Discipline

Today, I will make a practice of disciplining myself to keeping up with this blog on a weekly basis. I have found that it is a great place to keep track of our daily life as a family. To the right; you will see a Year of Peace; which is a group of pictures that I am hoping to upload in the same format at the end of the month and the Year of Happiness will be a recap of the current month activities. I am hoping to post more scrapbooking pages,daily life of our family, friends, national headlines and life, in general.

Let us remember Chile:

terremoto santiago
Originally uploaded by todosnuestrosmuertos

Let us keep the country of Chile as well as Hawaii in our prayers tonight.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of chldren; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." Ralph Waldo Emerson

While I am waiting ...

for Paul & Luke coming back frow Wooster (Goodwilling, Shoveling Snow for his parents, and shopping) I am learning and trying Digital Scrapbooking ...

Snow Day

Well, today the boys had a snow day and they didn’t even do the Snow Day Ritual last night. Do you know what that is? Well, in our house it is:

• Wear your pajamas inside out and backwards
• Flush three ice cubes down the toilet
• Do a snow dance outside
• Sleep with a spoon under your pillow

I was grateful that I could work from home today. I was able to listen to the boys laugh and giggle as I was busy uploading, making scrapbooks for our Hospice Make It Happen events, working and enjoying the beautiful snow outside falling softly.

Thank you for this time!

One Word Update: Humility

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. by Norman Vincent Peale

This week started off alittle tired; alittle challenging, alittle busy, alittle exhausting, alittle bit of everything! But, today; as I googled a quote on Humility; I found this one and thought to myself; "wow, how true is this!" As I look inward and yearn for God's Holy Spirit to fill those empty spaces; I gained more energy for those challenging, busy, exhausting experiences and became renewed with God's greatness and reminded that if I only GO TO HIM in adoration, confession, thanksgiving and supplication; I come out feeling refreshed and filled with more energy and knowledge!

I have so much to be grateful for and my blessings are so many! I've learn to ask daily; second by second, minute by minute and hour to hour and HE will give me what I need! I just need to ASK!!

With the craziness of Monday; I missed my weekly Beth Moore Bible Study called "LIVING BEYOND YOURSELF" at my church. Wow, how fitting this quote is with the Bible Study. As I was JUST typing the title; I had a A-HA moment ... I really lived beyond myself this week and was quietly reminded of our Great Father above!I was reminded just today of the Fruits of Spirit and challenged to look at myself and ask myself if I have the Fruits of Spirit in my daily walk.

May you discovered an insight like I discovered; even tough its Thursday and the week is almost over; does that matter? Nah, as long as you keep growing and learning!

Its Monday and its Over!

Rainy.Cold.Busy.

Have you ever had one of those days when you JUST DID NOT WANT to get out of bed? Well, today, I did! I wanted to stay at home and IN BED! I was thinking of my day ahead and wanted to stay in bed. It was going to be a busy, tiring, and late day of work! It was good work; the kind that makes you appreciate what you do on a daily basis is good. The good work of God. The work that God places before you to let you know that you are in the right vocation. The kind that makes me PASSIONATE for people and their families. The kind that makes me LOVE MY JOB!!!

Helpful.Husband.A Fixed Tire.Driving.Good Friends.Make It Happen Events.Lunch.Adult Day Centers.Old Stories.New Stories.Love.Family.Caregivers.Traveling Mercies Home.Dollar Trees.Hugs from all of my boys.Forgiveness.Grapefruit Spoons.Sugar on Grapefruit.

Peace.Comfort.Relaxed

Tuesday=Another Day

A Month of Lovely Things

A good friend asked; "Mrs Massaro, you havent update you blog in awhile .." Well, that has prompted me to do so; but, I really wanted to start journaling and telling our story! I found these great websites/programs called www.smilebox.com and www.picnik.com. I found this collage design that I am going to REALLY try to use each month to tell my story.

I love my God, my husband, my journal and my family and friends. I am passionate about scrapbooking, taking pictures, documenting every detail, my job as an Adult Day Director/Hospice Volunteer Coordinator for Senior Independence. I am also passionate about reading, growing as a Christian and a person and choosing a word each year to work on.

Some of the things that happened this month were: keeping up with a gratitude journal, finding new quotes, writing, finding new pens, going back to things I love like buying/writing in a daily/monthly Franklin Covey calendar for home and work, using pens I like, reading new books, asking people to pray for me, taking part in my children's activities; Creating Valentine's with a friend and Joey. Attending Joey's Valentine's Day Party, Blue & Gold Banquet, and taking a step in allowing Luke to soar on his own (somewhat). He went on a Boy Scout Skiing/Snowboarding Day at a Brandywine/Boston Mills Ski Resort. Thank goodness for blackberries and friends that took pictures to give me a sense of peace that Luke was okay. Paul and I went on a Valentines's Day Date/Dinner. A giving mother that watched Joey overnight.

It was a month of LOVE. More to come ...