My Little Miracles

My children amaze me every single day. Not only are they miracles because the Lord kept them healthy and strong despite all of my medical issues during my pregnancy, but they are also more talented than I ever could have expected. My daughter just started her first season of baseball (not softball, but boy's baseball) and she has already gotten a homerun and a triple. She also recently won the Miss Van Buren Petite competition. She was beautiful, but it was her answer to the on stage question that won her the crown. The question was, "What is your favorite toy and why?" Her response was "My favorite toy is my stick horse because I practice on it because one day I want to be a Rodeo Dandy." Audrey showed me the day of the pageant, once again, that she is beautiful on the inside as well as the outside.

My son is my sensitive child. After my last surgery, he became my nursemaid; he would check on me every few minutes and would bring me anything I needed. Like my daughter he loves sports, but his real talent is in art. His artwork recently won in the Arkansas PTA Reflections contest against over 1600 other entries. He was so excited when he was honored at a formal luncheon and of course we were extremely proud!

I cry much more now than ever before in my life and others do not understand why I tear up so easily. I cry with joy because I am so blessed. I am blessed that the Lord healed me so I can be here to rear my children and see their accomplishments. I am blessed to be their Mommy!

FIRST BOOK SIGNING

June 26, 2010

Today was my first book signing. It was held at Hastings in Fort Smith from 12:00 until 2:00. At first I was extremely nervous, but as I spent the morning in prayer, I remembered the sermon from the Sunday before; the teaching was about how if Christ is in you then you have God's annointing on you. Therefore, you don't have to ask him for his annointing because you already have it. I knew that writing this book was what God had called me to do, so I had His annointing on me to go through each step of the writing/publishing/marketing process. With that thought came a sudden peace and I left for the book signing excited.

The book signing couldn't have been better. My table was decorated beautifully and everyone enjoyed the cookies and lemonade that I provided. I had a line backed out the door as I signed, and signed and signed copies of my book. I ended up being there nearly an hour over the scheduled time, but it was worth it because I met so many wonderful people and Hastings ended up selling every copy of my book that they had stocked. The hand of the Lord was on me and it turned out to be a successful, fulfilling day.

THE BEST CALL EVER!!!

June 24, 2010

Ever since I was a little girl there has been an important man in my life, and I called him Papa. To him, I was the "apple of his eye", but he was also the apple of my eye. As I grew older, his importance never lessened and I even had him walk me down the aisle on my wedding day. I love him so much and to hear him say "hello Baby" over the phone will make me cry every time. Therefore, when he called me today to congratulate me on my book and said that he had read it cover to cover I was thrilled beyond words, but when he reminded me that I was still the "Apple of his eye" the water works really started. To know that my Papa was proud of me made this the best call ever!

AFTER 9 YEARS.......

June 23, 2010

My husband and I celebrated our 9 year wedding anniversary today and we have much to celebrate. Satan has done everything to destroy our marriage, our family. He has taken us to the verge of financial ruin; he has been the source of miscommunication, harsh words and hurt feelings; he caused the miscarriage of our first child, caused infertility issues, has placed disease on us and given us negative report after negative report. However, I PRAISE THE LORD for seeing us through the troublesome times and helping us honor our vows even during the bleakest days. He has given us nine years together and after nine years I can still say that I love the life my husband and I have created together, with God's help, and that I still love this wonderful man who walks beside me.

To celebrate our anniversary we rented a cabin on a nearby mountaintop. I rented a movie we had been wanting to see and brought the preparations for a wonderful meal. The elevation made the temperature about ten degrees cooler, so we were able to hike and rent bicycles. After all the activity was finished, we grilled steaks and had a candlelit dinner and then sat on the edge of the bluff and watched the sun set. It was beautiful! As darkness fell, we cuddled up on the couch with a bowl of popcorn to watch our movie. It was a happy day filled with loving words, holding hands, and stealing kisses. I can't wait for fifty more anniversaries just like it!

GOD INSCRIBED HIS NAME UPON THE EARTH

I learned something very interesting in church on Sunday. If you take an ariel view of Mount Zion, the hills and valleys look like the letters that spell out God in Hebrew. This was especially significant to me since Mark and I are trying to learn Hebrew.

UPDATE ON UNCLE DOC

AS OF YESTERDAY, MY UNCLE DOC WAS DOING SO MUCH BETTER! HE HAS GOOD COLORING AGAIN AND HE IS ABLE TO LIFT HIS LEGS A LITTLE. HE WAS ALSO ABLE TO ENJOY HIS FIRST MEAL FROM MCDONALDS.

MIRACLE GIRL

On Monday, I went to see my neurosurgeon and got a terrific report. First of all, he called me his Miracle Girl. Then he went on to tell me that he had recently returned from a conference in chicago which was attended by 100 neurosurgeons from across the nation and he discussed my case. He said that they were in awe that I was alive, not to mention doing so well. They said that I was the ONLY case that they knew of where a person had my sort of tumor and continued to thrive. I said "It is God!" and my doctor said "that's what I told them." I absolutely LOVE IT when GOD SHOWS UP ON THE SCENCE and totally bewilders medical science. THANK YOU, THANK YOU JESUS!!!!! God is definitely still in the miracle working business!