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[pettec63]

Happy Mother's Day!

1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished
cleaning."

2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of
next week!"

4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
"Because I said so, that's why."

5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC.
'If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."

6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an
accident."

7. My mother taught me IRONY.
"Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."

8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
"Shut your mouth and eat your supper."

9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
"Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"

10. My mother taught me about STAMINA.
'You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."

11. My mother taught me about WEATHER.
"This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."

12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
"If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"

13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."

14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
"Stop acting like your father!"

15. My mother taught me about ENVY.
"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't
have wonderful parents like you do."

16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
"Just wait until we get home."

17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING.
"You are going to get it when you get home!"

18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, They are going to freeze that
way."

19. My mother taught me ESP.
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"

20. My mother taught me HUMOR.
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come
running to me."

21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

22. My mother taught me GENETICS.
"You're just like your father."

23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS.
"Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"

24. My mother taught me WISDOM.
"When you get to be my age, you'll understand."

25. And my favorite: my mother taught me about JUSTICE.
"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they .............
Happy Mothers Day!

OMG! Greg this was so funny!! I was rollen!!!! The sad part is most of those my mom used to say!! Now a day's it would be considered abuse!! Back then, it was logic!! LOL!!! Thanks for sharing!

Ok I counted she said 19 of these EXACTLY!!!!

 

[pettec63]

HOW GOD HEALED MY HEART – A MOTHER’S DAY DEVOTIONAL – Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

In 1985, my mother was dying of cancer. She had discovered a lump in her breast in June of 1982, and by the time the mastectomy was done, the lump had grown so large that it was wrapped around two of her ribs. There was little hope, but she fought the cancer valiantly for three years. The Monday before Mother’s Day, 1985, I had an overwhelming urge to go home to see her. She was in the hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas, and I lived and worked in Houston, Texas – over 500 miles away. I was in the middle of producing the first telethon for the Houston chapter of the March of Dimes, scheduled for the end of June, so taking off from work for a few days to drive home wasn’t in the books. I had to fly. And money was really tight.

After arguing with myself for 24 hours over charging something I couldn’t afford to pay for, I gave in and put the round trip ticket on my credit card. I would be flying out on Saturday morning, and my former brother-in-law would pick me up at the airport and take me to the hospital so I could surprise both of my parents. When I walked into Mama’s room Saturday afternoon, I had a big red bow pinned to the top of my head, and said, “Happy Mother’s Day! Here’s your present!”

Mama was thrilled, and we spent all day and into the night talking. I spent the night at my parents’ home Saturday night, went back to the hospital and spent a few more hours with Mama, then my father took me to the airport for my flight back to Houston. As I flew home, I thought about what a great visit it had been. I did not know that it would be the last.

On June 1, 1985, my mother died. My sons and I had flown home the day before after getting a call from my father telling me that she would not make it through the weekend. When we got to the hospital, she was so far gone that she was barely aware of anyone’s presence. The doctors had been asked to keep her as comfortable as possible and to “take no heroic measures” to keep her alive. My father and I wanted to allow her to be free of all that pain, no matter how hard it was for us to let her go. Saturday morning, she was gone.

One interesting aside is that I never received a bill for that airline ticket! I can only assume that the Lord sent the bill to “data heaven”, because it never came to me!

For the next ten years, every Mother’s Day, no matter how hard I tried not to, I would end up in tears for several hours, unable to get past my grief that was so closely associated with that final Mother’s Day visit with my mother. Every year, I’d tell myself I was past all that, and every year, something would happen to knock me off that tightrope of recovery from grief and slam dunk me back into mourning once again for my mother.

In 1995, my son and daughter-in-law were expecting their second child. The pregnancy was extremely difficult, and Trish was in and out of the hospital again and again. We were all living in southwest Missouri, near Branson. On Friday afternoon, May 12th, I had been into Branson to take something to my husband. Both he and my son were working on the Showboat Branson Belle. When I walked into my house, my neighbor and Trish were sitting at the dining room table… and Trish was wearing some of my “summer” sweat pants. One look at their faces told me that something hd shaken up both of them. I said, “What’s going on?” And in a trembling voice, Trish said, “My water broke.” My first words were, “It’s too soon!” The baby was not due for another 8½ weeks!

I grabbed the phone and called the Showboat office, telling the woman who answered to get Guy off the showboat and send him to Springfield, and that I’d meet him at the hospital with Trish. I knew the boat was out on a cruise, so I didn’t know how they would accomplish that feat. I later learned that they cut the cruise short to get Guy back to the dock – otherwise, I have no doubt he would have jumped ship and swam all the way back to shore!

I took the long route to the hospital, because the shortcut would have put me through far too many isolated areas, where I would be too far from help if I needed it. The long route would take me past two other hospitals and three small emergency clinics, so I’d be near help if Trish got into trouble. It took us over an hour to get to the hospital – I must say that it was the longest hour of my life!

Guy was pacing the sidewalk in front of the hospital when we drove up, and he quickly put Trish into a wheelchair and took her inside. After we got her settled into a labor room, I called the showboat again and told them to get my husband off the boat when it landed. His boss was the person who answered the phone, and – with a very cold voice – she told me that J.R. “has another cruise to do today”. I don’t recall exactly what my next words were, but J.R. said I apparently scared the wits out of his boss, because she had nearly yanked him off the boat, telling him to wait at the gate for “that wife of yours” to pick him up!

I made a fast trip to Branson, picked him up and then drove straight back to Springfield where we went straight to the labor room – but it was empty! Confused, we started looking around, and finally found Guy talking with a doctor. Trish had been rushed to surgery for an emergency c-section. The baby had the cord around her neck, and was going to die if they didn’t get her out. The problem was, it appeared she might die anyway.

Christian Kate was a very sick little girl when she was born. In fact, the doctor wasn’t giving us a lot of hope, and asked if we’d like to come into the NICU and hold her, with the implication that it might be our only chance. J.R. and I said no, that we could do her more good elsewhere. The doctor looked at us like we’d grown three heads, and went back into the NICU shaking her own head in confusion. We turned on our heels and headed for a bank of pay phones down the hall, where we began calling everyone whose phone number we could remember, asking them to pray for our little Christian Kate.

Two hours later, we were back at the NICU, and could see the doctor standing over Christian’s crib looking more confused than she had earlier. She glanced up and saw us, and came outside immediately. She said, “I don’t know what’s going on, but that baby is getting stronger by the moment!” We both grinned, and I said, “We know what’s going on. God’s answering a thousand prayers and healing our baby girl.”

Seven hours later, they took Christian off the ventilator because she was breathing on her own! And two weeks later, we took her home – six and a half weeks before her due date!

Two days after Christian was born, we were invited to scrub, don surgical gowns and go into the NICU where they would allow us to hold her. A little nervous because she was so tiny and there were so many wires and tubes attached to her tiny body, I sat in the rocking chair they’d placed next to her crib, and two nurses very carefully laid Christian in my arms for the very first time. It was Mother’s Day, 1995, and as I sat there holding that precious little life in my arms, I could feel God healing my heart that had been broken ten years earlier. In many more ways than one, Christian Kate is my miracle baby, the one that God brought into the world early so she could heal my heart.

Today, Christian is a very special young lady who lights up every room she enters, and touches the heart of every person she meets. She is warm and affectionate, and has a great sense of humor… and she doesn’t hesitate to laugh at herself when she has a “blonde moment”. She’s a straight “A” student, and attended the “All A’s” banquet to honor students at her school who have made all “A’s” this year. Next year she will be a Senior nd and all of her classes for next year are “Advanced Placement” classes except for Animation, including Biology 2, English 4, Spanish 4, Studio Art, and dual credit drafting and math classes. She was recently accepted to the National Honor Society and will be inducted soon. She is making application to become part of the Congressional Youth Advisory Council through U.S. Representative Pete Olson (R-Sugar Land). The past few years, she’s attended a young writer’s workshop during the summer, having been nominated for the workshop by one of her teachers. She’s won numerous academic awards, and is listed in Who’s Who of Academic Excellence. In fact, she has so many awards and honors, it’s impossible to keep up with them! Christian’s talents go far beyond academics. She just recently won a blue ribbon in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Art Competition. She has an incredible voice, has taught herself to play the guitar, and “stage fright” is a foreign concept for her!

Nine summers ago, she accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior and was baptized. And today, her faith in Jesus is evident in everything she says and does and thinks… and she won’t hesitate one moment to share her faith with someone! Yesterday (Saturday, May 12) she celebrated her 17th birthday, and is taller than I am (she’s nearly 6 feet tall, with long pale blonde hair and big blue-green eyes!). She still fills my heart to overflowing every time I see her, because she is one of God’s special miracles in so many ways.

If your heart is hurting with a wound that just won’t seem to heal, be comforted with the knowledge that Jesus knows right where you are, and He weeps with you, matching you tear for tear. Tell him about your pain, even though He knows already, and ask Him to heal your heart in a special way, one that will bless you far beyond the loss that brought you pain. And as you wait for that healing, know that because you mourn you are blessed, and you will be comforted.
The LORD is gracious and righteous;
our God is full of compassion.
The LORD protects the simplehearted;
when I was in great need, he saved me.
Be at rest once more, O my soul,
for the LORD has been good to you.
For you, O LORD, have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before the LORD
in the land of the living.
Psalm 116:5-9

2012 Dogwood Ministries, Inc.


**edited by Staff**

Thanks for this Greg!

 

[pettec63]

Hey!! Happy Mother's Day to all!! And happy sunshine Day too!!

Man, I hate when I miss so many days!! So, I wrote notes so I can send one post!! LOL!
I'm so sorry for those who have lost peeps!! To, dogs, or no hatching, ect, I know it's a bummer!
Happy BD Julia!! Hope you have a good one!
Sadie, what a great picture, and I know your daughter will have fun!! How exciting!! CT great pics of the kilts and dress!! How fun!! And TC not sure if I want to know what is in the meat pies!! I've seen a few of those travel shows!! Uh yea!!

Kim, glad you had a safe trip and hope your hatch goes well! Glad to see some of the old peeps dropping in!

Greg as always, thanks for sharing!!
And if I missed something I'm sorry, just couldn't answer them all individually! too many!! CL hope things go well for you!! Fly Robin, love to see your happy little posts here!!

Still waiting for kids..... and have some eggs that should pip by the middle of next week!!

And CR glad to see you poppin in occasionally!! Miss your twisted sense of humor!!!
Ok peeps have a good one!!

 

[micheller1210]

That's ok, get this! Some Mexicans down the road had a celebration, and they had a live band, ( I have no problem with parties, live bands ect) BUT, after 11pm it was still going, and they couldn't even turn it down some! This place is over a 1/2 mile away!! So, yea, it was like after 1am, that I finally fell asleep, tried turning my fan up, I could still hear the bump, bump bump!! Jeez!!! I'm with you

I think all people regardless of color are guilty of this at one time or another. You could have called the authorities and had them ask to turn it down or wrap it up, isnt there a noise ordinance after 10:00

 

[micheller1210]

There is nothing I like better than going for a walk in my neighborhood, and I hear the roosters call, it really blesses my heart, I know we are in a rooster free zone, and yet so many roosters crow through out the day, I secretly hope my neighbors love them as much as I do.

 

[Chickielady]

CL. I posted about the food drive last night. You put it at your mailbox today.

I think I am getting messages 2 days late, from a few people.

 

[Chickielady]

We went to the poultry sale today. Stayed long enough to see that hatching eggs sell for less than I get for eatin eggs. They sold some B Pheonix for $1.25 doz and the best price was fer some humonumgus qwaker eggz $3.00 doz.
And then as we was gettin in the truck to leave this beautiful tiny little blonde comes running to the truck with her arms out stretched. Yes it was the wonderful little jbear! She is so sweet! (did I think that out loud yup). Scarry part is that since I taught her friend ATV safety he knows where I live. Good thing I don't have any birds Jen wants.

She is a sweetie !

 

[Chickielady]

!@#!@@ Lost another EE chick, 8 weeks old, today. I thought she was just lonely because I gave her brother away on Thursday to someone who needed a roo for her flock. Then this morning her wings were droopy, and I pretty much knew it was too late, but I tried to force sulmet down her throat anyway. We went to my son's dance recital, came back 4 hours later and she was dead. I have 3 EEs left. I hope they make it! I need to find an EE breeder around here because I'm losing all of my hatchery chicks!

I am infested with OEs...javas, buckeyes, EEs (Orloff X BBS Ameraucana) and many, many more.

 

[Chickielady]

Happy Mother's Day!

1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished
cleaning."

2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of
next week!"

4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
"Because I said so, that's why."

5. My mother taught me MORE LOGIC.
'If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."

6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an
accident."

7. My mother taught me IRONY.
"Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."

8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
"Shut your mouth and eat your supper."

9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
"Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"

10. My mother taught me about STAMINA.
'You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."

11. My mother taught me about WEATHER.
"This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."

12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
"If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"

13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."

14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
"Stop acting like your father!"

15. My mother taught me about ENVY.
"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't
have wonderful parents like you do."

16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
"Just wait until we get home."

17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING.
"You are going to get it when you get home!"

18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, They are going to freeze that
way."

19. My mother taught me ESP.
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"

20. My mother taught me HUMOR.
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come
running to me."

21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

22. My mother taught me GENETICS.
"You're just like your father."

23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS.
"Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"

24. My mother taught me WISDOM.
"When you get to be my age, you'll understand."

25. And my favorite: my mother taught me about JUSTICE.
"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they .............
Happy Mothers Day!

Great post !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Chickielady]

OK so I know this is a little early but this way all should see it.

Happy Mothers Day to all the moms and to all those filling the position for missing moms. We love ya all Ladies.

You are pretty good Mom yourself BIG GUY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!