As I was sitting here freezing this afternoon I began looking through my computer at all the photos I took this summer. Summer is coming to a close so I thought I'd post this collage of summer flowers as my own little farewell.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
I CHOOSE
Taken from the oh so talented Carrie Colbert & BonnieRose. What's your personal declaration? What do you believe in? What do you stand for?
I CHOOSE:
- To live my life to the fullest every single day!
- To follow wherever God asks me to go!
- To love unconditionally!
- To live with integrity!
- To not be afraid anymore!
- To be honest with those I love!
- To show forgiveness!
- To use my gifts to help others!
- To matter. I am worth it!
- To cross my lines and take that first step!
- To allow my self to soar!
- To reach all my dreams and goals!
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Fall Is Here!!
Well, today is the first day so far this September that I have felt fall. It is freezing here and I must admit I have caved and turned on my heat. I absolutely love fall. It is my favorite time of the year. There is just something I find so very inspiring about the colors and sights of fall. I absolutely love the colors of fall leaves and I am so blessed to live in a part of Ontario which gets to see all the magnificent changes that God makes in these trees. I love seeing fields of pumpkins, squash, and gourds. I love visiting the pumpkin patch with my girls. I love going to the apple orchard and picking apples. I love making apple and pumpkin pies. I love thanksgiving. I love having a day set aside just for thanking God for all the amazing things in my world, in my life, and in my heart. Fall just seems to bring out the best in me!Tuesday, September 12, 2006
2 Peas Tues Blogger Challenge - Sept. 11th - 5 years later
Join us today/Tue if you blog. Challenge: The day after 9-11, 5 years ago. Since that day, how has your life changed? How are you different???I think that my life has changed in the biggest way in that I don't always see things on the news and think that they could never happen here. I am so much more compassionate now for what I see. It has helped give me that drive to want to go out there and try to do whatever I can to make this world a better place. I cherish my time so much more with my girls and try to live every minute I can with them as if it is the most important one.
Monday, September 11, 2006
Favorite Things Saturday 9/9/06
I absolute love having all kinds of beautiful notebooks around. I love to write out prayers, or journaling, or just doodle. There is something about these books that mesmerizes me.
2 Peas Monday Blogger Challenge
Join us today/Monday if you blog. Challenge: Answer this question.... What do you know now that you wish you knew when you were younger? Elaborate.
I wish that I knew when I was younger that it was okay to love who I am, to feel I deserved love in return. I wish I had known that I did not deserve for bad things to happen to me. I wish I had know that I had it in me to be strong and powerful enough to make all my dreams come true. I wish I had known of the love that God has for me so I could have started developing a relationship with Him before now. I wish I had have known that I am a good person.
I wish that I knew when I was younger that it was okay to love who I am, to feel I deserved love in return. I wish I had known that I did not deserve for bad things to happen to me. I wish I had know that I had it in me to be strong and powerful enough to make all my dreams come true. I wish I had known of the love that God has for me so I could have started developing a relationship with Him before now. I wish I had have known that I am a good person.
Thursday, September 07, 2006
2 Peas Blogger Challenge - Scrapping Plans
Join us today/Thursday if you blog. Challenge: You love to scrapbook. You love to create something with paper. With all the cool papers out there, or the ones you already have, what is something on your heart you really wanna start... an album, a layout, a project -- anything...!! Share on your blog what your scrapping plans are.. what things are just in your head, itching to get done??? There are so many new and interesting ideas and projects out there, but in all honesty the projects I am working on now are the ones dearest to my heart. I am still behind on my girls albums and would love to get them caught up, they enjoy looking at them so very much. I am also working on two albums dear to just me, a faith album and an all about me album. I feel it is so necessary and important to document who I am, someday my kids will see these and know what I was like when they will little, someday they will be able to show their own kids and say that "this is who your grandma was and what she was all about." Sometimes through this documenting just me I am even learning more and more who I am and what is important to me.
First Day of School
Well, the first day of school has come and gone for another year. This is a picture I took of the girls as they got on the bus for the first day. Sometimes I look at them and can not believe how much they have grown up ... I remember holding them in my arms as babies as if it was yesterday. I am so proud of the little girls they are becoming. So full of confidence and full of love - it is amazing to watch them changing more and more every day.
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
2 Peas Tuesday Blogger Challenge - Best Friends
Join us today/Tue if you blog. Challenge: Think of one of your best friends,: what is the first thing most people would notice about that person?
I have been thinking about this challenge a lot this morning. In all honesty I can say that I do not have a best friend. This is something I have been dealing with for years now. I am always so afraid of getting hurt that I never let people close enough to let them become best friends. The majority of the relationships I have are purely superficial. I felt that if they stayed superficial then I would not be disappointed when they decided I wasn't good enough to be friends with. This attitude is now changing for the better. I have been taking seminars through http://www.pathwaysseminars.com and what I have been learning about myself through the work I have done in these seminars is that I am a great person. Most people would be lucky to call me a friend. In finally realizing my own importance, I am realizing the need for close intimate relationships in my life. It is a process to let someone close enough to call them a best friend. To me it involves honest sharing, support and unconditional love. I am now working on creating this with some people who I am beginning to love dearly. Some day through my sharing, my openness and my love I will be able to call them my best friends.
I have been thinking about this challenge a lot this morning. In all honesty I can say that I do not have a best friend. This is something I have been dealing with for years now. I am always so afraid of getting hurt that I never let people close enough to let them become best friends. The majority of the relationships I have are purely superficial. I felt that if they stayed superficial then I would not be disappointed when they decided I wasn't good enough to be friends with. This attitude is now changing for the better. I have been taking seminars through http://www.pathwaysseminars.com and what I have been learning about myself through the work I have done in these seminars is that I am a great person. Most people would be lucky to call me a friend. In finally realizing my own importance, I am realizing the need for close intimate relationships in my life. It is a process to let someone close enough to call them a best friend. To me it involves honest sharing, support and unconditional love. I am now working on creating this with some people who I am beginning to love dearly. Some day through my sharing, my openness and my love I will be able to call them my best friends.
Monday, September 04, 2006
Saying Goodbye is NEVER easy...
Saying goodbye is NEVER easy... even when you know it is for the best. This past weekend I said goodbye to this man. He was my best friend. He was the person I have loved the deepest in my whole life. He was bad for me and I knew it, deep down. For a long time I accepted it because his love meant more to me then how I felt when I was around him. Truth is, after all this time, I finally realized that I never had his love. He had mine. Every piece of me loved him and wanted his love in return. Inside me though, I was loosing myself in trying to gain his love. I was allowing myself to become unimportant, to become someone who never felt good enough, who never felt supported and who never felt like her emotions or opinions mattered. I have had enough!
I AM IMPORTANT!
MY OPINIONS MATTER!
MY EMOTIONS MATTER!
I AM GOOD ENOUGH!
So goodbye dear friend, my love. You have meant a lot to me and I will never forget the journey we took together but it is now over. I will not allow myself to feel hurt by you again. I will be happy!
So goodbye dear friend, my love. You have meant a lot to me and I will never forget the journey we took together but it is now over. I will not allow myself to feel hurt by you again. I will be happy!
2 Peas Monday Blogger Challenge
Join us today/Monday if you blog. Challenge: Let's all make a wish upon a shooting star .... what is your wish?
I wish for a life for myself and my girls that completely follows the life that Christ has set out for us. I wish to be able to always say "Yes God" and "Deeper, God". I wish to always be able to do what God asks of me and just always follow where he leads without questioning Him. To just be able to say "I am yours Christ, to do whatever you wish. Use me to do your works, and to be who you want of me."
Sunday, September 03, 2006
My Favorite Things Saturday 9/2/06
Yet another photo of my girls - they will always be my absolute favorite things.
Beautilful Sunday 9/3/06
I took this at the floral clock in Niagara Falls. It is so simple yet so beautiful.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
2 Peas Wednesday Blog Challenge
Join us today/Wednesday if you blog. Blogging Challenge: What does being a good friend to others mean to you? What do you look for, in a good friend?
Being a good friend means:
- listening
- giving unconditional love and support
- being there when they need it
- not being judgmental
- always being open and honest
- enjoying each other's company
- accepting each other's differences
Being a good friend means:
- listening
- giving unconditional love and support
- being there when they need it
- not being judgmental
- always being open and honest
- enjoying each other's company
- accepting each other's differences
Saturday, August 26, 2006
My Favorite Things Saturday 08/26/06
I took this photo from the top of Skylon Tower. Visiting Niagara Falls is one of my favorite things.
Friday, August 25, 2006
Niagara Falls Trip
I am finally getting around to downloading some pictures from our trip to Niagara Falls. We had so much fun. It was so amazing to be able to watch the excitement that the girls had over experiencing so many new things for the first time. It is a trip I will never forget!
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
2 Peas Wednesday Blogger Challenge
Challenge for Wednesday: It's the middle of the week. What do you start to look forward to, during the latter part of your week? Anything? Blog about it... is it something consistent week to week, or does it change as life changes?? Share about some things you are looking forward to.
When the middle of the week comes I find myself looking forwards to Sundays. I try not to book shifts for Sundays so I can look forwards to having at least one day off with the girls the week I have them. I also look forwards to going to church on Sundays. I worship every day but look forwards to the fellowship on Sundays.
When the middle of the week comes I find myself looking forwards to Sundays. I try not to book shifts for Sundays so I can look forwards to having at least one day off with the girls the week I have them. I also look forwards to going to church on Sundays. I worship every day but look forwards to the fellowship on Sundays.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
2 Peas Tuesday Blogger Challenge
Challenge: Blog about your current fave song you like and why it's your favorite.. Have fun with this one, remember.. Music is indeed the soundtrack of our lives..
The song I love the most right now is The Heart of Worship by Matt Redmon. I have it on the worship CD by Michael W. Smith. The words are this:
When the music fades
And all is stripped away
And I simply come
Longing just to bring something that's of worth
That will bless your heart
I'll bring you more than a song
For a song in itself is not what You have required
You search much deeper within through the way things appear
You're looking into my heart
I'm coming back to the heart of worship
And it's all about You
It's all about You, Jesus
I'm sorry, Lord, for the thing I've made it
When it's all about You
It's all about You, Jesus
King of endless worth
No one could express
How much You deserve
Though I'm weak and poor
All I have is Yours
Ev'ry single breath.
This song just speaks to my heart. It reminds me that I need to always have the focus on Jesus and not on all the other "stuff" that goes on around me. The song makes me want to worship with all I have.
The song I love the most right now is The Heart of Worship by Matt Redmon. I have it on the worship CD by Michael W. Smith. The words are this:
When the music fades
And all is stripped away
And I simply come
Longing just to bring something that's of worth
That will bless your heart
I'll bring you more than a song
For a song in itself is not what You have required
You search much deeper within through the way things appear
You're looking into my heart
I'm coming back to the heart of worship
And it's all about You
It's all about You, Jesus
I'm sorry, Lord, for the thing I've made it
When it's all about You
It's all about You, Jesus
King of endless worth
No one could express
How much You deserve
Though I'm weak and poor
All I have is Yours
Ev'ry single breath.
This song just speaks to my heart. It reminds me that I need to always have the focus on Jesus and not on all the other "stuff" that goes on around me. The song makes me want to worship with all I have.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
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