Saturday after Turkey Day!

SO MANY CHOICES

Good morning world

and

all the folks who enter here

as

we boot scoot into

Saturday!

Just like those boots...

So many choices

so much to think about,

oh my

we can dance around and into this and the days to come

but

we have to get off the shelves

and

into the groove and boogie

with the right fit!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIEyAtgvyqs

I bet those malls and shops are just giddy

after the news reports

a most successful

BLACK FRIDAY

...

i JUST wonder

how they know all that anyways

since they report such staggering sales

before the stores are even closed

and

folks haven't even emptied out their registers

and

we are heaing across the Nation

of the

most successful of

Black Fridays?

Guess it's good that I'm not the one having to

wrap my head around all that information

and

really glad I wasn't in the many lines

nor

in

the craziness I saw on the news

"pepper spray" in one place to keep others away

by one person"

"gun shots and harm at another"

???

BUT

did you see anyone with a real happy look to them

out there shopping?

I had to laugh when the

"financially fit" advise for

Black Friday suggested that folks take and make their planning for Black Friday

and

suggested they take several pair of shoes, drinks, sandwhiches and a cooler with them... Really?

To a mall for shopping, they suggested all of that?

Can you visualize a real shopper pulling a cooler

through a mall and stopping for lunch ?

I had to laugh at that one

and

then imagine the food folks

and

their dismay!!!

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HOping this morning

is treating you well

and

you are still loving the leftovers of your holiday

having made many

"Hallmark Moments"

along the way

and

savored delious scents/flavors/treats

and

now have memories to sustain, and fill you up

at will!

Abundence to bring joyous moments

even in times of strain or difficulty

made easier is we can reflect

on those wonderful moments

or

great laughs

aromas

foods

and

times shared.

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We now can say

we are entering the holidays

as

folks are now shifting gears

and preparing

for decorations

and

shopping til they drop

or beginning to bake and think of ways to do things

differently this year.

Many give to "causes" near and dear to their hearts

while others

find ways to make a difference.

Still others

have become "jaded" I've learned

finding that perhaps the very thing they have given to

over time and emotional pulls

are not as they thought

or

as they "should be"

and

that can often leave a

"raw wound"

rather

than the good feeling

of

"paying it forward"

or

giving til it hurts.

The holiday season is a time of

"thanks-IN-GIVING"

it seems

a time of great gratitude

and

in the giving.

A time of generousity

and

of love.

It is the love

that

we will all

reach out to others

into the

LIGHT

of

these holidays!

The holidays are difficult for many;

those who are facing challenges,

those who are entering the holidays

and

missing those not here

physically with us.

Those who are re-visiting ole' man grief

who creeps in around this time of year

and makes that emptiness greater in the dark months

and

often will take the breath away of those who are trying to adjust to life differently this time of the year.

It is in these times

that we often

find that

standing UP

and

embracing the light

helps,

perhaps in the service to others

is the best gift we can give.

It is then we shine brightest

and

feel the presence of those no longer with us.

Resiliency is remarkable

I hope you will not sell yourself short

please be kind to

YOU.

A friend we're holding up out there in CO

is preparing for a heart catherization on Tuesday *a dangerous procedure*

 and kidney surgery following ,

she and her son

are in need of our support

EE

in Colorado

and now they've run upon some difficult times

and need a little help.

I stand amazed actually at the resilience of this woman

with all she has faced and is facing

and

now has a van that just went

"bam"

and needs quick intervention,

and

they need some help.

WE can together help make that happen I do believe.

"YES VIRGINIA THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS"

I'm attaching a link to her blog here,

http://paypal.com/

*send as gift/no fees involved*

http://workthedream.wordpress.com/

this woman is a true testatment of a warrior

and

a survivor

who gives a new definition to

"resilient"

and

one who is faith filled with hope

during good and most difficult times.

There is a link to help if you can,

and

I will tell you she is a lovely woman...

She is not a "scam artist", she is a woman of integrity and just an honest down to earth person, "ordinary folk" she says;

she and her son are real,

I have visited them,

I am proud to call her my friend

and

I hope you will join me in

"paying it forward",

or in as Maya Angelou says, "throwing something back";

to help them be able to get that van fixed so that she will be able to ride in it on her way to that skilled cardiologist

and feel us with her

for that cath

scheduled for Tuesday

and

on Tuesday

we will surround her in prayers

for a succesful surgery

so she can return home to heal and then she faces kidney surgery for removal of a tumor that is threatening her life.

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If we could all hear one another's prayers, God might be relieved of some of his burdens. 

~Ashleigh Brilliant

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back. ~Maya Angelou

Here's the link;

have a read of a most remarkable and resilient woman and at the top there is a link of a way to help... Let's all show EE how warriors of gentle spirit can band together and

STOMP

"I think you might want to subscribe to that blog as well"~

http://workthedream.wordpress.com/

So then,

for today,

I hope you will join me in throwing something back/forward

and

have the best weekend after Turkey day

ever!

It's beginning to look a lot

like

Christmas, but I still have turkey in the fridg...

Oh I think I'm about to tire of turkey

...

You may want to also visit

www.2wolvescreations.com

to see what KellyTwoWolves is making for those Christmas one of a kind gifts! She is doing some awesome work and wintering with her 4-legged in Iowa this year..

I hear that our warrior Chris is still reading here,

I have many asking about her,

but

after being seized on her computer I've been told she is fearful of posting on her computer...

Chris we think of you often

and many ask of you and for you!

><

For all our other warriors

YOU are thought of fondly

and

often!

STOMP

BE gentle with you,

take best care of you.

Walk in Beauty

DRSES

author of

Healing Heartaches

www.drsherryeshowalter.com