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Mark 6:31
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Beautiful Blogger Award
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.
It’s such a beautiful day!! A very special thank you to Emi at fourleaves92.wordpress.com, for nominating me for the Beautiful Blogger Award! It’s truly a blessing, and I am deeply honored. The beauty of blogging is that I get the chance to interact, share, and communicate, with so many interesting people, and it’s all right here at my fingertips! It’s very rewarding for me, and I love it. The Beautiful Blogger Award is given for creativity, originality, and contribution to the blogging community. As guidelines suggest, I will list seven random things about myself, and I am happy to list seven blogs that I am nominating  for the Beautiful Blogger Award.
The Guidelines:
- List seven random facts about yourself
- Post a link to the blog of the person who nominated you
- Link to seven other bloggers who are deserving of the award
- Let those bloggers know that youâve nominated them
Seven Random Facts About Me: (Very random)
I am an early bird.
I was born in the spring!
I have two sisters and a brother; and  two daughters and a son.
I could spend the entire day working in my gardens without a break, and even forget to eat!
I love being a wife and mom. :)
I enjoy watching nature, God’s creation; from the sky to everything beneath it.
I believe that beauty from within is the most important kind.
Here are Seven Beautiful Blogs:
Clover and Thyme; Â cloverandthyme.com
Photography by Gisele Morgan;Â giselemorgan.wordpress.com
Francine in Retirement; francineinretirement.wordpress.com
Lee’s Birdwatching Adventures Plus; leesbird.com
Photobotos; photobotos.com
Home and the Range; homeandtherange.wordpress.com
Clayhearts; clayhearts.wordpress.com
A special thank you to those of you  who like, read, or follow my blog. Have a beautiful day!!
I’ve Still Got It!
One day last week, my daughter told me that right in the middle of class, her teacher, middle-aged, mother of two, did a cartwheel right in the middle of a lesson, and cartwheeled right back to her original position and said, with a great big smile on her face, ” I’ve still got it!“ and the whole class just roared with laughter! I thought to myself, “Wow! How great it must feel to be so free at heart, even in the midst of a busy workday, right in front of a  class full of fifth-graders, turning cartwheels!”
For me, this teacher’s exclamation of  “I’ve still got it!” implies so much more… It not only speaks of her impressive physical capabilities, but also of her ability to seize the day, enjoy the moment, and keep the “kid” inside alive!
Refreshing. :)
Shout for Joy!
“He will once again fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy!” Â
Faithrises 