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are you intimidated about teaching Art? you can get a free sample of Artful Advent just by answering a few questions! I looked over my pdf copy and it's REALLY neat! i wish i would have had it this past Advent! I'm looking forward to using it this year...there's nice internet linked sites, discussions of all kinds of artwork, etc...all in all it's a very nicely put together package! I encourage you to go to the site and take the survey hope this is a blessing to someone today! |
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GIVE ME, O LORD, A HEART OF GRACE http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/g/i/v/givemeol.htm Give me, O Lord, a heart of grace, Though life be sweet and joy be dear, A tenderness for all that stray, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHEN THERE’S LOVE AT HOME http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/l/o/v/lovehome.htm There is beauty all around, In the cottage there is joy, Kindly Heaven smiles above, Jesus, show Thy mercy mine, |
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i have been reading through the Torah portions from TNNOnline, you can also download the reading schedule from First Fruits of Zion...it's a great way to get the feel for our Hebraic roots, to read the potions of Scripture that all Judiaism is reading also i am up to the portion where God gives the Commandments, and appears before Israel...ya know, they were quite happy to have Moses speak on their behalf when the observed His glory on Mt Sinai, but it's a BEAUTIFUL picture of our Redemption! Ex 19:10-11~~The LORD also said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments; and let them be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. Yeshua rose on the third day for OUR consecration!!! HE has washed our garments for us! isn't that totally awesome??? i'm finding that when i really sit and READ through, not just readbecauseialreadyknowthestory also, in reading the giving of the Commandments, which are the foundation for all Scriptural commands, there's a great emphasis on the Sabbath...there are more verses pertaing to that than the other commands. I found that insightful. I'm not talking about the debate over what DAY the actual Sabbath is, but the very idea of "being still and knowing HE is GOD"...He knew we would have trouble with this command. He WANTS us to have a rest and a day of fellowshipping with HIM!!! It is a GIFT from HIM to us, to be rejoiced over and savored! Oh that my heart would take this truth and act upon it in my own life! i pray this blesses you today! |
that you can MOST definately see the Redemption Plan from it's inception (Creation) So beautiful!|
we started our 6 week unit on American Indians...ummm, yesterday we'll be mapping out their territories, making paper teepees, and i got a whole slew of Indian coloring books and craft stuff from Dover books so we should have some fun...and i got the book "More Than Moccasins" from the library, good score on that! Lots of fun hands-on stuff, recipes, etc...now i just need a few DVD's to fill in the stories In other news, the recent issue of TOS was superb as usual...especially JenIG, again, as usual...and something i really needed as three times this week i've been told that my younger ones "need" to be in school, and that i "need" some time to myself...well, okay, that may be true Blessed Sabbath and have a blessed weekend!
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well, here i am, so i'll post this now i really cannot remember what i read this month anyhow: Bible: i've been following the Torah readings from TNNOnline ministries, and i just started Exodus, and Mark, with some Psalms and Proverbs tossed in for good measure Experienceing God Through Prayer by Madame Guyon Introduction To Things Messianc from TNNONline, workbook study (i'm not in complete agreement with all things in here, but it's been very good and VERY informative) expecting: 'The Kingdom and the Power: Rediscovering the Centrality of the Church' by Peter J. Leithart from PBS soon Fiction: Minn of the Mississippi by Hollings C Hollings Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, JK Rowling still trying to get The Stand by Stephen King, i'll have to go check the library again Health: The Great Physician's RX for Health and Wellbeing, Jordan Rubin School: Winter edition of The Old SchoolHouse magazine...DON'T miss this issue! we are strating a 6 week unit on American Indaians, waiting on quite a few goodies, including Paddle-to-the-Sea, Calico Captive and Small Wolf as well as some fun stuff from Dover books a friend from my cyberhome is loaning me her copy of Mystery of History, Vol 1 so i can peruse it...i decided to use this next year (we school January-October) and i was glad she was willing to allow me to "get my hands on it" that's basically it...whatever i don't finish in the next 2 days will transfer over to next month |
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i added a new linkie button thingie over on the sidebar there...VERY important info that i found when i visited Joy In The Journey Academy's blog...she has alot of neat stuff linked, and i found this article to be very good...now i may not be as adamant as they are about the whole thing, but that doesn't mean i disagree i've done the Christian school/public school thing and while neither were the best, they both had advantages for OUR family at tHAT time in our lives...God certainly is bigger than the government anyhow, thought i'd share the info here as well...i hope that makes up to Joy that i don't play tag |
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(stop that laughing!) on my fave cyberspot the gals were discussing Mystery of History which i know i have heard of in the past but never REALLY took a good look at...until Friday well, let's just say that i now have my dream curriculum for the rest of my homeschooling days...it seems to be a mix of all my favorite things in one spot! i'm NOT a "classical" homeschooler, in fact i seem to be (i should say that my young ones seem to be) much more of a "relaxed" family....we LOVE to read books, we LOVE to do crafty type projects, we are very "hands on"...and MOH seems to fit right in there, despite the fact that it says "classical"...and their "Resource List"...oh MY!!!! love it! And i figure by the time the new volumes come out (#3 out of 5 should be out this spring) we'll just be ready for them since reading "Heart of Wisdom Teaching Approach" by Robin Sampson, i knew i wanted to go through the Bible in chronological order and teach history that way, not this mish-mash way of going about it...learn about it the way God laid it all out...how can you go wrong? KONOS wasn't really working with us, it was almost too much (including planning time) Sonlight is a great curriculum, but there were a few things i wasn't too happy about, one being the increasing costs of the full Cores... so, while i'm unit-studying our way through American History this year (with units purchased from HomeschooleStore.com, linked on my side bar) i'm gearing up for purchasing MOH! i discussed it with hubbyman, who is all for it. I have LOTS of stuff to Ebay and yard sale this year, so i'm using that as curriculum cash we also looked at A Child's Geography for this year, but i set it aside...and it looks like iit wil go terrific with MOH, so i'm glad that i was reminded of it this weekend...it's also on my "need to purchase" list so there's my long term plan...they ever have a Yahoo group that i popped on to get myself in order, as IF i need another online spot to hang around in i wonder if i can get some sort of prize for the most links in a post! |
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isn't quite working this week but that's okay meanwhile, i'll share a few printable sites with you all...i just LOVE printables! i know that alot of you already know about Donna Young...she has everything on there, incl;uding a great check-off grocery list! I think my next purchase may just be her CDRom First-School is basically for preschool and kinder kids, and it's chock full of terrific stuff! i've been printing up their Letter sheets and mini books for Young B, and they have cutting, pasting and coloring, which he excels at ... i really like this site alot, and it has served us well the past weeks DLTK (which i never knew exactly what that stands for) is another great site for the young ones, lots of crafty stuff...my kids LOVE to cut and paste! they also have bible-based activities, coloring pages, etc Kid's Explorerer's is a biblically based site, and they have some good stuff and a few hard to find stories on there also Heart of Wisdom and their sister site Scrapbooking to Learn has alot of neat stuff also, although not all freebies, they do have a demo download of ScrapbookMax, and lots of free kits once you have the software downloaded, again with many hard to find bible themes...if i'm ever blessed with a computer that isn't a dinosaur, i'll purchase this neat and easy software what do YOU use for your homeschool? one other thing on my wishlist is StartWrite, so i can make my own pages...but for now, freebies online serve have a blessed day! |
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and i'm already behind a tad i printed off my maps and i have all other stuff ready...and i'm going to strive to stay off the computer in the mornings this week so i can concentrate upon my schooling duties so we are off to study Colombus this week along with ABC's and 123's also awaiting my final (*snort*) book purchase for the semester... Golden Press 16 Volume Set "HISTORY OF THE WORLD" 1966
recommended by a friend on my cyber hangout, i spied them on Ebay and grabbed them for a good price...so we'll see what they are all about when they come, which should be later this week (in other frustrations, i CANNOT get a shipping label to print...is it only ME who has these issues???) and i also renewed my subscrption to TOS |
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i love to play board games (with the exception of Risk) some neat-o games we got for Christmas are: Ballon Lagoon by Cranium...you earn balloons for doing the fun tasks on the game board...i never can shoot those silly frogs into their pond! Jenga by Hasbro...my older crew had the plastic version of this game a while back, and Big J enjoyed playing with us on Christmas Day...my youngest loves to knock the tower over though Diego's 123 by Hasbro..sort of like bingo, but with a twist...you have to fill up your card with the proper animals which are sorted into four groups, Climbers, walkers, Flyers and Swimmers...great fun and learn about animals and grouping and all that good stuff also Lincoln Logs (or as they now say Frontier Logs) and oldie but goodie i also picked upa Klutz Card Game book from a friend online and forgot to put it in my Young J's stocking, but he found it one day last week , and we've been enjoying Crazy 8's, Concentration and such i think games are a great way to enhance learning...because alot of times you don't know you ARE learning |
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i'm always intrigued with what others feel they absolutely have to have for any given task, and homeschooling is no different! there are so many MANY cool-beans devices, gadgets, books, study guides, hardware, software, where oh where, that it's almost overwhelming! so, if I myself had to be stripped down to bare bones essentials, these are my choices for what I consider Homeschool Essentials -kids (okay, sorry) -The Bible because what would any homeschool be without this ESSENTIAL foundation? -internet capeable computer with printer (AND ink i do SO much for school online...get great freebie printables, purchase materials, read blogs for ideas, get reviews, there are even things online for the kids to use. In this terrific day and age, i feel the computer is essential to homeschooling! (not to mention the capeability to renew those library books at the last minute -a decent public library system okay, i probably would BUY every book i have ever read if i was related to Trump, but alas, i am not...so a really good library system is a MUST for my family as we prefer "real books" and LOVE fiction, information, and my 7 yr old really thinks he's boss 'cause he has a card -a willing heart i know i have posted about it before, but when we first heard about homeschooling i laughed and said "NEVER!"...i have since learned to never use the word "never" when it comes to what God may have for you to accomplish in your life. God brought me, kicking and screaming at times, to this place where i would probably not ever consider using a public or private school again. Only with a willing heart, a heart willing not only to obey God's leading but also that of my hubbyman, are we where we are now. we are far from the "picture perfect" HSLDA family -a good homeschool support system (outside of spouse support) one thing i know i am lacking is a good church-based support system. I think, for our family, this can be an "essential"...we just joined a nice small co-op and that's great. I have alot of online support and that's great too. But i miss being in a good church home with a good base of homeschoolers to have for support and encouragement. The Lord will lead there also, I know. everything else is gravy as far as I'm concerned how about you? what are your 5 Homeschool Essentials? I invite you to post yours on your blog and please post a link here in my comment section! i LOVE to see what others have said Blessed Sabbath and happy weekend! |
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i have been pondering for some time to close this blog down...but it's so like family here that i just can't bring myself to leave so, THIS blog here is going to be devoted to our homeschool...sort of like a "live journal" for me to keep updated (and possibly encourage me to keep up with school pursuits)....for my personal ramblings and such, visit me at my Xanga blog, which i will link on my sidebar there i'll be overhauling my posts and catagories and such...and probably deleting many after i figure out exactly HOW to archive them i know you are all so excited over this news |
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i came across this site a while back, and it's been in "My Favorites" for a long time...without being viewed but now, on my cyberhome away from home, some of us are going to go through it! i'm very excited, as i really want to do the "healthy" thing...even though i enjoyed the Biggest Loser contest we had, i know why i didn't really get too much out of it (except for sore legs, thanks Kirky) because i was focused on the contest, the food, the exercising...none of which is bad...but i was NOT focused on Christ. Not due to anything but me...I lose focus easily when there's a distraction (kinda like Dori in Finding Nemo) so i printed off my "Goals" sheets and plan sheet...i will be filling this in later on today when i can sit and look at it and pray over it...i'm also doing a yeast cleanse this week so it'll be a nice way to keep focused on THAT also...what's life without BREAD??? my little boys also got me an exercise ball for Christmas (COMPLETELY off topic, but i MISS the emotions we used to have here...that makes me sad well, that's probably my last post of 2006...have a BLESSED 2007 everyone! thanks for reading this year! |
But between yeast and perimenopausal nonsence, i really need to cleanse and get a fresh start and really incorporate more of the Nourishing Traditions/Great Physician principals into my lifestyle (see link on sidebar for an MSN group)
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well, i just whipped up a $60 order for HomeschoolEstore! (they are linked on my sidebar) since hubbyman was home yesterday, i got to revamp my paperwork, and make a tenetative school schedule for next week...and he wants us to start American History. So I perused the available units and came up with a mess of them! in no particular order i found: Columbus, which is good since that's where hubbyman wants us to start Patriotic Holidays by Amanda Bennett 12 American History studies in one, includes all sorts of neat people like Columbus, Sacajawea, Pocahontas, etc Blackline Maps of American History and a few others, including a neat freebie of the "Kinestetic Alphabet" so things are getting back to the new normal here. I still feel at least 6 times a day like i'm forgetting something...and when i realize it's that i need to call Mom to tell her xyz, then i get a bit sad so i'm watching 2 Apple computers on Ebay today...Mom left me a wee little bit of money and i'd love to get a new computer. We'll see what happens with that and it's official! the title of the last Potter novel will be "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"! It's already the top pre-seller in Amazon history! I can't wait for John Granger to update his webpage so we can chat it up about the "hidden meanings"! I'm sure that this book will be out over the summer, as she hasn't ever released a title before the book was at least in the editing phase....WHOOOOOOPIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! that's all the news from this corner of cyberspace...hopefully next update will be typed up on a nice Mac |
It's been that way since the day after she passed....My uncle sent me the poem "My First Christmas in heaven" but I'm sorry to say I won't be reading it yet...I have seen it, and it made me cry THEN...i don't want to lose it right now as I think i did enough of that for the past 6 months she has been so ill.
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for the Snow family...please see the link over there -------------->>>> it seems that there's not much more time |
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There is SO much i want to tell about this past year. And yes, it has been a year. When my Mother got her diagnosis in October, well, really in July, I knew...I just knew that Mom would be spending Christmas with the King. When i really looked at our photos from LAST Christmas I knew. Now, since I can be somewhat weird about things, I never said to Phil anything about it all. I even sort of forgot about it, but I remember thinking "Hey, Mom does NOT look well" Ecclesiastes 3A Time for Everything There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven-- The path since last year has been long but quick. Does that even make sense? It feels like a millennium already and it's only one week. I must write this out now, lest I forget any of the billions of ways God has touched my heart of hearts this year. And it all starts with that thought. I'm not saying that God gave me a specific "knowledge" about it all. But He gently...very gently...prepared me to walk through this. Just some background, I am an only child, and I was close with my Mom. We got through that "adolescent teenage crap" fairly quickly. She has always been my best friend. I'm hoping to keep this as chronological as possible, but I just may bounce around a bit. John 14:27 Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. She hadn't been feeling quite right and the doctor couldn't pinpoint it. She was losing muscle tone and appetite. But her stomach was sort of distended, but I didn't think anything of that, as she was always a bit heavyset. She started complaining of being cold. This from a woman who slept with the window cracked open it freezing weather since I was a baby! Another way I knew and God nudged me. I continually asked her to have her doctor re-assess her medications (SO many!) because in my mind they were making things worse, not better. Small backtrack...at this point in time we only had one vehicle, and I was concerned that she may need me one day and i wouldn't be able to get there...but the LORD even provided on that front in a few months... Anyhow, by this point I knew she wasn't telling me the whole story, I could hear in her voice how very tired she was. A trip to the grocery store was an ordeal to be slept off. This just was not my Mom. She was always an early riser, even if she was up late. She was sleeping alot. So unlike Mom. When she'd come to visit, she was tired and slept for the whole day when she went back home. Like the sleeping, I also noticed some small things like her handwriting. Mom has perfect "old school Catholic school" handwriting, clear and easily read. No more. It was still legible, but shaky. Her hands were not steady. She dropped things easily. Couldn't open jars. All these little things that probably happen as you age seemed to be happening at an accelerated rate to me. Mom called one day, before Easter because she wasn't feeling well. She wanted to go to the emergency room...this was quite alarming since she avoided the ER, even though she went with regularity to the doctor. When we got over to her apartment, I had that "confirming nudge" again that this would not be long. She looked different, like my Mother, but the sparkle was gone. This trip went fine, they did what they did and she felt better, went home. This is when I noticed also that "home" was sort of going to pot...now I have to say that Mom was quite the packrat, an annoying trait passed along to me. But even though, it was never dirty....this was getting dirty. It was alarming to me, but I said nothing, figuring possibly we could come over one weekend and clean up together. We plodded along till April, when she fell. Not because she tripped, because she had a blackout. I could not get her on the phone all day long. I was prepared to hear the worst when my husband went to investigate. She was disoriented, but there. This was the first of many hospital trips to remove the fluid which was building up in her abdomen, a secondary symptom of "cryogenic cirrhosis", which is what the doctors now suspected was the problem. I looked it up online and was once again "nudged" in my heart that what I was reading about was indeed it. And that it was the worst of the possible diagnosis', not the simple. Her doctors spoke to her about further testing, but she dismissed that. I'm not sure why, but I'm beginning to think that she too had the "nudge" in her heart and did not want to fight it, going in and out for testing, surgeries and such. I sadly resigned my heart to that, and kept up a happy appearance. If she was compelled to tell me the truth, she would. She was so very private about some things, and I felt I had to respect that. We spoke daily (probably 2-3 times daily). She started feeling poorly again in a short 5-6 weeks and again needed the fluid drained. Again her doctors urged her to go for further testing. Again she declined. When she didn't want to come over for Mother's day, I knew again that this would be the last one we celebrated together. We saw her a week later, and my daughter was able to come also. Time would soon become a whirlwind of doctors visits, hospital stays and go by way too fast. In June, we were blessed with a second car. We had been without one for a while and funny enough it was my Mom's favorite model (Buick). I was able to be mobile, which happened at just the right time. Another of God's Grace Gifts. I needed to be back and forth, or at least have the ability to be. And I needed to be several times as the fluid thing was happening closer together. When we went grocery shopping, she used the little motor carts, that was a hoot...I wish i would have snapped a picture of that. The little boys thought it was great fun. Jeremiah 29:11 'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Mom finally made an appointment for the "big test" at the big medical center. We spent Jonah's seventh birthday at Westchester Medical Center receiving the news that she indeed had "cryogenic cirrhosis" and needed a transplant. They scheduled a whole mess of tests and appointments, one of which I was to attend. She went home, and within a week cancelled them all. I asked her why and she said it wasn't "necessary" and that she couldn't drag us back and forth, make Phil take off of work, etc. I'm certain that she was accepting, so much more than we thought at the time, of the disease and that her time was short. That was how she was. She accepted the hard things in life. The only concern (okay, not the ONLY but certainly the biggest) that I had was for her spiritually. When i was new in my faith and what a dear online friend refers to as my "thunder puppy days" we had a huge to do about faith, the Catholic church, etc, etc....she told me way back then that when she made the conversion from the Catholic church to the Lutheran one, that she made her faith statement. It was sealed there was nothing to worry about. Being persnickety and leery of the Lutheran church since I never heard the Gospel there (maybe I should have listened closer) I just prayed. I know Mom had gone to some seminars with my Aunt (her sister) when she lived in Florida, and she attended a few with me here in New Jersey and New York. I was still concerned, but left that to the Lord. I found Him faithful. How could I have doubted? So many little things are what I can now look back on and see God's Grace Gifts...the quiet conversations, just a small hug or hand pat. Having a few days where Phil watched the young ones so I could go over and shop or have lunch. September rolled around, and I had planned to take the young ones over to see Mom on her birthday, September 20. We were just getting ready to call to say "Surprise! We're taking you out to lunch" when she called me. She felt awful, foggy, just not right. The "nudge" came again and we set out, not for a joyous birthday lunch, but one of the last times we took her to the hospital. One huge laugh we did have is the "Kosher Deli" story. Another short backtrack...I had always been interested in Hebrew roots and such. I was thinking and praying on the Leviticus's food laws and had given up eating pork. Just keep this in mind. As we drove to the doctors office, we talked about where we could stop for lunch after. She wanted to just go home, so we decided on some sort of take out. Once the visit was over and he was indeed sending her to the hospital, we decided to take the boys to Burger King. But we wanted something more along the deli lines and I offhand said, "Hey Mom, any good Kosher Deli's up here?" Oh yes, she said, a new one just opened up that all her neighbors were raving about. "Okay, let's go there, what do you want?" "A nice ham sandwich" It took all of my self control to not crash my huge Buick....out of shock or hysteria, but I couldn't believe that she wanted me to walk into a KOSHER deli and try to order her a HAM sandwich! "Mommy, what did you just say? You know that Kosher deli's won't carry pork" "Oh, right. Well, maybe we'll do turkey then" Oh Mommy...that was too funny! From the local hospital Mom was transferred to Westchester for the testing...ten days later we had confirmation that she indeed had this disease and further testing needed to be done to determine her transplant status. She said no, and came by my house. She went home one last time for about a week, then was admitted to the local hospital again. Once again transferred to Westchester here they did the testing and she was taken off the transplant listing. She told me that her doctor wanted to speak to me. I knew what she was going to tell me. I had known since December. I knew when she said that it would be 6-12 months that either she was lying or she was trying to give me a cushion. I believe she told my Mother straight though. She couldn't be alone, she needed to either live with me or go to a nursing home. She came here for a brief period of time. Her health was so deteriorated at this point, her stay was painfully short. Hebrews 12:12 Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble I have to inject here that by nature, I am not "nursey...even with my kids, i was never the one to clean up the sick, i gagged when i changed diapers, etc. But when I had to do these things for my Mother, I would sing a hymn and it would get me through...another dear online friend gave me "G.A.G." which stood for Grace Amid Grossness. It worked. One more time back to the local hospital. From there she was placed in the nursing home which was part of the hospital. Another Grace Gift. It was close and she was cared for with the best care possible. The spiritual became apparent when she asked for her Bible. As I searched it to make sure it was the one she wanted, I came across a very personal note from her to Jesus. God assured me of her security in a way I never would have had before that. We were able as a family to clear out her apartment, she was able to tell me who she wanted to give her things to. I would not have been able to endure that without my husband or after she was at rest. Grace abounds so much in such times. Psalm 139:13-14 For You formed my inward parts; The thing about your liver is this: when it works, all is well. When it doesn't, all is not. Your body produces ammonia, a fact I never knew about. The ammonia is filtered out, all is well. When it is not, it builds up and causes "brain fog". This is not something you want to see someone dear to you lose. Of the things I am most thankful, it is that Mom was not in pain and that she kept her mind, even if it was with the aide of medication. A medication that had very bad side effects, but she was sharp till the final day. The nursing home had a family Dinner on December 9. Phil and I and the young boys were able to go, and it was very nice. Mom was feeling well and chipper. She didn't eat much (hadn't for some time) but enjoyed us having a nice meal of Chicken Kiev, mashed potatoes and green beans with almonds. We had the camera with us, as I wanted a picture of her with the young ones but something in my heart said "no". She would not have wanted that. So, after lunch we stayed a bit and made sure she was tucked into bed, and went about our normal Saturday routine of WalMart etc. Sunday morning came and after I made sure my sweet husband was awake enough,i went to see Mom. It was as if I hadn't been there in weeks. The drastic change startled me, as I helped her with her lunch. She was feeling so poorly, again not in pain Praise God, that she asked her nurse to bring her back to the room. Again she got tucked in and I stayed with her for about an hour chatting and watching cooking shows, a passion we shared since my childhood (we used to watch The Galloping Gourmet together) I kissed her good bye and came home. I was concerned about this downward turn, and I called her nurse when i got home. She told me that it was the nature of this disease and that quite frankly she was failing. Monday morning rolled around and I got right to my long neglected housework and such. We were having a good morning, and about 10:30 Mom's nurse called. It was the call I knew I would get this week. Mom was fading fast, please come. I called a dear friend who took the young boys for me, called my husband. I went as fast as I could, crying the whole way. (I have cried alot in my Buick since I got it.) I got myself together (actually the LORD got me together) and ran up to the floor. She was gone. Her nurse was visibly upset, she said just in the time it took her to call me and get back to the room, Mom gone on To Glory. Even she was amazed at how calm, quiet and quick she left. We sat for a while until Eileen came. Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. Eileen is a wonderful woman. She and her husband are the heads of Pastoral care at the hospital. She had called me the day after Mom was admitted to the nursing home and told me she had a terrific prayer time with Mom, how peaceful her spirit was, etc. She came to pray with me and have some words of comfort. She stayed with me till Phil came. She is a great lady. We kissed Mom goodbye one last time. James 4:14 you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.
I know that this will take some time. I remember when my father passed, how months afterward I would cry for no seeming reason. The LORD holds my heart in His hand and keeps my tears in a bottle. If it weren't for His steadfast love and grace, I would not have endured this year. Thank You for allowing me to share HIS grace with you Eccl 3:4 A time to weep and a time to laugh; |
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Dolores McMichael, Sept 20, 1932- Dec 11, 2006 I Love You Mom |
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i just invented this one and you all MUST try it
firstly, use this recipe from King Arthur Flour...you'll never be disappointed with this Basic Drop Cookie!
now, to make Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies, you need to revise it as such:
instead of the WW flour, use 1 c of oatmeal (i do this all the time, it makes excellent chocolate chip cookies!)
now, decrease the flour by 1/4 c and use 1/4 c cocoa powder
after it's all mixed add 3/4 of a bag of Andies Candies Peppermint Crunch baking chips
oh my oh my oh my my my!
enjoy! more recipes to come next week i promise! (and no low fat ones either! |
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What Child Is This? http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/w/h/whatcist.htm What Child is this who, laid to rest Why lies He in such mean estate, So bring Him incense, gold and myrrh, O Holy Night http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/h/oholynit.htm O holy night, the stars are brightly shining; Led by the light of faith serenely beaming, Truly He taught us to love one another; ************************************************** O Come O Come Emmanuel! http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/o/c/ocomocom.htm O come, O come, Emmanuel, Refrain Rejoice! Rejoice! O come, Thou Wisdom from on high, Refrain O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free Refrain O come, Thou Day-spring, come and cheer Refrain O come, Thou Key of David, come, Refrain O come, O come, great Lord of might, Refrain O come, Thou Root of Jesses tree, Refrain O come, Desire of nations, bind Refrain |