Serenity Prayer

I am not sure I had ever seen this poem in its entirety before but ran across it today and thought I would share:

The Serenity Prayer
Path

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.

--Reinhold Niebuhr

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

Twelve years ago, I woke early in the morning....took a picture of my big swollen belly and headed to the hospital for a C-section. A few hours later she was here....a beautiful little girl, the answer to many prayers.

She had a pumpkin head, perfectly round (it measured in the 95%) and a red mark between her eyes (we have always said that is where the angel kissed her goodbye). From the very beginning she captured her Mama and Daddy's heart and especially the hearts of her grandparents. As the days progressed she really did become our little pumpkin as she suffered from jaundice but soon she was back to a more pinkish coloring.

It is hard to believe it has been 12 years since she came into our lives in some ways it seems the blink of an eye and in other ways it seems she has always been with us.

I hope she knows how much her Mama and Daddy love her. I hope she knows that we will always be there for her no matter what. I hope she knows that God loves her more and that He will always be there for her too! I hope she understands that tough times never last but tough people do. I hope she knows that being tough isn't being mean. I hope she loves and laughs hard.

She is a beautiful girl with an equally beautiful heart and in case you don't know:


WE LOVE HER A LOT!

Football Season Continues

Looks like the Cowboys are trying to get out of the vacuum business....Good for them but the Aggies are trying for a Vacuum Superstore or something! Come on Ags!!!

Boo Hoo

Come on Guys! You are breaking a Texas Aggie's heart here!

Rejoice!

If you follow me on FB, you have already heard this but for those of you that are not on FB. Today as I was engaging in some retail therapy to help celebrate that Sept. is my birthday month, I lost one of my favorite earrings. It was a silver dangle with a purple stone. My husband and I had purchased them in Hawaii and gave them to my Mom. When Mom passed away, I started wearing the earrings...every time I wore anything purple. Both my Mom and I loved the color purple, so it makes me really happy to wear these earrings....even though I don't usually wear silver. Anyway, while trying on clothes I realized I had lost one of them. We looked all over the store and when we did not discover the earring, I left my name and phone number in case it turned up.

I was really pretty depressed because I was not 100% sure I had lost it in that particular store and knew it was gone forever if I had lost it in the Mall that I had visited just before going to this store. The family went out to the hardware store to pick up some paint tonight and when I got home there was a message on the answering machine saying they had found my earring.

So...Rejoice with me, for that which was lost has been found!

Just Monkeying Around!

Thought a change was in order. We are all crazier than a barrel of monkeys so thought the blog should reflect that! Hope to get my last two rooms of carpet completed tomorrow afternoon, so we can finally get everything put back where it belongs. School begins here on Monday. Daughter is not happy but Mama is very happy! Daughter is high maintenance and Mama is rather laid back.....it has been a long summer!

Tomorrow AM we take a tour of the Middle school and learn all the ends and outs of having a 6th grader.

All the other Monkeys have gone to bed so it's my turn now. C U L8R!

Just Monkeying

Oldie but Goodie!

We have two ends with a common link,
with one we sit, with one we think.
Success depends on which we use,
Heads we win, tails we lose!