Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Zoom in on Gratitude: 30 day challenge
NATURE
Exactly ten years ago today.
This series is supposed to help us zoom in on gratitude. Well, I can say with extreme gratitude that I'm glad this mess is ten years behind us. I think our power was off for three days; my sister was without electricity for at least a week.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Trying to figure this out
Most of my blog entries show me that nobody Facebooked or tweeted them. I've gone for days with nary a tweet on anything. Not that I am surprised by that, since honestly there isn't much on this blog that is tweet-worthy.
But my goodness, let me do what I consider a pretty boring entry about church attendance and I am FAMOUS.
OK, maybe not famous, but the entry I did yesterday already has had one tweet and six Facebook shares. It was pretty much the same with all the entries I did on the subject of attending church.
Just something to add to the list of things that make me go "Hmmmm".
But my goodness, let me do what I consider a pretty boring entry about church attendance and I am FAMOUS.
OK, maybe not famous, but the entry I did yesterday already has had one tweet and six Facebook shares. It was pretty much the same with all the entries I did on the subject of attending church.
Just something to add to the list of things that make me go "Hmmmm".
Zoom in on Gratitude: 30 day challenge
INSPIRING PERSON
Meet Susan Niebur. Her blog is called Toddler Planet.
Since discovering the Internet in 1998, and the wonderful blogosphere a few years later, I have rubbed shoulders with some admirable people. I've watched several bloggers tell about their struggles with cancer and I've watched some of them finally lose the battle. I sometimes wonder if people in such a circumstance get tired of being called brave, since they really have no choice but to face the demon and trudge forward.
But I'm telling you, Susan is brave. She's been fighting the beast for several years, using every trick she knows to see that others don't have to travel that same road. She has stressed the positive with each word she enters into her blog. Whenever I visit her little home on cyberspace, I come away a better person. This woman gives me reason to be thankful... not because she has cancer and I don't, but because she has found some way to count her blessings throughout this whole terrible ordeal.
Hospice has been called in. We all know what that means. I don't know if Susan will be able to do any more entries in her blog.
I just want you to know that she is a hero. She fights the good fight with grace and courage. I'm pretty sure she won't mind my passing along a snippet of her wisdom:
"All that survives after our death are publications and people.
So look carefully after the words you write, the thoughts and publications you create, and how you love others. For these are the only things that will remain."
That's it for my daily entry as I participate in the Thirty day challenge.
My daughter is doing this little exercise too; my readers will be very familiar with her inspiring person.
More fun from Photoshop (David is at it again)
And then David, the Kansas City photographer with too much time on his hands, got hold of a picture on Facebook and worked his usual magic.
Below is the comment thread that goes with the picture.
- David L. Remley Finally, a worthy opponent.11 hours ago · ·
1 
Meesha Viron at least my Mom didn't make it to Donna's battle of Lexington reenactment
11 hours ago · · 2
David L. Remley Turns out that Hemp Bales are NOT effective against Abrams tank shells.
11 hours ago ·
James Wood Ok, here's the problem. I've tried to warn everyone about Kevin's affinity for Warsaw Pact weaponry and the fact that at this point he may be a commie. Now somehow he's managed to get a damn Russian T-72 tank into the pasture. Even I must say it's time for an intervention. Somebody let that boy shoot some NATO ammo, out of ANYTHING....soon!
10 hours ago · · 3
Donna Allen Wood ::pats Monica on her little head:: "Shouldn't you be in bed soon?"
10 hours ago · · 1
James Wood No, I'm afraid not. The only thing that can help is true NATO rounds. 5.56x45, 7.62x51, or the instant cure, .50 BMG.
10 hours ago ·
Donna Allen Wood Hey... nobody had better shoot Meesha! He's the only Russian I've ever met, and he's pretty much against war and politics. Also, he doesn't vote, so you can't call him a liberal.
10 hours ago ·
Rachel Wood Fierro 7.62x39 is the closest he got. Sorry. Better red than dead. Wait. That's not right, is it? ACK!
10 hours ago · · 1
David L. Remley I think under certain circumstances Meesha could be sacrificed for the good of the game
10 hours ago ·
James Wood And mom, better keep Meesha away from that tank...he's probably the only one around that can read the instructions to get that baby firing. Although the one's I've been in had English and Arabic directions.
10 hours ago · · 2
David L. Remley It was the first time in the recent annals of war that an 1855 Oliver upturned a T-72....to the amazement of all onlookers...
10 hours ago · · 1
Jeff Kinney Cliff, when you told Donna you needed a new tank in the pasture, you should have been a little more specific and told her you needed a new water tank....
9 hours ago · · 1
Meesha Viron When Germany attacked the USSR they dressed up a bunch of tractors to look like tanks. They weren't any good but scary looking. This one is a monument in my city.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/ wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/ 6a/%D0%9D%D0%98-1.jpg/ 800px-%D0%9D%D0%98-1.jpg
upload.wikimedia.org
9 hours ago · · 1
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