Miracle Makeover/Healing Weekend: A Poem By Rebekah Robinson

She was born of working hands
They were born with silver spoons
She was from the wrong side of town
They were from the upper class
The families were part of the country club
The siblings had private piano lessons
Parents were past alumni
Dads still wore their football rings
Her family was the most important thing
Her siblings were her closest friends
And when her parents struggled with bills
Everyone pitched in to help
She memorized the RTD schedule
They learned how to drive new cars
For her, high school was a privilege
To her classmates, just another luxury
She wore bargain clothes from the Salvation Army
Her classmates wore Abercrombie and Fitch
She worked the weekends on minimum wage
While they hung out in Aspen and Steamboat resorts
She didn't care about popularity
Her classmates couldn't get enough of it
They worried about WHICH college to go with friends
While she worried about receiving financial aide next fall
It was exclusive and expensive
But it was the best kind of education
And although  she didn't fit in
She knew she belonged in college

My middle daughter wrote this poem. She had an assignment in her college writing class to write a poem about her own educational experience. This is our life. I am very proud of her. She is a terrific writer and she writes from her heart. I just thought this poem would fit into this weekends theme. My phamily values education and my kids are trying to achieve a better life. I hope you will like it.  Dreams can come true. Internet images.

Amy Grant - Angels 1984

I love this Amy Grant video! In fact I wore out a tape back when this came out in the 1980s. I feel angels surround me everyday! I want to dedicate this post today to Colette and Kelee and all the angels involved in the Miracle Makeover. Please click on the Spiritual Sunday button on my right sidebar and visit all the SS posts this weekend. Peace

A MIRACLE MAKEOVER

Hi and Welcome to Pink Saturday and a special post this weekend for the Miracle Makeover sponsored by Kelee here and Guidepost magazine here. I think everyone in blog land knows Colette by now! She is a little miracle in progress and she had a beautiful healing room makeover. You can check out the video at Kelee's site and at Guidepost.
I want to share my own miracles this weekend. I apologize for the late post because I have been down and out with a crummy sinus infection. I have not felt well enough to take care of any business including my most fun business here with my bloggy buddies!
This was easy for me to post because I experienced a few true miracles in my lifetime primarily during my twenty six year marriage that I am happy to say that I am still in! But the beginning of my marriage unraveled like a bad sewing job! I married my husband is May 1984. Two months later I was diagnosed with hydrocephalus! Two months after my diagnosis I had neurosurgery. My husband should have run for his life but instead he stuck it out with me! The surgery was long and dangerous and I had to spend two entire weeks healing in the hospital. At that time my girlfriend whom I have known since we were mere infants worked across the street at the Cancer Center and she spent her lunch hour feeding me each day. My brother Ed would come by from his downtown office and feed me my dinner each night. My husband cared for our daughter and then he would take her to my brothers house 20 miles from our own and drop her off with my sister-in-law Cheri while he ran to the hospital to visit me each night! The man shaved my legs in that hospital bed and washed my half bald head each night. He cared for me so exquisitely that I would not trade him for all the money and fame and material things in the world! One year later, nearly to the date, my shunt that they placed in my head failed to function and I needed more surgery! Only this time I had a brand spanking new baby boy to care for! My oldest son was three weeks old when I had that second surgery. Two months later more surgery was needed! I was slowly losing my mind while trying to care for my phamily. My husband never wavered in his love for me and the kids. His dad came up and spent two weeks caring for me as well so that my hubby could go back to work. I am not sure how we managed it all but with God's love and grace somehow we survived. Five months later I was back to work at the medical school at the university. I was alone in the office with my boss the department chair Dr. Pizer. I looked at him and told him I thought I was losing my mind! He made a quick phone call, grabbed a wheelchair, from where, I still do not know, and raced across the bridge with me in tow to the hospital. I was told by a cocky young Jewish resident that more surgery was coming because my shunt had totally malfunctioned! I told him I thought perhaps he might go fly a kite because I needed to be alone with God and He and I were going to talk! He chuckled as he closed the door behind him! I let God have it! I told Him how dare He allow this to happen to me! How dare He allow more crummy surgery when I was about to lose my mind! I told Him I am going to pray so darn hard He will not want me to get any more surgery! The young resident allowed my hubby to go to the MRI dept. with me and he was allowed in the room as I was getting my MRI because there is no radiation flying around the room and he was allowed to hold on to my toes as we prayed together and the machine performed its task! When the young doctor entered my room with my results he was pale and looked as if he himself had seen a ghost! He said there was absolutely no medical evidence as to why my shunt was totally non functioning earlier and now it was fully functioning! I said something like that's because My God is awesome and you ought to try Him yourself! He quickly left the room!
"Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you." Deuteronomy 31:6
I have a simple hand stitched frame picture to share today for Pink Saturday. It is not anything fancy but whoever made it I am positive they stitched each stitch with love.It is a cute thrifty find I found at the Salvation Army for ninety nine cents! To me it is worth more than gold!

I hope you will stop and visit as many Pink Saturday posts as you can! Remember to thank Beverly for allowing us to all participate in this healing make over with Kelee and Colette. You may find Beverly at http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/ Thank sweet Sherry at http://countrywingsinphoenix.blogspot.com/. Thank Charlotte and Ginger at http://bloggerspirit.blogspot.com/ and all the Spiritual Sunday participates. Make sure you give a great big blog hug to Kelee, Colette and the staff of the Guidepost for giving us all I little joy today. If I have failed to mention anyone else our love goes out to you too! I have been under the weather and appreciate your patience while I try to get back into the swing of things. I cherish all my comments and I will catch up visiting everyone this weekend. Blessings to all of you.
Please also visit Diann here She is one amazing lady with a sweet hubby Troy and their own Princess. I was deeply touched by Diann's story today. Always "Be kind to everyone you meet because everyone is fighting their own battle." Plato

RAINBOW SUMMER SCHOOL: IT IS A BLUE DAY!

 Have you stopped by Mrs. Matlock's place and thank her for hosting summer school? You need to! She is a gracious teacher always making sure we get good grades! I have a potpourrri of summer blues. I am gettings some sort of sinus bug and I feel awful! SO here goes my little parade of blues:

Here is a nice summer day with a mountain top view and a blue sky! My cute summer straw hat with the blue flower motif and my Lady Blue Belle who is actually a ringing little bell!

Go say hi to Mrs. Matlock here and visit all the sweet blue posts.

The Lawrence Welk Show: Chicken Dance

I was visiting Tuesday Tails and saw a real chicken dancing. But at SLOVEnian weddings they do this dance. I love it! I had to share it!

GORILLA'S IN THE MIST!

 Welcome to Tuesday's Show and Tail! Please visit Angela here, she hosts the greatest Tuesday meme. Today I am showing off some of my favorite creatures. I love gorillas. When I go to my local  zoo I love to visit the Great Apes. Unfortunately, they are very private and often do not come out to see the humans oggling them! A few years ago a baby gorilla came to the glass enclosure and he stared at my middle daughter. We took his picture and he put his hand on the glass and she put her hand on the other side of the glass! It was such a poignant moment. I wish we could have taped that moment. But because these mammals are so private we did not want to upset him. He looked so loving at our daughter, it was just the neatest feeling. That same day a crazed monkey stared down our older son. The more we told him to stop the more aggravated that monkey got! He was so evil he just looked like he wanted to reach out and smack someone! He was very naughty! Then there are the gorillas, such kind and loving beings when they warm up to people.
I loved the movie "Gorilla's in the Mist". But when Diana Fosse was found murdered the suspects were the gorillas she befriended. I believe it was poachers that murdered her. Those gorilla's are so highly intelligent and they had made a life with her. It was such a terrible tragedy that she was taken when her work with them was not complete.
I have a friend Sandy who is the sweetest and kindest lady you could ever meet. She is very family oriented but she once confided in me that if she could do anything in the world she would travel to Africa and live with the gorilla's. I always thought that was one of the neatest fantasies any one ever shared with me. I like that idea and if I had the time and the money I would join Sandy!
Go visit all the participates of this fun Tuesday meme and enjoy my photo collage here: courtesy of images I found on the web.

DON'T FORGET THE POSTCARD EXCHANGE/GIVEAWAY!

Hi everyone! I was hoping I would be able to wind down the postcard exchange by now. But still missing those key states, including Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois,Kansas,Kentucky,  Missouri,Montana and New Hampshire. I have been filling my Colorful Colorado goody box with lots of fun items! Eight states to go! C'mon, join the fun! Thanks to everyone who has participated so gar! You all have entries into the win!