What YOU Release From YOUR Hand.... GOD Releases From HIS!

I thought today would start off like any other day.

I take my oldest to school EARLY as he has a zero-hour class.


Only THIS time...


I had a car pull out in front of me!


As I slammed on my brakes....
barely missing his passenger door....

I found myself saying
(out loud of course)

"Thank-You, Thank-You, Thank-You!!"


Now I KNOW your thinking "Julie, that was a CRAZY thing to say....
I would of said a few choice 4-letter words!"

Yes, maybe those words would have been more ap… Continue

'Nobody can tell ya,
There’s only one song worth singin’,
They may try and sell ya,
As it hangs them up to see
someone like you

But you've gotta make your own kind of music
sing your own special song,
make your own kind of music even if nobody
else sing along.

-Mamas and the Papas circa 1969

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEQxEJ5_5zA

I heard this song today....

I remember it well.

What is

Amazing...

The words ring so true today!

You have to make your OWN k… Continue

This morning I had to take my mini van to Don's shop. My driver's door would not close.
I wasn't sure if I would be able to have him look at it today...

you see...

Don's shop IS always busy..
So busy that as I walked into his business...
there were 4 people right behind me!

His mechanics were already at work, and there were at least 10 vehicles in waiting.
ya think he would get to me today???

As I explained to Don what the problem was...
he immediately went out to MY car....

Spr… Continue

Sasha and Malia, we were seven when our beloved grandfather was sworn in as the 41st President of the United States. We stood proudly on the platform, our tiny hands icicles, as we lived history. We listened intently to the words spoken on Inauguration Day service, duty, honor. But being seven, we didn't quite understand the gravity of the position our Grandfather was committing to. We watched as the bands marched by -- the red, white, and blue streamers welcoming us to a new role: the family me… Continue

Some say that Mother Theresa wrote this and some say that Mother Teresa hung a copy of this poem on a wall of the orphanage she founded in Calcutta….Its source is unknown.

People are often unreasonable,
illogical and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind,
People may accuse you
of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be Kind anyway.

If you are successful,
you will win some false friends and
some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank,
people may cheat you;
Be honest and… Continue