Morning everyone... how are ya'll?? Once again let me thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart for your love and comments, I love seeing who has been here as much as I love reading all of ya'lls blogs and thoughts. Today I have decided to attempt the Writer's Workshop from Mama @ Mama's Losin it. You should really check her out. I had to choose between from 5 options and got stuck on 2 of them: An open letter to Santa and if money were not an issue what would your ideal Christmas be. Since I could not pick either one alone I decided to combine the 2 of them... so here goes nothing.
Dearest Santa,
I bet you thought you had heard the last from me many years ago. Oh sure you get the letters from my kids and do your best to fulfill their lofty expectations but today it's me. I have some things I need to get off my chest and it all leads back to you , you Jelly Bellied fat boy. Someone asked me if money were not an issue what my ideal Christmas would be, I had to stop and think. Of course my first thoughts were that of fulfilling each and every "wish" my kids had concerning the Holiday. But then I realized that this very money driven society is the kind of thing I don't want my kids to learn about. I want them to know that it is okay to dream and fantasize but that sometimes what we think we want is not all it's cracked up to be. Harsh for the season?? Really ya think? Cause see I look at children like Jaden Duttine and cannot fathom the depth of fear his mother must face daily.There is no money in the world that can alleviate that kind of mother worry. Then I am faced with the realization that although we try and sugar coat the season with lights and glitter inside the world is still the same. We muddle through this season just like any other that comes before it, with credit and cash buying the latest and greatest to appease the money demon that it has become about. I am saddened as an adult that we have been just as guilty of bowing at the altar of spending and forgotten to kneel at the manger that the whole season was founded upon. I mean seriously take a look around you. How can you have a smile when children are dying right here in the United States from starvation? I mean HELLO we are the most prosperous nation in the world and yet our own lay sleeping in homes that the next meal is not there, let alone promised. So what are you going to do about that?? I mean after all, you are the go to man for this season right? You have all those tiny little elves set to make and decorate a blue million toys and trinkets that despite the world class technology of today won't last till next week.
I am encouraged by the other mothers and fathers out there who are finally getting it. I cannot blame all of the greed on your shoulders we did help create it. Somehow we got lost in the glitz and shimmer that is the Christmas season and replaced Christ with Credit Cards, peace with patronization of our childrens wants and ignored the needs of others. What saddens me all the more is YOU went along for the ride. How did you fall so far?? I mean you began with good intentions. Your whole persona was about the love of God for ALL mankind. You focused on the least of these and elevated them to the same level as everyone else if only for a day. So since money isn't an object and I can have whatever I desire this Christmas here is my wish.
I want the love to return, the fascination with the ultimate gift from heaven that came in the form of a babe in a manger. I want those without to be welcomed into homes everywhere and loved as if they were part of the family, because when push comes to shove we are all one step away from where they are. I want the stores to get the message that it is not about commerce and commercialism but community and charity. I want us as parents to understand and grasp that life is not always fair but we can change the life of someone else in the simplest of ways. You would be surprised how far a hug can go, a prayer, a simple hand on the shoulder, a hand reaching down to those who are pretty sure that the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off. I want my kids to go to a nursing home and give of themselves, instead of asking what they can receive deciding to ask what they can GIVE. I mean how can you repay the greatest gift of all , ever given , in the history of all the world? by giving of yourself. And that kind of giving has a price tag so great no store could afford it. It costs your heart and all that it contains.
So Santa I am calling you out. You created this monster and you can help destroy it. Bring it back to what it was created to be. I know other Christ followers will complain and point out that Jesus was not born in December. To which I would point out no but he was conceived in this time. From conception he was the greatest gift of all and it's time we started acting like the Jesus we were gifted...
Sincerely,
A money broke mom with a heart full of love...
He deserves a miracle!!
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- Angel Shrout
- I a SAHM with 3 boys ages 16, 12, and 8. I am first a foremost a Christian. I believe in all the gifts of the spirit, that Jesus was the son of God and He died so we would have freedom and health and prosperity. I believe that it is not God's will we be broke busted and disgusted...
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Morning Mommas. I need those crafty ideas that you have deep inside you. You know the ones you think would absolutely rock the PTA fundraiser but you never got the chance to show off. My friend Missy raises money every year for Children's Miracle Network. this year she has hit a snafu in her fund raising thoughts and is asking for your ideas to break that block. As a recipient of the generosity of CMN charities as child Missy knows the value of all they do to extend and protect the life and health of children. She herself is a miracle of life, so believing in them for others is not a hard thing to do.
My middle son, Jesse, also received awesome care from a hospital funded greatly by the CMN along with allowing us to be parents and remain present for his entire treatment. So when she asked me to judge this contest I was on board.
Here is your chance to make a difference in the lives of children and their parents, along with promoting treatment and awareness of the need for better pediatric facilities...
So what ya need to do is go to Missy's Post here . Give her your most creative idea for fundraising efforts. Next Wednesday I will judge all the entrants and pick the one I find the most fun, and doable along with creative. Sooo put those thining caps on Mama we need you to make a difference, and ya never know when YOU might be in need of the services of CMN...
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... that change is the very nature of life, - welcome it. No glass ever became sand again; No bread ever became wheat; No ripened fruit ever became a flower. Welcome change, and choose what kind of glass you create, what kind of bread you bake, what kind of fruit you harvest.
Are you on Facebook?? If you are there is an application on there that I adore called ," Message from God" . It is a daily word that has sometimes not hit me where I am at that moment and other times nailed me dead on. This one hit home. I think we all are guilty of thinking 'what if' where the past is concerned. If we had done this instead of that, said this instead of that. I am not better or worse then anyone at doing it. Wandering down memory lane , reliving my life as though it were a film that I could go cut out a scene or change the players. The danger in doing this though comes not in the walking in the past but in lingering there, or allowing it to haunt our future. Giving it the power to arrest our growth and closing doors of opportunity in our time frame. We find the mistakes and bemoan the things we think came of that choice or decision, replaying the different scenarios of what could have been if we had only done things differently.
But in our painful rememberings we close the door on the infinite possibilities that lay ahead of us at that very moment. We are doomed to fail because we cannot let go of the past enough to step into the glorious future. So what if we didn't get it right in that moment.Even the choices we view as errors have led to the place we are now. When we learn to be grateful for the lessons the path to arriving there becomes less of a glaring red sign of our mistake. We need to realize the past is the past simply because it cannot be altered. All we can do is go forward with a lesson learned and the wisdom to go a different way if we are presented with the same options. To stand in the midst of what we may feel was an epic failure and recognize and appreciate the small miracles that brought us out of what could have been a disaster, were it not for the hand of God. His word tells us that EVERYTHING we face , regardless of our choices, will work out to bring Him glory and honor and for His Good.. which in truth is OUR good as well. What daddy would allow his child to suffer without there being a wonderful finish , even though at first it may seem insignificant compared to the trial. Nothing worth having comes without great sacrifice and moments of second thoughts. But the joy of walking out of the coulda shoulda woulda's is we walk into the glorious promise that it will work out. On the other side we will see the places God stepped in to shield us from our own behaviors and actions and the certain reprecussions of them. So instead of turning and facing the past with a sense of loss, we need to view it as what it was. A learning experience that gave us wisdom that not only becomes a reminder to us , but a new step in the pathway for someone behind us... be grateful for the hear and now and hopeful and optimistic about the tomorrows that are yet to be. No matter the path it took to get there, be grateful that you arrived...
Well I missed posting on Friday cause I was running around 4 counties checking out sales. NO I did not lose my mind and leave at 4 am, it was wet, cold and rainy so this ol' girl stayed snug in her bed. but around noon or so hubby and I forayed into the craziness that is Black Friday. We went in search of an IPod Touch for the middle child. Walmart had them advertised at 79.99 for an 8 gig. Well what they fail to mention is after 9 am they shot up to 159.00.. Ummm so not happening.. We did find a touch screen Mp3 player with video that held 16 gig at a much better price...and it holds video as well.
Friday we took Doug to an interview only to discover they cancelled them all witht eh rush of Black Friday shoppers starving for a WEndy's burger..umm yeah.. sooo after we dropped him off ( not knowing it was cancelled) we ran to pay a bill in town and get some gas.. while at the pump and I was inside paying for it all my hubby heard a crash and looked up to see a bronco sliding into the parking lot sideways, taking out a bush or 2. Apparently the Bronco driver had blown through a stop sign in the parking lot catching the front end of a Ford Ranger carrying a mom and her 2 kids. He came to rast about 100 foot away from her truck in the parking lot of the gas station. AT which point the driver bailed leaving his 2 Mexican passengers in the car alone. ONe got out and just walked into the gas station never mentioned they were in a wreck nothing, and bought a calling card. ( Okay see I understand you need to keep in touch with your family but seriously the fact that you were just in an accident doesn't make ya go hmmm could ya call the law and get me a calling card?) Hubby still having the firefighter in his jeans ran over to the truck the driver nailed and checked on them. One of her little ones was transported to the ER in a backboard and neck brace. A brand new bike in the bed of her truck undoubtedly a soon to be christmas gift. My heart went out to 2 scared little kids and a mom who was apparently trying to make a good Christmas for her kids. I went back to the gas statoin and purchased 2 toys and took the to the ER for the little ones.
Happy Thanksgiving... now exercise those fingers by clicking this link for Jaden
Posted by singedwingangelHappy Thanksgiving one and all...
Now that I have that out of the way let me count my blessings..
1. God and Jesus without the gift of one I could not have reached the other
2. My family- wacky and crazy as they are I love them and would not subject anyone else to the hilarity and sometimes aggravation that they are.. They are mine all mine.. but I will share their antics with you lovely followers from time to time.
3. Good food and a home to enjoy it in nuff said
4. My health and my family's health...
Which leads me to this:
Jaden...
Have you met him? Heard about him? fallen hopelessly in love with him thanks to Supah Mommy?
If you have done any of the above or haven't today is your chance to be the difference in this child's life and the life of his family.
See I still believe in a God who heals but I also know he gifts each of us with the ability to make a difference in someone else's life, if for a season or a lifetime we are there to make our mark.
Supah Mommy has done just that time and again for all of us and now she is asking us to step up and BE THE MIRACLE
How you might ask?? What can I do for a sick little boy or his family?? You can start by praying. For him, for his doctors, for his family. I do it every day. Secondly you can help by clicking that link up there ^^^ yeah that one that is the pretty color. Read his story, get your kleenex then prepare your bidding and clicking fingers to make a difference. In this season of shopping and spending to the mega stores and retail giants that may never get beyond the pockets of those corporate executives why not buy something that will make a difference?? bid on some items at the auction to benefit Jaden and his family. Show how thankful you are for allyou have been blessed with by giving to someone else who is simply thankful for another day with their precious child.
No we are not all guaranteed that moment. It could all end tomorrow and we are left with questions instead of answers.. BUT when we can step up and BE THE MIRACLE for someone else by simply clicking and making a bid that speaks volumes.. So what if you don't win.. Jaden does. HE and his family will know that people they may never meet cared enough to say "let me give a hand" So what are you still here for?? Go on shoo shoo.. Ya know ya don't want to watch the 470 hours of college football today anyway..
So If you don't know Supahmommie you seriously need to come out from under your rock. She is the mommy we all want to grow up to be, I mean really.. OK maybe I am pushing it but she is super funny ..Today I am breaking my cherry with the Post it note Tuesday event. I tried last week and was seriously fed up with the way it came out lol so this is attempt number #2.. Head over to her page and add your pretty little link to the train and get your kicks and giggles at our post it note world..
So without further ado here is my world in a post it note nutshell over the last 24 hours:
Woohooo it worked it worked ... I am so excited I could pee my pants, well not literally but if I don't get up soon the possibility is very real lol.. Much love to you all this Thanksgiving week....
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