My sweet niece Mia Jane turned 3 years old on Sunday. We moved to Maryland when she was only 3 months old, and I am so blessed to have spent most of her life living just a few miles away from her. I made a scrapbook for her birthday, and I felt sad to give it away because it contained so many special memories of her precious life. I decided to make a montage of the photos set to a song that reminds me of her so I would have them as well. I love you Mia!
Gratitude... goes beyond the "mine" and "thine" and claims the truth that all of life is a pure gift. In the past I always thought of gratitude as a spontaneous response to the awareness of gifts received, but now I realize that gratitude can also be lived as a discipline. The discipline of gratitude is the explicit effort to acknowledge that all I am and have is given to me as a gift of love, a gift to be celebrated with joy. -Henri J. M. Nouwen
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My girls
Delaney Jayne and Danica Jean
Books I'm reading or reading again and again
Quotes that inspire me
- “God is not a belief to which you give your assent. God becomes a reality whom you know intimately, meet everyday, one whose strength becomes your strength, whose love, your love. Live this life of the presence of God long enough and when someone asks you, “Do you believe there is a God?” you may find yourself answering, “No, I do not believe there is a God. I know there is a God.” ~Ernest Boyer, Jr.
- "there is no use trying," said alice... ..."one can't believe impossible things." "i dare say you haven't had much practice," said the queen. "when I was your age, i always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes i've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
- "To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common--this is my symphony." William Henry Channing
- "PEACE. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart." Unknown
- Lines from Jack Kerouac’s On the Road: “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved. The ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars.”
Websites I visit often
- Just one more book, I used to spend leisurely hours browsing the book store for new children's lit. This is almost as good.
- Etsy, the coolest website to buy or sell unique hand made items--I love the quilts, pottery and papercraft.
- Story People, take a look and you'll see why.
- Pandora, creates your own radio station based on music you like.
- Rachael Ray, to see what's for dinner tonight.
The "M" list, a few things I just love!
- John Thomas, a gifted piano composer whose music will calm your mind and heart.
- Dolan Geiman, An artist I knew from JMU. I am crazy about his work! You can buy some of his art on Etsy.
- Lisa Leonard Designs, beautiful handmade jewelry.
- Illume Candles, I first bought these at Anthropologie. I love the tins!
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3 comments:
I loove it! What a special thing to do! She sure is a cute pie! Rochelle
What a little sweetie :0)
By the way, I have an award for you over at my place:0)
Mia and I just watched this again - she loves seeing her pictures and listening to the Butterfly song! Thank you so much for taking time to compile this - the whole family has really enjoyed it as have we! Love you lots,
Amy
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