Request For Prayer

My daughter Meghan has been following a young woman's blog for some time. She just sent me an email requesting prayer for her. I thought you'd want to join in praying for this little family.


Hi Mom,

A friend from my bible study had this girl's blog on hers.... so basically this is a friend of a friend kind of thing. Anyways, She is pregnant with a boy, Isaac who has a chromosome disorder and is not expected to live more than a few minutes after birth. She chose to carry him to term and deliver, while praying for a miracle even when all her medical advisers told her to terminate. So, I have been following her blog for a month or two and she is scheduled for a c-section on Tuesday. Even though I don't know this woman I feel called to pray for her. Could you pray too? Here is her blog address: http://www.sgirl79.blogspot.com/

Love You,
Meghan

Please take a look at Stacey's blog, "He Will Carry Me". You will not read her words of faith with dry eyes.

It's so wonderful to read of a person's strong faith in time of trouble. It's the kind of story we all want to read. The kind of stories they write books about and put on the Oprah Show.

I think we're drawn to this such story because we can't imagine going through it ourselves. How would we possibly cope? But for Stacey and her husband it's not A story, it's THEIR story. It's their life and it's breaking their hearts as they live it.

And so here we are. Each of us is now given the opportunity to be an unseen, unknown part of Stacy's story. We can each lift her and her sweet family before our Heavenly Father. (She has prayer requests listed on her blog.)

James 5:16 says "...The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."

As you read her post for today, Sunday, you'll read Stacy's remarkable insight into scripture. Her request today is to be able to hold Isaac "while he's still living and breathing".

Please...read this blog and pray for this family! You can get there quickly by scrolling down the right side of this page and clicking on HE WILL CARRY ME.

Finally...Day 3!!!

This is Maura and I with Maura's Auntie Margarete. Auntie Margarete lives in Sandy Cove. We had a lovely visit with her in her home. She is such a lively woman, very energetic! I wish you could hear her accent. I could have sat and listened to her talk all day long.

Our next stop was an area called Powerscourt. There is a brand new, beautiful Ritz-Carlton here and one of Maura's cousins was in its building. The next few pictures are of the gardens

This was our view as we sat outside (in the rain) and had lunch on the terrace. We held umbrellas over our heads as we ate. Of course we were the only ones to finish their lunch in the rain. Where is the picture, you ask? If I showed you the proof, Maura and Beth would kill me! They were both in the midst of chewing as I snapped the picture. They are both beautiful women but trust me...it was pretty! And you know what they say, "Turn about is fair play.".

I love this angel statue. She's so majestic looking over the garden. It's as if she's guarding the grounds.

A Good Laugh

For all you ladies who NEED or just would LIKE a good laugh, go to Ruthie's Blog. You can click on it to the right and below this entry. Read Ruth's entry entitled "For External Use Only". I'm stilling laughing jusy thinking about it! Enjoy.
"Laughter doeth good like a medicine."

Captain and Mrs. Judd Bean

This is my niece, Michelle and her new husband, Judd on their Wedding Day. Judd is a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He is a JAG lawyer and they are stationed in Japan.

The wedding was held here in Titusville, the reception at LaCita Country Club. I could write a book about the whole wedding experience...It would be a Comedy!! And as I think of the bride, it would definitely have hints of the classic "Gone With The Wind". Michelle's favorite line is "Fiddle-de-de, I'll worry about that tomorrow!". Her second favorite phrase is "It will all work out!". The truth is MOST everything did work out. And we had such a fun time!

This is such a cool shot by our favorite "family" photographer, Caroline Johnson. She is the most creative photographer I've ever seen. Caroline has an eye like no other. Those eyes of hers are constantly scouting out the next image. Her brain has to work quick to keep up with her body. You wouldn't believe the energy this woman has!

These next two pictures are my favorite thus far. (We've only seen the initial "sneak-peak" photos.) With the beautiful bride and the magic of Caroline, I think these could be used in any bridal magazine ad. What do you think?

This is Judd and Michelle on the dance floor. Michelle says this is one of her favorites. I miss you two already!!!

You can check out Caroline and Michelle and Judd's Blogs by scrolling down and looking on the right side of mine. Just click on it and you'll automatically be taken there. (That info is for any of you who are more computer illiterate than me...which is probably NONE of you!)

Adalie Comes For A Visit

Adalie with her Aunt Lillian
Adalie's now 4 months old. Can you believe how big she's getting?

Time Out

I know I'm still stuck on the second day in Ireland and I WILL get back to it, but...Adalie is here for a visit! She's taking up all my time. It's hard to download pictures when you're adoring a beautiful 3 month old baby smiling up at you!
Pictures of Adalie to follow too!

The Pictures From "More Of Killiney Hill"

These are the pictures that go with the dialog below. I tryed to combine them but couldn't figure out HOW to do it except by retyping everything...Not Happening!