{the button jar}

xox

Just for today......

thank a friend

comfort & joy.....feeling blessed

my weekend was all about

blessings

stirred with huge amounts of

comfort & joy

blessing....meeting a sweet blogging friend face to face

for the very first time

comfort.....feeling so much love and a familiar closest from

our hugs that we just did not want to let each other go

{she was like hugging the softest warmest blanket on the coldest winter's day}

joy.....realizing that this friend is a sweet kindred spirit...so much so

that I felt like I knew her once before and we had just been reunited

thank you sweet friend.....

you have blessed me in so many ways

please visit my dear friend Pam here...

you will fall in love with her and her beautiful blog

xox

Yes'm...

old friends is always best,

'less you can catch a new one

that's fit to make an old one out of

{sarah orne jewett}

{small blessings....}

life's little treasures .....

need to be taken care of

~

{my adorable apple sweater was made by my friend's

sweet 95 year old mom..

now that is what I call a blessing}

xox

~ Don't let another year slip by ~

my

gift

to you

all

for

2010

the gift of time
to spent with
family and friends
~
the gift of time
to follow
your
dreams
~

the gift of time
to make
a difference in
this world


~

When you die and go to heaven,
our maker is not going to ask,
"Why didn't you discover the cure for such and such?"
The only question we will be asked in that
precious moment is,
"Why didn't you become you?"
elie wiesel


~

Time does not wait for anyone.....

please
make this year
THE ONE

There are only so many tomorrrows

~

Thank you sweet friends/followers

for

all your love

over

the

past

year

the blessings you

give me each and everyday

fill my

heart full

xo

ox

{sorry to reuse some of my old images from past posts

my computer is in the hospital getting fixed..boo hoo

I am really lost without it}

~ The Spirit of Love ~

The Art of Encouragement

is

the art of creating community

and celebrating friendship....

it is a way of living that seeks to bless

every person

we meet

-candy paull

*******

This week I have been blessed beyond words

by a wonderful friend

who knows the

true meaning of Encouragement

This lovely package arrived in the mail from

Janet...her lovely blog French Blue

....a wee little french creamer from a Paris flea market
.....some amazing Marie Antoinette tea from Laduree
{in such a lovely pale pink box..heaven}


and some sweets for my "sweet tooth"
{Janet remembered my sweet tooth xoxoo}
all for me ...just because

What a blessing to bless others
a true gift from above


"You will find as you look back upon your life
that the moments when you have really lived
are the moments when you have
done things in the spirit of love."
H. Drummond



Love in Action
Thank you my thoughtful friend!

*******

More love this week

from some more thoughtful friends

Jacqueline from Home

gave me the most amazing award

which she designed herself

{please see my sidebar}

Thank you my friend

*******

Madame Sucre

presented me with the

Creative Blogger Award

Many many thanks!

*******

What a blessed week I have had

I am back to school starting tomorrow

still not 100% but getting there...

Thank you for all your well wishes all week long

you all are my blessings

xoxoxo