We Need Your Prayers, Please

Hi everyone, I do hope you are having a great Monday.

I need your help . My sister,  who is a very sensitive soul, has just been told that her best and only friend in the whole world is dying. :( It is hurting my heart right now to tell you.  Julie has a friend, Kathleen who has been so sweet to her for 15 years or so.  Julie found out that at Christmastime Kathleen was traveling to see her children for Christmas when she got in an accident. It was so bad that she was put on life support.  Yesterday they 'pulled the plug'. I hate that phrase.  Family took her home, that is where she wanted to be.  So she is dying.

It was an awful shock to my sister. They were so very close. Like sisters.  I know that it is awful news for anyone to get. But Julie, she called me awhile ago in tears and even though it was hard for me to hear what all had happened. I could hear her heart breaking.............It hurt me so bad.  I am 1,000 miles away. I can't go to her. Stopping to dry my face and blow my nose. Ok, gosh, this is so hard.  I met this sweet lady. She is like an angel.

Julie has had a crummy life, she has been epileptic since she was 5 back in 1960 or so and in and out of state hospitals and homes and all.  She has had a hard time mentally and emotionally all her life.  People have done bad things to her.  And she has had to deal with Parkinson's now for the past 20 years. But she has been tough and won't let it get her. She is so inspiring. I am very proud of her.

It has been hard for her to have friends that understand her. Kathleen was the best friend to her. She loved Julie and was so sweet to her.  And Julie loved her back. She feels so alone.  Little Julie alone on a great big planet with no one.  :( I know that she is not alone. But I have had that feeling so I know what she is going through. She said that she doesn't know what she will do. She just feels so lost. :(

I don't think that she has ever prayed til she and I did each night when I was there a year ago.  And I don't know if she has prayed since.  I told her that Jesus understands and knows how she feels. He has felt it too. More than we can imagine. He knows how to make her feel better. I told her I will pray hard for her to feel better and to be able to accept and find peace with whatever happens.  Please pray with me. Julie and Kathleen's  family need it.  Maybe you can put her name on your church prayer chain or prayer circle list too. Thank you. Take care.

Snow, Good Saturday and Enjoy Sunday

Hi everyone,

We had about 6 inches of snow during the night (Friday to Saturday).  Before going to bed at I-don't-know-when-in-the-morning..maybe 5AM, I swept and shoveled the deck and stairs twice.  And Princess Downy's 'area' on the lawn was shoveled.LOL  My goodness, can't she just use the indoor potty like everyone else?? :)  BRRR

I got a late start this morning..Saturday, but got most of the cleaning done that I wanted (not needed) to do. Did that make sense?  There was still one room in the house that didn't get done.  I already kinda mentioned that one. Not my favorite room to clean. lol  We did have a good day today though and that was nice. Hubby did good. He is planning on going to church in the morning. I hope he can. We never know til morning gets here.

I plan on enjoying my Sunday. My favoritest day of the week.  I love learning from the scriptures.  There is so much to learn.  I like that when I read I can always learn something new, even though I have read the same thing many times before. 

Well, I should go. I hope all of you enjoy your Sunday.  Take care 

OOPS! I Did It Again :) Thanks and Snow

Well as you can see I did it again. I changed my blog background. It is just not fair that there are so many sites with neat free backgrounds.  I think if I stop reading your blogs I may not be changing mine so much. LOL  But I can't do that.  I love reading about what is going on in your lives.  And about the great crafts that you are making and selling.

Thank you to those who commented on my last post and others.  I wonder if I got too preachy there.  :)

Well, it is snowing again. We have a "whole" inch now. lol  I am not sure how much we are going to get.  I just finished sweeping the porch/deck and the stairs and took Princess Downy out for the last time. My goodness, it better be the last time since it is 3:17 am. LOL

We have been doing ok for the past few days. Whew! It's about time. :) I am taking pictures of my Christmas decorations and putting them away tonight and tomorrow. I will have some pics on here by the end of the month, I hope. I have to get the film developed. Don't have a digital camera yet. 

Have a great weekend everyone, take care

What is a Christian?

Hi everyone,

In my  first post I think it was, I mentioned that when I started my blog I  had the idea to respond to questions about my faith. Then even though my faith is my life, I wrote, I decided to change to doing what I have been doing the past couple months. I also said that I would talk about my faith or faith in general sometime. Well I think this may be that sometime :)

In my last post I said that I had been trying to decide what to write about and mentioned some options. One was the topic What Is A Christian?  (thank you to those who left comments there) My reason for thinking of this for a topic is that there should only be one answer to this question. Right? A Christian is someone who believes in Christ and follows his teachings. That is the basic answer. Some how over the years the definition of a Christian has changed to: A Christian is someone who believes "the same as I do." So, if someone of a certain faith believes 'this' and the next person does not then that person "is not a christian." Who has the right to say that someone who believes in Christ and his teachings, but not in the same way as the next guy, is not a christian?  People are being called unchristian just because they don't believe in the creeds that were written centuries after the death of Christ and the Apostles.  Jesus and his apostles didn't believe in them either. Are THEY not christian ?

This was just something that I have been thinking about lately because I am seeing it happen. It is very sad.  Why can't people get along? 

I do enjoy your comments. Have a great Friday. Take care

Decisions, Decisions.....

Hi everyone, I have been wondering what I should write about. I have thought of several topics.  I think that was my first mistake. LOL  To think of more than one topic.  First, a while back before Christmas, I was thinking of,  Christmas-To Have Or Have Not, and ohhhh I just thought of this, I don't know why...What Is A Christian?...Well I do know why. Just don't know why I thought of it right now.  Then I thought,  oh, I don't remember the other topic from before Christmas...shoot.  lol  Then tonight I was thinking of maybe writing about Princess Downy. :)  Or maybe about our place in the mountains that I miss so much.  This is just too much for my poor little ol' brain. LOL

You decide? Those of you who choose the Christmas or the Christian topic, let me know your thoughts, ok? If you want to leave a comment here that is ok. And if you'd want to comment further, you can write to me here at throughthewoods2@yahoo.com Vicki, remember you said something in a comment about 'making you think'?  :) I guess I might be doing it again with this one, huh? :)

Ok, the weather here has been like springtime.  Sunshine and temps in the lower 40s.  Very nice. But very unusual. It will be like this through Friday then Saturday we are to get snow. But not much. We will see what happens. :) Don't know why we are not buried in snow. We usually are by this time. I hope it comes soon and in HUGE amounts. We will need it.

Daddy and Princess Downy have gone to bed.  I get to stay up for a little while longer, I think. lol  It is almost 1am.  AND I think I have the time thing figured out.  Don't know why it was showing the time of a different time zone. I'm sure I set it correctly in the beginnning. Strange.

I just want to tell all of you how much I love reading your blogs.  And how much I appreciate you all reading mine. I love reading your comments.  I know that when I leave comments I sometimes write a lot.  I hope you don't mind.   I love to get nice long comments. So if any of you feel so inclined, go for it. :) I also love the short sweet comments that I receive.  You are all amazing....

Have a great Thursday. Take care ((((BIG BIG HUGS))))

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Have a Happy Tuesday

Hi everyone, well as you can see I have another background. I just can't seem to decide on the one I want.  I have copied the codes for several from several different sites.  I kinda like this one but it may be hard on the eyes. The dark brown background and the color of my text.  If this is hard for any  of you let me know. If you have an idea what color the text should be I'd like to hear from you ok? It is a little hard  for me, but I like the border design. :) Please let me know what you think, ok?

I have loved reading your blogs today, as always.  And again I'd like to say I am amazed at your talents.

Have a great Tuesday. Take care  PS  Maybe this black is better, hmm? :)

Happy New Year

Wow, I just can't believe that it is 2012.  The past year just flew by.   For the most part I am glad of that. lol.  We just had too many stressful things going on. As I know some of you have. I pray for you all to have a better 2012. :)

Hmmm, thinking of some wonderful words of wisdom to impart to you to start the new year off. LOL  Me??? Imparting words of wisdom?? Never mind. lol.  Silly me, WHAT WAS I thinking. :)

Well, I rang in the New Year with my all time favorite food..CHOCOLATE :)   I had some Hershey drops or whatever they are called....yummmmm.  Later I had few chocolate chip cookies. That is what I call starting the year off right. Heehee.

Today on the very first day and first Sunday of the year I went to church. That was wonderful as always.  My two top goals this year are to go to church every Sunday....and to read my scriptures every day. These are always my top two goals.  I need to do better this year.

It used to be that NOTHING stopped me from doing these things. Now it is different because of health problems. :(  I need to focus.  I love church and I love the scriptures. These are two things that if they are a priority in your life, if you put them first, then the rest of your life seems to come together. You may still have troubles but you are better able to deal with them. Putting the Lord first is the key. 

Hmm, maybe that was my words of wisdom for the new year. :)

Take care everyone have a great Monday and a wonderful week. ((( BIG NEW YEARS HUGS)))