Evil Eye

I need to get this "Look" down, maybe I'll practice it on PC, see how far it can get me!? LOL!!!

Repost from "Whatever It Is, God Is Bigger"

Yesterday, about 3:30 pm, I received a call from my oldest son, I was still at work and was right in the middle of assisting one of our resident Psychiatrists with some urgent computer needs. I told my son that I would call him back as I could not speak to him at that moment. Time went by, and I'm still assisting the resident Psychiatrist at least half an hour, and at 4:10, I received a text message from my son that he was being taken to the hospital for stitches. *(Pictures posted are of my son... doing what he loves best! I LOVE YOU SON!)




Well, being a mother, I panicked and my heart dropped! Understand too that this is my 26 year old son, and is very well known for skateboarding. I knew that his brother and a friend were visiting him in Austin and somehow I just knew that it had to be a related injury to skateboarding or his work, (I was leaning more towards the skateboarding though). Needless to say, I had to call him immediately and find out the details of his trip to the hospital and the seriousness of his injuries.




My son kept trying to tell me he was OK, while at the same time, explaining to me that as he was coming down a half pipe, he lost his balance and fell face first, shattering his right prescription eyeglass lens, which resulted in cutting him up by his eyebrow, scrapes around his face, bruises I'm sure as well. I was cringing and feeling, literally, his pain. I was being a "mommy"... My son finally had to pass the phone to their friend so that he could ease my worries. Needless to say, I did have a few words with God at that moment, but I went home that evening and lifted my children in prayer.



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MySpace Humor

There is a funny A$$ story (actually two) that can go with this, but it would have to be told by PC as he is the one that messed with my daughter's profile on two seperate occasions such as this comic strip.

The joys of being a parent and a boyfriend to someone with teen-age kids and myspace profiles! The laughs were hilarious on our end, but my daughter's reaction... well, let's just say that she wasn't quite clear on all the comments she was receiving from friends and family until someone pointed her in the right direction of two particular posts/announcements that were made from her profile. She no longer leaves her myspace profile open to anyone that passes by the computer and most of all, but most of all, she doesn't take PC's invitation to log on to her profile while we are around.

Mother Love

Wishing that every Mother out there had a Blessed and wonderful Mothers Day! I know I did!!!

“My mother had a great deal of trouble with me,” said Mark Twain, “but I think she enjoyed it.” That’s the thing about a mom, isn’t it? No matter how much we may have irritated her along the way, she loves us! She went to our games and cheered for us the loudest. She barely said a word about most of our unfortunate fashion choices in high school. When she kissed it, it really did feel better. And while we appreciate all those things about her every day, we think it’s right and proper that there should be one special day that’s really just for her—and we’re going to spend it making sure she knows just how much we love her right back.

How To Hug A Baby

THE FOLLOWING ARE IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR EVERY DOG TO KNOW Instructions for properly hugging a baby.

1. First, spy a baby.

2. Second, be sure that the object you spied was indeed a baby by employing classic sniffing techniques. If you smell baby powder and the wonderful aroma of wet diapers this is indeed a baby.

3. Next you will need to flatten the baby before actually beginning the hugging process.

**Note: The added slobber should help in future steps by making the "paw slide" easier.

4. The "paw slide"Simply slide paws around baby and prepare for possible close-up.

5. Finally, if a camera is present, you will need to executethe difficult and patented "hug, smile, and lean" so as to achieve the best photo quality.

*This dear friends, is one of Gods' precious moments that we need to stop and revel in...

Peace and the love of a daughter

On my birthday, (back in April), PC, my lovely daughter, her boyfriend and I, met for dinner out in Houston. We went to this real nice, quaint Chinese restaurant by my daughter's work. Upon being seated for dinner, my daughter quickly presented me with a gift and asked me to open it. She was obviously proud of her gift.

I teased everyone and told them, that with my aging way, I was going to do a "grandma" in opening my gift. I remember, so many times, birthday, mothers' day, any occasion really... when mother was presented with gifts, she would very slowly and neatly remove the wrapping and any bows from the gift. During the time that she neatly removed the wrapping one piece of tape at a time and meticulously removing the ribbon or bow, the rest of us aged a year or two during the process.

I finally opened the box and found some various wonderful gifts. My lovely daughter knows how much I love coffee, I was given some gourmet coffee "Texas Sunrise" and "Hazelnut" and to go along with the wonderful coffee, a gorgeous Red Coffee Cup with white Polk-a-dots. There was also a small little suede pouch in the gift box... before opening it up, she remarked with the following:

"Mom, you have so much love in your life, that I wanted you to have "Peace".

There was a cute little ceramic cross with the word Peace on it and a card that read:

Peace

Peace I leave with you;

My peace I give to you;

not as the world gives

do I give you.

Let not your hearts

be troubled,

neither let them be

afraid.

John 14:27

Her gift of Peace in my life, that moment during dinner, will stay with me always. My kids know what I've been through in my last 10 years of life and I know that their lives has not been easy either, it hasn't been very peaceful at all. In fact, there has been many turbulent storms in my past, but those storms are well behind me. There has been alot of peace in my life these last two years, and the wishes from my daughter for continued peace in my life, well... there are no real words to add to the meaning of her gift.

I love you dear daughter, I thank God for you and your brothers every day.

Children See

What does Love mean?

I got this in an email this morning from Mi Latina Voz, so a big HT to her for the blogging material for the day... Aren't we all trying to find out the meaning of Love? I think kids have such innocense about them, that we should take heed to their meaning of Love...

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 Year-olds, "What does love mean?"


The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have Imagined.

See what you think:
____

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her Toenails anymore.

So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love."

Rebecca- age 8
"When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different.
You just know that your name is safe in their mouth."

Billy - age 4
"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other."

Karl - age 5
"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs."

Chrissy - age 6
"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."

Terri - age 4
"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."

Danny - age 7
"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, You still want to be together and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that. They look gross when they kiss"

Emily - age 8
"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen."

Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
"If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who
You hate,"

Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet) _____
"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it everyday."

Noelle - age 7
"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well."

Tommy - age 6
"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken."

Elaine - age 5
"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford."

Chris - age 7
"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."

Mary Ann - age 4
"I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones."

Lauren - age 4
"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out of you." (what an image)

Karen - age 7
"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's gross."

Mark - age 6
"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget."

Jessica - age 8
And the final one --

Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.

The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boySaid, "Nothing, I just helped him cry"

Franklin The Turtle - May He Rest In Peace...

So, yesterday the entire Cat Family took a stroll down the neighborhood on bicycles. Upon coming back home, Jr. PC found a turtle as we all entered the gate to Zimbabwee. He couldn't tell if the turtle was dead or alive, so I suggested to get a small amount of water in a bowl to see if the turtle would come out of his shell. Sugar Berry (PC's daughter) was so excited and was anxious to hold the turtle. Ofcourse, with big brother finding the turtle, he was hesitant in sharing his find so quick, atleast until he confirmed if the turtle was DOF (Dead On Finding). Anyway, the turtle was withdrawn in to his shell quite far, I figured he was just scared, no such luck. As I was coming out of the house, PC, Jr. PC and Sugar Berry were all gathered around confirming his state. I suggested that Jr. PC, perform a proper burial, and Sugar Berry was more than ready to do this all proper. Next thing I see is Jr. PC coming out of the garage with a shovel, BIG shovel.

All I could do was smile. Jr. PC proceeded to bury the turtle and inform me that he buried him, face up, this was so that the turtle would be able to crawl out, "in case" he woke up, (HEH) and also that Sugar Berry had named him "Franklin".

Jr. PC, upon my suggestion, said a quick prayer over Franklin, "May He Rest In Peace. Amen"

As you will see in the following pictures, Sugar Berry did right by the turtle, although Jr. PC thought it was "dumb" of us how we were going all out, as Sugar Berry insisted on a marker and flowers!

The Little Turtle

Vachel Lindsay

There lived a little turtle,

He lived in a box.

He swam in a puddle.

He climbed on the rocks.

He snapped at a mosquito.

He snapped at a flea.

He snapped a minnow.

And he snapped at me.

He caught the mosquito.

He caught the flea.

He caught the minnow.

But he didn't catch me.