A Day In My Life

Ok, I just had to blog about this and I am so fired up I can guarantee this will be a 2 part-er maybe more. So there I was in the nail salon, getting a little T.L.C to me before I am locked in the house with the kids and the husband for many, many, many (x's infinity) days, when a commercial comes on the Tele. At first I didn't really pay much attention to it  but then I noticed the melody the jingle was based on and I was completely appalled. Mouth open and everything! It was JcPenny and they had a bunch of actors on a movable fireplace complete with all of the trimmings of the season. I was like gaudy but ok whatever, but the song they were singing to was Do you Hear What I Hear..look it up on youTube. That is what got me; we have completely lost our minds folks. Instead of thanking GOD for making it thus far in the year and blessing His Holy and Righteous name we settle for singing, praising and worshiping the gods of greed, self and materialism. How can you have CHRIS...

Many Thanks Freedom has materialized Justice has form Hope is solid Many gathered...one led Many kept going .... a few remained faithful We all have benefited from their struggle Another rises Time to continue Unity has a name Bigotry, hate and prejudice are Outside looking in We must be ever vigilent They don't idily wait If given the chance they will dictate again But for now the horizon boasts of a new dawn Full of hope, determination and promise Thankyou From the boat to the fields to the plantations To the streets, to the offices, to the schools and the lunch counters and finally to me. We will not forget your work, your sacrifices, your struggle We celebrate!!! Your time of harvest is come One world indivisible defined by liberty And the same justice for All Souljourner Howard

Coffee Bitter, acidic warm, inviting swirling, majestic colorful and unruly Memories past Hopes...I dare to dream envelope me  like a jerzee sheet on a winters morn By itself it is just that..coffee but dressed with warm flavors of the earth it is defined into something distinguished, exotic, cherished Coffee equals comfort for you it may be tea or maybe chocolate but for me Coffee is velvet and time well spent Souljourner

Hello Family! I hope all is well in your world but even if it isn't please remember that GOD is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. Re familiarize yourself with some of His promises to you. I pray this will strengthen you as you go thru this day's journey. I am so excited to have found some of my old journals! I am even more excited to share some of my earlier works with you. This particular piece was written back in 09 and it serves as a reminder to me that sometimes the very thing you are looking for is right in front of you!  Enjoy Fly I want to fly taste the wind play with the eagles what is stopping me what is stopping you I want to dance be light as air I want to flow like the wind I want to be mighty like a river strong in its season I want to be faithful like the sun as refreshing as a summer rain as fragrant as new lilies in the spring I want to fly What is stopping me  What is stopping you I want to laugh  ...

One of the projects I am working on centers around these two little rascals. They are my sons; the are amazing, handsome, intelligent, extremely observant and Autistic.  That last one was a sucker punch to both my husband and I. No one prepares you for having a child with mental differntabilities, (new word, I totally made that up). It has been a journey filled with every piece of emotion ranging from: disbelief, fear, denial anger,overwhelming sadness, fierce love, acknowledgement and finally acceptance.  As expecting parents we are filled with the joy of the unknown! We wonder who the child will look like, what will their personality develop into and approximately when will they get here. No where in the prenatal visits or books are we told that there is a possibility that our future bundle may have autism or any other ism; but sometimes they are and then what? What exactly are you supposed to do with this child who: will never live up to your preconceived notions, whose...

Fall is so beautiful. It's almost as if we get permission to wonder at all of nature's glory that GOD created. The leaves are turning, delicious seasonal foods and beverages are being offered; it's the calm before the storm called the winter holidays. This year I have purposed to get closer to the meanings of the holidays by deleting some of our family traditions that don't add to the experience. By adding I mean creating lasting memories. For instance our kids, yours probably too, don't remember what they got last Christmas or the Christmas before that. They do, however, remember the tree and decorations, yummy food and new stuff.  And there it is! It comes down to stuff. All the time I spent in the store, carefully going over their lists and trying to match them to my budget. Substituting this for that, waiting for that to go on sale, following the ads to see who had the cheaper 'stuff'. REALLY??? Is that what Christ died for us to have? No - He said He ...