Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Today I am posting this thought: I need some happy thoughts to start dancing in my head!
I know my thoughts move like waves in an ocean. Much depends on the thoughts I allow into my thinking and on those thoughts that I meet at the door of my mind with a hearty, "Get Lost"! Today I am happy for: Encouragement from the teachings of Joyce Meyer
                                       God in my Life
                                       The promise of a rhubarb plant turning into a pie
                                      Lauren Everett Finn and her example of taking complex and keeping it free from complexity! aka: keeping it light and airy simply filled with color. She helps me see things outside of my constraints.
                                       Happy faces and thoughtfulness.
                                       The opportunity to say, Thank You to others.
In a stressful inhale, remember the others that also desire some of that oxygen and relaxation.
Exhale slowly to extinguish the flame and inhale purposefully so you leave some light to refresh others.
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Sunday, May 13, 2012


......on being a mom..God provides grace and mercy moment by moment, Satan provides feelings that can't be trusted, I am not always my best self and as a result not always the best mom. I do know what it is to be loved and to love and to be without love, but I have tried to never turn my back to God for long. I pray Mercy for me and moms like me today.

            I Can't tell which is more beautiful God's Rose or God's hand in the lives of His children.
Last night I surprised my parents, (both age 82) to a surprise, I showed up at there door with my suitcase in one hand and a pizza in the other. "I've come to spend the night." It was so swell to sleep upstairs in my family home in my brother's old room in a bed that no one had slept in for more than 10 years. God's hand was in the whole time, letting go of all preconceived notions of my life with my family, I just slipped into a beautiful night and day. What a blessing for me!

May 2012 musings

My heart muscle is in uncharted waters

A bit like my girls’ old Stretch Armstrong doll

When they used to pull him apart, stretching in every direction

And by days’ end he pulled himself back together

I am sad for the Harkness family

I am sad for Linda’s daughter

I am sad for all the JNL Family that have faced loss

I miss you all

I miss Statements

I miss wrestling with beneficiary changes

I miss putting on my socks

I miss holding anything in my left hand, like a pen .

I am filled with gratitude

I had a very close call

My days of recuperation have been thought full

Some of you have been where I have been and will understand this

When I saw the “comfort basket” I was overwhelmed with your kindness

Every single item was perfect for what I needed

Thank you, for your gifts and cards have brought me cheer

“Everyone we meet is fighting a hard battle.”

I am blessed to share in our battles together as a Jackson Family, placed in this place at this time for God’s purpose and plan. Thanks so much, Robin in the Spring of 2011 after receiving the most thought instilling gift basket from workmates following an auto accident. Following this accident a workmates daughter passed and an other's sister was paralyzed as the result of actions of a negligent driver.