Sweet Words....

I just got a call from a sweet lady here in Akron.

She called to thank me for being such a blessing to her daughter.

She told me I was a jewel.

Wow. 

I bawled. 

And then I tried to talk.

And then I bawled.

She couldn't possible know what her words meant to me.

We have been going through some major "changes" in our life.

Hard stuff.

Big life changes.

And, I don't know if it happens for everyone, but it certainly did for us

you start to doubt or wonder about everything.

Am I a complete failure?

Could I have done something different?

Why am I doing this?

What's the point?

And on

and on

and on 

it goes.

All day long.

Am I even worthy to teach my own children?

My husband and I have beaten ourselves up this whole year wondering.

But, in the end, we always come back to the fact that it is God 

working in our lives.  

Moving us, preparing us, changing us.

Totally God.

I know that!

Beyond a shadow of a doubt.

But, you still wonder.

This lady didn't know what we had been through.

She didn't know how much I needed someone to say that.

To mean it.

To know that I matter to someone.

All this to say, 

"Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,when it is in the power of thine hand to do it."

and

"Death and life are in the power of the tongue."

Thank you, Mary for giving me life.

It really meant the world to me.

My Weekly Date with ME!

So, my 2 eldest kids take piano lessons from the song leader who used to be at our church.

His whole family is musically talented.

It's a beautiful thing!

They have a music studio on the square in Medina Ohio.

THE SQUARE as you would imagine is beautiful.

Aren't most of them?

Beautiful gazebo in the middle.

And a ton of quaint little shops all around it.

Toy shops.

Restaurants.

2 coffee shops!

Could life get any better?

I think not.

So, every week I leave the baby boys at home to get a good nap in on Wednesday afternoon and 

travel the 1/2 hour it takes to get to Medina to drop off Ben and Chloe.

And then it's me time.

Oh glorious day!

I usually buy myself a treat at the Potomac Bakery Shoppe.

I love when people spell shoppe with 2 p's and an e!  

Makes me happy just to be here.

Last week I had her fresh baked lemon square!

Holey Moley!

It was huge and delicious.

I also had a frappucino.

Nummy.

This week, I ordered a Cherry Italian Soda.

I would have to say that they are my favorite thing.

I had the peach one and it was delightful as well.

So, here I sit.

Sipping my Italian Soda.

Big grin on my face.

By myself.

Smelling the delightful fragrance of a bakery.

I shall go read my Bible, I think.

And then I will read my latest series of books I am into.

Here:

What do you do when you are all alone?????

Update on us....

I spent today in the kitchen!!!

With my husband!

A family in our church has been sharing their bounty from their garden and so

today I cut up about a million green peppers, red peppers and some yellow peppers.

I dice them and then freeze them.

What a novel idea!!

And it makes me happy every time I need peppers for a dish!

Just get in the freezer and stick your hand in the bag, and your done.

They also gave us a ton of zucchini. 

My family LOVES Zucchini bread.

So, I got out my food processor and shredded all of it and put it in ziplocks for the freezer as well.

And then made 2 loaves for now.

Thank you Mellors for sharing!

What a blessing you are to our family!!!

A sad thing happened the other day.

I mentioned my Mom to the kids.

She passed away before Iz or Ty entered the world.

Ty was carrying around her bracelet that I always wear and I told him and Isaac that 

that bracelet was very special to me!

It's my Mamma's.

Isaac looked at me and cocked his head sideways and said:

"You have a Mamma?"

Just broke my heart into a million pieces.  

I'm so sad that she will never know my babies.

I'm so sad that they will never knew her.

That they don't even know that of coarse I had a MOM!

Every one does.

But they don't know.

Just thought I arrived by way of stork.

I am motherless.

That's sad.

                                                               

Picnik

  

What a difference a photo editing program can make!!!

And a good camera!

Non-picniked one: 

Picnik'd:

Non-picnik'd:

I could just spend all day doing this.

Maybe I will.

Oh, yeah, I can't.

Since I have been cleaning out the kids rooms this week, the rest of my house has been a bit 

neglected.  

Man!

Off I go to clean.