30.11.09

A letter (or two, or three) from my baby...Please don't grow up too fast.



Dear Mommy,
I will be sad when I'm a grown up. I'm going to have to go to my new house and I want to be happy with my new family but I will miss you. I'll be excited and when I'm excited I have to drive my new car so you'll have to have your own car and you won't be able to see me. So I'll be sad and you'll be sad. Don't worry.

So Mommy,
I will come back to you, and when I come home you'll see me have a very big smile. Then I'll come back and love my mommy with all my heart and I'll love my daddy and my mommy forever.
Love,
Nicholas

Dear Mommy and Dad,
I'm sorry I'm gonna move. I will be too excited and I will never see you again until I come back home. ANd so when I come back I will have so much fun with you guys.

I'm going to go somewhere and I'm never going to see you again.  I'll cry. Then I will come back home with you guys and when I do I'll spend a lot of time with you and I will  have a big smile on my face.

Mom and Dad, I love you with all of my heart...Mitchel, Lambeau, Willy. The end.

A letter (or two, or three) from my baby...Please don't grow up too fast.



Dear Mommy,
I will be sad when I'm a grown up. I'm going to have to go to my new house and I want to be happy with my new family but I will miss you. I'll be excited and when I'm excited I have to drive my new car so you'll have to have your own car and you won't be able to see me. So I'll be sad and you'll be sad. Don't worry.

So Mommy,
I will come back to you, and when I come home you'll see me have a very big smile. Then I'll come back and love my mommy with all my heart and I'll love my daddy and my mommy forever.
Love,
Nicholas

Dear Mommy and Dad,
I'm sorry I'm gonna move. I will be too excited and I will never see you again until I come back home. ANd so when I come back I will have so much fun with you guys.

I'm going to go somewhere and I'm never going to see you again.  I'll cry. Then I will come back home with you guys and when I do I'll spend a lot of time with you and I will  have a big smile on my face.

Mom and Dad, I love you with all of my heart...Mitchel, Lambeau, Willy. The end.

24.11.09

Thankful for Grandparents: Mine and Theirs!





Grandparents-
Laps for holding that never grow tired,
Hands for helping whatever your need,
Arms for hugging tighter and tighter,
Legs for following-anywhere you go.
Voices for reading your favorite stories once again.
Homes for crowding whenever you can,
Hearts that hold a special everlasting and           unconditional love!
                                                         ~TJH 11-14-2009





Thankful for Grandparents: Mine and Theirs!





Grandparents-
Laps for holding that never grow tired,
Hands for helping whatever your need,
Arms for hugging tighter and tighter,
Legs for following-anywhere you go.
Voices for reading your favorite stories once again.
Homes for crowding whenever you can,
Hearts that hold a special everlasting and           unconditional love!
                                                         ~TJH 11-14-2009





16.11.09

Not the power of a praying wife, but the power of Obedience to God and answered prayer.


The boys and I met Daddy for lunch down by his work (no small trek-60 miles). Everyone was excited for this is a rare but fun event. After filling up at Olive Garden, I wanted to do a bit of outlet shopping so the breadwinner had to head back to work. In the middle of trying on shoes for the little guy, I was urged to the bathroom. As I scurried down the barren hallway my heart began to think about my husband's return to work and how horrible it would be to have interrupted his day for lunch with the family and to get in an accident on the way back. The Lord was urging me to pray. Pray I did. I asked the Lord to keep him safe from injury and harm and thanked Him for a good time together that afternoon. Getting back into the car I paused to answer my phone.
"Hello?"
"I just want you to know I'm ok."
Then I knew something was wrong...and was about to find out just how much was right. Honey had been heading westbound on a two lane highway separated by a tree filled gulf when a car-carrier tractor trailer  bolted out of control and tore through that median. Crunching into the guard rail set off a cannon of debri and the Jeep was its target. Bulls-eye!
The state police officer could not understand how that metal pole held back a multi-ton vehicle.  Obedience.
Very unusual for this normally busy interstate, there was only one other car traveling west in tandem and the Marine driver considered it his civic duty to pull over and give an account of the accident to the police officer. Troy was able to talk at length to this man. Seems that he is not a believer but his wife is and she's been praying and loving him as they walk life's path. Today's path make it clear that someone was holding back that tractor trailer, because a single pole could not. Mr. Marine's rightful act allowed him to see God's protection up close.
Power.
No windows were broken. No blood was spilled. No tires were mangled.  Nobody was hurt.
Answered Prayer.

Not the power of a praying wife, but the power of Obedience to God and of 
answered prayer.  Thank you, Lord.

Not the power of a praying wife, but the power of Obedience to God and answered prayer.


The boys and I met Daddy for lunch down by his work (no small trek-60 miles). Everyone was excited for this is a rare but fun event. After filling up at Olive Garden, I wanted to do a bit of outlet shopping so the breadwinner had to head back to work. In the middle of trying on shoes for the little guy, I was urged to the bathroom. As I scurried down the barren hallway my heart began to think about my husband's return to work and how horrible it would be to have interrupted his day for lunch with the family and to get in an accident on the way back. The Lord was urging me to pray. Pray I did. I asked the Lord to keep him safe from injury and harm and thanked Him for a good time together that afternoon. Getting back into the car I paused to answer my phone.
"Hello?"
"I just want you to know I'm ok."
Then I knew something was wrong...and was about to find out just how much was right. Honey had been heading westbound on a two lane highway separated by a tree filled gulf when a car-carrier tractor trailer  bolted out of control and tore through that median. Crunching into the guard rail set off a cannon of debri and the Jeep was its target. Bulls-eye!
The state police officer could not understand how that metal pole held back a multi-ton vehicle.  Obedience.
Very unusual for this normally busy interstate, there was only one other car traveling west in tandem and the Marine driver considered it his civic duty to pull over and give an account of the accident to the police officer. Troy was able to talk at length to this man. Seems that he is not a believer but his wife is and she's been praying and loving him as they walk life's path. Today's path make it clear that someone was holding back that tractor trailer, because a single pole could not. Mr. Marine's rightful act allowed him to see God's protection up close.
Power.
No windows were broken. No blood was spilled. No tires were mangled.  Nobody was hurt.
Answered Prayer.

Not the power of a praying wife, but the power of Obedience to God and of 
answered prayer.  Thank you, Lord.

3.11.09

A friend loveth at all times. I'm so thankful for my friends.

The Lord has blessed me throughout my life in the realm of friendship.  I am privileged to have some of the worlds' most wonderful people as my friends. At Mom and Dad's surprise party, two of my best friends were able to come celebrate with us as well as my cousin who I count as one of my precious friends too. Here we are-way too many years pass between our visits and yet we pick up as if just yesterday we'd had lunch together. I miss and love you girls!








A friend loveth at all times. I'm so thankful for my friends.

The Lord has blessed me throughout my life in the realm of friendship.  I am privileged to have some of the worlds' most wonderful people as my friends. At Mom and Dad's surprise party, two of my best friends were able to come celebrate with us as well as my cousin who I count as one of my precious friends too. Here we are-way too many years pass between our visits and yet we pick up as if just yesterday we'd had lunch together. I miss and love you girls!