Ms. Maddy

If you have a dog, you will most likely outlive it; to get a dog is to open yourself to profound joy and, prospectively, to equally profound sadness.

Marjorie Garber

As of early this morning around 12:30 or 1:00 my best friend passed on. Ms. Maddy died of old age. This was and is a terrible experience for me. late last night Jake called out the door for her to come inside like we usually do after a while outside. I heard him ask "Maddy are you alright?" for some reason this is what grabbed my attention. I was sitting by the fire place starting a fire to warm our room, when he came through the door caring Maddie. She never lays on her side, you see, and when he found her in the yard she was on her side and we knew then that she was dieing. she acted like she was having seazers, I called a vet but don't have the money to pay them today, so they turned us away! so all I could do was read scriptures while she died right in my lap!

Only 2 hours before my son was "barking" at her, and she was barking back. But that is the last time we both heard her at all! I don't know what to tell Kie, he will be crushed. he has quite an adult head on his solders for such a little 18 month old!  He cried for days when we had to give the puppy away, and we have had Maddy longer!(Psalm 48:14) For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.

Rainbow Bridge

Just this side of heaven is a place called rainbow bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together.... 

Author unknown...

 

 

have a cough? have a cold? This will help!

Milk and Honey 

when you have a cough warming a glass of milk, and adding about 1 tablespoon of honey will help chase it away! I do this often for my children because it dose the same thing as the pharmacy cough medicine, only these items can come from your own pantry! 

Ginger tea and Honey 

If you have a cold making some ginger tea and sweetening with honey will help you! In a medium sauce pan boil some water. Mean while peal the skin off your ginger root and cut 3 1/2 inch pieces about the size of a 50 cent piece. when the water is boiling, add the ginger root to the pan. boil it until the water turns to a yellowish color. DO NOT LET IT BOIL TO MUCH LONGER, or the tea will be too strong for anyone to be able to keep it down. poor your cup and top off with 1, 2 or 3 teaspoons of honey! I make this for my husband when he gets sick, we have a joke that when I ask him how much honey he says the whole bottle! (he isn't a tea man.) I don't think you will  a whole lot just enough that you start to taste the honey.

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I hope that these natural home remedies can help you feel better soon! I will possibly put more up to help with other things. Such as, asthma, sore muscles, and headaches!!

halloween with the kids

 Halloween 2012

 This year for Halloween we all went trick-or-treating at our church. KIE got lots of candy for mom and dad to eat (lol just kidding!) Xander was a zebra, as seen on the left! he is officially the cutest zebra ever! KIE supported a duck costume with orange foot socks. There is no picture of mom, but she supported a beutifulily made pioneer 

costume. And dad was a cowboy, raining in a duck and a zebra all night. :) We took turns taking the boys around the church door-to-door to trick-or-treat. 

     all in all halloween was an awsome experince this year! thanks to all those who helped with costuming mom and Xander! (AKA Susan Parsons!)

hope you all had a wonderful holiday too! God Bless!

Thinking about trying this

 

I am thinking about trying to do this above my bed, I am trying to make my room a lot nicer. Its oddly shaped so I am not sure if it will work.  Here is a layout of my room, where do you think I should put my bed? 

 

Please keep in mind I also have 2 dressers and 2 bedside tables that have to go with the bed. 

And at the end of the bed I have to put a bassinet for a while.

 These Paintings are by Graig Olsen

Of late I have been looking into my religion a lot more, with the questions i have. The questions i know my son will have. At every meal my 16 month old son will fold his arms and look at me, telling me to say the blessing or he will(and there is many days that he dose-with help :D). The picture to the top reminds me of my son, he is so new that the little boy in the picture could be him. It seems that my little Kie is always teaching me, not I teaching him! It seems that he walks closer to God, than us. I always remind my self that when God knocks we need to answer, but lately I have found that I wasn't listening! 

I have started reading again, and I have been praying more during the day;not just the nights. These paintings remind me everyday that it is okay to fallow the example of your children, not

just lead. I pray that I can look to my future to walking with God, as well as my son walks with him(or so it seems). 

                     ~Sammantha Parsons

This cracked me up! It looks like something I would do for my husband!

Here soon I will most likely be doing it for my son's too, they both are

growing so darn fast! soon they will be kicking my butt at games!

Anything New

I try to tell myself this every time I get frustrated! There is truth in what the picture says.

Angels Among US

 

Angels among us

" Oh I believe there are angels among us.
Sent down to us from somewhere up above.
They come to you and me in our darkest hours.
To show us how to live, to teach us how to give.
To guide us with the light of love. "

~ Alabama 

Today I met an Angel, she helped my family and I in a time of need. I usually help others, I'm not used to needing help from other people. I truly believe that God sent Michelle to help me this week. My oldest son just grew out of his largest clothes (18-24 month clothing) and Michelle asked me to meet her at a .25 cent sale where she bought my boys some clothes and toys to go towards Christmas! I am grateful, because we wouldn't have been able to get them much because Jake has been home on medical leave to help me with the boys so I can heal from the birth. (he goes back to work soon; I'm going to miss him during the day!) Due to it being for 'maternity leave' he didn't get payed, thus we wont have a check to spend towards Christmas until January! Michelle made it to where we can give a little to our boys this year, even if we can scramble up something! So I would like to take a moment and thank God for the 'angels' that he sends our way in our time of need!

"My gracious Heavenly Father, 

Today I bow my head in prayer to thank the of the help, and blessings you have sent our way. I pray that to all those who are deserving they receive you help in their time of need. Please watch over the firefighters as they fight to keep our land safe, I ask that you bless those who have lost their homes, and that you can watch over all of your children in this time of danger."

                                                                                                                     In the name of Thy son, Jesus Christ, 

Amen

a lauph for the day!

today has been long and tiring i saw this and it made me laugh, i thought i would share!

The Best Things In Life .....

 The Best Things In Life....

Today I got a chance to help a person who served our country. This vet's wife died 2 years ago, and shortly after his mother went too. After the funeral he was having coffee with his sister, and out of the blue he told her, "I'm going for a walk." That's where his journey started, his journey from Florida to see the oceans that touches California.

I met him at the park here in Boise, he was walking from person to person. He had slept in the park and someone robbed him, of his backpack, his only money (a grand 10 dollars) and of his watch. He was asking for 5 dollars to get bread and lunch meat, I watched at person after person told him to go away, and to leave them alone.  About to give up, he started to walk to his favorite place in the park; a bench just inside the entrance, away from the playground, the fountains, and the people; i asked him if he was able to get the 5 dollars he needed. This man was not dirty, did not look like the bum that the people made him out to be, he did not smell of cigarets or booze, he looked like he had been walking for ages and needed help. I told him that I could help him get a backpack and maybe some food.

While I was bringing him to my house to get him the backpack, he confided in me and told me about his travels. When he asked my name, and I answered Samantha, he cried, that was his late wife's name. He told me of his travels, and his sickness that was killing him. This vet wanted to see the United States, the home he fought for, before he died.  This picture reminded me of him, its like God was calling for that person to come here, for me to meet him. When we return back to the park he asked my husband to lead a pryer.

I am grateful that I got a chance to meet him before it was time for him to move on to the next town. he reminded me that my family is what is important and that life is short, shorter for some, and that I should live it and have fun.

.... Aren't Things