Hello Family,
Blessings, love, and peace to you and your family.
Blessings, love, and peace to you and your family.
On December 21 and 22 my print and ebook became available on Amazon. The title is Stir Your Soul: Inspirations for You to Dream, Grow and Live Boldly. Check it out. Download and read the ebook or purchase a copy or copies for yourself, family members and friends. Click on the link below and it will take you right to Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Stir-Your-Soul-Inspirations-Boldly-ebook/dp/B082ZBD9RS Thank you for your weekly time and attention. Blessings & Love, Darlene
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Christmas is coming. It will be here in a few days. Do you celebrate? If you do, why do you? If you don't, why not?
Christmas is one of the biggest holidays of the year. Sometimes you can feel joy and peace in the air. There seems to be a calmness around you and you feel good as you listen to the Christmas carols, shop and enjoy family and friends. This year I didn't do the things that I normally do at Christmastime. Months ago the thought came to me not to buy gifts or send out Christmas cards. I'm so glad that I listened to those thoughts, because with all that's going on in my life right now, I don't know how I would handle everything. Even without doing the Christmas activities I felt like crying, (which I did), screaming and pulling my hair out. I'm thankful to God for Jesus the Christ who was born for us to be saved from our sins. That's the true meaning of Christmas. Maybe next year I'll participate a little more and maybe I won't. Either way it's okay. MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL! On Thursday, Kim our daughter received the Woman of Excellence award, from the Pittsburgh Courier. Valarie McDonald Roberts was honored, along with 49 other women. Kim and her husband, Allan Person of Excellence Are you a person of excellence? Do you do things just to get finished with whatever you are doing?
I think, if you are putting your time and energy into something, you might as well make it your best. Making it your best doesn't mean that you won't make mistakes, because you absolutely will. Doing your best is giving it your best shot. Sometimes you may have more energy, you may have had eight hours of sleep, you had a chance to eat a meal and have positive energy around you. Sometimes, some or all of these may be missing. What you produce will be based on what you can give. Regardless, of the circumstances do your best and be a person of excellence. _________________________________________ (YOUR NAME) PLEASE STAND UP There is a program on television called To Tell The Truth. The celebrity players have to identify the contestant that's telling the truth about their identity. All of the contestants use the same name, but tell their story and the celebrity players have to guess who the real person is based on the story that the contestants tell and the questions that the celebrity players ask. In the end the real person stands up. SOME OF ME ![]() A wife, this is Fred and I at a kettlebell class at the YMCA. When you use to go. ![]() Grandmother, grandson and I on the Gateway Clipper in Pittsburgh. ![]() Mother, Fred and I at Hamilton and LaToya's wedding a few years ago. ![]() Quilter, a quilt made for one of the grand babies. No, I didn't make the bear, it just matched up. ![]() Great grandmother, our first great grandchild. He's just a jewel and a gift to the world. ![]() Reader, here are some of the books from my library that I've read. Growing up reading was important to my mother. We were poor, but we had a full library with a variety of books for the family. My dad built a beautiful bookcase for the books, something that I take with me whenever we relocate. ![]() Adventurer, this is a nest with dinosaur eggs when we went on our trip. Fake News, these are dinosaur eggs but the only trip that we went on to see them was at an outdoor wildlife park. It was a nice day and fun. ![]() African drummer, I loved playing the drums. Wherever I went and heard the beat of the drum I followed the sound, stopped and stayed a while to enjoy the music. It seems like after mom passed I stopped playing. I don't know if there was a connection or just a coincidence. Maybe, I'll pick it up again one day. ![]() Sister, this is one of my sisters, Cheryl. Here in Pittsburgh one Christmas. She helped me make what felt like a thousand cookies. Check her out on youtube.com at Thebuzzwithcheryl and at teespring.com and find her line of products at TheBuzzWithCheryl. Baker, maybe you guessed that I bake when I said we made a lot of cookies. Well, the main things that I bake now are pound cakes. ![]() Sunday School teacher, I've taught Sunday school for many years over my lifetime. This picture is from my church, The Christian Church of Wilkinsburg on Wallace in Wilkinsburg. Presently I teach the teenagers, called the Young Disciples class. THE REAL YOU
No matter who you are, what you do, where you go and where you are going make sure it's what the real you wants to do. Where the real you what to go and what you want to be. People can be in your ear all day telling you, that you have a gift and that you should do such and such. You can't listen to everybody. If it's not the real you, find yourself. Will the Real_______________ Please Stand Up! Lord, help me to trust in you
Moment by moment, Hour by hour, Day by day, all day, every day, At all times And in every circumstance. Lord, moment by moment, Hour by hour, Day by day, all day, every day At all times And in every circumstance Help me to treat everyone with love and respect. Lord, moment by moment, Hour by hour, Day by day, all day, every day At all times And in every circumstance Help me to do the right thing. Lord, moment by moment, Hour by hour, Day by day, all day, every day At all times And in every circumstance You are with me, Guiding, leading, teaching, Holding, upholding, protecting And taking care of me on every front. So Lord, moment by moment, Hour by hour, Day by day, all day, every day At all times, And in every circumstance Help me to Trust You, Stay close to you Follow your instructions, Lean on You, And Believe that I can do all things As you give me strength Moment by moment. |