WHY DO WE LOVE CHILDREN?

Why do  we love children? 1) NUDITY I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my 5-year-old shout from the back seat, 'Mom, that lady isn't wearing a seat belt!' 2) OPINIONS On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. The note read, 'The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents.' 3) KETCHUP A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone. 'Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting the bottle.' 4) MORE NUDITY A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, 'What's the matter, haven't you ever seen a little boy before?' 5) POLICE # 1 While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about 6 years old. Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, 'Are you a cop? Yes,' I answered and continued writing the report. My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that right?' 'Yes, that's right,' I told her. 'Well, then,' she said as she extended her foot toward me, 'would you please tie my shoe?' 6) POLICE # 2 It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me. 'Is that a dog you got back there?' he asked. 'It sure is,' I replied. Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van. Finally he said, 'What'd he do?' 7) ELDERLY While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my 4-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by t he various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs. One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, 'The tooth fairy will never believe this!' 8) DRESS-UP A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. When she saw her dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, 'Daddy, you shouldn't wear that suit.' 'And why not, darling?' 'You know that it always gives you a headache the next morning.' 9) DEATH While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt. Apparently, his 5-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small box and cotton batting, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal of the deceased. The minister's son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers and with sonorous dignity intoned his version of what he thought his father always said: 'Glory be unto the Faaather, and unto the Sonnn, and into the hole he goooes.' (I want this line used at my funeral!) 10) SCHOOL A little girl had just finished her first week of school. 'I'm just wasting my time,' she said to her mother. 'I can't read, I can't write, and they won't let me talk!' 11) BIBLE A little boy opened the big family Bible. He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible. He picked up the object and looked at it. What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages. 'Mama, look what I found,' the boy called out. 'What have you got there, dear?' With astonishment in the young bo y's voice, he answered, 'I think it's Adam' s underwear!'   NOW IF THIS DIDN'T BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY, GO BACK TO BED AND FORGET IT.

Pink Purses for Joplin

I found some pretty google images of pink purses for Joplin. If you would be so kind, after visiting Beverly and wishing her a happy Pink Saturday please stop by and visit Linda. She is helping out Joplin after the disaster that struck this wonderful community. If you have some sewing talent get Linda's tea bag cozie on the sidebar (free) and make some cozies to send along with a few tea bags in each one. If you want to send any purses for Joplin please contact Linda because she has all the needed info. I am not a sewing crafty gal so I am sending Linda some fabric and also tea bags and some Scripture verses to tuck inside the little cozies for Joplin. If you want to send any purses they don't have to be pink! I just wanted to incorporate all this into my pink post this weekend.
I missed Pink Saturday last weekend. It is the first time since I started with this grand bunch of folks back in January 2010. My personal life has been less than perfect and all I can say is much prayer is needed. Stress is a bad thing so we are trying to recoup from a stressful situation and rely on your prayerful help and kindness and thoughfulness.
I hope you love the pink purses. There is a  pink poodle purse, a Marc Jacobs, a Juicy Couture and an antique evening bag plus a cute animal print purse with pink trim. Enjoy the images and enjoy the weekend.

I NEED TO CATCH UP!

 "The secret to friendship is being a good listener."

I have been away for a few days. It is so hard as I feel bad to miss all the wonderful people I see daily with all the great posts like Pink Saturday, Blue Monday, Spiritual Sunday, Love is...

I have been under the weather and that is what started all this. When Nick was so ill with that strep virus that contaminated his blood I was under lots of stress and then I had a 24 hour bug! I slept for 16 hours and felt so much better but we have a huge cottonwood tree in our front yard and it is killing my sinuses! So my life has been one boring, sickly story!

I appreciate everyone here so much. I know you all are here for me. I feel so badly because Stephanie at http://angelicaccents.blogspot.com/ won my Pink Saturday giveaway and I forgot to post before I sent it out! She received it so I hope she will show it off at her place soon.

Summer is a busy time and I am looking forward to my long weekend for the 4th of July. We will have lots of company as it is Hannah's birthday too but I plan to rest and enjoy!

As always prayer is needed for my phamily. We all have work situations that require much prayer so pray for all the phanily.

I will keep you posted here and thanks for caring so much!

I plan to come back and I am may do some baby steps for a few weeks. Love to all of you and thank you for caring and supporting me.

Happy Father'd Day

Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.  ~Ruth E. Renkel

I AM THINKING OF SAYING FAREWELL

I am frustrated with blogger. It seems I can not get to where I want to go, leave comments, visit friends. It seems the harder I try the worse blogger is! So I am thinking of saying farewell. I have always been so inspired by those of you that do stop by and leave comments and when you get a comment, if you are lucky, you respond. I think I am feeling sorry for me today but the work day was horrid yesterday! I do not wish to burden anyone but I know you understand. A simple kindness, a bit of respect, that is all a person needs in the work place. I am a very grounded person and it has always been difficult for me to work with people that suffer with serious mental issues and refuse to acknowledge them. When I was young and found out that the special education field was not my best suit I thought of studying psychology and getting a degree. I worked with a wonderful lady named Pam who attended school while she was in a difficult pregnancy and got her Master's degree. I really admire her. But she has all those qualities that make up a terrific person. Harding working, kindhearted, easygoing. I could make a list! If I could have one wish I think it would be to work with people with kinder spirits. Less stress. No hatefulness allowed. I know I am dreaming so I will get back into reality.
I want to mention a few folks here that deserve accolades! I am not sure what I would do if I could not visit Annie because she and her husband Jade who have three terrific kids were blessed by the Lord Himself with beautiful Baby Ollie. She had her heart surgery last week, it seems to be successful and this beautiful family is moving forward with their lives. You have to know them to understand what I am talking about. There is sweet "Iggy" who can make me laugh about silly orange cones we see daily at road construction sites! His granddad passed away June 11th just shy of his 102nd birthday! You really have to meet Iggy to know what I am saying. There is Barb, my life long friend who encouraged me back in 2009 to start blogging. She is a gem and she can sew an apron like a dream! Hee Hee! I love knowing her and Carl ( husband) . They are special folks. Linda.  is a warrior for the Lord. There is no one else like her! She makes me laugh when I want to cry. She can make me cry when I think I should be laughing. She makes me want to serve to the Lord more passionately. You may find her here Linda. She is a delightful lady serving the Lord wholeheartedly. You know all the famous folks like Beverly at Pink Saturday. You might follow Charlotte and Ginger with Spiritual Sunday. They follow through with my every prayer request like I am some sort of special person! I love those ladies. You might hang out with Jenny. A gem of a person with a wicked sense of humor and a penchant for writing like no one else!
I am coming back later to add to this list of notable folks at blog land. I have made some wonderful friendships here. I have not forgotten you. I will finish this later. You see the job world is interrupting my fun time.

YOU'RE A GRAND OLD FLAG

Today I just want to give a reminder to everyone that it is flag day! Fly your American flag proudly and never forget the loss of life for generations in order to preserve our current freedom.
"The red and white ad starry blue
Is freedom's shield and hope." John Phillip Sousa

The Bride of Christ/Love Is..../Blue Monday

I love Pink Saturday and I equally love visiting Stephanie at Angelic Accents. She hosts the June Wedding Party. It is so much fun and I enjoyed putting together  my pink fantasy this weekend.
I had to take a break today because my middle daughter Rebekah turns 23 tomorrow and we hosted a barbeque for her this afternoon. Lots of friends and phamily. It was fun and I will post about it later.
So I thought about this post all day long running in and out of the house and preparing all the yummy food we ate.
So here are my thoughts on Spiritual Sunday today.Weddings can be very expensive and elegant. They can be simple and take months to plan! We recently all watched the royal wedding from London where Prince William married Kate Middleton. But one day we will all participate in the royal wedding of all royal weddings! Christ will be our groom and His church will be the bride. It will be an eternal arrangement that will last forever and ever. Many of us have wonderful earthly marriages and we worked hard preparing for our weddings. But we need to always remember that we need to focus on Christ and spending eternity with Him. I hope you know Him today.
"Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His wife has made herself ready." Revelation 19:7

Take good care of your heart and your honey! I love this gentle sweet reminder. Kim Caselli created these sweet little inspirational Love is...for her dear husband. They have made us smile for many years.

Welcome to Blue Monday. My middle daughter Rebekah was fortunate to see this group perform in Las Vegas and if you have not seen them she said it is well worth it to visit their show. The shows visual productions are centered on a trio of anonymous mute performers who appear in black clothing wearing blue latex face paint and bald caps on the heads. They play a mixture of idioyncratic, often percussive instruments. The performers must non verbally communicate and must have charisma and openness among other qualities they need to possess to perform. They were founded in the late 1980s.
I thought it would be a great Blue Monday tribute. I hope you will visit Sally and wish her well. She will be recuperating from a recent surgery and she is daily in my thoughts and prayers/
Please visit Charlotte and Ginger and thank them for hosting Spiritual Sunday. Then visit Marydon   and all the ladies at Love Is...
enjoy your week..