to imagine what they are feeling as they see the same news footage as I do. Do they recognize their houses? Their streets? I saw the store front of bookstore that looked untouched, but video took us to the back and the side and it was devastation. Ironically there was a section or two still standing. I wonder what books survived? The laundry mat - destroyed. You could see the line of dryers leaning precariously against the one wall still standing. The owner has no insurance. He came to collect change from the machines and money from the machine. A reporter could not believe there was no looting in the town. I can, Getting to know his cousin, his wife, his friends and family, I have come to know the town. I think it reminds me of our little Brighton - minus the beach.
The town will rebuild. Souls will heal. All will realize as we all do at one time or the other, if not already, stuff is just stuff. Lives matter. Families matter.
God Bless Rockport, TX and all of Texas. You are in my prayers.
I have seen on the news the devastation. I have a special interest in a little town. Rockport, TX. Steve has a cousin who lives there with a wife. A charming town of 10.000. I like looking at the pictures and the videos of folks on the beach or at town celebrations. They take care of their own.
I am trying to imagine what they are feeling as they see the same news footage as I do. Do they recognize their houses? Their streets? I saw the store front of bookstore that looked untouched, but video took us to the back and the side and it was devastation. Ironically there was a section or two still standing. I wonder what books survived? The laundry mat - destroyed. You could see the line of dryers leaning precariously against the one wall still standing. The owner has no insurance. He came to collect change from the machines and money from the machine. A reporter could not believe there was no looting in the town. I can, Getting to know his cousin, his wife, his friends and family, I have come to know the town. I think it reminds me of our little Brighton - minus the beach.
The town will rebuild. Souls will heal. All will realize as we all do at one time or the other, if not already, stuff is just stuff. Lives matter. Families matter.
God Bless Rockport, TX and all of Texas. You are in my prayers.
ACCEPTED
I am an administrator for a relatively new Facebook page for Fibromyalgia. I have been diagnosed with Fibro. I stay in pain. I cannot do too much in one day or I will pay for it dearly the next three days. People will literally look at you like you are nuts when you mention it and you finally learn not to say anything except "I do not feel so hot today." or lie through your teeth "I m fine, how are you?" Right now, I have a cold and my hair hurts. I have always been light and sound sensitive - key symptoms to Fibro. It is usually brought on my stress or injury and I know that 10 years of care giving has taken its toll. But I would not change a thing.
Accepted. Acceptance. Accept. Accepting. The one thing I have noticed as an admin in this group, (and it is the fastest growing group I have ever been part of 1,453 to well over 6,000 members in one month). This group is made up from people all around the world, all faiths, lifestyles, beliefs, cultures, you name it. It is fun getting to know people in little known countries in some corner of the world you didn't know existed. The common link - Fibro. They are so glad to be accepted and to be part of something bigger like there is nothing else..... Oh, how wrong they....we are.
Christ is our link. He is our bridge. He loves us all. The majority of members in this group have such low self esteem, including yours truly at times. I truly forget how valuable I am. How God knows me better than any person.
Psalm 139:14, KJV “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.”
John 6:37, ESV “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.”
Romans 15:7, NASB “Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.”
John 1:12, NASB “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name.”
Romans 10:13, ESV For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Romans 15:7, NASB “Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.”
1 Samuel 16:7b, NKJV “For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.’
Accepted. Acceptance. Accept. Accepting. The one thing I have noticed as an admin in this group, (and it is the fastest growing group I have ever been part of 1,453 to well over 6,000 members in one month). This group is made up from people all around the world, all faiths, lifestyles, beliefs, cultures, you name it. It is fun getting to know people in little known countries in some corner of the world you didn't know existed. The common link - Fibro. They are so glad to be accepted and to be part of something bigger like there is nothing else..... Oh, how wrong they....we are.
Christ is our link. He is our bridge. He loves us all. The majority of members in this group have such low self esteem, including yours truly at times. I truly forget how valuable I am. How God knows me better than any person.
Psalm 139:14, KJV “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.”
John 6:37, ESV “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.”
Romans 15:7, NASB “Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.”
John 1:12, NASB “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name.”
Romans 10:13, ESV For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Romans 15:7, NASB “Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.”
1 Samuel 16:7b, NKJV “For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.’
How Hard is it to become a Christian? Not at all! God loves you, He is waiting, He will accept you just as you are - you do not have to clean up your act, quit this, stop that, dress one way or the other, do not wait! Just ask. No fancy words needed
God forgive me for my sins, I know you sent Jesus to die for me, please forgive me, please come into my life, change me, do your work in me, I am ready Lord to accept you.
How to become a Christian – Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 3:23, ESV for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 6:23, ESV For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Acts 16:30b,31, KJV …what must I do to be saved? So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved…
Romans 3:23, ESV for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 6:23, ESV For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Acts 16:30b,31, KJV …what must I do to be saved? So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved…
How to accept Jesus into your heart – Confess and Believe
John 1:12, NLT But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
Romans 10:9-10, 13, ESV If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Listen to the below - God Loves you just as you are.......
JUST AS I AM
John 1:12, NLT But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
Romans 10:9-10, 13, ESV If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Listen to the below - God Loves you just as you are.......
JUST AS I AM
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