My Daughters!!! They are my life....

To My Daughters...

I’ve traveled paths you’ve yet to walk

Learned lessons old and new

And now this wisdom of my life

I’m blessed to share with you

Let kindness spread like sunshine Embrace those who are sad

Respect their dignity, give them joy And leave them feeling glad

Forgive those who might hurt you

And though you have your pride

Listen closely to their viewpoint

Try to see the other side

Walk softly when you’re angry

Try not to take offense

Invoke your sense of humor

Laughter’s power is immense!

Express what you are feeling

Your beliefs you should uphold

Don’t shy away from what is right

Be courageous and be bold

Keep hope right in your pocket

It will guide you day by day

Take it out when it is needed

When it’s near, you’ll find a way

Remember friends and family

Of which you are a precious part Love deeply and love truly

Give freely from your heart

The world is far from perfect

There’s conflict and there’s strife

But you still can make a difference By how you live your life

And so I’m very blessed to know The wonders you will do

Because you are my daughters

And I believe in you

To my perfect yet completely different girls, who will someday be bright beautiful unique women.

I give you this guide to live by. Your lives will be beautiful if you choose it. It's always a choice.

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Mother's Day 2010

I had a great Mother's Day this year!!!  My daughters are the greatest and I am so proud to be their mother.  I got the sweetest cards and some pretty awesome gifts. 

Erica got me diffuser set.  It is vanilla bean scented.. It smells so decadent.  It's a trio set which came with a candle and a car scent.  I opened the box today and I wanted to eat it..

Lindsey made me a beautiful quilt and pillow.  It is so pretty.. Lindsey has shocked me with her sewing skills.  She is pretty dang good.   She really has a talent with the sewing.  Her Dad and I went in together and bought her a sewing machine and she went right to work making me the quilt.  It was a surprise. You can see it has Happy Mother's Day sewn into it.  She had a little help with that and also.  It is up in the upper right hand corner and on the lower left corner it says Love Lindsey.

But more importantly I got to spend the whole day with them and my sisters.  I also got to spend time with my great nieces and nephews.  It was a great day I say.. I am such a blessed girl.. Oh yeah...

Luck? Nope- It's a God Thing...

My sister (Candy) and I went out for dinner Saturday night and as we were leaving Candy received a phone call from my niece.  She was ecstatic..  Her older brother (Jeff) had been in a accident and things didn't look good.  She was sure he had internal injuries and a brain injury.. 

We were at the hospital in no time..  Thinking the worse-- when the nurse called for the Elder family we followed the hospital personnel to a room..  With us being called in "the" room our minds all drifted back to the day we were told our mom was not going to make it and we needed to say our good-byes.  As my brother-in-law started crying out to God...  My heart sank..  My sister is not well, and it was the first time I had saw her in a year and she had shrunk to 94 pounds.  I got down on my knees and I grabbed her hand and I prayed for peace for my sister and brother in law.  I had got this feeling while walking back to the room that everything was going to be fine..  It had been about 3-4 minutes but it felt like 30 before the Dr. came in.

The Dr. told us, he is going to be fine.. He had a concussion and 1 fractured rib..  "Praise the Lord"..   She told us they wanted to keep him over night due to the concussion.  God is so good.  He actually showed up at our Mother's Day picnic yesterday and he was up walking around.  He is a little sore and had lots of bruises and scratches... But he is doing just fine..  Just fine I say