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Dear Mom

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Be Sure to Read

Be sure to read what Linda La Tourelle of Bluegrass Publishing says on her blog Inspiration.

I am so proud to be associated with such a great company! This photo was taken at a booksigning Linda and I did at CHA. From left to right are Linda, Thena, Shanda and standing behind us is Sharon Hammond whose work you will be seeing more of via CD and downloads.

I just got her new Lovelines CD in the mail today! Check it out! You will love it! Lovelines

Eternal Treasures

I will not worry about having money

To leave to my friends

When I am called away

But will just do the best I can

To share with others every day.

I will not worry about earthy treasures

To divide among those who are dear

But will do what I can to share with them

Each day while I am here.

I may leave this earth when I have abundance

Or maybe leave it with nothing at all

At times of affluence or times of hardship

I may hear God's voice call

If I left possesions to my friends

Soon they would be worn out

And monetary gifts would soon be gone

While memories stored in loving hearts

      will linger on and on.

I want to live my life each day

Showing love to friends and family

Who mean so much to me

That will be treasured here on earth

       and for eternity.

Thena

CHA FOLKS WATCH FOR SHANDA!

My buddy, Shanda, from Bluegrass Publishing is going to be at the PUB Designer Dinner with something special from me.......a few hugs. Be sure to look at the note inside. It can save you lots of money!!

I'm Not a Doctor...And I Don't Play One on TV...

But I think this heat makes people grumpy....I wonder if wars would cease if everyone had beautiful spring weather all the time.

My air conditioner is still broken so I'm still moving slowly. I think the lowest temp in my house has been 82 or thereabouts. But on tv they keep saying to set your thermostat to 78 to conserve. I guess I'm just as well off if it's only a matter of a few degrees.

In this heat I think of all the suffering that folks went through during Katrina, not only the hurricane but the struggles, heat, etc., afterwards and it stirs my heart so much that sometimes I have difficultly forgetting about it at bedtime. While I am awake, I say prayers for all of those going through various types of hardship and catastrophes throughout the globe. Maybe you could join me in that effort?

BLOGGERS........

I love getting to read about my online friends. If you have a blog, please be sure to leave me a note and your blog address.

Hugs

C is for Christmas

So excited to share with you that my Christmas book has gone to print and so excited to be sharing the fun with my buddy Sharon who did the artwork for the CD!!

C is for Christmas

Almost a Year Since I Wrote This

It's Ok, Sweet Boy, You Can Let Go

It's ok, Sweet Boy
I wrote this as I held my 14 year old poodle Gus in my arms today. He did let go and I miss him already.

It's ok, Sweet Boy

It's ok, sweet boy, I want you to know
It''s ok, now, you can let go...
You can stop hanging on to that little thread
Of the love of us and the life you've led.
It's ok, sweet boy, you can let go.

Oh, I know you see the tears in my eye
And you don't want to see mommy cry
But worse than my sorrow at losing you
Would be causing more suffering for you to go through...
It's ok, sweet boy, you can let go.

I've heard of a place they call Rainbow Bridge-
And though it is story to comfort doggie mom's like me
I trust that God, our Creator in His Eternity
Has a place for the likes of a fine boy like you
And that someday I 'll see you again too.
It's ok, sweet boy, you can let go.

I'm crying so hard as I watch you today
And remember all the fun we had
And how I loved to watch you play
And I always hated the thought of this day
but...
It's ok, sweet boy, you can let go.

Oh, Father God, Creator above
You gave me this doggie to treasure and love
And I can't stand to watch him suffer but
It's so hard to let go
I love him so much
Can You please tell him so
And whisper to him
It's ok, sweet boy, you can let go...

Thena

Dont forget that Wednesday at noon Pacific

Is World Talk Radio Day on DIVA CRAFT LOUNGE!!

It's Ok to Cry

I have shed so many tears this week. It is as if the floodgates to my soul have been opened and there is no closing them. That doesn’t mean I am sad, but that my heart has been so sensitive to all that is going on in the world around me...or some might suggest it is the heat wave. It all started with an old episode of “Little House on the Prairie” and I was so touched by the characters and the story line that I felt tears welling up. All week it seemed that I was drawn to old shows on tv that affected me deeply. Today it was a rerun of “Touched by an Angel” that not not only touched me but brought deep serious sobs as the angels walked away with a little child who was being escorted to Heaven. It hasn’t just been television shows that have brought me to tears, but memories of loved ones and conversations with friends and even the devotion of the family pet. We spend so much time trying not to show emotions and trying not to cry, that it has been such a blessed relief and release to wear my heart and my tears on my sleeve this week. Perhaps we should all take a break from the world and spend some alone time...alone with God with our true thoughts and feelings and perhaps unshed tears. Tears have a way of giving us relief and refreshing our spirit and I have heard it said that God saves all of our tears. Don’t hold back those tears of sadness, don’t hesitate to let tears of happiness flow and don’t be embarrassed by tears of compassion. Tears come from the heart and cleanse the soul....It’s ok to cry.