Valentine

♥Happy ♥ Heart ♥  Day♥

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…… a few of my Favorite ♥ Quotes:

♥Where there is love there is life. ~ Mohandas Gandhi

♥You are what happened when I wished upon a star.          

♥If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.  ~ A. A. Milne

                                

♥To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love forever is to live forever. ~ Henry Drummond

                          

♥Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold. ~Zelda Fitzgerald

                 

♥Once in awhile in the middle of a normal life, Love gives us a fairytale.

♥Always remember there was nothing worth sharing like the love that let us share our name. ~ The Avett Brothers

                                   

♥Love is the magician that pulls man out of his own hat. ~ Ben Hecht

                                   

♥Life is better with your best friend.  That’s why I married mine.

♥Love is what you've been through with somebody. ~ James Thurber

              

♥ In Family Relationships LOVE is really spelled TIME. ~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf

                                  

♥I thought I knew happy but you taught me Happiness.

♥Where there is great love, there are always wishes. ~Willa Cather

                               

♥Loved you yesterday, love you still, always have, always will♥

Have a Happy Valentine’s Day!

Thank You Thursday

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Thank You Thursday-2012

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So many things to say ….. where should I start!

Well first, THANK YOU to everyone for sending so many wonderful wishes for my birthday!  I love my birthday now.  The thing is, I have had a Love/Hate relationship with the day for quite a while.

When I was growing up I loved that my birthday was on New Year’s Eve.  It was the perfect night for a slumber party.  My family endured many of those.  I loved the excitement of waiting for the midnight hour to ring in the New Year!  

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We would run up and down the street banging pots and pans.  Oh the thrill!  My mom was always the best at making birthdays special. As a matter of fact, she did such a good job I actually thought ALL of the New Year’s festivities were about “me”!   I know, but I did.  It’s true.

Now that was the one hand.  On the other hand, Aunts and Uncles often sent me a Christmas/Birthday present.  When you are 7 years old that can be devastating.   

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 My birthday was during the Christmas break so some of my best friends that went out of town every year for the holidays couldn’t be there. 

Later on  it seemed like everyone got a new calendar for Christmas and excitedly hung it up filling in their schedules for the New Year.  “Hey, there are a few more days .  Wait!” 

And the worst .... I got all my new clothes all at once... so tragic.

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These days I really do love everything about my birthday and I hope I get to have many more!  I love turning a year older right at the start of the New Year. It is the perfect way to end one year and begin the next.

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  Mark and I  recently saw the movie New Year’s Eve.  We loved it.  

It’s a “feel  good”  movie similar to the Movie Valentine’s Day.  I saw it with my girls ♥ after my infamous toe surgery .

In the movie New Year's Eve, Hilary Swank plays Claire Morgan the producer of the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball drop.  When there is a malfunction and everyone is waiting for the drop she gives this impromptu speech from the heart.

Referring to the ball, she says,

"It's suspended there to remind us before we pop the champagne and celebrate the New Year, to stop and reflect on the year that has gone by.  
To remember both our triumphs and our missteps - our promises made, and broken.  The times we opened ourselves up to great adventures - or closed ourselves down, for fear of getting hurt.  
Because that's what New Year's is all about: getting another chance. A chance to forgive, to do better, to do more, to give more, to love more. And stop worrying about 'what if' and start embracing what would be. 
So when that ball drops at midnight - and it will drop - let's remember to be nice to each other,  kind to each other. And not just tonight but all year long."

It's a NEW Happy Year!

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Wishing a

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to you!

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Beautiful Heartbreak

A little over three years ago I shared a POST about Stephanie Nielson.  Then there was this one on the POWER of HOPE .... and this inspirational video on FAITH.

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The amazing "Beautiful Heartbreak" 

that Stephanie has so graciously shared with the world is a testimony that indeed…

 "We can do all things through Christ which strentheneth us." ~Phillipians 4:13

Although I don’t have the time to follow my favorite blogs as consistently as I’d like, I do love to when I can find the extra few minutes here and there.  So I just recently did just that over at “Nie Nie’s Dialogs”  where Stephanie mentions this amazing video that she got to take part in.  

Hilary Weeks new song: "Beautiful Heartbreak".

I was so touched by this song.  I think the two biggest things I took away from it are:

~Although sometime in our lives everyone will face heartbreak of some kind or another , we can still choose to make it beautiful because of the grace of our Savior and

~that if we all wrote our signs and were truly able to read everyone else’s, we would all be a little kinder to one another.

I couldn’t find all the lyrics but the Chorus was posted in the comments on YouTube. 

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(Chorus)

Every fear, every doubt, all the pain I went through

Was the price that I paid to see this view

And now that I'm here I would never trade

The grace that I feel and the face that I find

Through the bittersweet tears and the sleepless nights

I used to pray He'd take it all away

But instead it became a beautiful heartbreak.

Mindful Monday

A friend of mine had this on her Facebook wall and I just had to share it.

I've always loved this song!

Need a little R & R

I sure wish I could go to

this!

Heather S. you better be♥

Seriously!

Mindful Monday

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a Motto to Live By

Mindful Monday

How to start your week off right: 1.      Wake Up Decide to have a good day.  "Today is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it"   Psalms 118:24 2.    Dress Up The best way to dress up is to put on a smile. A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.  "The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at outward appearance; but the Lord looks at the heart." I Samuel 16:7  3 . Shush Up  Say nice things and learn to listen. God gave us two ears and one mouth, so He must have meant for us to do twice as much listening as talking.   "He who guards his lips guards his soul."   Proverbs 13:3  4. Stand Up For what you believe in. Stand for something or you will fall for anything. "Let us not be weary in doing good; for at the proper time, we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good..."   Galatians 6:9-10 5. Look Up To the Lord. "I can do everything through Christ who strengthens me." Philippians 4:13 6. Reach Up For something higher.  "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not unto your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, And He will direct your path." Proverbs 3:5-6 7. Lift Up ! Your Prayers.  "Do not worry about anything; Instead PRAY ABOUT EVERYTHING." Philippians 4:6   And remember: God answers prayers.

Thank You Thursday

  Happy Thoughts for You

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download:
Free Positive Thoughts Poster - PDF 

All you need to do is print the poster on copy paper, cut up the dashed lines & hang it (somewhere good).

Happiness will follow you thereafter♥.

… well it certainly is worth a try!

 

Mindful Monday

Pretty "peared" with Inspiration

I love Pears and I love the inspiration in this one!

You can print one for yourself  

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....and there are two other color combinations to choose from.

Mindful Monday - Mothers

This quote was printed  in our Church  Program yesterday.  

♥  I LOVE IT  ♥

" Many years ago the First Presidency issued a statement that has had a profound and lasting influence upon me.  'Motherhood,' they wrote, 'is near to divinity.  It is the highest, holiest service to be assumed by mankind.  It places her who honors its holy calling and service next to the angels.' " Elder Russell M. Nelson

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These are some other quotes that I love about the
beautiful blessings and responsibilities of motherhood.  

"In the soft and gentle arms of a mother's love, children can come to know the voice of the Lord." 

Dwan J. Young

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"Be a Mother who is committed to loving her children into standing on higher ground than the environment surrounding them. Mother's are endowed with a love that is unlike any other love on the face of the earth." Marjorie Pay Hinckley

"When a mother provides an example of joy, the children's world is one of happiness." Barbara B. Smith

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"Nothing a woman can ever do will have anywhere near as much importance as the influence she has as a mother." George D. Durran

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I have a wonderful mother. 
I feel so blessed and I am forever grateful to have her!


But my life has also been touched by the example and influence of 
my grandmother, daughters, daughter-in-law, friends and YOU! 


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I hope you all had a Lovely  Mother's Day~ I sure did!

Mindful Monday

"I believe we uncover the place of rest deep inside us when we allow a space in our hearts for gratitude, when we open ourselves to the realizations of life's abundance. We are never truly prosperous until we realize that our lives are full of riches that money can't buy."
                                                                                     ~Janene Wolsey Baadsgaard