Grace

 
 
 
 

Public Service Announcement

You know how at Christmas you get like 900 of these cards with kids pictures in them. Oh and the parents too?
Well I was wondering last year why the parents thought we would want a picture of them? But it was ok that they were in the pictures. But this year the new trend is not the style of card as above. But It puts the kids in the main picture and then down to the bottom right is this other picture showcasing the parents. YES just what I wanted for Christmas a picture of two of my relatives!! and in some cases just people I know. You almost feel bad in throwing them out after Christmas. I mean are you supposed to line them all up along the mantel or piano.. that would total like 27 of them by January 1st.

Ok Ok, the point of this post is to say. "We like to see pictures of your kids... but the parents too???? Leave the parents out !!!!! or at least dont showcase them in a seperate picture... Or,, just do what you want!! 

In the midst of our laughter, he cries....

Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue
Wrap your presents to your darling from you
Pretty pencils to write I love you
Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue

Crowded street, busy feet, hustle by him
Downtown shoppers, Christmas is nigh
There he sits all alone on the sidewalk
Hoping that you won't pass him by

Should you stop? Better not, much too busy
You're in a hurry, my how time does fly
In the distance the ringing of laughter
And in the midst of the laughter he cries

Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue
Wrap your presents to your darling from you
Pretty pencils to write I love you
Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue


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This is me

 

Have you seen Me?

I'm missing a cd. Actually I havent seen it for a couple years. Is it in your collection. Its a CD called "Demulcent Sessions Volume 1".

Thanksgiving

Every Thanksgiving for a few years right before we eat dinner, we will go around the table and each person (usually about 30+) will say what they are thankful for at that time. I was thinking about it now, so I thought I'd get a jump start on it so I didn't forget and incase my thankfulnesses changed by then.

I'm thankful for my life, the air I breathe and that I keep getting to see a new day. I'm thankful every morning that I wake up and say "Thank You for another day". I'm thankful for my family and that I have a close and loving and caring family. One that I can really say "this is me, this is my family". One that loves and cares to no end. I'm thankful for good things in life. I'm thankful for the bad things the bad times. I'm thankful for the trials and the pain in life. I'm thankful for the disappointments and the hard times because that only makes me strong. It tests my faith in God and renews my convictions. God has given me a great responsibility that I recognize and to the best of my God given ability I accept that responsibility and trust Him to guide me because He has promised, and He who has promised is faithful. -- I'm thankful for Katie and how she loves me like she does. I could not have imagined that God would send me a girl like her and I cannot put into words what she means to me. I'm thankful that we talk more than anything. And are willing to do 'whatever it takes' to work things out. And am so thankful that she is more than willing to work with me to understand my past and how it affects our life together and our future. I'm thankful that we both trust God daily for things we need and are committed to doing His will. I am thankful that I was raised by Godly parents. I am thankful that they cared and loved me enough to teach us and raise us in a God fearing way. I am thankful that I have never seen my mother and father argue or have a disagreement in all my 19 years that I spent with them on earth. I am thankful that those few years we had were used for teaching and training. I am thankful that God is still in our lives and my family is cooperative and respect me and my position of responsibility in our home. I'm thankful that God is in complete control of every situation. I'm thankful that people love me. And most of all. I'm eternally thankful that Jesus Christ paid my debt, took my pain and punishment and gave me life! Thank you!

What's Right

What's right and what you want to do are sometime a world apart. What's right and what everyone else wants you to do are sometime way apart. The right thing to do and what seems like you should do sometime don't line up. Sometime it seems to be absolutely impossible to do right and please everyone at the same time. So I need a miracle. I need God to give me the strength to do t he right thing, make the right decisions and say the right words no matter what other people say or do no matter who they are!

Road over the Dam

These next 4 pics are from Locust Lakes State Park Oct. 12-14 

Autumn Road

 

Night Sky

42 minute night time exposure
*This photo looks alot better in full size. The photos are poor quality for fast loading on the blog. If you really want to full size version. Email me!

Cloudless Sunset

Locust Lakes Oct. 12 

 

She calls me Uncle Jeffrey

Grace Anita Myers 

OC boardwalk

Full Moon

 

Dunes, Ocean, Full Moon

 

 

Kate & Jeff

 

Kate

 

Kate & Jeff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm OVERWEIGHT !!!!

Like you didn't already know that, right?? Anyway, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Body Mass Index calcuator I am overweight at 5'10" weighing 195lbs. They say that I can weigh a maximum of 173.5 lbs. to be normal. But who wants to be normal anyway??

 

Daddys love your daughters!

Daddys love your daughters because what they choose to do with their lives is your fault or for you to be proud of. Fathers who are not around for their daughters emotionally as well as physically are more likely to look for that love they miss, but in another man. Usually a boyfriend or a casual hookup. In which case they will do or give anything to find the love they are missing from their daddys. Hug that daughter, tell her you love her, make sure she knows it!! Do it so much that she actually has to remind you that she already knows and embarrass her in public with your love for her. Do nice things for her and buy her things but also the hugs and kisses and spending time, taking time to sit and talk, showing an interest in whatever she is doing...... all this.... could save a life could save a soul could save your daughter.

For me, this is my little sisters! That is a scary thought to know that my choices will affect where my sisters go in life. I can't imagine what it is must be like for you dads!!

My Savior

I am not skilled to understand
What God has willed what God has planned
I only know at His right hand
Is One who is my Savior

Stains from my past

They say that the past is the past, but what happens when you shove the past so hard that it bleeds, and it bleeds into the present time. The bleeding past stains and threatens to permenantly stain if you don't get it in cold water right away. The past that you've hit hard, that you've trampled underfoot, that you left hanging on a cliff has somehow pulled itself together and wrapped it's wounds enough to survive and take one last swipe at you leaving stains all over. Trying to drag you back down to where you used to be. Back into what you used to be. And it haunts every part of you with fear of destruction and disappointment. And you feel as though you are in this alone because can anyone really understand the magnitude and seriousness if you do not take them there? Could you ever bring yourself to take them to a place you crucified and left for dead? It burns that the stories you've heard are really true! They were as true ever! You feel as though someone has drop kicked you in the stomach with the realization that 'it's me'. They were talking about me. And then the devil shows up....... Wait, it was him all along. I DO NOT have to accept what they say is 'normal' for a past to re-visit. I do not have to accept anything the world says 'will happen'. God who gives freely to those who ask without finding fault is there waiting for me to ask, again and again and again. Waiting to give me the wisdom of how to pray, what to do and what to say!

The same God who has guided me this far out of the doomed past, will lift me up, give me that wisdom promised and guide me further on.

Praising God for what he has done so far and waiting with anticipation for what he is going to do in my future!!

Comfort in trials

Psalm 46:1-2 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we frear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;


John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Dear Katie

I love you more than cornflakes.

Love jeff

Unforgettable

That's why, darling, it's incredible
that someone so unforgettable
thinks that I am unforgettable too

Happy Birthday Daddy

I hope i'd make you proud!