You Are Mashed Potatoes

Ordinary, comforting, and more than a little predictable You're the glue that holds everyone together.

What Part of Thanksgiving Are You?

Even though I clutch my blanket and growl when the alarm rings each morning, thank you, Lord, that I can hear. There are many who are deaf.

Even though I keep my eyes tightly closed against the morning light as long as possible, thank you Lord, that I can see. There are many who are blind.

Even though I huddle in my bed and put off the effort of rising, thank you, Lord that I have the strength to rise. There are many who are bedridden.

Even though the first hour of my day is hectic, when socks are lost, toast is burned, and tempers are short, thank you, Lord, for my family. There are many who are lonely.

Even though our breakfast table never looks like the pictures in magazines and the menu is at times unbalanced, thank you, Lord for the food we have. There are many who have no job.

Even though I grumble and bemoan my fate from day to day and wish my circumstances were not so modest, thank you, Lord, for the gift of life.

Author Unknown - Submitted By: Donna C.

home again

My mom got home on Saturday and seems to be doing pretty well. She had to do the one-armed hair washing thing yesterday and said that she did ok....other than making a huge mess! She is a determined person so she is able to do things that just gotta be done. Some would call that stubborn and others would say it is determined but whatever you call it, it is what has kept her going over the years and able to do what needed to be done!

sad

I was reading about a new hotel or some other luxury place that is gonna go for $25,000 a night. That sounded pretty steep to me and perfectly ridiculous but when I turned the page and read about 4 and 5 year old kids in Haiti that weigh less that 20lbs I was so sad that I started to cry. The one little girl had huge but lifeless brown eyes. I have always been a sucker for brown eyes anyway but those eyes especially haunt me. I can't do alot for people in need but I think if I could afford those expensive places I would try to forego a night now and then to help others in need! Well, I have vented for today!

I say the dumbest things

The other day I had the kids in town and we were all hungry and I told them that since it was almost suppertime (and I am cheap) I would get them one thing off the $1 menu. Well, they had "Mcribs" for $2 so Jacob asked for one and I said, ok, I would do that. Then I proceeded to let him know how gross, messy and disgusting I thought they were. Of course, they question anyone's tastes buds that eats saurkraut! Anyhow, when I got to the window I said, "may I have more napkins, because I know this mcrib will be really nasty. I mean messy, really messy." The boys thought it was funny and Abigail eventually did but she was sure I did it on purpose but I didn't! Then last night we were talking about Tony and Sara and the new bundle they are getting and Abigail (with a hopeful voice) asked how old she was and I was trying to remember her birthdate and said I thought it was 22. She was like HUH?, I thought she had a kid my age. Anyway, I was like well, she probably wishes she was 22 but she is gonna be ??!

Getting there

My mom seems to be doing real well and hopes to go home very soon. She had to change therapist because the one she had could not seem to comprehend that the reason she could not walk much was because of her bad ankle not because of her shoulder. Go figure! The Lord did send some caretakers that seem to know how to do hair.

Mom

Mom will be moved today and is doing so well she might go home next week so she is excited! Thank you to all of you that prayed for her!

Godless ads to appear

You better watch out. There is a new combatant in the Christmas wars.

Ads proclaiming, "Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness' sake," will appear on Washington, D.C., buses starting next week and running through December. The American Humanist Association unveiled the provocative $40,000 holiday ad campaign Tuesday.

In lifting lyrics from "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," the Washington-based group is wading into what has become a perennial debate over commercialism, religion in the public square and the meaning of Christmas.

"We are trying to reach our audience, and sometimes in order to reach an audience, everybody has to hear you," said Fred Edwords, spokesman for the humanist group. "Our reason for doing it during the holidays is there are an awful lot of agnostics, atheists and other types of non-theists who feel a little alone during the holidays because of its association with traditional religion."


I almost had to laugh at this. I wonder why this holiday is associated with religion??? I guess humanist don't make good friends because I never have to feel lonely. Not only do I have Jesus in my life I have lots of friends that I can call and talk to. I talked to Gail F. yesterday for a long time and I had only talked to her once for a few minutes since 1997. It was just a picking up where we left off and a great conversation about our wonderful parents!

Update on My Mother

*NOTE (I am a friend of Sherry's, Gail Fritz, and she has asked me to put this post on her Blog for her.)

Sherry's mother, Linda Taylor, recently had surgery - as you probably are aware of from one of her previous Blog entries. This is the latest update.

Linda's condition was somewhat worse than the doctor had anticipated. However, she came through the surgery fine and it appears that she will be moved to the Rehab Unit tomorrow (Friday, 11/15/08). She will probably be in the Rehab Unit for 10-12 days.

A special subject of prayer for Linda is this: She desperately needs a nurse aide or someone who is able to comb her hair appropriately. Yesterday, Linda decided that she HAD to have it combed well, and she did her herself with her good arm. It was a difficult task for her to complete, but she did it. She told Sherry, "No one up here knows how to deal with my hair."

I'm sure that every one of us ladies can imagine how it would feel to lay day after day, following surgery, and not have our hair combed. Part of the path to "recovery" is for patient to feel "groomed". God knows just the person to send her way that will be able to perform this task for her. As we all know, "He is able to do abundantly more than we ask or think"~!

Look for a future post that will give an address for Linda so that she can receive cards/letters of encouragement. If the address is not published on this Blog, Sherry will be sending it via E-mail.

Posted by Gail Fritz

Happy Birthday to my guys!

I won't be back here before Nov. 11th but I want to wish a very happy birthday to my dear, hubby who will be 46! He is one of a kind!
Happy birthday also to Seth who will be 15. Hard to believe that nearly 15 years ago I was about to be blessed with #3! He was a little guy(compared to his brother) at only 9lbs and 8 ozs!







please excuse the mixed up photos---at least you can still see how cute they are!

no title ;)

Since I couldn't think of a title I decided against one. I was so upset this morning with the fact that if you didn't vote for or agree with Obama then you are a racist. There are people who only voted for him because he is black....is that racist? I can only be sure of one thing~~~if he cheated or lied to get there the almighty God knows that and he will be judged one of these days according to that. Also, if we voted for the ban on gay marriage we are seen as homophobes but then there were people who talked against it that had their windows shot out and their lives threatened...what is not to fear? I have a friend who is gay and her exact words to me were, "I know that I am living contrary to the Bible and if Jesus comes I will miss it but for now I am just taking my chances." I at least appreciated the fact that she did not try to convince me I was a hater or anything. Anyway, enough of that for now. We can't change the facts but we can be ready for Jesus to come.

My mom

Just in case I am not back before then please remember to pray for my mom. She has the surgery on the 11th. I hope she can recover and be back home soon. She also got a last minute bigger apartment so she is trying to pack. Alot of stress going on right now!

still here

I am still here but not much going on~~~actually with all the depressing stuff going on I don't want to add to it! See you all later!