Coffee Break

I had to let you know that we have had a lot of ups and downs this past week, so I will try to keep it all in snapshot forms...but sometimes you have to roll with the punches! I'll start with the dog...Parker... Right after Christmas we found out that Parker had diabetes and has been on insulin since. We first started with prayer. We believe that God can heal our dog, so we prayed. Our goal was simple: help him lose weight, get him on a structured exercise program (as we began ours) and to change the dogs' eating habits (as we began ours). As of yesterday, Parker is off the insulin!!! He has lost a total of 12 pounds so far (that is a lot of weight for a beagle)! God is GOOD!    and now...the rest of the family...the kids were out of school for 2 days this week. This makes for a long week at home and a short week at work. I'm so thankful to work for a company, organization, business that allows me to be a SAHM when I need to be. Last week my daughter landed wrong...

it will officially be Valentine's Day. I will be the first to tell you that I'm not big on this day, and I really am not fond of cut flowers and a box of chocolates...cut flowers die, and I always eat the entire box of chocolates in one sitting. So to my surprise and complete delight my husband brought home this evening an early Valentine's Day gift for me... I love Cali Lilly. It has been my favorite flower for as long as I can remember, but I've only had them in pictures and once my husband brought some home for me in a vase...cut. These are in soil, and are healthy, and smell wonderful! Now I just hope that I can keep them alive. Anyone who knows me, knows that I'm not the best at keeping plants alive. What a great symbol of hope and love. I'll be the first to tell you that my marriage has had many ups and downs...more downs than ups at times, but the commitment that I have to my husband and my family has been strengthened over the past few months b...

slacker. I know deep down I'm not, but last week with a migraine, it put me out of commission. It's amazing to me how something so small can bring you down so fast, but as I think about that statement, I know it's true. It's the small things that bring us out of relationship too. The song "Slow Fade" by Casting Crowns is coming to mind as I write this. < link to the video: http://vimeo.com/7474108 > All this month, at work (90.7FM WAY Radio) we are focusing on praying for our spouses. We are asking our listeners to pray for their spouses, their future spouses, and their friends/families spouses. < www.wayradio.org/907 > And as you know God never does anything in a small way, so don't you know that our focus as a church is our marital relationships, and how to make them better. So as I have been praying and reflecting on my marriage, I see how much I have needed this. I take for granted my relationship with my husband, to the point of...