something new for us

Kate

was diagnosed with

CELIAC disease

two days ago.

Stay tuned for a post

all about celiac....

including

a great web blog

i found.

so when I mentioned recently

THOMAS HORN

on my

FACEBOOK status,

no one responded

to the comment;

THOMAS HORN.....brilliant performance!!!

Understandably, maybe no one had seen it...

OR

rather, no one had any idea

about who I was speaking!!

AND, therefore no one responded

with any kind of

COMMENT on his performance.

Here are a few FUN FACTS:

link to fun facts about Thomas

1. Thomas Horn is the LEAD ACTOR

 of the new TOM HANKS/SANDRA BULLOCK movie

EXTREMELY LOUD

&

INCREDIBLY CLOSE.

(i read the book; read it... very good)

book link.... get it, read it

2. Horn was discovered on KID'S week at Jeopardy! where he won $31,000.

The show aired in JULY 2010.

3. Thomas is 14 years old, but just 11 when discovered by the films PRODUCER

Scott Rudin.

4. He is an avid reader, particularly of National Geographics and atlases.

5. He speaks THREE languages:

English,

Croatian,

and Mandarin.

fun facts

6. His parents are both physicians. His mother an oncologist; his father and opthamalogist.

Many reviewers have said this movie was par at best...

My opinion is far different.

Thomas Horn's performance makes this movie.

The others, are just support.

This movie is about working through grief and healing....

HEALING.

Things I will do in 2012

in random order

1.       I will read 20 books

here are just a few.....

2.       I will get more sleep

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3.       I will exercise at least 4 times a week

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4.       I will lose 15 pounds

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5.       I will find ways to spend more time with my husband



6.       I will enjoy my children more



7.       I will write more letters, on stationery!

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8.       I will engage a more grateful existence

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9.       I will see more than one movie

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photo credit for Iron Lady

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10.  And perhaps the most important of all, I will spend more time in prayer with GOD...

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Another New Year

happy new year!

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the holidays

were a bit strange

this past

year.

ongoing

issues

kept us flying

by the seat

of our pants.

buying gifts

was out

of the question.

cards

were mailed

but only

because they

had been purchased

previously.

christmas day

was actually stress-free.

this was nice.

and the compassion and love from

others was overwhelming.

G R A T E F U L

is how we saw things

G  R  A  T  E  F  U  L

is how we will remember

C H R I S T M A S

and

N E W  Y E A R S

of

2011!!

Fire and Ice

Fire and Ice

by

Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,

Some say in ice.

From what I've tasted of desire

I hold with those who favor fire.

But if it had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate

To say that for destruction ice

Is also great

And would suffice.

Dimijian Images Fire & Ice

The Colors of Christmas

The Colors of Christmas


We drove through Pickens,

South Carolina, following

the road up and over

Caesar’s Head towards

Connestee Falls.

The elevation found a display

of autumn leave leftovers

and barren branches

hung on mountain trees.

The road, grey-misted

and lonely in an afternoon fog,

fell to a valley of green,

quite in contrast

to the December browns.

When we arrived,

Mother was hanging

icicle lights on the house;

it felt like home.

Even the rain

belonged to the day

and the cold outside

found a welcoming fire

inside where the children

and I snuggled

next to the Christmas tree

adorned with my favorite

childhood ornaments,

each special memory

remembered

by those represented.

As dusk seeped her color

across a western sky,

darkness twinkled

diamonds

into a clearing night

that brought a borealis

of pink, peach, and ice blue;

as my children

pressed their noses

to frosted glass

making Santa and reindeer

finger paintings,

I caught the moment

before it drifted away,

tucking it deep inside

next to last year's

Christmas colors.

being thankful...

this year

my girls

were not with me

for

THANKSGIVING

and i missed them

terribly...

they will be home

this evening.

when they are with you all the time

and gone for only 3 days

you become aware

of how much they are

a part of your life.

i have been acutely aware

that everything about them

and who they are

is inside me;

every moment

of everyday....

i love MY girls..

 mommy misses you this moment

AND

any moment

you are not with me....