PRAYER TIME

I really felt led to post almost the identical post on both my blogs.....I hope you will not mind.....First we some winners of BLOOM  !!!!!!

They are

Simone from Chocolated Covered Daydreams

and

Nancy from Bacardi Mom

Send me your addresses and they are on their way

I HAVE JUST COME FROM KELLY'S BLOG IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND AM BLOWN AWAY BY ALL THE PRAYER REQUESTS.

PERSONALLY I HAVE SOME NEEDS THAT ARE OVERWHELMING ME. BUT MORE THAN THAT, I KNOW PERSONAL FRIENDS THAT HAVE LIFE OR DEATH situations. I have a very close friend that is in the scariest situation of her life regarding a grandchild and there are no easy or cheap answers.

In just the last month, I have

had a good friend diagnosed with MS, a friend that fell off a 10 foot ladder and has already had three surgeries. I know a family I thought was a ROCK, calling it quits.

My precious Jack and Parker are moving to Houston because of a job transfer. (THIS IS A POST I promised you and its COMING SOON) 

My heart is broken into a million pieces. THERE HAVE BEEN DAYS I WAS NOT SURE I COULD DO THIS.....Did not want to get out of the bed.  IF YOU HAVE READ MY BLOG LONG YOU KNOW MY RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM.  THEY JUST SPENT 5 DAYS WITH ME. HOW WILL I LIVE WITH OUT THEM IN MY DAILY LIFE? 

My husband has had some health issues, mostly just energy level and the heat. Please pray for him.   A dear friends beloved Dad was diagnosed with lung cancer last week.

My son had to put his 16 year old dog to sleep yesterday and that hurts.

A preacher I had great respect for did what a lot of preachers do.

I have a close friend that has a problem that is going to cost 1000'a in legal bills to keep her grandchild safe.

Precious little Ashley is in bad shape.....

Crew that so many of you have fallen in love with has been sick again and ANY sick is serious with him.

I have a dear friend with major kidney problems...Her kidneys are functioning at 35%.

 

I have a relationship problem with a close family member that on the surface looks impossible and it is someone I though cared about me.  PRAY THAT GOD WILL RESTORE IT.

LET'S JUST SAY IT HAS BEEN THREE MONTHS OF DESPERATION AND SADNESS BEYOND SAD, THUS THE BLOG BREAK 

I have a feeling you could write a list just like this OF NEEDS.   

I don't do the Linky thing well but in your you comments please leave any prayer requests......I promise to pray. 

Life is JUST PLAIN OLD hard. And there are times when you are sailing along and out of nowhere comes a hit that knocks you to the ground.  That is where I have been.

WE ARE GOING ON AN ALL FAMILY TRIP TO THE BEACH IN TWO WEEKS.  WE HAVE RENTED A FABULOUS HOUSE IN GULF SHORES.  PLEASE PRAY THAT WE WILL EACH COME WITH THE ATTITUDE OF SEEING WHO CAN OUT LOVE the OTHER.   

I AM BACK TO BLOGGING....I HAVE MISSED EACH OF YOU SO VERY MUCH...Would you believe we leave Saturday for Christmas Market in Dallas........Where has this year gone? And the temp is supposed to be 100 degrees.  On a side note, I have 100,000 pins now...they will not let me pin more so I am revamping my boards...Fathers Day pictures coming!

THANKS FOR CHECKING ON ME

You have made me feel so loved.  I have received so many emails wondering if I have quit blogging...NO!!!  Just a break!!!!




I just needed to be quiet. Over and over I have tried to string some words together and N.O.T.H.I.N.G., so I knew it was not quite time to come back...

and a very wise Nezzy cautioned me not to come back before I was ready. I am so glad that she did. 


SO in the next week OR so I will be back with at least the short version of my absence. I am fine.
It is so nice to be missed. 


I have all my prizes sent out...I did not post about them, just sent them...


I happen to have 2 new copies of Kelle Hamptons new book BLOOM!  It is amazing.  They are in mailers ready to mail!

I just need two winners....All you have to do is leave a comment saying you have wanted the book and tell one other blogger about the giveaway. 

Jack and Parker will be here the next 5 days and each of the boys can draw on Sunday which is Father's Day.  Those two boys are blessed with a great
Dad, a GREAT POP, a great, great grandfather, and an unbelievable UNC.   

Amanda and her family just came home yesterday from a short cruise with Micah's grandparents.  They got some amazing pictures....

Love this Picture

They spent a day in New Orleans before they boarded

                                             JUST JACK

THE MEN

Many of you have asked about Crew,  He is sick again with a virus , an ear infection and something else.  But with him anything is serious.  So they need your prayers. 

Here is a recent picture where they met all the cousins at the beach. 

UPDATE ON CREW

I promise I am going to write again....just not sure what I am going to share and just need to be sure I do not overshare,if that is a word. 

Tonight and tomorrow night I have sweet Jack so life is good. 
 
I have not forgotten the prizes.
They are sitting on my table...I have just never been through a six week period where I was so miserably sad. Jack and Parker are moving four hours away.  Never expected it, never dreamed it.   

But I made contact with Marie tonight. 

She too has had a rough month...but here is Crew's latest report from Arkansas Childrens along with some pictures.....


His kidneys are a little bit worse and he will need therapy for his pelvis. Neurosurgery is still deciding when to start spina bifida clinic, everyone wants him to have a little break.

He is still on all Meds and back on his monitor, the neonatologist didn't feel comfortable taking him off after receiving his results.

This one takes my breath away

I met his beautiful grandmother 22 years ago and she has not aged one tiny bit...Gorgeous....

                                     

                              That my friends is a little    
                       MIRACLE!