Waine

what a week...and how quickly we are reminded to love those near us and never take our time together lightly or for granted...we lost a sweet man this week. Waine Maze...he will be missed by so many...I have had the honor to know him for 4 short years...I wish I had known him much longer...he seemed to be a very kind man, reserved and gently...he welcomed my sweet daughter with open arms...you see Waine and I share two very important interests...our twin grandbabies...Rylee and Caleb...Waine is Donnie's father...I just feel I need to share the last time I saw him and the sweet memory of that night that I will remember forever and do my very best to help my grandbabies remember as well...Waine was having a rough day in the hospital on Sunday and I got a call from Heather late Sunday evening asking me to come pick up the kids because she and Donnie needed to stay for a while longer...we went to tell poppa maze by when I got there..the twins had colored him a picture each and they were hanging on the wall in front of him so that he could see them...Caleb asked him if he liked them and he told them that THEY make him happy...they...the twins...for a man that waited 63 years to be a poppa...I say rest well in the arms of Jesus...knowing those babies are being raised to love Jesus with all their hearts and I believe as you look down on them...they will continue to make you happy...you have left your mark on the world thru many different things...and thru your craft over the years...but no impact is bigger than the one you live behind in your sweet family...Donna, Donnie...Heather...Rylee and Caleb Maze...

a work in progress...

That is my life...really all our lives...isn't it...we are a work in progress...and I must say...some days are hard, hard, hard...and others are not to bad...but in the end it is still a process...life....

Today I find myself thinking just how blessed I am...I have a husband that loves me and makes me feel like there is no one else in the world for him...and he has loved me when it must have been some of the most difficult days of his life...I'm thankful for him and for the Lord that loves us both and was and is working this life we have together out for us and with us and thru us...

I'm thankful that I have 4 incredible kids...3 son in laws...and new special friend to our list and for my sweet Amy so far away from us...I'm thankful how our hearts are bound together...even when we have different personalities, likes and differences...even when we have to many miles between us...one of my kids has absolutly come to life the last few weeks and I feel blessed to see that...

I'm thankful for my sweet grandbabies...Scott tells me they are not babies anymore...but they are to me...each one of them...with their sweet personalities...and I cannot wait to meet our new little Laney Kate in just a month! They are one of the true joys of my life!

I'm thankful for my church family...I love you all so much...I'm excited to see just what God has in store for us in the coming months...I'm sad I'll miss several weeks with you...but I'm blessed to be a part of a church lots of miles away and will serve beside them for a time and know EBC my heart and my prayers will be with you...

I'm excited/nervous to go to my WW meeting tomorrow night...because I so want to be able to say...I hunger for the Lord more than anything else...and I'm not there yet...Lord take me there...teach me how to hunger and thirst after You...

I'm blessed that I have so many of you praying for me and encouraging me on this weightloss journey...I have an amazing student ministry behind me...cheering me on with each success and encouraging me with each failure...

Thank You Jesus for letting me be apart of their lives...all of them...and thank you for being my life...!

blah monday

I am in quite the funk today...I am up at least 4 pounds today from last week...so I'm a little on the discouraged side and I don't feel well today either so yuck...

But the Lord is continuing to speak to me about this issue and I'm learning each day to take it at just that one day at a time and so I will move forward...finding scriptures that give me hope and assurance that I can do ALL things thru Christ...even lose weight!

I only have 5 weeks left until I will be going to Jacksonville for the birth of our 6th grandbaby (granddaughter #2!!!!). I'm very excited but also thinking of all the things I need to get done before that week arrives...and I cannot procrastinate this time because our sweet Laney Kate just may decide to come early and if so Grammy will be leaving earlier than 5 weeks...

I got to spend the last weekend with Heather and Katie at a woman's retreat and a few others from Buffalo Creek Baptist Church...namely Melody Morris who I enjoyed so much! I was thankful for a chance to step away for the weekend and to spend some time with my girls...

Well..due to the fact that I really don't feel well..I'm wordless so I don't have anything else...please pray for the ability to lose this weight...