I blog...

because I thought you'd like to know that I haven't read this poem since the 8th grade. But I still remembered it (almost) word for word.

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

--William Shakespeare

i blog...

because Alexandria purchased her first "tween" magazine, Jonas Brothers All Exclusive. She read it for hours and put the poster on the back of her door. This made me happy and sad at the same time...where did the years go?

because Matthew wore this shirt for two days straight. "it reminds me of Tyler" he said. Alexandria thinks the shirt is horrendous

because Abraham's "gap tooth smiles" are too cute not so share.

less hair. again.

ahhh....small hair.
at least until i wash
out the product and flat ironing.
i've really got to me some of that product.
anytime i've ever been to a salon
i get comments
"you've got so much hair"
REALLY? DO YOU THINK?
i'm practically a freak show.
and people cut it, in many different ways.
it's just never right.
(although jacki did awesome, but she lives in NC.)
but I feel like my new girl, Shelby, get's my hair...
for the first time in my life somebody gets my hair!
and guess what else, she's made me a V.I.P. and that comes with perks y'all.
a V.I.P. who would have thought it?
now I just have to train myself to go more often that 3 times a year.
and I've really go tot do something about the gray stripe.
but that's a whole other story.

p.s. my profile pic was taken a day after the last time Shelby cut my hair. I love her.

crumbs from His table.

There is nothing like a rough couple of weeks to make you cling to the people, things, and places that you love. I find myself on the hard days wanting to be at home, in my room, listening to my favorite songs, being with Carlos and the kids. I love my home. When I nurture it, it nurtures me back.

I blog, mostly for myself to preserve memories and also to let my friends and family know what's going on with us. And sometimes sorting out my thoughts in this way leads me to revelation...breadcrumbs.

When I posted about my boys (thing 1 & thing 2) with the picture of them playing on Webkinz together I was enthralled in the moment. I was watching them interact and laugh. The closeness of brothers is something I'm very well acquainted with, having three brothers and two sons. Brotherhood is a forcefield. My older brother even when he hated me would stop at nothing to protect me.
The scripture that I posted also enthralled me...

"A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24"

CLOSER than a brother? Those words kept going through me until my brain finally started to get it. CLOSER than a brother? That's pretty close...and He's my friend! That's God...he loves us. He loves us in the good times, He loves us in the bad times, He loves us when we're up, He loves us when we're down. With God there is no change, He NEVER changes, there is no shadow of turning. Gas prices go up, the economy fails...He's still the same. Work not going well? Personal crisis? Again, He's the same! He may not recuse you from every situation but He sticks close.

So do you see how even in something as simple as watching children play, He's speaking to us? Giving us live demonstrations of His word and His promises. Those are what I like to call breadcrumbs...

Have an uplifting day,

-me

BONO

I'm pretty sure he's wearing leggings.

thing 1 & thing 2

A man that hath friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24

Perspective

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

space and rocket center.

candid.

my sweet schnauzer.

simple

there are moments in life
that grab you away
simplicity is sometimes a force field
case in point:
F I R E F L I E S
dusk
front yard
3 barefoot children
...I was mesmerized.

as promised take 2.

Yes, this is really my life.
Yes, we're working on his whining.