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I fixed my hair on a Saturday, which for me on a Saturday is huge, so I asked Trenton to take our picture and I just love it! Thanks Love!

Face book Friends?

I don’t comprehend the new "facebook world".... we have so many friends, however when we see them in public we do all that we can to not make eye contact! This has happened to me quite a few times in both situations...Seeing a "facebook friend" and hoping they don’t see me so I don't have to say hi and seeing a “facebook friend” and they turn to not want to say hi to me. What really rattles my brain is when "facebook friends" do it to me, I mull over it for days...did they not recognize me, am I that bad of a person they dont want to say hi, am I that annoying they don’t want to say hi? On the other hand, when I do it to others there is no worrying or late night thinking of what I did. My solution to this has been deleting one "facebook friend" a day which in truth; I would not want to say hi to them in person if we saw each other on aisle five in target. Funny thing about that...I guess some have noticed I have deleted them and they friend me again. This keeps me thinking....Do they really want to be my friend or just have a high number of friends on facebook?

sport season!

So here we go, tomorrow will start with me having two kids in two different sports with games either at the same time of each other or within 15min of each other and I have to figure out how to be there at the same time. My parents had five kids, all of us were in so many sports I can’t even remember all the sports functions we had. At the same time I don’t remember but a few times they were not there and not have me there on time! How in the world did they manage this because I am still trying to figure that one out? Trenton is in football and Hudson is in soccer and of course their playing fields are about 20min away from each other. Tomorrow morning I have an 8am soccer game and a 9:30 football game. Wish me luck...oh and the boys!

fires and floods

The largest fire in Texas history is happening right now, over 800 homes have been turned to ash. The biggest flood in Binghamton New Yorks history is happening right now, many homes are being washed away. What is God trying to tell us here?

3000+ children

Monday night I turned on the t.v. around 8:55pm...this is something so unusual for me since May I have not had a second to myself much less for the t.v....I wanted to catch the news about the Texas fires but saw something called Children of 9/11. I guess when you become a mother anything with children catches your attention like a freight train coming at you so of course I watched it.
Over 3000 children lost a parent or maybe even both; this is my worst fear ever for my boys. Watching this documentary with the 9/11 kids only having video or pictures to see and hear their dad/mom really hit me hard. I know I take it for granted that I get to wake up each morning with my boys smiling at me and saying good morning. To think their parents got up on 9/11 to go to work just as I did this morning, never to return again but in memories. You know, I must admit I do not think I ever really considered the children of the many lives taken that day. I am sure I thought those lives taken were mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles etc. but I know I never really reflected on their lives or their tragic end to what could have been. These children were on a path of love and devotion from their parents. Who knows what could have been for these children if 9/11 never happened.
It is so heartbreaking to think for the past 10 years as one victim put it, “I know all Muslims are not bad but they killed my father.” Can you even imagine living like this for the rest of your life? Keeping the hate in you for a whole religion because a few bad seeds? Holding on to the hate I think is the most tragic because no matter what the hurt and pain can never go away holding on to the hate.
During the show and even now I pray for those 3000+ children to find peace in their hearts and hold on to the love they were given in the short time they had their parents that were taken too soon. And keep the faith near that soon they will be with their mom or dad again.

Never Forget

September 11th is coming soon and it is just so heart breaking to me. I will never ever forget where I was and watching the footage on T.V. after our Professor was kind enough to let us go. She walked into the room with her face as white as a ghost and said everyone go home and turn your T.V.'s on there is something not right.
I was in Florida, away from my family in college. I couldn’t understand what was going on. I still do not believe the people were jumping to their deaths as the media reports. I can’t fathom the phone calls the wife’s and husbands were getting from their loved ones on the plane saying we are going to take this plane down. And the children, oh the children. My hearts aches and I pray for peace.

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Songs

1. From this Moment-Shania Twain. Song Kenny played while he proposed to me!

2. Untitled Hymn-Chris Rice. I cry every time I hear this song and want it at my funeral.

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movies!

1. Gone with the Wind. I would love to live in that time to wear those dresses!

2. Blind Side. Love the message this movie has for my boys.

3. Hangover. Kenny and I laugh at this movie every time we watch it!

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1.The Help. I started reading this with out knowing one thing about the book and could not believe how much emotion came through the book. if you have not seen the movie....read the book first it is better but the movie did not disappoint.

2. Heaven is for Real. I am reading a chapter a night out loud to Trenton and I do not know which I enjoy more, the book or the conversations I am having about the book and God!

3. Measure of a Man. I am also reading this book right now and the only thing I can say is this is a must read!

4. The Shack. I have never read a book more then once....I have read this book four times!!!!