MONDAYS POEM # 3

last week poem was A TRIP TO XIANGSHAN (FRAGRANT HILLS) PARK written by Br. Peter Lhou Bangjiu. O.S.B. this poem came from the book he wrote : Dawn Breaks in the East. A Benedictine Monk's 26 Ordeal in the Prisons of Communist China in Defense of his Faith. Enjoying the book and have enjoyed some special moment in the presents of this quiet man.

OK FOR THIS WEEKS POEM :
Though the fire, You see us finished
For You see beyond, to who
we'll be

For you see our souls perfected
At the heart of your desire Lord you
see us finished through the fire.

This poem always reminds me of my soup bowls. hubby is sick with a simply cold, that is why i picked this poem i will be using them this week. I been having fun with this poem of the week this being # 3 not much response so let me help you if you need more hint on this one leave a comment and i will give you another hint. i would love someone to guess just one before the end of the year. talk soon. s.

Blessings

Good morning i was up and . out of the house by 7:15 drove one hr 40 min. for a board meeting then meet with a friend who does stain glass for a project he is doing for me,then 1hr and 40 home, it's now 2:00. This drive brings back memories of so much see i have been doing this drive for some 20 years. I've been married 11 years, known my husband now for almost 14, so some of the memories are from before i new my husband, they are what God has used to mold me. Well i came home to my honey waiting for me and (lunch) it is funny how simple things make me happy. See he started to feed me when we first met. with that first note on my office door, i was a 92Lbs ball of nerve's, it was just before Easter having been through a very ruff time. Bill had past away 6months before, i had fallen down some stairs, and i had people calling me daily to pay the bills. At the ripe old age of 33 i found my self in probate had been told by the attorney not to pay the bills in till we were able to figure out what every thing was worth. There was a 5Th on the house. The year before was the 94 earth quick, I had signed on 2 SBA loans for the business that my name wasn't on it that was stupid, thing were a real mess. It wasn't in till a month after Bill died that i had found out that he had lift me some live insurance. The business check book had a -10,000 + and the personal one not much better. i was a walking ball of nerves hence down to 92 lbs. . The Pro-Bo no attorney had to find me a liquidator most of the inventory was out dated all for another story, this post is to count my blessing. One of the blessings in that it all got donate it to a non profit, the supplies over filled a Semi-truck. This is just a little back round as to why i find the simple things to be thankful for. My hubby showing me how much he cares in simple ways, how much he loves me are my daily blessings. There was i time in my life that i wouldn't have seen that as a blessing, i wanted the fun the excitement of the night life and all that went with it. It is now the simplest things that i see like the morning corny poems when he calls me, when he complains about work yet he gets up every morning with out fall and goes. He is a great friend, husband, provider, son in law, etc i could go on and on how he has supported me and my loved ones in my life. So today is the day i say Thanks Honey i am thankful you love God, and that you love me. Thank You for all the extras you did this weekend. Thank You for taking care of me, so i don't have to work out side of the home, thank you for helping me with Ashlee, thank you working so hard so i can go see the kids, thank you thank you thank you. Now i am going to go iron you shirts. Ironing make me smile because it is a very small why i can say thank you. love you honey!

How do you show loved ones you love them in small ways! and what do you see as a blessing that others may not see? To all you peeps have a blessed day talk soon. s.

FORGIVNESS

We all have a story to tell some of hope and joy, others of sorrow and pain. we are like the beauty of the sea we leave prints in the sand memories that we reflex on to others. The longer i live the more stores i will have to tell, we all have them store of joy, pain, hope, love friendships,
this one is of the past, of a time a young woman thought she was in love.
This one is a little window into my memories. The poem of foot prints we all now it even if you aren't a Church goer you have seen it, it was the last thing i gave him the last night i saw him. i asked him when he was 6 months sober and with out a woman in his life to call me. He was my best friend i had known him form the age of 2yrs.

I had a broken love meter you see my roll model was a alcoholic. At 16 i started to dated my first husband we dated for 8 year before we married. What i though was love on his part wasn't, he was just a messed up kid like me. And although we tried it didn't work, he also had a broken meter. Earlier this year i got a letter from him 20 year form the time we split. The divorce took close to two years i wouldn't file he had to i prayed but God had another plan. This post is one of forgiveness see he wrote to ask for forgiveness. What to do what to do so i prayed about it. then i called him and asked him to forgive me. I was wrong i put up with it, i was not strong and that didn't help him grow as a person. Now the details are not the point so i will leave them out all i can say is it wasn't pretty we were both working off of broken memories. To my surprise he did call my family a few day's later to say sorry to my mom, he told her he is still learning thing form me we hadn't spoke in 20 years. I now God was caring me that day on the phone, i am at peace with my past. I now look at foot prints in a new ways not so much pain but more joy. Prayers answered i will still pray for him but it is a new prayer and yet the same, i pray i see him in haven. i hope you find my reflection as of a new print, as i count my blessing. talk soon s.

R/B united we stand

i just love when i don't have to cook anything for more time with loved ones. I will jump at the change to go out, for great mexican food, "why" it's cheap and it fill's you up. So off we went beause after driving Mom to the valley to vote 10 min in line 40 min. in the car to get there. Then by 11:00 picking up # 1 brother stoping for lunch to make sure mom was feed on time (diabectic) time frame keeping the sugar sugar sugar stable. ah home it is now 1:30 off to vote my self 1o min. no line, back in car off to pick up the cake across town, home by 3:oo. Set up for the night every one arrived. it's now 4:30
got in car but not before we voted ! the youngest 20, good for her i don't know if she is of the red or blue color because we dont care she voted and exercised her wright great job honey!

ah yes and we all got tat's for the ocassion. can you guess which one is mine?

the last votes were tallied before leaving for dinner! but not before the elderly cast there vote!

to enjoy dinner and return home for some fun! Just to see him smile makes me cry!

no dis-respect meant just a little humor ! but for some one that can forgive and let go he gets my vote he has my support !

This is a man that will always have my support, my vote. Even in his worst mental pain he was there for me, he helped me through porpate gave of his time to help clean up a 2800 square foot medical office (full of you name it), 2 weeks + off work then help move me to a new home . It was at a time in my life i really needed him and he shined. his mental illness has help me to grow as a person and for that i will forever me greatfull. Not only is he a freind he is my brother, happy birthday David.