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Tink

(Job 12:7) " But ask the animals, and they will teach you..."

Teach us:

* Unconditional love, the one commandment Jesus came to teach us....

* Acceptance

* Prejudices, they do not know

How proud a mothers love...

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Family Photo....

"If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them, and what you do not know you will fear. What one fears one destroys."Chief Dan George"

This mom, Tink, is fostering this "different" guy for the mom who couldn't take care of him. He had his eyes closed when he came to her, but now they are open. He is just a little bigger than her other pups. She loves this little guy with all her heart as obvious by the pictures and she is nursing him back to health. He is the cleanest 'puppy' ever because she licks him all the time.

What's Your Purpose?

Well, bless my soul, my sweet friend Tiffany over at Southern Sass has blessed me with this award...

And I told her that it was really interesting because just the other day, I was thinking about how it had been one year now that I have been blogging. And I was trying to think back to why I even started blogging. Do I still blog for the same reason?

What is my purpose?

My purpose? It is all about HIM....

You tell me, is it all about Him in your reason for blogging?

So I would like to pass this award on in a little different way....if you leave me a comment on what your purpose is for blogging, I want you to pick up this award, post it on your blog and then let me know so I can read about it...

Blog on...

Embrace Your Little Red Hearts From God

Recharging? How bout embracing your little red hearts from God...

find out more over at Laced With Grace on Tuesday Feb 26th...

bring some hot tea, a blanket and your precious self.... and let's go talk...

see ya there

Feeling Raw

Today, I had the honor and privilege of walking home a dear lady. She was ready. She wanted to go see her husband that had gone onto see Jesus some years ago. She went peacefully.

For me, it brings back memories of watching my dad go home to Jesus just weeks ago. So I shed tears with this family.

People ask me how I am doing. For the most part, I am doing better each day. Interestingly someone shared a note with me and I have to agree with the emotions and feelings described so well. Coincidentally, my friend that lost her daughter several months ago just emailed me this week and talked about how hard her days are. I was thinking how she was describing her pain to this man's account of the aftermath in his own life as the depiction of the raw moments of pain.

So let me share a portion of this letter:

(after losing his wife unexpectedly)

When asked how do I feel, I tell them raw. Raw doesn't feel good or bad. Raw is the smell of lilacs by the back door, not six feet away from her relics on the mantel. Raw is listening to Mahler's Fourth Symphony or the sons of Sweet Honey in the Rock. Raw is reading the hundreds of letters that come in, watching television alone at night.

Raw is letting whatever happens happen, what arises, arise. Feelings, too: grief, pain, loss, a desire to disappear, even the desire to die. One feeling follows another, one sensation after the next. I just listen deeply, bear witness.

Reminiscing about their home... doing things they loved...Thinking of the smile on her face. He bears witness to her.

How am I doing? I am bearing witness. And the state of bearing witness is the state of love.

by Bernie Glassman.....

Not a day goes by that I do not bear witness to my dad... I carry the torch of love

"Go into your grief ... for there your soul will grow." Carl Jung

Just For The Faith Of It

My Pastor left us with these words this morning.. and I thought "Oh how awesome!"

So let me share with you.....as you go out this week...

"Do the impossible.... Just for the faith of it."

PS... I also have a BIG favor... my nephew called and needs our prayers.. he's in boot camp as he's now in the Air Force.... he has developed shin splints and needs to be able to run to stay on track to finish up in March.... to be able to get the job he is wanting....so he is begging for us to all pray for him...

of course, Abba's will....not ours....

thank you as always.... you guys are so awesome to pray....

Awards

I have received several awards.... and I must say, I'm humbled by these....I want to take time to thank you for thinking of me and personally thank you...

This first award was given to me by Mary over at Mary's Writing nook


Thank you my sweet friend....










And then my friend kimberly over at Scattered Stones

honored me with this wonderful award...Love the hearts!!

Thank you Denise over at The Samaritan's Woman... and ya know how I love them hearts!!

I'll be back shortly... just got called to work....

Check Mate

I am over at Laced with Grace (just click on laced with grace)today, Friday.....WooHoo

A Game of Chess? find out who wins....

see you over there...

The Wind In My Sail

To my dear friends, I so appreciate your continued prayers and support.

I must say, the wind has been taken out of my sail. My ship is not sailing these days. My heart is broken and I am just trying to make it day to day. I never dreamed losing my dad would be so hard. His life was so intertwined in my daily living that everything I do reminds me of him.

I am getting better and I know the winds will once again pick back up. But for now, I'm stuck on the shore. I'm waiting for the winds of my Savior to lift me back up and carry me into the new waters I will be sailing. For I will be traveling in new waters now.

In the deep blue sea, where my dad taught me to appreciate its' beauty, I embrace the 'Sonshine' as it sparkles across the top of the peaks of waves that rise and fall giving us a glimpse of tiny diamonds bouncing around the ocean's rhythmic dance to the wind and tide. Guided by its very presence of a Saviors voice and command. Never once questioning but intuned to the assured.

For now, the winds are quiet in my sail. I am heartbroken. But soon, very soon my Savior will gently blow and cast my sail into new waters.

Today, I will rest in the quiet....

Tears in Heaven

I am over at Laced With Grace on Monday Feb 4th, please join me and find out why tears are really gifts from God.

Do you speak tears?

Psalm 56:8 for our Papa bottles them up? why is that?

see ya over there....

Thank You

To all of my friends, I want to thank you. Your prayers, your emails,snail mail cards, your calls and I could go on-- have been overwhelming to me.

The love you have shown my family and me have just melted my heart. Thank you would be such an understatement.

We are doing pretty well all considering. We miss my dad greatly but know he is so happy and finally healed. I say this to make "me" feel better.... smile... but it is the truth.

You are an incredible group of people and I wouldn't trade you for lima beans.... snicker...as in 2 Corinthians 1:3-5, "Father of all comfort... that one day I may comfort you...."

I just pray not too soon

Thank you so much my dear friends.... I can't express my love for you in words for they are just too weak...

Let us walk the journey together,