flooding filled the land

playgrounds shut down

people looked on in amazement

then it stopped and trees drank it up

and on the third day the sun shone through

After the clouds opened up and the rains came, the land overfilled [...]]]> The rains came for two days

flooding filled the land

playgrounds shut down

people looked on in amazement

then it stopped and trees drank it up

and on the third day the sun shone through

After the clouds opened up and the rains came, the land overfilled with the water.  As beautiful as the water looked in some places, people were hurt, killed, and left without homes.  Tragedies fill our lives when we least expect it, but the Lord remains; He’s the beauty after all the tragedy that we face.

Do you currently use an online company to host your photos?  Do you love to take photos and share them with others?  Are you a blogger that searches the internet for photos for your blog only to run across something you…er…weren’t quite expecting? Yeah, I’m sure you know [...]]]> This is the coolest thing ever!

Do you currently use an online company to host your photos?  Do you love to take photos and share them with others?  Are you a blogger that searches the internet for photos for your blog only to run across something you…er…weren’t quite expecting? Yeah, I’m sure you know what I mean.

What would you say if I shared with you that there is a brand new Family Friendly Photo Community that is preparing to launch their website and you can enter a giveaway for an Advanced FREE Membership?

Would you be interested? I was very interested, because I have tons of photos in another community and it feels so degrading to go on the site, so much that I hadn’t been there in over 6 months.  I am so excited about this so, I applied to be a beta tester!  This is a company that I am very excited about. You can visit The HomeSpun Life website to hear more about this neat company that will host your photos, allow you to share photos with the blogoshere or even apply to sell some of your photos as stock photography and it’s all moderated to keep this site family friendly and safe for all eyes.

If you want to enter the giveaway, visit here.  If you are curious about the company but not in the giveaway, you can join them on Facebook or Twitter or simply visit the Pix-O-Sphere website and enter your email address to be notified when the site launches, which will be soon!

So…don’t you think this is a great place to have your photos and protect your family from some of the filthy pictures on other sites?

Yesterday I Cried

I came home, went straight to my room, sat on the edge of my bed, kicked off my shoes, took off my coat, and I had myself a good cry.

I’m telling you, I cried until my nose was running all over the [...]]]> Disclaimer- I don’t necessarily agree with this author’s chosen lifestyle but I do love this poem she wrote.

Yesterday I Cried

I came home, went straight to my room,
sat on the edge of my bed,
kicked off my shoes,
took off my coat,
and I had myself a good cry.

I’m telling you,
I cried until my nose was running all over
the silk blouse I got on sale.
I cried until my ears were hot.
I cried until my head was hurting so bad
that I could hardly see the pile of
soiled tissues lying on the floor at my feet.

I want you to understand,
I had myself a really good cry yesterday.

Yesterday, I cried,
for all the days that I was too busy,
or too tired,
or too mad to cry.

I cried for all the days, and all the ways,
and all the times I had dishonored,
disrespected, and
disconnected my Self from myself,
only to have it reflected back to me
in the ways others did to me
the same things I had already done to myself.

I cried for all the things I had given,
only to have them stolen;
for all the things I had asked for that
had yet to show up;
for all the things I had accomplished,
only to give them away,
to people in circumstances,
which left me feeling empty,
and battered and plain old used.

I cried because there really does
come a time when the only thing left
for you to do is cry.

Yesterday, I cried.
I cried because little boys get
left by their daddies;
and little girls get forgotten by their mommies;
and daddies don’t know what to do, so they leave;
and mommies get left, so they get mad.

I cried because I had a little boy,
and because I was a little girl,
and because I was a mommy
who didn’t know what to do,
and because I wanted my daddy to be there
for me so badly until I ached.

Yesterday, I cried.
I cried because I hurt.
I cried because I was hurt.
I cried because hurt has no place to go
except deeper into the pain that
caused it in the first place,
and when it gets there,
the hurt wakes you up.

I cried because it was too late.
I cried because it was time.

I cried because my soul knew that I didn’t know
that my soul knew everything I needed to know.

I cried a soulful cry yesterday,
and it felt so good.

It felt so very, very bad.

In the midst of my crying,
I felt my freedom coming,
Because Yesterday,
I cried with an agenda.

~Iyanla Vanzant

A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye… and YES science now shows that carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and the function of the eyes. A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The Heart is red and has four [...]]]>

A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye The pupil,
iris and radiating lines look just like the human
eye…
and YES science now shows that carrots greatly enhance
blood flow to and the function of the eyes.

A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The Heart is
red and has four chambers.
All of the research shows tomatoes are indeed pure
heart and blood food.

Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the
heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of
the research today shows that grapes are also profound
heart and blood vitalizing food.

A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right
hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums.
Even the wrinkles or folds are on the nut just like
the neo-cortex. We now know that walnuts help develop
over 3 dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.

Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney
function and yes, they look exactly like the human
kidneys.

Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and more look just like
bones. These foods specifically target bone strength.
Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium.
If you don’t have enough sodium in your diet the body
pulls it from the bones, making them weak. These foods
replenish the skeletal needs of the body.

Eggplant, Avocadoes and Pears target the health and
function of the womb and cervix of the female – they
look just like these organs. Today’s research shows
that when a woman eats 1 avocado a week, it balances
hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight and prevents
cervical cancers. And how profound is this? ….
It takes exactly 9 months to grow an avocado from
blossom to ripened fruit.

There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents
of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern
science has only studied and named about 141 of them).

Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they
grow. Figs increase the motility of male sperm and
increase the numbers of sperm as well to overcome male
sterility.

Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually
balance the glycemic index of diabetics.

Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries.

Onions look like body cells. Today’s research shows
that onions help clear waste materials from all of the
body cells.
They even produce tears which wash the epithelial
layers of the eyes.

And someone will read all this from above and still say there is no God???

Have a great day!!!