Reminders

As I sat at the playground on this cold Spring day, I took the time to reflect on my blessings. My three children were playing happily together. It brought a smile to my face. These children are a dream come true. The past few weeks have been filled with memory joggers of how interesting, fun, and honestly at times frustrating life has been. Through it all I have had very special friends and my patient family to get me through it all. Some examples of those reminders of how family and friends have meant the world to me throughout my life.

  • I've been able to expand the list of friends who I've found online that I've lost touch with. That's been a neat experience! I'm thankful for all my friends who in their own special way had an influence on my life.

  • I've also been able to make new online friends who I may never meet in person, but we have become prayer warriors for each other. That has been very encouraging too.

  • I also had great support on Facebook and other message boards I'm on when I asked for prayer for my mom's surgery/biopsy this past week. Some of those people have never met my mom, but they cared enough to pray anyway. Those prayers were answered big time. She has been recovering basically pain free and the biopsy was clear. I'm praising the Lord for that.

  • I've had reminders that I need to trust God more. I've been trying to remind myself of Philippians 4:6 "Be careful (anxious) for nothing, but in everything with prayer and supplication, make your requests be known unto God." My anxiety level the past month or so has been at an all time high. I had to go through some tests for some lower abdominal pain I started to have in December. In a round about way I found out I have two hernias. The new one I didn't know about. The other one I've had for a while. I had it repaired before I had Anna, but my pregnancy with her messed the hernia up again. I'm going to a surgeon on Monday, April 11 to see what's going to be done about it.

  • I honestly was concerned about my mom too. The possibility of her having cancer again scared me. Thankfully she's ok.

  • I've already described the reminder of my growing up years when I was able to visit my hometown. Memories of the days of shopping and playing at the park with my family (mostly with my grandma) became fresh in mind again. My trips home during the holidays were great reminders too (see attached link for that post).

I'm thankful for my family and my friends throughout my life that have supported me through my craziness and pursuit of my dreams and those in recent years who have been there for me through some really difficult times. I'm a blessed woman!!!!

edited for grammar and typos and to try to make this easier to read. My paragraphs went all together for some reason.

Comments

Still Single After All These Years said…
The Internet with Facebook and everything is amazing and has been such a blessing to me, too!
April 7, 2011 at 1:40 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Senior Citizen Day

 It's official!  I'm now a senior citizen.  I made my appearance in the world at 7 PM on January 11, 1970.  Now I am eligble for senior discounts.  Tim told me that includes Michaels. That will come in handy.  On Facebook, I've received greetings from people from all times of my life.  That's been fun to see. It's brought back so many fun memories.  Some from my schools, my churches, and extended family.   I've been such a blessed woman, that is for sure.  I still have my parents who still support me and show they love me.  I've been blessed with many friends and I continue to make more. I have an amazing husband and three wonderful kids.  My youngest, my daughter Anna, is planning on getting married next year.   I have a special church family who have taken Tim and I under their wings for almost a year now.  We have had so many opportuntities to serve at Christian Faith Fellowship. Most importantly I have a...
Read more

Cry out to God

My pastor, Stephen Crupi, preached about Lamentatations 2 on Sunday morning.  Verse nineteen caught my attention. “Arise, cry out in the night,   at the beginning of the night watches! Pour out your heart like water   before the presence of the Lord! Lift your hands to him  for the lives of your children, who faint for hunger   at the head of every street." (ESV) Thankfully today, most of the children of the world are not suffering with physical hunger, but they hunger for the things of this world.  Many adults are the same way sad to say. When Pastor Stephen read the verse in Lamentations, another cry out to God verse I heard over fifteen years ago at a ladies conference immediately came to mind. Thankfully I had noted the passage so I could find it. The verse is Psalm 57:2  I cry out to God Most High,  to God who fulfills his purpose for me. On this particular day in June of 2008, my Mom and I sat listening to Joanna Arp with heavy hea...
Read more

Nature's Orchestra

Image
  I have been blessed to be able to visit Sperr Park a lot lately. Today it's an extra special blessing. A few months ago I discovered a swinging bench. Today I discovered that it's directly across the lake from the flag pole.  I'm singing the Star Spangled Banner in my head. I posted a reel on my Facebook page with the song It seems fitting as this beautiful park was founded as a memorial of State Trooper Andrew Sperr, who died nearly 20 years ago in the line of duty. He was shot by men who had just robbed a bank near the land that was transformed in his honor. I love to come here, especially this particular place, to relax and listen to the varied nature songs. My favorite here is the red wing blackbird.  I'm thinking of Psalm 19:1 NIV The heavens declare the Glory of God, the skies proclaim the works of his hands. Here it's the birds, bullfrogs, the rolling hills, the trees and  much more.  I'm sitting here with my eyes closed taking in the warm breeze and th...
Read more