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Mumbo Jumbo

nana — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:23:36 +0000

My mind is filled with mumbo jumbo tonight. No constructive connections, no great ideas, muddled like a train wreck. I want to be a servant, a helper. Am I motivated? Nope, I am not. I want my house to be clean, neat and free of clutter. Am I working to make that happen? Nope. Just mumbo jumbo – perhaps tomorrow will be a new beginning, a fresh new day with a clear head and a motivated heart.

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who inspires us

nana — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:25:13 +0000

I have just got to say that one of the greatest inspirations in my life is my daughter. She encourages me so much and has re-introduced me to essential oils. I have a gift that I do not or have not used much in my life and that has to do with healing. Fear is my biggest enemy in this – fear of other’s opinions, rejection and failure but the biggest feat I have has to do with allowing God to use me as an instrument in the healing process. There is so much involved in total healing. Thanks you, Kelly, for helping me to come out of my shell and thank you, God, for using me.

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what can one person do

nana — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:49:42 +0000

It is the unsung song that is never heard, the unspoken thought that never generates reaction. We must use our one voice, our one mind and heart to take some action to protect our earth. One person can be aware and act on that awareness. One person can remind another of our responsibility to protect our resources and keep the future alive. It is our duty to be stewards of what we have been so graciously given and to take steps to improve, repair and show genuine love and affections for all our gracious gifts. Take your first step. Baby steps become great strides. From the inside to the outside, reveal the light and enlighten, share, reach out, don’t be afraid to act as one person. Do your part to insure our future generations of a vital future with beauty, grace and a connectedness from the soul.

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singing with the choir

nana — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:46:26 +0000

Tonight we had choir practice at one of the churches where I play the piano and am sorta kinda their choir director/leader as well. Since the weather is wet and chilly it suits me that the practice was tonight leaving the rest of the week free of night time obligations. Small church with just a few in the choir but they are awesome, learn quickly and love to sing. Most of the songs we select for our Sunday morning specials seem to touch hearts and bring smiles to our members. Tonight we practiced “Child of the King” – a great song that we will use as the special for this upcoming Sunday.

Have learned 3 guitar chords so am making small baby steps of progress in that direction. Played a tennis match today and lost quite soundly – don’t like playing on Sunday – too distracted and cannot get my head in the game.

Had a wonderful conversation with my oldest grandchild – quite giggly but oh so fun. We were discussing how you sorta watch a football game – had fun with that.

Am really tired tonight so thought processes are slow – perhaps tomorrow I can be more vocal.

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Disappointment

nana — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:07:34 +0000

I have been pondering disappointment today. From many angles not so much from being but from creating or being the source of more than anything. We are works in progress and some days are better than others. Without full knowledge we cannot understand and who ever has full knowledge? I can no more know what is another’s heart, mind and soul any more than they can mine. Sometimes that may be where most of the disappointment begins. In our hearts we may be taking what we have thought about and assemble as being the best route without communicating that to anyone else so it would be understandable that others would have no idea what intent was there. For so long I have kept most of my thoughts to myself. Who wants to burden anyone else with the matters of their heart that they cannot even understand? Are disappointment and regret the same emotion? I think not but the two do seem to see-saw with each other.

I had hoped that blogging would be a good place for me to express my thougths. I will continue to hope and continue to blog dual purposes may be achieved, I may learn to communicate better, disappoint less by sharing more – who knows – only by making the effort will any of us ever know.

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The Green Bough

nana — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:27:23 +0000

Today in my search for the chinese proverb “If I keep a green bough in my heart . . .” I discovered Oriah, who is a writer and has her own blog, The Green Bough. Her thoughts were based on procrastination which perfectly discribes how I have been about blogging. Who knows why, perhaps fear of others know too much about me or perhaps fear that no one will be interested to know about me. I love to create whether it be art, craft, music and used to write a lot but years have passed since I really wrote more than just a thought here and there. I do have a good many of those saved, perhaps that would be good material for my blog. Visit The Green Bough, http://oriahsinvitation.blogspot.com/

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catching up

nana — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:31:27 +0000

Okay, I am determined to blog!!!! Big Bad (aka John aka Poppie) has the walking pneumonia thing and was up last night until after 2 – so, guess what, me too!! Jackson (grandson) arrived this morning at 7:45 or so and from there the day was up and down and not really super wonderful. I did get to put in some time on the tennis court but my game was about like the rest of my day – up and down!

I need to stop complaining and remember all I have and express my praise and gratitude – so, here goes

I have so many comforts in this life, a lovely home, air conditioning, plenty of food, two fun pets (Doodle and Buster) – these are my comfort that God has allowed me to have and I thank Him and praise Him!

I have a partner in life who provides for me and takes care of me. Today he is not feeling well and actually, he is having some heart problems so this cold thing is taking a toll. I pray God will touch John with his healing hand and give him the peace of His presence. Thank you, Lord.

I am blessed to have two wonderful children, Kelly, my daughter and Charlie, my son. In turn each of them has found a life partner who they love and who loves them. To make all this even better I now have 3 beautiful grandchildren. Two granddaughters, Macey and Mariana, and one grandson, Jackson.

My parents are in fairly good shape for their age and live near by.

I can still play tennis and play with my grands and enjoy Wii tennis, golf, Mariokart, etc. I love puzzles and card games, too.

I have many friends.

This list is not long enough but at least some of my blessings are listed and I know that God has provided all these gifts, Praises to you , Lord. May your kingdom be glorified here on this earth and may we stand solid to keep your name in our everyday lives and in the lives of our children and grandchildren!

Thanks for listening!

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Promise

nana — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:51:41 +0000

For a long time I have pretty much kept all of my thoughts to myself. As of today I am making myself a promise to reveal more of me and to open myself to others through this blog. I am not much of a blogger but I am going to work toward becoming one. So be looking for my daily updates, which will pretty much be of a personal nature, and if you are willing share your thoughts, too.

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Trying it out…

nana — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:14:33 +0000

Here is my first post. I’m too tired to write much tonight, but I hope to dig in soon! Trying it out… is a post from: Forty Love Nana

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