by cazmac9910 | Nov 28, 2011 | Family, gratitude, Living Life, Oozing
I have been very fortunate to have a mother-in-law who loved me as her own daughter. Not only did she take me in as her own, but so did all of her brothers and sisters. I have many aunts and uncles and cousins. They aren’t “my husband’s...
by cazmac9910 | Nov 21, 2011 | Children, Depression, God's Word, gratitude, Living Life, Oozing
Saturday started out as a really nice day. We slept in late, went to our favorite little Mexican restaurant for breakfast, shopped for our Thanksgiving feast and walked through the local craft show at the fair barn. We were enjoying being home.After we returned home,...
by cazmac9910 | Nov 18, 2011 | Depression, God's Grace, gratitude, Living Life, Oozing
The past two weeks have been pretty difficult. My depression has been rearing its ugly head, and it tends to do that during the Thanksgiving season. It’s one of my most favorite times of year, but also one of the hardest. On a recent Friday evening, I was not...
by cazmac9910 | Nov 11, 2011 | God's love, God's Word, gratitude, Hemophilia, intentional living, Oozing
I love watching The Actor’s Studio. The auditorium where the show is filmed in New York is filled with acting students. The host, James Lipton, interviews actors and gives the audience members the opportunity to ask questions of some of their idols. At the end...
by cazmac9910 | Nov 7, 2011 | God's love, God's Word, gratitude, intentional living, Oozing
I have a Buddha Board on my desk. It is a small, stone surface that you paint on with water and after a short time your artwork disappears. The Buddha Board is based on the Zen concept of living in the moment. I use it to write words that have a hold over me. Doubt,...
by cazmac9910 | Nov 3, 2011 | Family, gratitude, holiday's, Oozing
My son asked me when I celebrated my favorite Thanksgiving. Without hesitation I told him that it was when we moved to New Mexico (almost six years ago). We had about 20 people over for dinner at our little rental house in the mountains and I had never felt such...