BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE!

I am so happy that I do not live in a tornado zone.  We, are so lucky here.  We may need to worry about an occasional forrest fire, or not having enough water.  We do not need to worry about everything we have being picked up and blown away!

Always look for the best of what you have!  We do not know,  how good we have it, until disaster strikes!

Do what you can to help those, that are less fortunate than you!

TRIBUTE TO MEMORIAL DAY

"The dead soldier's silence sings our National Anthem"
                     -----Aaron Kilbourn-----
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i426pbQJZ_g

"And they who for their Country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's
tomb and beauty weeps the brave"
                     -----Joseph Drake-----

"They are dead; but they live in each patriot's breast, and their names are engraven on
Honor's  Bright Crest."
                     -----Henry Wadsworth Longfellow-----


Cover them over with beautiful flowers,
Deck them with garlands, those brothers of ours,
Lying so silent by night and by day,
Sleeping the years of their manhood away.
Give them the meed they have won in the past;
Give them the honors their future forcast;
Give them the chaplets they won in the strife;
Give  them the laurels they lost with their life.
                  -----William Carleton-----

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiJaCqy4A_I

KNOWING GOD

"I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me."

                -----Philippians 4:13-----

"But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through Our Lord Jesus Christ."

                -----I Corinthians 15:57-----

"For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and self control."

                -----I Timothy 1:7

"Be strong and of good courage,  Do not fear or be afraid of them;  for the Lord  Your God,
 He is the one who goes with you.  He will not leave you nor forsake you."

                -----Deuteronomy 31:6

.....LOVING

CAMOMILE TEA

Outside the sky is light with stars;
There's a hollow roaring from the sea.
And alas!  For the little almond flowers,
The wind is shaking the almond tree.

How little I thought, a year ago,
In the horrible cottage upon the lee
That He and I should be sitting so
And sipping a cup of Camomile tea.

Light as a feather the witches fly,
The horn of the moon is plain to see;
By a firefly under a jonquil flower
A goblin toasts a bumble-bee.

We might be fifty we might be five,
so snug, so compact, so wise are we!
Under the kitchen-table leg
My knee is pressing against his knee.

Our shutters are shut, the fire is low,
The tap is dripping peacefully;
The saucepan shadows on the wall
Are black and round and plain to see.

Poem by Katherine Mansfield

September 9, 1941--April 10, 2005

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAKV9vd6JfI&NR=1

In memory of Franklin Gayhart

DECISIONS

"Never cut a tree down in the wintertime.
Never make a negative decision in the low time.
Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods.
Wait.
Be patient.
The storm will pass.
The spring will come."
---Robert H. Schuller---