My daughter

I was so impressed with my 14 yr old daughter who has shown such a heart for our military service men and women. I wanted to share a story with you and a poem that she wrote to a family that we know in the military that I think gshould go out to all military personel.
The other day our family was eating breakfast out and she saw a service man in uniform eating breakfast by himself so she asked the waitress if she could pay for his meal. The only money she had on her was her birthday money. The waitress returned to our table only to tell us that someoe else had already paid for his meal. Which was cool in itself! But what a heart she showed. Here is hte poem that she wrote:

Military…Our Heroes
By Caitlin Lewis (age 14)
Hattiesburg, MS 9/22/08
It must be hard
Settling and Moving
It must be hard
Knowing, loving, & leaving
Remembering, caring, & missing
And though you carry
Burdens on your shoulders,
Belongings on your backs,
And sacrifices in your hearts…
We’ll have to ask you to carry a couple more…
Our Love
Our Comfort
Our Appreciation
& Respect
Because You Have
Began, Became and Are...
Our Heroes


How precious she is!

Helping others

Well, I am just getting ready to take my youngest child to school and I can't Virginia off of my mind. She is the one that I wrote earlier about that has been suffering from self mutilation, suicide and depression. My heart just goes out to her because I so recognize her situation. Been there, done that kind of thing, ya know. While I was at church last night in bible study my cell phone rang and it was her and all I could do is silence my phone because the preacher was fixing to close in prayer. I called her back after I got home about 1 1/2 hours later and got no response. So that worried me. She went to spend the weekend with her family where so much of her problems derived from and I was worried that she was upset. Or maybe she was just calling me to let me know how it went, I wasn't for sure. So after I went to bed my phone rang and it was about 9:45 and it was her. I immediately answered it. I explained to her why I couldn't answer my phone earlier that night when she called and asked if she had needed something and of courssse the first time she was upset and she wanted to talk to me I couldn't get to my phone! that's frustrating. She said that she was driving from home back to school and had a panic attack and just wanted to hear my voice because it was calming to her. That was so sweet. I'm so bad about wanting to fix everybody's problems though that I'm not always helping matters. So I am trying hard to make sure I only do and say what God would have me do and say to her. I don't want to have her fall through the cracks in society because I don't help her the right way. She is suppose to come up and meet me this week if she gets a chance and maybe come and go to church with us this Sunday. Oh I hope so. She needs to be surrounded by people that will not judge her and look at her problems as a defectiveness. Of course isn't that what we all need?

Today

Well this morning went off fairly well compared to most mornings. My teenage daughter and I didn't fight this am. That is a blessing in itself! All my kids are off to school and another Friday is here.
Got a call last night from a girl who is self mutilating and has tried to commit suicide. I have never meet her but have been connected by phone through a lady that her and I both know. The girl went to a counselor yest. and went and spent some time at home with family. She was in a much better mood last night. I told her she still has many hills to climb and is not out of the woods by far but is on the right path. She seems so lonely and scared and in desperate need of help. But we are praying for her healing.
Well got to go to work now. Be blessed!

Change

Is there anything in you life that you wished changed? I have found myself over the years wishing things were different. Sometimes it may be my attitude, sometimes it may be my circumstance. But in all I have found that I need to understand that God allow's things in our lives to grow us and teach us and I am in the process of learning that I need to just wait on the Lord to tell me my next step. But I have found that in all that I have done God has shown me mercy upon mercy. I don't battle with loneliness anymore or suffer from the things that I used to.
I used to suffer from cutting myself and severe depression but I have found a healing in my Lord. It is like an addiction that just nags and nags at the back of your mind and it is very destructive to ones life. Believe me, I know!