Coffee, Crafting and Mommy Magic

Such a simple name for him, but he is feisty!

These are my father's sons.....(minus one) MY BROTHERS of whom I am so proud!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dad, if you were here...I KNOW you would be so proud. Congrats on graduating, Rhett.



I miss my daddy! When my father passed away in 1996 I thought my world was ending. Now, 13 years later, I still wonder what life would be like with him around. His loud and boisterous personality, known for being a lady charmer, notorious for loving his car the Jaguar. What a man. Curly dark hair, barrel chested and bossy; my father was quite the guy.

What would he think of his new grandchildren? How would he feel about one of his sons graduating this year? All of these questions will never be answered. I want to be angry about it, but I can't. All of the bad feelings that I had about his passing were all replaced by lovely dreams of us talking like old times. Him still being 'father' to me in my dreams...encouraging me as always to be my very best.

When I complained about feeling ugly, daddy would tell me to "Look and the mirror and repeat these words" "I am beautiful, I am smart, I am kind." And shyly I would do as he commanded. I am still very shy and don't take compliments well. I am hard accepting myself because feelings of inadequacy. I hate it and am still mustering up courage to change it.

Why did I never have a conversation with my dad about death? I thought he would live forever! He was so strong, that yes...he would live forever.


Yes.......each of these guys are my brothers.....3 boys share one mother, 2 share another mother. But all share my father's blood. How lucky am I?


-Sarah

Awww this past weekend we went swimming with mom and picnicked by the pool.
Summer Breeze-Isley Brothers

I'll never forget this day, playing ball with mom in the pool and hearing her yell when getting into the cold water. Poor mom, I thought I was going to have to rescue her from the shock of the pool. Seeing the girls laugh and float around...such a warm and fun day!!



We are just beginning Summer Break here on my side of the world and so far it's been HOT and busy. I haven't had time to just stop and smell the roses, but yet have been running around, traveled already and spent time with family. The past weekend we drove out of town to drop 2 of the girls off to stay with their grandmother. Usually every summer this is a common occurrence, yey! I signed up to start college 2 months ago and so far everything is going as planned. I will hopefully be working in the medical field if everything works out as planned. I wonder how many Medical Assistants are being hired in this area? Either way, I won't panic if I don't get a job right away, because my husband takes care of most of the bills. (school starts at the end of the month)

I don't know if any of you have heard of the Hcg diet, but I am studying a book to start this diet.... I will let you know how things go in the future...hopefully well!! It just being Summer makes me feel like a fat cow, I am not able to hide my sins under a sweater and jeans. boo hoo! (p.s.-my sister lost 26lbs on this diet! )

Thank God my husband is also on the band wagon to adopt healthier eating habits as well! That is a reason to celebrate!

This morning my daughter woke me up at 5 am to take her to the school for her ROTC boot camp. It's military style training for high school students who are interested and enrolled in this program. She was late waking up, also then throwing me off and I was barely able to see driving her....thank God all the streets were empty. I was happy that she woke me up because I was having a strange nightmare. I had the chills waking up so it was certainly freaky!

-sarah

I am not exactly sure how it works, but this is amazingly accurate:

The picture below has 2 identical dolphins in it. It was used in a case study on stress levels at St. Francis Hospital .

Look at both dolphins jumping out of the water. The dolphins are identical. A closely monitored, scientific study revealed that, in spite of the fact that the dolphins are identical; a person under stress would find differences in the two dolphins. The more differences a person finds between the dolphins, the more stress that person is experiencing.

Look at the photograph and if you find more than one or two differences you may want to take a vacation.
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No Need to Reply, I'll be on vacation!!!

Never take life seriously.

Sarah

She has a big cage out back that someone gave to us! It was only this day that we were letting her roam around free with the girls, while I was snapping pics. Roxy seemed so excited to be running about that it was hard to catch her in a picture unless she was nipping on grass!