"If I Speak"...

My daughter is memorizing this for her Bible class. As she practiced and I read along, the words jumped out at me. Every single line had SOMETHING new to say to me. The word of God is so powerful. I wish I had more minutes to spend devouring it. Read it, maybe it will do something for you too.

1"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
2 If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
3And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant,
5does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered,
6does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;
7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.
9For we know in part and we prophesy in part;
10but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.
11When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.
12For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.
13But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love." 1 Corinthians 13

Here's to the Future...

Does this look like a child that can be stopped by any obstacle you put in his path??? No way! He is definitely determined. ( : AND, I have a feeling I will be so glad that he has that quality for many years to come. Thankfully, I don't believe that Diabetes will slow him down one single little bit. Because, apparently, we are going to be dealing with it until there is a cure. No, he does not have MODY. (The monogenetic form of Diabetes that we were all praying and hoping for). I found out a few weeks ago and I haven't had the stomach to blog about it. I also found out on the same day that my sweet little neice was diagnosed with Diabetes, so, I had lots of other things on my mind.

Thank you for praying. I am sure that yours (as were mine) were earnest prayers on our behalf. I am learning to take the answers God gives us and not argue. (Something I am constantly telling my children to do). So... Future... here we come! Diabetes and ALL!

Happy Birthday to Parker

Parker and friends.

Parker eating his donut cake.

The present extravaganza.

I love Birthday parties. I love the memories. The fun times, the food... all of it. But, WOW... 11 8-10 year old boys in one house. Oh my. ( : Thankfully it was just nice enough to throw on sweatshirts and play outside still. I think they all had a great time. Of course, the Party was all about the "Clone Wars" and daddy put Star Wars music on the IPod. How cool is that? Happy Birthday to my very first son! I am so proud of you. Your sensitivity steals my heart every day. I love you dearly and am so glad you are my boy.

A Cross is Correct!

Yes, everyone who said it was a cross was CORRECT! I thought it was obvious...

( : I will say no more. ( :

LOL!

So much to say, So little time...

Just to let you know, lack of posts does not necessarily mean "nothing to say". Because, boy, do I have A LOT to say. I really have to catch you all up on life. It has been fun, scary, busy, crazy, depressing... you know... LIFE. But, until I actually have 30 minutes or so to actually write that much, I would just like to leave you with a question.

It has been recently brought to my attention that some very close people to me had NO IDEA what the image was on my profile picture. I never thought it would be difficult to figure out...

SO, what do you think it is? If you look closely you can probably figure it out. BUT, are you willing to admit what you THOUGHT it was before you took a closer look???

Let me know. Love to all of ya...

Carter's Crew and Forest's too...

This is Carter Robertson and Forest at the JDRF Walk 2008. Carter was diagnosed just a couple of years ago with Type 1 (Juvenile) Diabetes. His mother Laura is a very good friend of mine. She was actually at my house when she got the call from the Dr. to tell her that her sweet boy DID indeed, have diabetes. We stood in the doorway of our guest bedroom while she cried and I "tried" to tell her that she could handle it. (What did I know, right???) Fast Forward 2 years and here we are... 2 months after Forest is diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes... and we get the pleasure of doing the "Walk for a Cure" with the Robertson's once again, only this time, we got T-shirt privileges! ( : Forest officially added HIS name to the team T-shirt. Don't they look precious together? I can't wait until Forest is old enough to appreciate how meaningful the walk really is. It is emotional in that, everyone that you meet practically has a very CLOSE tie to Diabetes... either they have it themselves or are caring for someone who has it. Many very precious people told me their stories... I was almost too preoccupied to care, but when I got home and settled down for a minute, I was so blessed that those people had shared with me. It was very encouraging. One young man, (probably 16), got up on stage with many of his teenage buddies behind him and said, "I've been fighting this since I was 18 months old... and I think it is TIME for a CURE!" It was very moving to me.

I'll have more pictures soon....

Fo-tos of Forest