My Grateful Thankful Heart

There is no doubt in my mind, that I am a loved girl. The wonderful messages of support and love I received following my mini meltdown last Saturday has done more than I could have ever expected or asked for.

I wrote just to ease my mind but your comments, messages,and words of encouragement did more than ease my mind, they lifted my spirits and made me truly thankful. I find myself going back to read the comments, and I cannot tell you enough how truly blessed I am to have you all in my life. THANK YOU!!!

I am truly honored to be a part of this wonderful community and I am genuinely humbled to be friends with such amazing, generous, and kind people. My heart will be forever grateful, thanks so much for making me feel better.

A big shout out to all who have followed and visited my blog in the past few weeks. I am hoping to stop by your blogs soon, and also get back to writing. Many thanks.

God bless!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

A very happy and blessed New Year to you!!!

Christmas Eve

Silver bells chime
As delicate snow lace falls

Santa rides high
Rudolph & co with gifts in tow

Christmas Eve lingers
Little boys and girls happily dreaming
Of treats and presents

Carols heard through the night (house)
Christmas dawn soon will be here


A merry Christmas Eve friends!!! Have a wonderful week

Many Thanks!!!

Over the past several weeks and days, I have been nominated for some pretty neat awards, and today I would like to thank everyone who has nominated me for any award. It’s so hard for me to keep up with them, but I truly appreciate the awards. It sure means a lot that you would think of me as you respond to the awards.

Many many thanks a million times over. Here’s wishing you and yours, a wonderful weekend. It is my prayer, and hope that this season will bring peace, love, and utmost joy to your hearts. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALWAYS BEING KIND AND SWEETLY GRACIOUS.

God bless…

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy thanksgiving!

After our morning prayers today, I asked the girls what they were thankful for…with confidence and much excitement, they both said “for being princesses.” Answered like typical pink loving little girls, don’t you think?. They asked if I was thankful for the same thing… I hugged them tight and answered yes…

I am also thankful for life, love, and laughter. I am thankful for faith, hope, family, friends, and fun.

And these days, I am most thankful for good food, and YOU! May you always find reasons to be thankful…today, tomorrow, and always.

Happy thanksgiving from my grateful heart to yours!

Love always

A Note From My Dad

Yesterday, we had a very small and surprise party for my dad. He was thrilled beyond words and enjoyed himself, and the company. Earlier in the day, he gave me a note and asked if I could share it with my friends who had taken time to comment on the note I wrote and wished him well.

His notes are always  handwritten, and here is a picture of said note:

My very dear ones,

I cannot thank and appreciate you enough for the love expressed through my daughter, your friend on my birthday which came up on the 26th of October.

May you live long enough with all the benefits of long life, good health, and may you continually prosper in all your endeavors in Jesus mighty name. Thank you and God bless you all richly. Amen.

Jibs

Thank you all again so much. It was a busy but no doubt fun weekend….have a wonderful Sunday.

Thankfully he bestows blessings
On you and yours today
May you always have honor and love
To fill your happy hearts

What Can I Say But Thanks…

Image courtesy of http://www.bridalbuds.com

What can I say really but thanks…?

Today was a wonderful day for my dad many thanks to awesome people like you, who wrote the nicest messages in my comment section. He read them earlier in the day, and was thoroughly overwhelmed. In his words “I have made him quite famous on his birthday…” he enjoyed reading them, and was all smiles the whole day.

He had another wonderful birthday this year, thanks to God and you all. A special thanks to everyone who called, sent messages via every possible mode, wonderful bloggers who liked the birthday post, and sent wishes. God bless and honor you all immensely.

My dad had a lovely birthday not just because he told me, but I saw the excitement all over his face and after a quiet dinner, he said a prayer for us from the depths of his heart. He said a prayer for you all as well, and in his effort to show more appreciation; he asked that I convey his heartfelt gratitude to all my friends “say me well, and thanks to them all please” he said. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH AND GOD BLESS!!!

I will get to all the kind comments as soon as possible…been a long day, and tomorrow Lord willing is going to be longer…but I will get to them all.

Many thanks!!!

Thanks For Always

Thank you all so very much for the very many get well wishes. I wish the silly cold would just go away, but it’s still here… double yuck! I appreciate all the kind thoughts, wishes, and prayers. It’s wonderful to have such kind and thoughtful angels like you all around. A big thank you to everyone who nominated me for an award over the past few weeks. I really appreciate them all, and special thanks to Esenga for the Ligo Circle of appreciation.

Thanks for always reading, liking, commenting, and just for being you. A special thanks to everyone who has stopped by my facebook page and liked it. I really appreciate you all. Thanks alot and God bless. I hope you have a wonderful rest filled weekend.

Such joy and heartfelt gratitude
To be loved and cared for
Time and time again
When you stop by
And show support
Liking or taking time
To make a comment

I am now going to bury my head in more tissues and soothing balms…*sneeze, cough, sneeze…achooo!*

Thanks for always!

Be Right Back

I couldn’t find a better title so I am going with this. In a few hours, Lord willing I will be out of here for what I am hoping is a very restful and sleep filled vacation. My fingers are crossed for the rest and sleep part.

Thank you all so much for the joyful ride thus far, and while I will miss you all so much…I am leaving you in the very capable hands of some amazing writers, who so generously offered to share their works with you while I am away. A big thank you to them all. While it is “easy” to write on your own blog…doing it on someone else’s is not the easiest in my opinion, but these kind people have stepped outside of their own great blogs to add their works to mine.

Please in the coming days, I kindly ask, that you stop by here read their works, and interact with them. They would be happy to hear from you. Even better please take it one step further by visiting their own blogs, they have truly interesting posts and great posts. They are all so different and uniquely talented…one of them even has a book on Amazon, so if you have an extra 99cents to spare please support the book after you are done reading the blog post (I wasn’t asked to do this), but this is such a supportive community, so please extend that to all these writers. One of them is also fairly new on WordPress…you know you have to show her love WordPress style :).

My adopted twin sister is also guest blogging…bet you didn’t know I had one…well, you would have to read her work to find out who it is :). Even one of the most awesome bloggers ever is showing up…Please support each and everyone of them as I am sure they would you.

Thank you all so much! I will miss you all, but rest assured you are all in great hands; and I would be back before you can finish reading the guest writers’ blogs.

I tried to leave you with a wonderful poem…but truth is I am tired. Been a long week and night…not that kind of night people LOL. So instead I am sharing a poem that I posted a while back…it is one of my favorites. I hope you like it.

Have a lovely weekend, and a great week!

Mucho Love… here is “Big Words”

I could never use those words
They seem so big
And out of reach
For a lowly girl like me

What do I know of words like?
Gregarious
Eponymous
And other highfalutin
And lah-de-dah words

What do I know of big words?
What do I know of any words?

I am just a plain-vanilla
A product of British colonization
And a very Anglophone father
Who never said lazy but rather sloth
And every time he said that
I thought he meant slut…

What then do I know of big words?
When I could never tell when it’s
Sloth or slut

*Please don’t forget to check out TBA later today for the big reveal of the real story behind our picture and writing collaboration from yesterday. Thank you!!!*

WHEN WORDS BECOME MORE- ACTION!!!

I think often times I can be caught up in my own world of words and talk, forgetting that action speak louder and make more of an impact. Talk can sometimes be cheap.

After the Dana plane crash in Nigeria, a friend posted a message on my high school page to raise money for one of our school mates who lost her husband in the crash. I read the message and felt compelled to do something but the truth was the message seemed geared to those who were in Nigeria…still I thought about making a difference in my own little way.

I was thinking about the young lady who lost her husband, she was my younger sister’s classmate, she has a young son…I can’t imagine what she is going through but the truth is it can happen to anyone……I felt torn and wanted to help.

I decided I was not going to just pray or think of her, I was going to turn my words and thoughts into something bigger, and so I sent a message to some of my personal friends and asked them to support me in raising money for this dear lady. I didn’t know how they would respond…they don’t know her…they might never meet her…she doesn’t know them…times are hard…everyone is going through their own little thing…

I emailed about 5 or 6 of my friends and hoped for the best. I copied my younger sister on the mail and she said..”well, nice of you but don’t you think it’s “strange”, they don’t know her.”

I agreed with her but what does it matter I thought…I was right, my friends responded and blew me away with their very generous support…we didn’t raise thousands or millions but we raised something and I am ever grateful.

Turns out some other friends in Maryland/Dc area are raising some money too, and I am sure by the time we put it all together it would be something tangible. I am very grateful to these fine women who went out of their way to show support and give out of their pockets. May they be blessed richly and always.

There is still kindness in the world…still good people and no matter how big and overwhelming the evil and darkness around us seem, we can be sure there is good lurking around somewhere. It’s in the hearts of people…in the wonders of nature…in our own selves…great good abound in many places.

Though the lives of those lost in this unimaginable tragedy are more than any monies or gifts we can give or compensation their families might receive…it is a blessing to them nonetheless in all of this mess.

Thank you to all who supported in raising some money, and may the souls of all who died in this ill-fated plane crash rest always in Heaven’s perfect bliss. Amen