Amazing

The word  amazing is used loosely these days...a new hairdo, a new home, a great movie, a great restaurant , a movie star, a concert .....you get the drift.

AMAZING....THE STORY AND WORK OF KIM AND BUD HUFFMAN!

I had the privilege to meet them in Africa two summers ago.  

Need something eternally amazing to read about, support , pray for go visit and volunteer? 

www.mattawchildren.com

gail

ps..Kim is a San Antonio girl!!!!

Editing

Yesterday I  quickly wrote my first blog.  I tried to go back and edit it because I  knew as I was typing I would be able to go back and insert commas and look for other errors.  I could not figure out how to edit it and dinner was on the stove.  So, I clicked the publish button hoping that by some small chance that button would just fix everything.

It did NOt fix anything.

Oh boy...is that not life...

We want to go back and edit a comment we should not have said,a purchase we should not have made,a look we should not have given{roll of the eyes},a thought we should have never had and on and on.  Life cannot be edited.  Life happens and we cant take it back.

We cant push a button.

And then there it all is published for all the world to see!

A wise man once told me.."It takes a lifetime to build a good name and a moment to erase that good name.  

Those words have always stuck with me.

My prayer daily is for  the Lord to save my feet from slipping and my tongue from hurting and destroying!

There is a scripture that says...Put a muzzle over my mouth Dear Lord.  

Life truly is a journey and I am thankful I am surrounded by a loving God , family and friends who and gracious enough to forgive and forget the places I need some editing in my daily life!

Praying for that muzzle today!!!

gail

ps...no more editing..it will just appear as it is written.  I am not perfect!

GREETINGS!

Greetings is something my mom and her mom always said and now here I am saying it too.  

Funny how we say our entire life we will "never be like mom" and then here we are...just like our mom!

Speaking of being a mom...my daughter Mal is the reason I am now blogging.  She designed this blog and sent it to me and told me I am good at expressing myself after I told her I was a terrible writer.  So ..... this is all her fault.

This all got me to thinking when I saw the way she designed this ....as well as the title she gave it.  This must be one of the ways she sees me as her mom...a bloom where you are planted kind of gal.  Today I actually took that test on facebook that tells you what kind of person you are.  Why is it we believe those stupid tests.  Especially when they lie to you in ways that make us feel like we are REALLY IMPORTANT AND SPECIAL.  Today I was told I was like Alexander the Great , Tom Hanks and even Weird Al.  My ego was a getting a little big until I came back down to earth with a phone call from Jack C.  asking me what I was cooking for dinner tonight and why the bill from the florist was soooo high this month.  Oh well....

The day ends with me sitting here loving that Mal not some quiz out there describes to me in a lovely way how she views her mother.   Fun colors of flowers that bloom in a window for all the world to see. 

Now that is a tall order to fill on a daily basis.  

It is hard to bloom sometimes when you are planted in hot humid weather of 107 degrees.  It is hard to want to cook , exercise, smile , even walk outside and water the plants.  

Yesterday I  got out to go and purchase a candle at my favorite stop ...Vida...

As I walked in I said to the owner who had not seen me in quite some time, WEll I decided to get out in the heat anyway.

He replied, You can't stop living!  

Where have you stopped living, blooming, loving , sharing, caring?  Where have I?

I am thankful my Mal reminded me of my very words that remind her of me to Bloom Where I Am Planted!

gail