Today....I have the aches, chills, sniffles, did I say aches??? And tomorrow we are suppose to leave to take Jenna to Dallas for a couple of days!!! Mom gave this to her for Christmas so I am praying I will be F-I-N-E in the morning!!!!
This weekend we will be heading to the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee to spread SOME of Daddys ashes. I will be home a total of 2 days this week so if I don't come visit please forgive me....
I will be sharing with you all tomorrow about the Fundraiser for the Buck Family! It was a HUGE SUCCESS! They truly are a precious family and I am sooo thankful so many came out to support John and help him in his fight against Cancer!
Please go here and Follow me on my new book blog and read the latest book review....This was a Suspense/Murder Fiction book that I enjoyed! So please go check it out!
I am going to take something and maybe have a nap....the weather is calling my name...cold and rainy ....doesn't that just scream..... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
I pray everyone has had a blessed week! We are having some of the most Beautiful Sunshiney Days this week! It has actually warmed into the 60's and I can't even tell you what a gift that has been! I pray you all enjoy your loved ones and have a joy filled weekend! Thank you Ginger and Charlotte for hosting Spiritual Sundays! Please join in here or just be blessed as you visit other SS posts!
I pray this blesses you! Grab a kleenex or get your dancin shoes on cause your either going to dance and shout or cry as you praise your KING!
Ok guys ~ This is for my son Jantzen....He even has this on his phone....you all need to understand ...my children sing this song ALL. THE. TIME. HELP MEEEEEEEEEEE LOL Why is it that alot of Furniture commercials are just ...well, DIFFERENT :)
Come on....Sing it with me....It's just like ~ It's just like... A mini. Mall. To the left to the right....Ok I'll stop now :)
Isn't She Beautiful! ~ This is Lisa Smith. Some of you may know her and know of her story, but if you don't ~ then let me share with you. She is definately someone you will want to get to know! I found Lisa one day I believe in the very early stages of her finding out she had cancer. I couldn't believe this young, beautiful and very vibrant MOTHER OF 4 had cancer. It seems this word, this haneous disease, is everywhere. I have said it before and will say it numerous times again I HATE CANCER!
Lisa is a woman who is fighting this disease and her insurance company in a way the not only shows a Strong Determined Woman who wants to be Victorious and CANCER FREE but also brings glory and honor to God. She stands everyday in complete Faith of what God is doing and trusts what HE will continue to do! Yes, Lisa is surrounded with Family, friends, church family and all of these will prove to benefit her with each day that passes but Lisa knows her true Strength and Hope lies in her Heavenly Father and His Word is lighting the path in a trail of darkness....
Her story has captured the hearts of many. Her local TV has shared her story on the NEWS....tell me that is not God! She was diagnosed with Sarcoma cancer in her breast. A very rare place for this to appear! She was not satisfied with her options and sought out a 2nd opinion with MD Anderson, who is one of the leading Cancer Treatment Centers! They performed surgery last week and Lisa is at home recovering and waiting to see what her cancer treatment will be, what stage her cancer is in, and what type specifically she is dealing with. The Staff at MD Anderson has rallied around her and her family as well as others in her community (which is also a God thing)
I wanted to share with you her fight not only of Cancer (if we have that shouldn't that be what we should be able to focus our fight on ~ NOT OUR INSURANCE COMPANY!!) but also she is having to battle her insurance company Scott and White. Below you will find a cartoon that explains in detail the battle she is facing. How she did this I will never know but WOW....I am impressed! That is just the way she operates.....what she does, she does well and with class but mostly with honor to the LORD!
Also please take her button, go visit her blog, pray for her, pray for her family, her recovery, her healing! She has a prayer wall on Facebook that is completely full....meaning 24 hours a day 7 days a week someone is lifting up Lisa and her needs to our Father crying out on her behalf! How awesome is that....tell me that isn't why sooo many things are happening for this precious woman of God! But even so, we all need to help.....I don't want to see someone else lose their life to this disease ~ to see any more children lose a parent to cancer!
Ok so I have started a new blog.....Heart of A Bookworm. I will be sharing my book reviews ~ DUH ;) Some will be books that I receive FREE from Publishing companies while others will be just what I enjoy reading on my Kindle. Here is the thing....Publishers will only approve a blog that has "so many" Followers! I would VERY MUCH APPRECIATE if you could jump over there and follow me :) Pretty please....I will beg if necessary LOL I would much rather ask you straight up than beg sooo, Thank you all for helping me out in this!
Click Here and make these Publishing Companies Happy and me too Of course!!! While your there or even here....Tell me the best book you have read lately or one you might recommend reading!
This week we are asking ourselves the question: Are we Rude or Courteous?
Wouldn't it just be wonderful if we could all answer immediately "Why, of course I am Courteous!" In Proverb 12 verse 25 we will see that while "a anxious heart weighs a man down, a kind word will cheer you up!"
To me, if we want to be Courteous we only need to look at the Character of Christ. HE is the perfect Gentleman! He NEVER forces HIMSELF on us, He is Patient ~ don't we love when someone is patient with us! (How courteous is that!) HE IS KIND! HE is FULL of Compassion (can't we all use more compassion!) HE is Tender and full of Understanding! Understanding is HUGE! When we are in a situation that calls for being courteous how many times do we stop and try to Understand where a person is coming from instead of what WE may be wanting to prove, or to do, or even to say? If we could see people and understand them through the EYES of Christ I think our Love Walk would grow more and more every day!
May we be found GUILTY of sharing that Kind Word with others and changing the very mood they were in ~ to a Son-ny one as we are a LIGHT for HIM, walking in Love and being Courteous in every way thinkable!
Went to physical therapy and got yet another progress report....I am progressing ever soooo slowly but STILL, I am progressing! I increased 5 degrees in each motion. I am not yet 50% (of where I should be) in some positions and the most important one I want to be able to do is, be able to reach my arm up to blow dry my hair and/or shampoo it the way it is meant to!
Look at those arms!!! I will be there SOMEDAY!!!!
We did however figure out a new way for me to exercise those back muscles which will help in strengthening them! and EVERY BIT helps right :):)
Jantzen and Jenna find humor in reminding me that they are getting older. Jen will be 18 this year and my baby boy became a teenager last month **sniff sniff** I was sharing with Jantzen that I woke up in the middle of the night in a panic state with the thought of Jenna going off to college (I calmed myself knowing she has another year of highschool) and he began talking about when he leaves (just to ruffle my feathers) .....Love your babies because it goes sooo quickly!!
We were all together this weekend as a family ~ Our oldest daughter came over this weekend to get a haircut and her eyebrows waxed! Casey came along with our granddaughter Rylee ♥ and wanted to let everyone know he is doing much better. He returned to work today and will be getting his stitches out tomorrow. His jaw will be wired shut still for another few weeks. We told him we would all celebrate with a big juicy steak when he can eat again! I love when we are all together like that!
My brother Tony did a commercial tinting job and the lady who owned the business noticed his bracelet that he wears and Tony was able to share John Bucks story and tell her about the FundRaiser this weekend....she wrote him a check for $100 on the spot! Love those moments when you know God is moving in HIS people!
The grieving process is a difficult season and you never know what/how the grief will come on any particular day....Somedays I get by and only miss daddy while others come and I cry so many times throughout the day at random things....The other day I was on the phone with a company and the song that was playing while I was on hold sent me into a tizzy! This season in my life is hard and I know I have really pulled way back from many and for that I apologize....I haven't done any of this on purpose and pray they will understand that this is only a season....
Our doggies are doing great! Maggie (the new boxer) now weighs more than Tyson (the snorky) and is just the sweetest girl! She is doing great on potty training (just don't ask my husband ;) because you might get a different version!)
I will be annoncing a new book tomorrow....I am supposed to be reviewing it but I haven't even received it yet LOL but come over to my book blog and check it out
Some of you know I suffer from Chronic inflammation issues (which causes soo much pain!). Some days are better than others but I have started drinking this! It's organic Just Black Cherry Juice.....it tastes pretty good and I am praying I will see some benefits QUICKLY!
For those of you who visited my post yesterday and were not able to view the video ~ I FIXED THE PROBLEM AND YOU CAN WATCH IT NOW :)
Thank you for your prayers and kind words for the Buck Family! I know it means so very much knowing they have so many praying for them!
I have shared my L♥VE of this Blogging Community and ALL the blessings myself and my family have received from soo many of you! Last May when my Dad was first diagnosed with lung cancer, my friend Edie, made him a prayer button and this was just the beginning of my heart bonding with so many of you as well as it speaking the depths of my Dads heart. The thing was ~ I never even asked Edie to do this! She just did it ~ because well, she's loving that way and shares her gift with so many and glorifies the Lord by doing this.
Galatians 6:2 tells us:
Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.
I experienced this Scripture through so many of you all! Walking along side of me, praying for Dad, sending notes of encouragement to him along with your prayers! We all rejoiced when Daddy shared of his acceptance of Jesus and we all knew he would be in Eternity face to face with his Savior if the day came ~ it did. Thank you all, you shared in mine and my Dads burdens! You obeyed the law of Christ!!
Well, now I am going to introduce you all to someone else and share their prayer button with you. I shared a little bit of Johns story in a previous post. John Buck is a Husband, Father, Son and dear friend to many, just to name a few! He was diagnosed in December with Stage 3 Head/neck cancer. He began treatment at MD Anderson and finished his final round of treatment on Friday February 12. When treatment is completed at MD Anderson you get to "ring a bell" Well, John's wife Jenny made a video of this final treatment and just before John rang the bell, they passed out a picture to others and he also held it up to the camera. This picture is of MY DAD! I shared in the post mentioned above that my brother asked my Dad in the days just before he died to be with John, to help him through this cancer battle. John and Jenny have clearly seen the evidence that Dad is fulfilling that request! My brother is in the process of doing a fund raiser for the Buck Family. To say this video touched me is an UNDERSTATEMENT.....This video is a gift.....a precious gift.
**NOTE: I am sorry I had initially set this to private but it is changed now and everyone should be able to view it....my apologies! Sunday @ 1:40 p.m.
I chose to share this post on Spiritual Sunday because I know so many come and visit, because this is a blog in which we are able to share the burdens of others! Thank you all sooo much for adding John and his family to your prayer list. Thank you for praying for a complete healing for John! Here is Johns prayer button and code if you all would like to add it to your blogs
Next Sunday is the Fund Raiser for his family! I simply CANNOT WAIT to see what God has in store!
It's Friday ~ Praise. The. Lord. Everyone needs to laugh and this guy does it oh so well! Enjoy and please go visit my dear friend Kim and share more laughs
