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Good News

I love it when I get good news. Someone I know is getting married, or having a child, or buying a new home, or graduating, receiving an award--just all kinds of good news. I am assuming that most people would feel the same way. Good news generally brings a smile to your face. Bad news on the other hand, is just that--bad. It doesn't make me happy. It doesn't make me smile. It can make me hurt, sad, cry, be fearful. But, bad news exists. And the real bad news is, that the media (in all forms) profits from delivering bad news from us everyday, all day long.

Most of the bad news that is reported on TV and radio, in the newspapers and magazines and on the Internet we can't do anything about anyway--except be saddened or fearful. I don't need to know about every murder and every detail of it, or every psycho that shoots up a school or mall or restaurant, or robbery, or hollywood scandal or even all the news of the bad economy. And yet, that's what we get fed and people are eating it up.



Not me. I'm tired of it. I want the good news. I want to read more stories like the one about Susan Boyle, the Britain's Got Talent phenomenon, or the guy who gave his entire lottery winnings to his church or the heroic actions of a bystander in a crisis. They make me cry too, but tears of joy and utter amazement at the goodness of people. Good news happens every day all day long too. Why don't we get to read or hear more about it. I'm going to make a point of finding it and reporting it here on my blog.



I want to give people something to smile about every day.



Be the change...

Life Goes On

Spring has finally sprung here in MO. The dogwood and redbud trees are putting on such a show. It's almost too distracting if you're driving. Seeing all the bare, brown, dormant stuff come to life again has made me think of how I've been feeling for the past year. Kind of dormant or lifeless inside. I don't know if it's the passing of time or the weather, but I almost feel like the nature I'm seeing around me--I'm coming out of it. I'm starting to feel like I can "bloom" again. I didn't even cry yesterday. The weird thing is, I feel kind of guilty about that.



I'm going to let myself feel sad and cry occasionally about missing my best friend/husband but I know that even though it is "just me" now, I am somebody and I have a life to live.

It's An Anniversary

On Friday, April 17, 1970, Chuck and I got married. That was 39 years ago today. Chuck is gone now, but I still celebrate the anniversary of the most important day of my life. After all, had I not married Chuck, I would not have 3 wonderful daughters, 3 beautiful grandchildren, a beautiful home, and lived such a full and happy life. Yes, there were lots of ups and downs--our first daughter was born with a birthmark on her head and face and had to endure many surgeries throughout her lifetime to remove it and allow her to look as beautiful as she does today. We survived Terrible Tuesday, April 10 1979 in Wichita Falls, Tx, when the most deadly tornado up until that time destroyed our apartment and most of the city. And, in 1992, Chuck was diagnosed with lung cancer and went through radiation and the surgery to remove the tumor and part of his right lung. Two years later the cancer had matasticized to his left hip and in order to save his life, doctors had to amputate his leg. Chuck handled it better than the rest of us. His comment: "Whenever I have thought about the important things in my life, I never thought about my leg."

I'm sure anyone reading this might not think that we did have such a wonderful life, but you have to understand that these life altering events just interupted our life--they didn't destroy it. Awesome things happened to us along the way too. We had two other beautiful daughters, Chuck became a Vice President of Western Auto, and when Sears bought them out, we were very fortunate to profit enormously from the sale of our stock. We had so much fun raising our family, traveling, building and creating beautiful homes--life would just not have been the same if we had not married each other 39 years ago today.

Be a blessing

That's what my daily devotional was about today--to be a blessing to someone else and let go of your own problems. A friend of mine lost her husband April 12, Easter morning. Together they had fought an 8 year battle with cancer. I have some knowledge of what her life will be like now. We are the same age (within a year) and she also has adult children and grandchildren who will be a great comfort to her especially in these first few weeks and months. But I can tell you from experience, nothing can fill the void of losing someone you've lived with everyday for 40 years. I'm going to help her deal with that and I hope by doing so, I will be a blessing to her.

There are a lot of hurting people in the world today, can you help?


Be blessed.

A Beautiful Day in a Wonderful World

Slowly but surely, we're getting some Springtime weather. Actually, we had warmer days back in February, which threw everyone for a loop. It got us all excited about Spring and then BAM!--snow, ice and some rainy dreary weather. Not today though, it's very nice here--reaching 60 degrees and very sunny. I just like to string a few of these kinds of days together. It's coming though--it always does.

I've got the twins today, Payton & Marley, 2 years old. What a couple of characters. I just wish there was some way to record every moment that they live and breathe. Special occasions or planned outtings we always make a point of capturing on film in one form or another. But it's those spontaneous little moments that happen and then they're gone before you even knew what was happening. A goofy look, a mispronounced word, a grown-up phrase that surprised the heck out of you. They come and go so quickly and yet mean so much at that precise moment. Maybe I'm getting old--aren't we all? And aren't we glad we are? ; )

Be the change...

Good Morning Sunshine

Yea!! The sun is up and shining and it's going to be a glorious Spring day. I will definitely get dressed. Amazing how a bright sunny day can literally change your whole outlook on life at the moment. Right now I feel like the people in the old Coke commercial standing out in a huge field singing "I'd like to teach the world to sing..." Yesterday--I didn't even want to go out and look at the world.

"Be the change..."

Lazy Day

I didn't even get dressed today. It was cloudy, rainy and cold outside so I just stayed inside and did nothing but eat left overs from Easter dinner, practiced a piece on the piano and played on the computer. The kind of day that some people just dream about. The kind of day that I regret later. Why? I don't know. I'm just one of those people that feel like if I'm up and able I should be doing something more meaningful. I did do some Bible study--it frustrated me though so I had to stop before I was finished. I'll get back to it--I always do.

"Be the change..."