Sara Kaye - Awesome spoken words DAUGHTERS

Moms - Listen to it all!  To our daughters, listen to your moms.  For my bella's.....you bend, you bounce....you will never break.  For my son, i will never let go. So give it up, mine didn't either and some day....you will be glad i pushed and pulled and you will shine as bright as ever.

http://youtu.be/8sSfbQk7DxE

Anger...just a bandaide

I made a poor choice last week, with good intentions. Have you ever done that?  It of course was taken wrong.
This morning, some one reacted to that choice of mine. Instead of just deleting the ugliness I let the devil take over. Today us a difficult day for me. This is no excuse for bad behavior. As I sat in church this morning and once again looked at how far God and I have come...I reflected.  Devil be gone.  I an no longer that person and that life...is gone.  I am blessed.  To that person that showed such rage I say...I'm sorry for that and I will pray for you and I that the anger can be healed. Only with God can mine.
M

life is a battlefield! Arm yourself

" A positive life can not come from negative thoughts "  - Joyce Meyer  Loving my new book.  favorite since Unglued so far this year.  Every family faces strife.  Getting through it together is why God has to be in the center.  I truly believe this.  What if Joseph and Mary had given in to the anger/strife?  Think about it....your pregnant, you didnt cheat and you want me not only believe you but marry you?  Thank God literally they had faith in one another.  My family is made up of some twisted, passionate, strong willed people and beautiful hearts.  With out God in our home.....The devil would have a new play ground, No trespassing evil one.  Our lifeguard walks on water  #blessed

Hair it is - truth and gratitude

I so wish i still had all my equipment but i know i dont need it.  The magic isnt the fancy equipment.  It simply comes down to you and me.

I have had all types in my chair.  The mom, dad, wife, grand parent, husband, mistress, professionals of all breeds, child, teenager, teenagers child, cancer patient, elderly, first haircut, last haircut and yes i have gone to you and painted those nails and fixed that wig even in a coffin.

 No one has ever sat in my chair at a salon or on a stool in my kitchen (in your/my bathroom when the meltdown happens and i get the OMG help phone call before a huge event) by mistake.  hairdresser/friend/therapist.  It never escapes me who God has brought to me and what we learn from each other.  What a gift. I always said i would retire someday and write a book (changing names of course) but im not sure anyone would print it.  hahaha.

 Thank you for 22 years of happiness and your blessings in a career of trust and compassion.  I always said when my babies were little if a normal single mom had to reschedule their work day every day for a week because not one but three kids have chicken pox a corporate boss would have laughed and fired me.  Not this lady, my customers offered wine and zanex.

To the future hairdressers that want to cut those 4.99 wigs and not understand a trim is just a trim; it is boo! scaring the ends and they fall off.  The ones that think oh i will just do what i want and they still have to pay me.  How about the young ones that want to sit on their phone and dont remember your name?  Shame on you!!  That is a person sitting in your chair.  he/she is your bread and butter and needs not only a new do but a friend.  If you are truly paying attention you might even realize that person may actually be there for you.

That is all.  #an old sassy broom riding hairdresser.

Fear & Doubt vs God & a Strong willed woman

I think of my life as a roller coaster.  Some ups some downs but usually very fast and exciting. Lifetime movies would love me.  Ive had it all, done it all and or seen it all.  ( i always hope Meg Ryan or Michelle Pfeifer would play me, would most likely end up whoopie goldberg haha)

 With age i have liked this train analogy much better.  With age i have thought of that light at the end of the tunnel as dimming, going out and even blinking just to throw me off (Gods sense of humor).  The last year has been one of "those" years.  More of the roller coaster kind.  Yet, more blessings than troubles. Many many more.  i know this to be true, even fact.

The last month has tested this knowledge and last week i fear tested my families.  Being a manic, strong willed woman, i tend to allow my fear to react vs. respond.  I come unglued faster and forget who my Rock is and how He found me.  I forget all i have come through and how i got here.  All i see and feel is fear.  Add to that a medical issue and it weakened my spirit and ruined most of my week into the weekend.

Here it is Monday again and i woke with the same fears and pain.  But.....much to the devils dismay, rolled over and grabbed my devotional.  I realized right then i did not read it once last week.  I prayed every day but i did not listen.  I was not still enough to hear Him only my fear.  I was not doing what i know i should.  i was not following my rules.  I allowed fear (the devil in my life by the way....fear and doubt) to make me believe otherwise.

I would not have the blessings i do now had i not created these rules i live by.  The very boundaries that keep me safe in His arms.  So this week i say to fear and doubt...i still hurt physically, im still worried and the issues i need resolved are still not resolved BUT i sacrifice them all to Him. (Leviticus 1:2) I will be still and listen, read and take care of me and my family with the same blind Faith that has given me so much. I will sacrifice all this fear and doubt up to You.  I have been down this tunnel and come out with Him.

So be GONE evil one.  You are not welcome in this home or my heart.  I have already seen it all and i recognize you.  I am responsible for me, my actions and emotions.  This train of love i am on is safe and loved and through the darkness will come the light.  My family, though this side of nuts brings me all the strength i was meant to have.  I am exactly where i should be.  I am blessed even when i dont feel it.  I look at my family.....each of them and remember. How lucky am i to have each of them and their flaws?   For this too shall pass, and this time it will pass with us all together.

I am putting away my pen (control) and remembering......i am not in control.  I am just blessed.