This might be a good way to spend this month of February.  Although it's already the sixth day of the month, maybe you can think of things, people and/or places that you love.  Since I put my granddaughter's picture on for yesterday, I think I will add today that I love attending church.  I love my church and the privilege I have to go to worship freely each week.  I've been a part of some really great congregations over the years; Flat Creek Baptist Church, Hyland Heights Baptist Church, Calvary Baptist Church, Peters Creek Baptist Church and Pittsburgh Baptist Church.  We also attended Sarasota Alliance Church, South Venice Baptist Church, Colonial Baptist Church and First Baptist Church of Venice when we spent time in Florida the past couple of winters.

Wherever we have attended, the Spirit of the Lord was always present and our brothers and sisters in Christ were welcoming.  It is such a blessing to be able to worship in Demoncratic society and not be thrown in prison for speaking about our faith in Jesus Christ.  Is there someone or something you love and hold dearly to your heart?  God bless, my friends!

Since February is the official "love" month, I thought I would include a photo of my granddaughter, Lucy, and her newest "I love you" bear!  Her grandpa and I gave it to her and the bear will actually respond to your voice with a few comments!  We are hoping in time to come Lucy will actually carry on a conversation with her bear, but for now it's an "I love you" present from her grandparents.

There are so many ways we can express our love to others as the Lord has commanded us.  We are to treat others as we would like to be treated and place love above all else.  There is an incredible amount of love in my heart for little Lucy.  I've never quite felt this before, but I hope to continue to feel this overwhelming connection with more grandchildren as God sees fit to bless our home with them.  But more importantly, I pray that I may have a measure of this same compassionate love for my brothers and sisters in Christ and those I meet each day on life's highway.

For now, all I can say is "Praise God" for His abundant love toward us through the gift of HIs Son, Jesus and thank you, Lord, for Lucy who is teaching us a deeper meaning of the word, "love"....God bless, my friends!

Thought this might be a good way to start your Saturday morning.....God bless, my friends....have an awesome weeked!

A group of Kimberly's co-workers who are also her team teachers, came over for a visit after school to meet Miss Lucy.  I had the privilege of being present for this gathering.  It was therapeudic to watch and listen as these amazing young women caught Kimberly up on the latest news from school.  Watching Kimberly's face light up with conversation reminded me of the days of being a new mom and finding myself a little lonesome from a lack of adult conversation during the daytime hours. 

I'm so delighted that my daughter has these incredible friends who miss her and look forward to her returning next fall as their team member.  They brought flowers and a cookie cake and doted on my little granddaughter. As we continued visiting, I was reminded of the continued importance of having good friends. Regardless of your age, friends are an integral part of the past and key to building happy memories for the future.  Friends who will laugh and cry with you and come and visit when you have your first child. Friends who never forget you although your physical presence is miles away.  Friends are truly one of life's greatest gifts....straight from God!  Have a happy Friday, my friends!

Today Gary and I met our daughter, Kimberly and our granddaughter, Lucy, at Gary's mom's in Sharpsville, PA.  It was Lucy's first road trip with Mommy.  It was great seeing my mother-in-law and doubly precious to see her with yet another great-grandchild!  We are delighted that the White family continues to multiply as the next generation will begin filling up the family room in the basement at Grandma's for the annual Christmas exchange next year! 

As an added bonus this Gramma got to take the return trip with Mommy and Lucy back to their house in Ohio.  So now we will have a little fun spoiling and rocking for the next few days and anxiously await Grandpa to return tomorrow night!  God has been so good to us....we have a beautiful granddaughter and the winter weather has been good to us for travel purposes!  God bless, my friends....hope you are each having a great week!   Happy Groundhog Day!!!

Today in Pittsburgh the breezes have been warm, the sun has been shining and it has felt like Spring!  I was able to jog on our local trail....what a wonderful way to wave good-by to January.  Now, let's hope we don't pay for it during the month of February!

I hope each one of you have enjoyed warmer temperatures than normal and had an opportunity to breathe in some fresh air!  It does a body good!

God bless, my friends!

We are having an unusual winter in Pittsburgh.  Shhh, don't say it out loud, though!  The weather forecaster said last night that for the next five days only one day will be in the normal temperature range.  The remaining days will be above normal!  "Woohoo" is all I can articulate!

Today is sunny with blue skies and I heard birds singing recently.  Not only that, but today when we got home from church Gary walked over to one of the flower beds and said, "Oh, no....your flowers are bursting through the ground!"  And indeed they are poking up through the dead leaves and trying to reach for those sunny skies!  Of course, we know winter isn't over; in fact, I understand the past two Februarys have been brutal while we were away in Florida.  However, I am totally fine with less winter and more sun this year since I'm staying put!

A friend of mine commented this morning at church that he was disappointed that there wasn't any snow and cold since he enjoyed the winters in Pittsburgh.  I patted him gently on the shoulder and told him I was sorry that he felt that way, but I was enjoying every minute of non-winter we were having!  After all, you can take the girl out of the south, but you simply can't take the longing for warm southern breezes out of the girl!  Have an awesome Sunday, everyone and God bless!

I decided on Saturday to run a bunch of errands.  It was great to bop from one store to the next without a time constraint; however, it was an incredibly windy day.  I chose the photo to the left because at one point as I was entering a department store, my umbrella completely inverted!  As I walked through the door a gentleman couldn't help but grin from ear to ear at my humorous state.  We shared a laugh and I quietly folded this little umbrella and retired it to my purse for the remainder of my errands.

Eventually, the weather went from windy and rainy to just windy to windy and sunny.  The constant factor throughout the day and evening.....high winds.  After about three hours of errands, I came home to pick up my hubby and on to the mall we headed for a few remaining tasks.  As you can imagine, when I finally came home for the night I jumped into my flannels and curled up into a blanket for some snoozing and movie watching.  Enough of feeling that cold wind blowing! 

This was a weekend for movies starting with the letter "C".  Courageous was our film for Friday night.  Outstanding movie if you haven't viewed it, but have a box of tissues ready.  Saturday night we selected Contagious.  The one point that I learned was an infectious disease can easily spread from one individual to another through touch, so make sure you have a lot of hand sanitizer and don't touch your face any more than you need to!

So that was my Saturday.  It was an enjoyable day and I look forward to another time of visiting the department stores and maybe even purchasing a few new items for my closet.  After all, Spring is coming and my Mom always made sure we had new clothing items for Easter.  That's a good goal, don't you think?  God bless you with rest and refreshment for the remainder of the weekend, my friends.  Find a place of worship and sing songs to Jesus! 

On Friday afternoon Gary sent me a written notice (via the internet) from California University of Pennsylvania (my alma mater) that they were needing to update their graduates' records.  I was a little hesitant since that usually means they want to hit you up for a monetary donation and I think we've already given them quite a few extra dollars for my education.  However, I called and a nice lady named Monica answered the phone.  As she began asking questions as to my current status for address and career updates, she automatically asked what I was doing currently. 

I decided to boldly go where none have been and answered that I was the founder of a women's online ministry.  She immediately replied, "What?"  As I repeated myself she sounded overjoyed and explained that she, too, was in ministry and had written a book and been on the radio airwaves.  With all our common ground, we chatted for a while before I was asked if I wanted to purchase the latest hardback edition listing all of my former college classmates from Cal U, but I hung up the phone with a sense of wonder.

God has to be the best networker ever!  Hopefully, something will transpire in the days to come after this conversation with Monica, but for now I give him all the honor and glory for this divine appointment.  God is so good!  Have a great Saturday, my friends.....sit for a while around the morning breakfast table with an extra cup of coffee and something more than a granola bar!  God bless!