November 2008 Blog Posts (8)

I had a great plan to tell you all how thankful I am for your participation in this little community as part of my Happy Thanksgiving post, but I just never got there. Almost two weeks ago I was hit by a bug that has knocked me out. I haven't been sick in years but this sure made up for it! I had a bug that made it impossible to eat anything for days and had to work through it...you know I was tired when I got home at night so no postings, no visits, just collapsing! It sure did make me thankfu… Continue

This was an amazing message by Perry Noble. I thought I had to share it! It is a reminder of all we want to be to our children and what we should do about our own lviing moms! http://www.perrynoble.com/2008/11/18/pain-and-progress/ Continue

I have always consider myself very openminded. After all I was a hippie, lived through the age of Aquarius and all it's paraphenalia...but I continue to be stretched by my many children's choices. I often pray to have my boundaries stretched so I guess it makes sense. Well, last year one of my boy's broke the ice and got the first tattoo...obviously mom had lost control. Lot's of soul searching took place and the realization that I wasn't in control. Always a good lesson to chew on. Well, that t… Continue

One of my co-workers came to work this morning feeling poorly and quickly went down hill. She did not have a car so I offered to take her home. She was coughing and this was making her sick to her stomach. I remember some of my kids having these symptoms which was really fortunate because she continued to feel worse and worse on the way home. Since she had felt poorly the last couple of days she hadn't eaten much and was very dehydrated. Just before we left work she had taken some Robitussin. Th… Continue

My mother-in-law has always told me that no matter the situation we should always declare good things from our mouths. So I thought I'd take a moment to do so! But I am going to back up and catch you up on my decision to write this. My mother and I don't have such a great relationship with eachtother. And given all of the events that has lead up to now, everyone would be agreeing. So I very rarely catch myself calling her unless it's an update on baby, because Israel and I have decided that it'… Continue

I must thank Heather, Stephanie and all her helpers for arranging this wonderful event. This event made me realize the significance of blogging more than ever before. We as a people are starving for connections. No matter how close we live to others in our house/condo/apartments we don't know them. Everyone is working so hard to keep life moving, we don't have the time to get to know each other at home or at work. While we can't normally visit with our neighbors at 12 AM we can go online and wri… Continue

What's a Fickle Pickle you say? Well it is a restaurant actually in Roswell, GA. I am going to my first "Blogging Party" tomorrow night with my daughter Erika, some of her friends who are driving up from Florence, SC and a number of others from all over the Southeast. You see there is a blog that we all follow called, http://whittakerwoman.typepad.com. The owner of whittakerwoman, is Heather Whittaker and she calls it "I'm a Stalker, How About You, Blog Party". Just a little window to her creati… Continue

I was so excited to see everyone post pictures, because I am a very visual person and it really helps me to see who I am communicating with each time. And of course I love that you post pics of all the little people because they always make my heart jump. So I went on a search for a picture of myself so you all could see me. But alas, there are no pictures of me by myself. Now I realize my family (if they are reading this) are hooting and hollering, saying, you never let us take a picture of you… Continue