Simple beauty for your home
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Our fall garden here in 2017. |
The Interior Design certificate program was disbanding at UCSD right then in California in 1994-1995, due to the beginning of the home improvement era with home owners becoming their own designers, so looking into getting a certificate wasn’t an option going forward there. No other schools taught Interior Design that were even close to our home, the closest was the school in Pasadena. My second child, our son, was 5 months old when I took that course… I got an A-.
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One of the beautiful showrooms I was blessed to visit during High Point Market recently. |
“Life is the love we people our lives with.”
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A favorite garden statue I had in my Big House front garden bed. |
Since this is the Lord’s special day
I was thinking of how we are to be
fishers of men…
I’m not a good fisherman
in fact
I’ve hardly fished for real fish at all
though I love to eat fish!
And I’m a regular fraidy~cat when it comes
to talking to people about Jesus
which really makes no sense at all because
Jesus Himself is not scary.
😉
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Beautiful lily pads down at my parents’ 1/2 acre pond at their final home in Connecticut ~ roughly 2010. |
But a lot of people are afraid of Jesus
and mostly because of us
Christians who say something wrong
or do something
that shows our weaknesses and
shows us as hypocritical.
I’m sorry for that, for my wrong actions
and sayings.
But Jesus isn’t hypocritical ~ He did what He
set out to do:
to save a world from themselves.
To save us from our sins by taking our place
dying on a cross.
The ultimate sacrifice for an imperfect world ~
Grace and Peace.
All we have to do is believe on Him
ask for forgiveness for what we’ve done
and follow His lead
and
read God’s Word
so we know how to live:
Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth
B.I.B.L.E
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
John 3:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
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An Easter lily for you! ~ from the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. |
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Happy Easter!
“I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. 16For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the kingdom of God.”
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“This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” Luke 22:19
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The Rose ~ representing the crown of thorns. See? The rose weeps and bows its head because it knows… |
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The child who grew to be the Son of Man ~ three years of travel and teaching. 33 years lived. |
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:8
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Friend Kathy’s lovely table set for a Christmas tea. She too loves Jesus! |
They had a shared love of watching football
basketball and hockey on t.v.
The San Francisco 49ers were their favorite football team
though they were happy to watch any football game.
Sometimes, Dad would play his rendition of the
Happy Birthday song for Mom and us kids
whenever it was our birthdays.
His arthritis was bad so he rarely played piano anymore
as he got older so it was a treat when he would play.
I was always in awe of his ability
to read so many notes
on a page of sheet music at one time!
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Frank standing out front of Mom and Dad’s home as it was in 2008 or so. |
Connecticut was their final home place
and they found a home with 12 acres and a pond.
Every February they held a skating party
inviting friends and family
serving
New England clam chowder
or Daddy’s famous
spaghetti and meatballs made with
cooked chicken and Scottish banger sausages
to the hungry crowd.
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A view through the kitchen window screen down to the half~acre pond. |
Their plan on Dad’s retirement
was to sell this home
buy a motorhome coach and travel down to
Tennessee and the Carolinas
looking for a retirement home
and
visiting my aunt and uncle on Hilton Head
as well as traveling the country.
This was not to be…
{Funny, as now we are living that life… more or less.}
😉
All good Love stories must come to an end
but Love never really ends
does it?
I’d love it if you’d share
your parents’ love story
or your own
or a family member’s love story
with me and
with the others who read
this little ole blog!
Please leave a comment and
tell us your story.
Blessings to you on this lovely
warm Sunday morning,
🙂
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The bride with her new sister~in~law, our daughter Amy |
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Love this picture of Justine, my new daughter! |
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The bridesmaids’ bouquets |
Table decor is always fun to create for a wedding and of course the couple’s lavender and green colors
The four~tiered wedding cake
draped in rosemary and lavender branches
tied together and topped with a
“branding iron~style initials and heart”
wrapped up the day in style!
Who could ask for a lovelier day?
He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD. ~ Proverbs 18:22
Blessings to
our happy couple,
Love Mom
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