tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165789022024-03-13T23:39:45.788-05:00Nailing Jello to a Tree<center>Ever try to nail jello to a tree? Welcome to my life. Come see the good the bad and the ugly with a little humor mixed in!<br></center>Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.comBlogger640125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-44392481847604836902017-11-19T16:24:00.000-06:002017-11-19T16:25:16.936-06:00I've Moved!!
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Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-56005351615239528852017-11-13T05:30:00.000-06:002017-11-13T05:30:08.496-06:00Simple Gospel
Simple Gospel by United Pursuit
I want to know you, Lord Like I know a friend I want to know you, Lord
It's Monday and time to start our week of right with focusing our minds where they are best suited to be focused. Did you have a busy weekend? I are you still feeling tired, or not enough?
I want to know you, Lord Like I know a friend I want to know you, Lord
I've talked a lotSemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-4345715768932945892017-11-09T05:00:00.000-06:002017-11-09T05:00:33.211-06:00Thursday Thoughts- Does your day run you?
Phew- it's been a while since I wrote my post on ABA Therapy (Applied Behavioral Therapy) and how it's working in our home. We still continue to work with Dr. Salek to fine tune our behaviors and find more of a semblance of normal. We've been working with her for about 6 months now, and if you had told me that in 6 months my life would be this different from what it was, I wouldSemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-44759977401447831022017-11-06T05:00:00.000-06:002017-11-06T05:00:13.777-06:00Music Monday- You Know Me
Recently I went to a funeral at our church for one of our church family. The lady who had died was an amazing soul, and such an inspiration to me. She was always kind, and always had her eyes on the Lord. I always felt welcome in her presence and, now that she's gone, I wish I had spent more time there. But, no matter how much time we think we have, the reality is Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-10637811857851059772017-11-02T11:18:00.000-05:002017-11-01T00:50:52.844-05:00Thursday Thoughts: The Comparison Trap
Recently I've taken a break from social media. It's now been more than a month that I've been off social media and I've learned a few things.
It's all too easy to get caught up in the world of social media and forget that what goes on there is pretty far from reality. I know that it is a way to keep in touch with people, but how often do we use it as a crutch to believe that we Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-9421232802068885792017-10-30T05:30:00.000-05:002017-10-30T05:30:18.785-05:00Music Monday: Captain
You all know how much I am ministered to by music. It has a way of getting into, and speaking to my soul. I was thinking the other day that it's a good way to start off the week, too. So, here's is my first installment of Music Monday to kick our week off with our minds and hearts in the right place.
Has there been a time (or two or ten) in your life where you really Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-14628439122435740502017-10-17T06:57:00.000-05:002017-10-17T06:57:22.510-05:00Finding Ourselves again
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Well, our journey The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizingis continuing. It's incredibly freeing to be making our way through this process and really finding our stuff Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-56272081265847194662017-10-08T07:07:00.000-05:002017-10-17T06:48:25.020-05:00The Journey of a Thousand Miles begins with One Step
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If you've read my blog, or you know me in person, you know that my husband and I have acquired 4 adopted children over the past 9 years. What you may not know is that we live in a fairly small house, which is about Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-24795874953393656122017-09-22T07:41:00.000-05:002017-09-22T07:41:22.799-05:00Time is a Funny ThingThe 13th of this month marked what would have been my cousin's 49th birthday.
We are still in Post Hurricane Harvey mode, which is a strange place to be anyway. My house was fine, and I'm continually surprised by how I've been affected by this storm. In some ways it was like a metaphor for how I have felt about my life recently. The storm just kept going. When we thought Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-52634258078052063192017-09-17T21:43:00.000-05:002017-09-17T21:43:52.226-05:00Here Now
Skies spin their dance within Your breath
Time runs its race within Your hand
And my mind runs wild to comprehend
What no mind on earth could understand
At the beginning of this month Hurricane Harvey hit our area. Usually, hurricanes come in, spin around, blow some things down, do some damage on the coast, and move on. But not this one. Harvey just stuck around. &Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-22937532119325973492017-08-10T22:09:00.000-05:002017-08-10T22:09:23.247-05:00What the Heart SaysI mentioned in my post last week that I've been feeling overwhelmed for a while (read that for several years) and that I'm implementing some things that are helping. There are several things that are working together, and it has definitely been a journey.
As you know, my husband and I have adopted 4 of our 6 children. With adoption comes some extra "stuff". Their behaviorsSemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-47075036432485046092017-08-04T07:30:00.000-05:002017-08-04T07:30:36.435-05:00Confessions of an Exhausted Mom
If there were a general theme that ran through my life, other than my passionate love for Jesus, it would be exhaustion. Are you a mom that feels this way?
I've been doing a lot of soul searching over the last couple of years because it seems like no matter what I do I just can't seem to keep up with life. If you watched my Facebook or Instagram feed you would probably be led to Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-35581069075406050062017-07-13T07:06:00.000-05:002017-07-13T07:06:17.685-05:00Jesus I Need YouThe People of God Will Care for Orphans. James 1:27 says, “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.”
People often look at my family, a family who has adopted 4 children in addition to having our own 2 biological children with wonder. Sometimes we even Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-76855827945250961082017-07-07T09:09:00.000-05:002017-08-06T05:16:25.281-05:00The Thin Blue Line is Weaved Through our Lives like a Tapestry of Purpose22 years ago I had moved to Houston from North Carolina following a soldier who had been transferred to Ft. Sam in San Antonio. I had recently been discharged from the Army where I had met him and had gotten a job with a national eye glass chain (National Vision Associates), so, when this soldier was transferred, I asked for a transfer as well. The closest they could get me to San Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-76740321037741099972017-07-02T06:47:00.000-05:002017-07-02T06:50:59.958-05:00The Wind and the WavesIsn't it interesting how God shows up in the little details of life? By reading my blog, you probably have ascertained that I'm going through some things in life that are difficult. What I don't really talk about is my Weight Watchers Journey. I don't talk about it with anyone, really, because its very difficult and there are a whole lot of emotions tied to my weight. WhenSemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-13151962324784503122017-06-26T07:00:00.000-05:002017-07-02T05:37:13.964-05:00Like An AvalanceThere's a thing that happens when you have deep wounds. Sometimes those wounds have turned to scars, sometimes, they're still in the healing process. Sometimes the scars are easily reopened. The truth is, I've been walking this grief journey a while. Since childhood, really. As a child of adoption myself I know the deep feelings of unworthiness that can lurk waiting Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-86060914609383454632017-06-21T14:39:00.000-05:002017-07-02T05:33:20.931-05:00Thy Will Be DoneI'm so confused
I know I heard you loud and clear
So, I followed through
Somehow I ended up here
I don't wanna think
I may never understand
That my broken heart is a part of your plan
When I try to pray
All I've got is hurt and these four words
Thy will be done
Thy will be done
Thy will be done
I know you're good
But this don't feel good right now
And I know you think
Of things I could never Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-63406030780692112112017-06-18T06:32:00.000-05:002017-07-02T05:27:30.399-05:00DisconnectedDo you ever have so many words in your head, but when tasked with writing them down nothing comes? It's like there are too many. Or they're stuck. Or some of the thoughts are ugly, so, they don't have permission to come out.
What happens to those ugly thoughts? Sometimes they grow. They take on a life of their own, and before you know it, a minor ugly thoughtSemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-61030881180732524432017-04-09T07:02:00.000-05:002017-07-02T05:30:12.930-05:00The King of the WorldIf you've read my blog for any period of time at all, you know how much music speaks to me and leads me to worship. Today is Palm Sunday, so I figured I'd think on the King of the World a little.
I'm doing a Bible Study called "Anchored" and I am really liking it. It talks about and dives into 7 anxiety relievers; God's Sovereignty, God's Love, The Holy Spirit, God's Word, Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-65744251403706905182017-03-28T11:04:00.001-05:002017-03-28T11:09:55.290-05:00Sprinkle Forgiveness Around like ConfettiHave you seen it? It's a very popular meme:
I was sitting in church on Sunday listening to the sermon. I was, to be honest a little distracted for whatever reason. My mind was swirling with words. God was speaking to me both through the sermon and in addition to the sermon. The sermon was entitled, "Do you Really See Me?". Father Bruce was talking aboutSemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-81318933616435103692017-03-20T21:53:00.000-05:002017-03-28T11:09:23.181-05:00How Long, Lord?How many times over the last year and 2 months have I asked this question? When do I have peace? When do the kids have peace? The truth is, we're so far from where we were last January. None of us are the same people. And, perhaps, these questions aren't even fair. As I look back over this period of grief, of pressing in, of commitment, of healing I can see GodSemaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-7971119294482000442017-01-18T13:27:00.001-06:002017-03-28T11:09:23.174-05:00I'm scared to post this....I've had some thoughts swirling around in my mind for quite some time. Thoughts that want to come out, but I'm deeply afraid of hurting people I love. I'm afraid of offending people that I respect. I'm afraid that people reading this will not hear my heart, and think I have something other than loving thoughts as I write this. So, I've avoided writing for a long time.
Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-24231783175399147192017-01-02T21:58:00.000-06:002017-01-02T21:58:03.844-06:00What a difference a Year MakesHere we are. It's been a year. As I look back over the past year I feel like we've all lived a lifetime, yet it also seems like yesterday. Part of me wants to fast forward to Wednesday, as if skipping over the one year anniversary would be some magical solution that would make it easier....... or not to have happened.... Part of me doesn't want to enter into the next year Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-13317858813912343812016-12-30T21:02:00.000-06:002016-12-30T21:02:00.536-06:002016 RecapIll be honest.... I've stared at this blank page for a while. It's hard for me to recap 2016 because, a lot of it is a swirl of emotion. Very erratic emotion. I started as I usually do, reading over last year's recap and over my thoughts on how 2016 would go....
And, in some ways, I feel like we've all lived a lifetime in this year.
The year started off with the news Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16578902.post-14997775932593667222016-12-17T07:36:00.000-06:002016-12-17T07:36:29.406-06:00The War on Christmas
You may have heard about it- there's a war on Christmas. We hear about it every year, people not saying Merry Christmas, Starbucks cups not being "Christmasy" enough, and this year in my very own state of Texas, in Killeen ISD a Christmas decoration had to be removed because it was, in fact, too much about Christ....Mas........... Charlie Brown has been Censored! One news Semaleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08928070007115440904noreply@blogger.com0