HOW HAVE I MISSED HER?

In the last three years I have read many many blogs.  Long before I blogged I loved reading blogs.  HOW DID I MISS this one, Life in Grace and the lady that writes it.  In the last three days I have gone back and read the entire blog..I am not even going to tell you about Edie, but I will say that she is a lady I wish I knew in person.  Amazing, hilarious, generous are all things I would use to describe her.  She has just been through a nightmare, but yesterday was her birthday.  Bloggers from everywhere wrote a letter to her. I have never read such beautiful tributes.  I read long into the night to learn more about her.  And then I understood.  She is a doctor that left her practice to raise her kids, home-school them, and make life beautiful. 

She is a GLASS HALF FULL gal, even now.  Now I am just trying to think of some way to help her.  She says she needs nothing, but can you imagine losing everything you owned, your pictures, your memories, your clothes, your kids artwork, your nest all in the middle of the night as your house burned to the ground. 

If you know her then I am telling you nothing, if you don’t, go and read her blog…but a warning….you may not be able to stop.  I cannot tell you how many times I laughed out loud as I read it. 

Edie, I am so glad to know you and will never miss another post. 

TOYS AND MORE TOYS, BOYS and MORE BOYS FROM CHRISTMAS and NEW YEARS EVE

 



 
 
 






 
      
This is a WRAP on HOLIDAY PHOTOS.  I will be back with a GIVEAWAY SOON !  This is the week we are doing holiday take-downs, not a very FUN job.
Pray for Ashley.  She now has STAPH. 
A huge problem especially in her situation.
 Happy New Year!
Teresa

Happy New Year

Our family has so much to be thankful for as we end 2010.
Just three months ago, we had no idea how it would end.  Tonight we sat around a table at Dana and Greg’s, had dinner, fireworks  and played cards  I  am sure each one of was thinking that we could be in a very different place.
In the next few days I  will post my last Christmas pictures of 2010 of the little's and some from tonight.  Grayson and Jack are so cute together. 

Be sure and stop by my holiday blog.  My number one ELF, Terri from Ninny’s Notes did a guest post for me on getting  ready for NEXT HOLIDAY SEASON.  It really does begin with how you pack up this year.  We will be taking down trees this next week and then in another month or so we will probably take our own down.  It’s hard to believe that Christmas has come and gone. Seems like yesterday that I was driving home from Dallas, two weeks away from tree season, having no clue how I was going to be able to get all the houses decorated.  We DID and that is nothing short of a MIRACLE, but the biggest MIRACLE of all is that JACK was sitting at that table tonight, holding his cards and with the exception of a swollen left hand and some pain in his shoulder, he is OK. 
If you missed this post, READ IT.
No one says it like Beth.  I cannot tell you how many times she writes and I wonder if she has been following me around.  Maybe its just that we all have the same struggles, the same fears and the same desires.  No one can use words quite like she can.  
Please keep praying for little Ashley.
You can check out her blog to read all that happened this week.  Life is hard for this family right now.  Hard decisions that I cannot imagine making.  No easy answers.
As we begin 2011, I am so thankful for all my blog friends. You have made my life richer.  I am not good at resolutions.  This year I think it will just be monthly goals.  I think we all pretty much have the same ones.  Eat healthier, exercise more! Though  those are certainly things that are on my list, I want my list to start with be kinder, judge less, say I’m  sorry more often (that one is for you Micah), give more, want less, compliment more, speak gratitude more often, fear less, play more, worry less, make everyday COUNT!
I just want to be a BETTER ME.
Happy New Year.