Is It Really May??

The last few days it has been cold, rainy and windy.

Tornadoes claimed the life of 5 near Okla City. So sad and the destruction the tornado left.

Today it was suppose to be 83 and tomorrow 63.

I don't see 83 happening.

I'm feeling so blah!! It's probably this dreary weather.

Warm weather, sunshine where are you!?

FROGS! & Thank Goodness for Lori

What is there about frogs that litterly make me sick, unrational, and so afraid?

I was cleaning around on the deck when i pushed the lounge chair's back and when it came back toward me my heart litteraly stopped beating!

It couldn't be a......but it was. It was the color of the lounge chair so I knew it was one of the frogs that changes colors to match whatever it's on!!!

I immediately took off for the house thinking I'm going to have to move. I can't take this. I can't live like this!

I told Lori about the horrible creature that was on our deck and she immediately got up and went out and moved the frog!

I, of course, could not stand the thought of her letting it loose in the yard. Then I would constantly be thinking about it in the yard. NOPE, she had to be sure she put it over the fence where I would be safe.

Since this incident there is not one time that I have gone out my door to the deck and did not make a sweeping glance around for more frogs. I have to be so very careful. You understand don't you??

I can not begin to tell you how many frogs (I hate even writing the word) Lori has saved me from. And she never complains. Not a word. She will stop whatever she is doing and take care of it for me.

We once had a pool that would get frogs in the skimmer and everyday she would check the skimmer for me and remove the frogs without me seeing them.

THANK YOU LORI!!!! I Love You So Very Much for protecting me even when you think it's silly.

Once, when Samantha was around 4 they came to Tulsa for the weekend. In the house she came with a jar and big smile on her face. I was sitting on the couch and my protector vibes were going off and I knew immediately that I was in danger. As she came forward to show me her prize possession I almost did a flip to get away from her. Of course, she thought grandma was silly!

I don't know why I have such a frogaphobia but I do. Maybe it's because when we lived in Olustee we were driving home from seeing "The Rose" (see what an impression this incident left in my mind) when it started raining and I kid you not. It rained FROGS. Not just a few but hundreds!

I need help!

Stress, Stress, or Is It Meno.........

Ok, I did it. I took the estrogen pill the doctor gave me in December this morning. I did take it for a few days in Dec but felt so bloated that I stopped. I will try to do better this time. I hate taking medicine, never have had to really take anything before, but the "stress" is really getting to me or maybe I should say {shudder} menopause. I've gained weight, I'm not able to do the things my 30 year old mind says I can. I'm tired and worn out. Maybe it's moving to another house and moving the office. That could be stress for sure! But I've had this stress feeling before that. And I'm not sure but I think I'm having hot flashes at night. I know, how can someone think they are having hot flashes. Well, I think. I get really hot then I'm okay. But it's not like the hot flashes I've heard people talk about or imagined they would be. So we will see if the pills make me feel beter.

Friday at Last

51. Office moved.
52. Grayson reading a book.
53. God showing me I'm letting stress get to me.
54. Walking last night.
55. Grayson's laughter.
56. The rain today. It smelled so good.
57. Slowly getting the house unpacked.
58. Braxton going to be 3.
59. Talking to Chris 2x's this week.
60. Thinking about my school friend Janis.

DEFINING MOMENT

Defining Moment.

The moment that defined who we are. I'm not sure what my defining momement was.

The Birth of My Children?

My Marriages and Divorces?

Graduating from College?

The lost of my brother?

The lost of my dad? My Grandmother?

The birth of my grandchildren?

The day I accepted Jesus?

Or would the tiny moments in our lives be our defining moment?

Riding in Freewheel?

The times I had my heart broken?

Times spent with my family?

Jobs?

MOVING?

ILLNESS?

Defining moments, I believe, can be all of the above.

The moments that take our breath away, the moments that make us stronger, the moments that make us laugh or cry, moments that gets us on our knees and cry out to God.

DEFINING MOMENTS! All moments shape us into who we are.

So thankful!

41. Frontier City
42. Watching stranger's faces as they rode rides.
43. Riding the boat ride and being so scared and laughing at the same time.
44. Watching grandkids have a good time.
45. The funny things Brax says. What a character.
46. Watching Grayson play soccer.
47. A freshly mowed lawn.
48. Listening to God.
49. Family, Family, My family. I am so blessed.
50. Subway. Love their sandwiches.

God sent an Angel in a time of need......Sayre Part 6 1990

Do you believe in Angles? I do and this is why.

I went to bed that night crying, holding my bible and praying. How was I going to survive this hurt?? So far away from home. No one to lean on but God. GOD who would show me that HE was the only one that I could count on unconditionally.

The frontroom windows and my bedroom windows looked out over the front yard and drive. As I laid there praying my bedroom was suddenly ablaze with light. My schnauzer, named Lady, started barking. I had never seen the bedroom light up that way. I looked out the window and saw a woman she had blonde hair and an old white car was in the driveway with its lights on. My first reaction was that it was Lisa and I thought How Dare Her!!! come to my house in the middle of the night. Hasn't she done enough?? I was mad. I grabbed Lady and headed to the frontroom. I had grabbed Lady to shut her up because I didn't want her to wake the girls. When we got to the frontroom it was ablaze in light. I thought Lisa must have left her car lights on. When I reached the front door I went flying out. I was fighting mad. As I stood on the porch holding Lady I noticed the woman standing there was not Lisa.

The woman standing at the foot of the steps was dressed in a white robe with a gold cord around her waiste and blonde hair. I had never seen this woman before. This is how the conversation went with my ANGEL. Yes, I said Angel.

Woman: Sam has had a heartattack.

Me: Can I help you? Are you looking for someone?

Woman: David's son is on drugs. A tear slides down her face.

Me: What do you need me to do?

Woman: Kathy just lost two of her teenagers in a carwreck. A tear slides down her face.

Woman: Jim is homeless.

I keep asking her what I can do to help her. Do I need to call someone? She continues to tell me about all these people who are hurting. I stop asking her what I can do and just listen. I look at the car in the driveway with it's lights still on. It's an older white car. I still have Lady in my arms and the whole time the woman is talking Lady is being very quiet which is very unusual for her. The woman quietly tells me about all these people who are hurting and I realized there are many more people that are hurting far more than I am. I start saying Thank You Jesus, Thank You Jesus for showing me that I am not alone in my hurt. As I'm saying this a warm light starts at the top of my head and goes down my body slowly. As it goes down my body I feel such a love that I can't even describe it. When it gets to my feet I turn to go in the house and I look back to see if the is still there she is gone. I look toward the driveway the car is gone. I looked toward the road. No car in sight. There is no way that she could have left in the car that quick. God sent an Angel to me. As I went into the house the house was dark, no longer bright with light. I realized then that the car light would not have shown into the window even with the lights on because the driveway faced the side of the house. NOT directly in front of the house.I went back to bed and slept like a baby with such peace and love. I was going to be fine. Yes, I was going to fine. I was learning to lean totally on God!

I will continue my story with more things that God did the short time we were in Sayre.

1,000 gifts continues

32. Moved into new home.
33. Spring. Everything blooming!
34. Family, can't say enough about my family!
35. My daughter in law Starla, catching up with her on the phone.
36. Braxton, so funny! He always makes us a laugh.
37. Talking to mom.
38. Staff that show up to work when they are suppose to.
39. Reading a blog about a little girl with brain cancer and the kindness of strangers.
40. Southcrest ER...Dr Stone very good with Grayson.

Sayre.....Part 5 1990

The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart. And save such as have a contrite spirit.
Psalm 34:18

I went to bed that night crying and holding my bible. I would go to bed like this for awhile.....crying, holding my bible and praying.

During the middle of the night a few nites later I called my friend Paula and talked to her awhile. Paula told me that this wasn't the first time. That Mark had been fired from another job for questionable behavior toward some teenage girls in his charge. Later my son told me that his dad (who was on the school board) had told him that some parents had complained about comments he had made to their girls while on a bus trip. My gosh, how much more was I going to have to hear and bear. Did he do anything to my girls?? They assured me he hadn't.

After I talked to Paula I called my ex husband Nathan in Florida. I needed to tell him I was sorry for the hurt and pain I had caused him with our divorce. He was very gracious and accepted my apology. We talked for a long time.

The first weekend after this happened the kids and I went home. Just before this I had spent almost all of my check on groceries so we did not have much money. At home I was restless. I couldn't make sense of this. How could you walk out on a marriage and not talk about it?? There was no closure. I was left hanging and not knowing what went wrong. I was so confused.

The kids and I went back to Sayre. My mom had wanted me to move back right then but I wanted to wait until school was out. I still felt like I was married and so didn't know for sure what to do. But I felt God was telling me to stay put in Sayre. When we got home we had a surprise. Mark had broke into the house and took all of our groceries and some other items. I was shocked!! He was taking our food to feed Lisa and her girls. How much more was I to take?? Mark said he felt like he had a right to the food. He left us with none. I wrote a hot check for us to have groceries and prayed it didn't go to the bank until I had deposited my next check.

A week or so later I called my mother in law, Ruth, and was talking to her to see if she had heard from Mark. I still couldn't get him to talk to me. I wanted to know what she knew and I knew Ruth would think her son was rotten for doing this! It would be good to talk to someone on my side! But that wasn't to be. Ruth told me that he had brought Lisa home to meet her?!? And that she seemed like a lovely girl. A lovely girl?? Was I hearing this right? I said Ruth they are both still married. I started crying and Ruth said I needed to quit acting like a baby and move on. I hung up the phone never to talk to her again. I was never so hurt in my life. It was like a knife stuck in my heart. Ruth was a Christian and Mark's dad a pastor. Could she really be saying this??? Later, I would receive a letter from Mark's dad saying he was sorry for what his son had done and that I would always be his daughter in law. I also received a letter from his uncle saying that he was sorry.

Mathew 11:28-30
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest. Take heart; and you will find rest for your souls, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Rest, oh how I needed rest. To be continued.

1,000 Gifts continued

26.  Beautiful dogwood trees.

27.  Sharing bible verses with Tiffany.

28.  Lori job interview.

29.  Moving to our new house this wknd. 

30.  Grayson making a friend at our new house.  First time she has lived in a neighborhood where there where children her age. YEAH!

31.  Church Services this pass week.  So good!

Sayre.....Part 4. 1990's

We had started attending the First Baptist Church. Mark wanted to join this church because that's were the top business men went and he was one of them. The same time we started another couple also joined, Arlene and David. David was the new optometrist in town. Arlene, would become a very close friend.

Mark's sister and brother in law came to visit us for a few days. While they were here visiting we went to eat and I noticed that he was calling the waitress honey and baby. This was something he never did before. The uneasiness was still with me.

A couple of weeks later I woke up in the middle of night to find Mark not in bed. I thought he must not have been able to sleep and I would find him watching TV in the living room. This was before cell phones so I couldn't call him. He came home a few hours later and when I asked him where he had been he said at work. He was an administrator of a nursing home and said he had gone to make sure employees where working. I didn't say anything at the time but in my heart I knew that wasn't true but wanted to believe him so bad.

During this time he wasn't coming to bed but staying up watching TV. When I would ask him to come to bed he would say he wasn't sleepy. During this time he wasn't telling me he loved me which he always did before and was really acting like he couldn't stand to be around me. Things were different and when I would ask what was wrong he would say nothing.

My birthday came around and he gave me a dozen roses. I was surprised. I thought things were going to be different. The next day the 12 roses had died and were black as black could be. I looked at those roses and thought "our love has died'.

A week or so later I was looking at his checkbook and noticed an entry and a receipt for an expensive place to eat. The receipt was for two. My heart fell. Mark hadn't taken me so who did he take?? I asked him about it and he blew it off saying he had taken someone to eat for doing a good job. I knew he was lying. I was so scared. We had moved 600 miles from family and I didn't have anyone to talk to. I felt like my life was spinning out of control and there wasn't anything I could do about it.

A week later he told me that Lisa (the sugary sweet one!) was getting a divorce. I was shocked and scared at the same time. Mark also told me he had been fired! Mark also said Lisa had been fired. When I asked him why he said something that didn't even make sense and he didn't want to talk about it.

A couple of nights later I woke up, checked on the kids, and noticed Tiffany was not in her bed. I thought she has sneaked out! I jumped in my car to find Tiffany. I didn't even notice that Mark's car was gone. I was going to go downtown to see if she was hanging out there. Instead of turning right I turned left out of the drive. I thought I'm going the wrong way and turned left again and then seen a trailer park and I thought I would turn around in there. I had never been this way and didn't even know the trailer park existed. While I was driving through to turn around I noticed Mark's car parked in front of a trailer. OH MY GOSH! I was furious! So this is what's going on. I was so mad I didn't even think about what I was doing. I jumped out of my car and ran to the trailer door and started pounding. I was pounding on the door so hard that it came opened. I went inside and it was empty! I was going to every trailer until I found him. I was obviously not thinking too straight. I could have been killed pounding on doors and breaking in. I went to the next trailer. The lights were on and I could hear a TV. I pounded, I could here someone say "moma someone's at the door". I didn't say anything but pounded. The door opened and I went in (was that crazy or what) and saw Lisa's daughter and I knew what was going on. I went down the hall and Mark was coming out of the bedroom, he was scared because he thought it was Lisa's husband. I could see Lisa lying in bed. I asked him "what the hell are you doing here". He said "I'm just visiting". I yelled "if you want to visit, visit with your wife". Great comeback, huh! He told me to go home and he would be there. I don't know how I got home but when he came home I was throwing his stuff into the yard. I was yelling. Acting liking a crazed woman. Thinking how could he do this. He grabbed me and bent my arms around to my back and leaned me over the couch. Mark said "I married you because I thought you would die". " I didn't know you were going to live this long". The fight went out of me. He thought I was going to die?? I was in my 30's why was I going to die. I had been real sick before he asked me to marry him but I wasn't going to die. I watched him carry his stuff out to the car and then he woke up Markie. Markie wanted to know what was going on and he told him they were leaving. I asked him where he was going and he said to Lisa's. Could my heart break anymore? This was it. NO talking about it. Our marriage was over.

Later, I realized God led me to that park. God prepared me for this. It was during this time, since I was so far from my family, that I learned to lean totally on God! I was so lost and hurt.

POOPIE

Let me just tell you my youngest grandson (2 yrs old) is quite the character!

Braxton was leaving our house last night and this is how the conversation goes with him.

Me: Bye Brax I Love You!

Lori: Bye Brax I Love you!

Brax: No response.

Me: Bye Brax I Love YOU!

Brax: No response.

Me: I Love You Brax!

Brax: At the front door turns around and says Bye Poopie I love you and breaks out laughing.

Poopie, this is something Brax has come up with. We don't know why except it may have come from watching a dinosuar show. But he says this to me, Lori, his mom and dad. Everyone is poopie or sometimes cocoa at sometime. So funny!

100 Things About Me

1. I was born in Miami, Ok to Norma and E L Patterson.

2. I am very proud of and love my 3 children Chris, Lori and Tiffany. I have a wonderful daughter in law Starla (who I can talk freely about God with) and a wonderful son in law Steve (who I know would protect my baby from harm). I want my children more than anything to have a servants heart for Jesus and serve Him and be successful in whatever they choose to do.

3. I have 4 precious grandchildren who I love very much. Derek my first grandchild, Samantha my first granddaughter, Grayson my granddaughter from my oldest daughter, and Braxton our miracle baby from my youngest daughter. I love watching them grow up.
I want them to grow up with a servants heart for Jesus and be well adjusted adults that want to make a difference.

4. I love big dogs. I have had several and they become the alpha. Which is not good! Maybe because they were male!?! I still miss Jake.

5. I love baseball. I can go to a baseball game by myself and enjoy.

6. I love fall because of football weather. hint: Derek

7. Names that I go by: Lyn, Linda, Linda Kay, Linda Lou, Mom, Momma, Mommy, Grandma, Mammaw, Aunt Linda.

8. I work in the health field and enjoy it.

9. I have been parasailing and loved it.

10. I've been to Hawaii and would like to go back.

11. I thought Maine was beautiful.

12. I loved Panama City Beach. Would like to go back every summer!

13. I love walking on the beach.

14. I love to dance.

15. I like to keep up with the news.

16. I like to watch Ghost Hunters, HGTV, Castle, Dancing with the Stars, Biggest Looser and ID channel.

17. I love listening to Yoshi snore.

18. I hate frogs. They are evil. Did I say I hate FROGS!?!

19. I dislike mean spirited people.

20. I like to go out to eat.

21. I love romantic comedies.

22. I have never seen Titantic or any Star Wars/Star Treck/Twlight for that matter.

23. I love my church.

24. I love flowers; panseys, daisy's and sunflowers.

25. I love land. To be able to look out the window and see land is a blessing.

26. Silent Night is my favorite Christmas Song.

27. I miss my dad, grandma and brother so much.

28. I have friends but not one close friend.

29. I have been married 4 times. Yes, I know.

30. I love Jesus. He is my savior and loves me unconditionally.

31. I enjoy traveling.

32. I have crazy hair. It doesn't matter how it is cut it's going to look the same and to color it? Oh boy, that's another story. My hair is a stylist's nightmare.

33. I was born with red hair.

34. My eyes turned blue when I was 12.

35. I love family gatherings. I love vacations with my kids, grandkids and mom.

36. I like to go hiking.

37. I love having a pool. Very important to me. I love being able to walk out the door and get in the pool whenever I want.

38. I love times spent with just my son and we get to talk.

39. I'm a shy person but try to not show it.

40. I love to laugh.

41. I cry when I watch sad movies or read something sad..

42. I love boating and all the things that go along with it.

43. I like to ride my bicycle. I have rode in Freewheel 10 times and RAGBAI once. I do a lot of thinking when I'm riding and have seen some country that I would never have seen if not on a bike.

44. I would like to ride my bike in Vermont, Maine and along a coast.

44. I like to camp and go rafting.

45. I have had my heart broken so many times that I didn't know if superglue would glue it back together.

46. I can laugh when someone falls. sorry

47. My favorite holidays are Christmas and 4th of July.

48. I love fireworks. Disney World fireworks were the best!

49. I saw a Doors concert when I was 13. Come on baby lite my fire....

50. I love to see Rod Stewart in concert. I've seen him twice. But seeing Billy Joel with Elton John...I would go see Billy Joel again.

51. I like museums and plays.

52. I don't like it when people are bossy. Especially to me. You know who you are.

53. I like to get cards for my birthday, mothers day.....well anytime.

54. Summer is my favorite season, then spring, then fall and then winter.

55. I love watching it snow. But do not like the ice on the roads.

56. I love that Lori knew the song of my heart and lets me be me.

57. I love that I always think I can do it. Even though sometimes I fail.

58. I like to play boardgames and cards.

59. I love to read. Yes, even romantic books by Debbie McComber.

60. I like to go to christian women events or read things that will make me a better person.

61. I enjoy reading and studying my bible.

62. I love my momma and enjoy our times together.

63. I love pink, green, purples, blues.

64. I love to decorate and rearrange.

65. I love to scrapbook.

66. I love Lucia. My compassion child from Boliva. One of these years I hope to be able to go see her.

67. I would love to go on a mission trip.

68. I like to entertain even though I can stress about it.

69. I can get stressed when the house is not clean.

70. I do not like going to the dentist.

71. I had a bad accident while roller skating and bike riding.

72. I miss Easter hunts with my dad and his family.

73. I want to retire to the lake.

74. I like to do crossword puzzles. Trying to keep that mind active.

75. I do not want to be a mean person.

76. I can be sensitive and get my feelings hurt easily. I'm working on that.

77. I don't like people who drive up fast in the lane next to you and think you should let them in. You know who you are.

78. I hate child abuse. Abuse of any kind.

79. I love living in Tulsa.

80. I love the smell of a lawn freshly mowed.

81. I love to watch it storm. I like to sit on the deck when it is raining/storming.

82. I love to go shopping with Tiffany. She's my shopping girl!

83. I love barns. I'm always looking at barns when driving/traveling. You just never know when you will need one. :)

84. I graduated high school with a class of 24. I still have a friend from the 5th grade.

85. Sometimes I like to take a day and just stay in my pajamas and do nothing.

86. I always wanted to be a writer.

87. I love my War Eagle trips with my friends Kim and Dana. There use to be 8 of us and we are down to us 3. We've been going since 1996.

88. I only been geocache once but loved it and hope to get to do more.

89. I'm not very good at waiting.

90. I love to go to Zoos.

91. I'm a card carrying Cherokee.

92. I love to start projects...just don't always finish them.

93. I still believe in Santa.

94. I believe in dreams. You have to have dreams.

95. I love Beth Moore studies.

96. I love Michael O'briens song "If I Said Nothing".

97. I'm a forgiving person. Sometimes forgiving to a fault.

98. My grandmother taught me alot about being a Christian. She was one of the greatest women I ever knew and I miss her so much.

99. I don't like my body showing signs of growing old.

100. I love life on earth but am so thankful that I have an eternal life in heaven.

More gifts

21. Thankful that my surgery went well.

22. The gift of watching Braxton and Grayson dance to Wii. So CUTE!!

23. The gift of life. Realizing again how precious life is after hearing about someone I know dying at 45.

24. The weather today is beautiful. The start of spring!

25. Thankful for a mom that loves me no matter what.

and more gifts to be thankful for

19. I'm thankful that I am having my tear duct surgery tomorrow. Even though I'm nervous I know God is in control.

20. I'm thankful for the Beth Moore study I've been doing. It's been an eye opener. Well really all her studies are!

Sayre....the uneasiness starts. Part 3 1990

Mark moved to Elk City until the house he found for us in Sayre would be available. I went to Elk City to visit him for the weekend. Mark had been there for a couple of weeks and seemed a little different. I couldn't place my finger on it. I found a plastic bag of weed in the drawer and asked Mark about it. He had told me he wasn't smoking weed anymore. He gave me the excuse that it must have been left there from the previous renter. I didn't believe him. I wanted to but in my heart I knew it was his. I also, didn't want to confront him about it. I wanted so bad for everything to work out for us in Sayre.

We moved to Sayre in June. I loved Sayre. To me, Sayre look like it came right out of an old Clint Eastwood movie.

There was still something going on with Mark. He just didn't act the same. Shortly after moving in I went up to the Nursing Home. Mark showed me around and was introducing me to different people. We were standing in his office when a woman came in and Mark introduced her as the activity director. Her name was Lisa. Lisa shook hands with me and I thought to myself she was not someone you could trust and I actually had a sick feeling in my stomache! Lisa, I can only described as sugary sweet. The kind you wouldn't trust with your husband. I thought surely her husband could take care of her. Mark had mentioned her before to me and told me she was married and had 3 girls.

Shackles Free

Yesterday, I was wearing my Mandisa, Shackles Free t-shirt that I got at a EWomen conference. The t-shirt is also from her song below. I love that shirt because everytime I wear it I remember that the bonds have been broken. The bonds can be anything that keeps us from having the relationship with Christ that we are to have. My "bond" was Andre'. Just when I thought I could take no more He broke the chains that Andre' had over me. I woke up last night thinking about Andre', how long it had been, and thinking it was time for him to make contact. Well today he did by instant message. I just stared at it thinking What?? Is this a test?? Am I going to fail God by answering???? I think God was preparing me that Andre' was going to make contact and I was 'clothed in strength and dignity". The verse on the shirt is John 8:36 So if the son sets you free, you will free indeed. I am free! The chains are broken! Praise God!


Shackles (Praise You)

Take the shackles off my feet so I can dance
I just wanna praise You
I just wanna praise You
You broke the chains, now I can lift my hands
And I'm gonna praise You
I'm gonna praise You

In the corners of mind
I just can't seem to find a reason to believe
That I can break free
‘Cause you see I have been down for so long
Feel like all hope is gone
But as I lift my hands, I understand
That I should praise You through my circumstance

Everything that could go wrong
All went wrong at one time
So much pressure fell on me
I thought I was gonna lose my mind
But I know You wanna see
If I will hold on through these trials
But I need You to lift this load
‘Cause I can't take it no more

Been through the fire and the rain
Bound in every kind of way
But God has broken every chain
So let me go

Laughter

Today I had taken a client to the doctor. While I waited in the waiting room for my client I begun to look at a magazine. I was reading the last page which had a short story on it when I started actually laughing out loud and then laughing so hard I was crying.There was no stopping it. I looked around the waiting room to see if someone was hearing this laughter. A lady was coming out from the patient area and looked at me strange. I was still laughing. As she got closer to me I could tell she thought I was laughing at her. I explained that I was laughing at the story I was reading. The lady said "well I thought you were laughing at me because I said I wanted to see my 6 month old granddaughter". I guess she had been talking to the nurse. I don't think I could have heard her over my laughing. :) I assured her I wasn't laughing at her but the story and she said "I'm glad you have had your laugh for the day" and walked out the door.

Laughter, a good belly laughter, is good for the soul! Maybe not to the people that had to witness it but it was good for me.

This Weekend

I took a Yoga class on Saturday which was my first time. I found that even though it's been several months since my roller skating accident I'm still having problems with dizziness! When we were doing the floor part I just had to lie there and spin. :)
The idea of taking this class was to build my upper strength for Freewheel. How can I ride a bike up hills all those miles if I don't have upper strength? I thought I needed to be in better shape this year. We will see.



Sunday after Church I got to spend some time with Tiffany and Braxton. We had a good time shopping and just being together. For not having his nap, Braxton was really good. We went to the mall first and then to Sams. At Sams he had taken all he could and fell asleep in the cart. So precious.

Brokenhearted

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and save those who are crushed. Psalm 34:18

How many times have we felt crushed or brokenhearted? It could have been over a failed relationship/marriage, a job lost, our home in foreclosure, a child not walking with the Lord, a child with a terminal illness, a parent ill and as simple as someone hurting our feelings. Someone we trusted. But, nevertheless, brokenhearted and crushed. Or how about brokenhearted over something that we said or did that crushed someone? Whether intentional or not.

Lord, thank you for being near when my heart was breaking and putting your arms around me. Reminding me that I have you to love me unconditionally and restore me. Lord, I just pray that I will not crush anyone with my words or deeds today. Lord, I lift up those that are brokenhearted or crushed to draw you near.
In Jesus Name