Now for the real story!!!

And, I do want some comments, and if I don’t get comments, you will all get a really nasty email.

ok, so not really. But, I just wanted to sound mad.

I took Landen to the doctor today. He has been having… well, let’s just say episodes. However, I wasn’t sure if it was the medicine that he is on to offset the Croup or just him. So, I get there and I am almost in tears. I mean, sometimes you just feel like there is nothing else to do. You feel like throwing in the towel, but you don’t have enough energy to throw it.

So, the doctor suggest that he has ADD, yes we all know what that is so, I am not going to waste time by spelling it out. The good doctor then proceeds to tell me that he wants to put him on METADATE. However, he tells Landen that it is strictly up to him. So, me being at my wits end, say OK. I get home only to read up on the side effects that it can cause. I can’t do that to my child. No matter how tired I get. So, now I am researching methods of dealing with ADD without harmful medicines, and one way is diet.

Now, let me just say before I ruffle any feathers. Medicine is good. But, let me tell you friends. MY GOD is better.And, right now for reasons I am not sure of, I know that medicine is not the way. So, I am going to pray about what I should do to help my first born, and then go from there.

If you feel led to pray for him, please do, because we all know that prayer works. I love you all…
GOD BLESS and GOOD NIGHT

 

TIME FLIES!!!

First, let me start out by saying.

!!!WELCOME SPRING!!!

 

I am so Happy that spring is finally here. I can not believe that it has been almost two months since my last blog entry. My best-est friend Jules has passed me several times over. And, I know that I should really learn a lot from that CHICK!! I love her and miss her with all my heart! Did I ever tell you guys how we met. Well, let’s just go back in time….

We were a bunch of teenage girls headed on a new destination. One girl from KENTUCKY and the other from ALABAMA. I’m sure you can tell which one of us was from down south. Ha ha ha.. We met on a Sunday in late July. I can’t remember who exactly got there first. Jules you may have to help me here. But, I think I did. I was so nervous. I was afraid that my new roommate was going to be somebody really weird. BOY WAS I RIGHT… Ha ha ha. I had seen so many things that weekend, that I didn’t know what to expect.

In walks Julie and her parents, and then Jeremy. Do you remember that Jules. He came with you and your parents the first time. Well, when the folks left we kind of just hit it off. We were at Stamps Baxter School of Music. And, we were instant friends from the very start. And, we thought that we were BAD with a capital B.. Am, I still correct so far?  A little while later, in walked Carolyn. Jules do you remember the time that we gave that girl. Whose idea was it to tape everything.. Do you remember that, and then her strange roommate. AHHH! See guys. Jules and I were roomies, but had to share a bathroom with Carolyn and ?????? Gosh, I don’t remember the other girl’s name. But, we gave those two crap.Do you remember the “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” Guy.????

We had the best two weeks, and then had to return to reality. But, we never lost touch for too long of time. Oh Jules, I miss you so much. We definately need another Stamps Baxter get away. Are we too old???

So, that is the story how one friendship started and grew.
I love you CHICK!!!

Definition of Honesty

hon·esty (än′is tē)

noun

1. the state or quality of being honest; specif.,
   1. Obsolete honor
   2. a refraining from lying, cheating, or stealing; a being truthful, trustworthy, or upright
   3. sincerity; fairness; straightforwardness
   4. Archaic chastity
2. any of a genus (Lunaria) of plants of the crucifer family, with purple and white flowers and large, flat, oval pods; esp., a plant (L. annua) whose pods are used in winter bouquets

    American Heritage® Dictionary

Now for the lesson of the day. Today we talk about honesty. By all definitions it sounds pretty simple to me.  Qualities to look for are plain and simple. So, in plain English “Honesty” means the truth. Nothing more, nothing less.

When a person tells you that they are going to do something, they should do it, RIGHT?? However, I am human, and I do know that things happen that could prevent a person from doing what they said. But, it shouldn’t happen every time the person promises something.  Oh my goodness, I could write a book.  Honesty is just one thing that you should compromise. If you take away honesty, you take away trust.

How awful is that??

So, the next time that you promise someone that you are going to do something. No matter how big or small.. DO IT.. or at least have a good reason. Don’t just leave the other person holding the bag. Because everyone has been there and knows how it feels to be on the other end. And, after a while that bag gets heavy, and we put it down.

GOOD NIGHT & GOD BLESS!!

Healing begins with faith…

Healing begins with faith… and Faith begins with humbling.

Two very different things that I have to work on. Healing and humbling. Today, which is Sunday, I sit here wondering how humbling can affect so many different areas of your life, and then ultimately mean the same thing.  But, from past experiences I do know that at one point in your life, you will be humbled. Some may experience it worse than others, but in the end, you will know who did it. It is just up to you to figure out where to go from then.

Oh my goodness, I could sit here all day and tell you stories after stories of problems or tragedies that have affected my life. Where would that get me.. Well, I would probably get phone calls from friends telling me to get over it or deal with it. Deal with it I have, and I am always fine…. well, ok not fine.. but able to look at myself in the morning, with it until I “BACK-SLIDE”.

I think that it is God’s way of reminding me that he is in control. When I trust in him, I don’t hurt. But, when I allow myself to be tempted by the devil, all of the bad things boil right back to the top.

I KNOW THIS!!

 I have been through this before, but yet, something happens and I am right back to where I started from years ago.

Now, if I humble myself, and receive all of the things that I know to be true, I can begin to heal. 

The faith of the falling……

   Well, here I am.. sitting in front of this computer at 8:27  in the evening.  My mind is playing this horrible movie over and over. OH YES!! It was my day. So, in order to push the STOP button on this movie..

I

Close my eyes

and PRAY!!

You see. Everyone is faced with trials and tribulations..

And, this week I am faced with 3. I know that many people have it worse than me. I do not dispute that.  However, have you just felt that the weight of the world, was on your shoulders? I am only human and not a perfect being. If I were perfect, I would not be sitting in front of a box.

#1

Perfection

2 Corinthians 13:9
For we are glad when we are weak and ye are strong. And this also we wish: even your perfection.

I am NOT, nor have ever been perfect. I am the farthest thing from perfection. However, when people look at me, they believe the outcome should be perfect. I make mistakes…. TONS of THEM!! I am a mother after all.

So, why is it that I am put on a pedestal to be admired? Shouldn’t there be someone else there? Shouldn’t I be the one kneeling at the footstool bathing the feet of another? Shouldn’t I be placed in the middle of a crowded room and forgotten about?

Instead, I am critiqued and placed out for the world to see. The slightest mistake and the whole world knows that I……. THE PERFECT ONE….. made a

MISTAKE

 

#2

Careers

I chose the job that I am in, to help people. But, what happens when you begin to hate the job that you are doing? What happens when you begin to dread each day that comes, because you know that you have to do the same thing. Even if you are helping someone it becomes a chore. That isn’t good. That isn’t christian.. That isn’t perfection.. See how it all ties into each other.

Each day I find myself falling a little bit furter from faith. I’m like someone drowning in a pool. I can’t make it to the ladder, and no one is there to help pull me in. And, each day, like each second in that pool, I begin to lose air.

Oh…. That is the most horrible thing a person could say.. I know.. I think it, too, as I am reading what I just wrote. How could a person be born and raised to help someone, raised in faith and then just lose it? Does it just happen over time? Does something trigger it.. I mean my goodness I try..  But, when it trying…. not good enough?

#3

Faith

Peter Denies Christ Three Times

and what was his outcome.

I know that simple “Backsliding” is common in just about everyone. But it is when the person is completely confused about everything that it becomes dangerous. I know that my faith has gotten me through so many rough times. Oh my!! But, today as I sit here pondering why I have gotten to this point, I can’t figure out why..