Write and Wait......

First let me say....I know it has been A LONG TIME. I hope to get back into the swing of posting, but I need to start small, so I am doing

FLASHBACK PHOTO FRIDAY




This is me and Deddy back in the 70's (like you couldn't tell). Deddy and I were very very close. I shared everything with him. Even through the discipline and mistakes, he loved me and helped me grow. He treated me like a princess and showed me how special I truly am. I think that our relationship made it easier for me to have a close and PERSONAL relationship with my Heavenly Dad.




Thanks Deddy!!!!! I love you two and still miss you terribly! I can't wait to see you in Heaven someday.

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to my other blog The Crazy Mixed-Up Life of a Single Mom to see and hear some of my favorite Christmas songs.

Come on over, yall and get your Christmas spirit on.

As I was vacuuming yesterday (Please pick yourself off the floor and continue to read), the dirt sensor light on my vacuum cleaner jumped out at me. I started thinking "Boy, I am glad God didn't create us with dirt sensor lights." As this thought was just exiting my head, God placed another thought in my head. "Child you don't need a dirt sensor light because I have made you clean." ISN'T GOD GOOD???

"Count yourself lucky, how happy you must be— you get a fresh start, your slate's wiped clean." Psalm 32:1 (MSG)

This past weekend I attended the Free to Be Me Bloggers Retreat and I must say my cup was more than filled. I met some amazing ladies who I now consider my friends and sisters.

To make a long story short, I didn't think I was going to get to go and God worked everything out because He wanted me there. He wanted me at a place where I would actually have to listen to what He has been telling me for a VERY LONG TIME!!!!

I discovered that I have not allowed Him to be my Potter. I am clay. In the past, I have allowed others to mold me, shape me and make me who I am. Unfortunately, I am not the work of art that God intended for me to be. He needed to break me again, so that I can be FREE TO BE ME and be the "me" that fits His plan.

This past weekend, I broke. I handed all the pieces to Him and am very excited to see the final masterpiece I am in Him.

I am going to be waitng and writing during this whole journey. Who knew that back when I started this blog that the whole write and wait thing would be about me becoming God's Mona Lisa.

1. I am thankful that I am the daughter of a King!!!!!

2. I am thankful that my Deddy made it easy for me to believe and see how my Heavenly Father loves and treats me.

3. I am thankful that in a life of chaos God saw fit to give me two of the best gifts in the world-my boys.

4. I am thankful that even when I feel alone-I know that God is there with his arms all around me.

5. I am thankful that when I try to run, God just stands at the screen door and smiles....He knows I will be back.

Please join the bloggers who post their thanks on Sonya's blog Truth 4 The Journey!


1. I am thankful that my birthday is Saturday, even though it will be number 39. It just means I made it through another year and God has more in store for me.

2. I am thankful for a church who loves me even though I am hard headed and think they don't. :-)

3. I am thankful that God gave me the gift of two wonderful sons even on the days they make me want to pull my hair out.

4. I am thankful for my computer because when the boys are at their dad's, it gets kind of lonely.

5. I am thankful for a brand new planner. I can't wait to start filling all the wonderful activities I have planned for the year.

EXTRA THANKFUL....

FOR ALL MY BLOG SISTAS!!!!! YOU ALL ROCK!!!!!

"O afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will build you with stones of turquoise, your foundations with sapphires. Isaiah 54:4


On June 4, 1994, I married the man I thought I would spend my the rest of my life with, but 11 years and two children later, I was a divorced single mom. I was broken, devastated and afflicted. Dictionary.com describes afflicted as "to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously." I am not happy or proud to say that I allowed this affliction to take over my life. For the past four years, my life has been a continuous hurricane season without any preparation or evacuation. I ignored all warnings from God and others and allowed Satan to take the storms and knock me down even past my foundation.
BUT TODAY (the day that would have been my 15th wedding anniversary) I am thankful for it all!!!!! Without the storm, I would have never been rebuilt into the person I am today. God has rebuilt my foundations and added stronger walls to help me become more of the woman and mother He had in mind in the first place. I am thankful that I am on my way to His plans and am excited about what the future He has prepared for me holds. Bring on the turquoise and sapphires!!!!!!!