Thankful Thursday!

Tomorrow is my last day of school. I'm ready to start my summer vacation. I'm thankful to be traveling 3 weeks this summer. We will be going to South Carolina for a week. We will be celebrating our 10th Wedding Anniversary in South Carolina. Then we will be going to the Happiest Place on Earth, Disney World to celebrate Maggie's(my neice) 1st birthday. For another week this summer, we will be going to Creation College with Answers in Genesis in Kentucky. While there we will have unlimited tickets to visit the Creation Museum. I am excited to see the museum and learn more about the Bible through creation. Another treat this summer will be when our friend, English Dave and his family will be coming from Brazil to visit. Can't wait to have tea! This summer will be busy, but I'm thankful for the opportunity to be able to do all of these vacations.

Today was Weight Watchers too! I gained 0.4 this week. I'm not complaining or disappointed because this week was Memorial Day as well as my birthday. So gaining .4 wasn't too bad. I did go for long walk/run today, so I'm hoping that will help me for next week.

The verse for this week is Hebrews 4:12 "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart."

Get rooted in God's Word this week!

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

Today's my birthday and I'll cry if I want to, cry if I want to. . You would cry to if it happened to you. You know. . .working with children all day and all night. Don't get me wrong--I love my job and going to church, but I'm ready for school to be over! Teachers are ready for summer vacation too!

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

We will always remember!

Thank you for your service to our country so that I can celebrate my FREEDOM!

Freedom Is Not Free
- Kelly Strong
I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Marine saluted it,
and then he stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil?
How many mothers' tears?
How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.

I heard the sound of TAPS one night,
When everything was still
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That TAPS had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin
Of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.