thankful

I am thankful for the homeschool moms who taught me that homeschool doesn't have to look like public school.  And I'm just thankful for my homeschool friends who are there for me with encouragement, support, and friendship and love on my family as we all learn and grow together.

As we get closer to Thanksgiving Day, I am overwhelmed at the things God has done in my life.  My family is a treasure that I didn't realize for a long time.  I took them all for granted, just walloring in the fact that they were mine, and not taking the time to step back and SEE them.  This year I am thankful for each and every one of my family...the four of us, and all the extended ones, too.

 This year I am thankful that Jesus has opened my heart to the teenagers in my church, giving me the burden for their purity, and praying them into a closer walk with Him!

 This year I am thankful that I still have the freedom to worship and praise the God who gave me Jesus and His Spirit to indwell in me.

 This year I am thankful for Christian artists/bands that keep me singing and dancing ~well, I think it is dancing!~

 This year I am thankful that home education is the blessing and adventure we have chosen to continue.

 Next year will be different, and I will still be thankful for all of these things, and, Lord willing, MORE!!!!

 The reason I am writing is to say that everyday is different, and so should our lives be; speckled with surprises that God has for us as mature Christians.  The way that HE can change even the heart of a 15 yo Autistic child to want to listen to the words and find pearls of truth in HIS message to us is amazing to me. If I look from a different, Godly perspective, my life can be transformed as well, with only a little bit of the baby Christian fire that I muster up every now and again.  I think I'll do that, right now. Blessings to all and to all a good day! ~ \0/ ~

It's the pizza guy at the mall.  The greatest pizza guy we know. He has a brother, but we can tell them apart.  I told him I took his picture, because I didn't want him to think we were stalking him.  He probably has enough of that.  I wonder, is there a better pizza guy at another mall?  Highly unlikely.  ie:  I eat the #6 salad with two pepperoni breadsticks    {and only get one because Haley takes the other one piece by piece},    I never order a kids meal... but this time they have   SLINKYS   for the toy prize!!!!   I only had to ask, and the slinky was mine.   How cool is that?  Maybe someday, we can do something for 'our' pizza guy, something other than take pictures of him and talk about him on this blog.  Enough pizza talk, another week will go by before I can have another #6 with a diet coke.  Can I survive?  I think so. {we got the t-mobile guy a slinky too!}

Memaw

Memaw loves the color blue. Almost everything she has, has some blue in it. Sometimes, even she is blue. I don't really blame her. When I am 86 years old, I only pray that I can walk and get around like her. Yes, she can't hear. Yes, she broke her back a year ago, and she doesn't remember it. Yes, she had breast cancer and had a masectomy. But just look at her! She has beautiful hair, and a good taste in clothes. She cares about how she dresses, and if her lipstick is placed on her lips. I want to care about those things when I am that old. And if I have mustard on the shirt I am wearing, that's just being saved for later! Memaw. She's all ours. I bet you have one too. If you don;t, I'll share! Memaw, she's awesome!

I saw ELVIS!!!!!

I know, I know, you are all jealous... unless you saw him too! It was quite a night!