Taking time in the midst of life to look for smiles every day…..

Archive for June, 2009


The Psalms

Only the hand of God could make words written so long ago SO applicable to life today.  When I have trouble sleeping, I have come to turn to the Psalms, and they never fail to quiet my spirit.  I used to think there was NOTHING but peace to be found in these writings, at least [...]

Smiles

Tonight, I’m going directly to sharing those things that made me happy and made me smile today.  Smiles are all around us.
TODAY’S SMILES:

Replying to a letter received a few days ago from a lady who lived in our present house when she was a little girl.  Her parents were the first owners of the property [...]

Weekend Stuff

It was after 4pm on Friday when Emily decided she was ready to go home, so we had her with us for 2 days.  What a joy it was to spend this extra time with her.  Now we need to do the same with her sister, Hailey.  Hailey is 10 and has a lot of [...]

Happy Birthday Coleen and Liz AND to My Daddy

Coleen an Liz’s birthdays are in May and July, respectively.  But I would certainly be remiss if I did not mention that today would be my daddy’s 100th birthday!  Happy Birthday, Daddy.
My friends have come and gone, and we had a good time.  We talked over each other, laughed a lot, ate too much, and [...]

I Think I’m Behind Again!

It has been a wonderfully satisfying, fun, and exhausting day.  We had our little Emmy all day and just did some fun stuff.  Started by going to Howard’s Donuts and having breakfast, then Emmy ‘helped’ us take Barney Kitty to the vet for his yearly shots, etc.  Barney loves Emmy, and she really was a [...]

Touching Shoulders

Didn’t blog last night, so here is last night’s post! 
We truly touch shoulders with many people throughout our lifetimes.  Most of these distinctly add to our lives in special ways.  If we are really blessed, these remain as an integral part of our lives, by heart if not presence.  And there are those [...]

Happy Father’s Day

Any Mother’s Day or Father’s Day Sunday I manage to not cry through the sermon is a good one!  When feeling particularly vulnerable, I have been known to skip out on those Sundays to avoid the sermon.  Our preacher, Phil, did not have a Father’s Day sermon; he just mentioned it at the beginning of [...]

I had an insightful reading, and some questions,  this morning in the last 2 chapters of Luke that I was going to share.  However, I decided to save that ’til next week.
I left the evening news, which was telling about a new possible threat from N. Korea, to come in here and do my evening [...]

Just Checking In

Good evening, my blog family!  I’m just dropping by to leave a few smiles.
This is the third day in a row I’ve done yard work.  I have a propensity for being hot-natured, anyway, and with the temps being what they’ve been since the weekend storms, it has been pretty brutal outside.  In the beginning, the [...]

Wise Words

Sometimes I get an e-mail that just has so much good advice and is inspirational, I always want to share it.  I got just such an e-mail today.  Some of this is so simple, I wonder why I didn’t think of it already.  Some have been around a long time; some I haven’t read before.  [...]


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