I am home.

I finally made it home. I had such a blessed weekend. I was able to bond with ladies from the church that I did not know very well. Our moto this weekend was, "What happend at Caswell, stays at Caswell." I have to say that it is very true because I did things that would frighten my husband. You ladies know what I'm talking about. The one thing that can be shared from this weekend is the words of wisdom that we received.

God brought to us a wonderful message through a wonderful lady, Miss Sherrie. She brought God's Grace to life for us. I learned that God's displayed his grace to us, through his son Jesus Christ. When Jesus died on the cross for our sins, he covered us with his grace. Now that we have God's grace, we are commanded to extend that grace to others. We must show grace to all we meet. It does not matter who they are, what they have done to you or what they have not done for you. God does not ask us to judge others, he wants us to extend GRACE.

I hope those of you that could not come with us will look up the word grace and let God show you how you need to us the grace that God gave you. I love you all. I pray that you have a great week.

Grace

This weekend I am down on the NC Coast. I am at Fort Caswell. I am with 49 other ladies at a wonderful ladies retreat. I am truly blessed. I do miss my husband and the little ones (Murrey, Pekoe, Marley, and Skittles). I am having a great time with my mom. We really need this time to spend together. Some of you know that my mom and I have not always been close but God had worked on us this weekend. I know that she is my mom and I would not be who I am if it were not for her, including the crazy things. We have been talking about Grace this weekend. One thing that I have learned this weekend is that the most perfect and precious gift that God has given me is Grace. The extended his grace to us when he choose to die on the cross. I am blessed to be a child of God. I am going to end with that. I love everyone. I hope to chat again soon.

TGIF!!

I am glad that today has ended. I do have to work this weekend so I have a lot ahead of me. I am feeling a little blue but I will be fine later. I have pondered this question today, Why do we do what God ask us to do, knowing that it is not going to turn out right. I had to do something this week that I know God wanted me to do and it turned out bad. I know that He does not promise us that everything will be okay but some times it feels like a slap in the face. I know that God will take care of every thing but I still feel lost. I know you are wondering what has been going on but it is not something that I can discuss. All I ask is that you pray for me. I thank you.

Hello, everyone. I hope that you all had a great day. My day was not bad. I am just sitting here enjoying the company of my husband and typing a few words. My work was just great today. Not too stressful but tomorrow it will be. We are resetting our Junior department and I will be at work from 2pm to Midnight. Looking forward to it. Not a lot has happened. I am feeling better. I just have to be careful what I eat and sometimes it doesn't matter. I still have pain in my stomach. I know that I will get better and that God will let me know what I have. Thank you for your continued prayers.

Have a great week and I will check back in later.

A day with friends. 5-30-09

Today I got up at 5am and got ready for work. I went in and worked a stress-less 5 hours. I came home to my wonderful husband and we proceeded to get ready for our trip to Rockingham, SC. Why, you ask? Because my dear friends the Parkers were celebrating their daughter's, Emma, b-day. She turned 6 years old on the 23rd of this month(?). There they went swimming and grilled out. We had a great time fellow-shipping with our friends.

Barrett, Chris, Christi, and I went out tonight also. Because Chris and Christi are from that neck of the woods, they took us to a restaurant named, Little Bo's. The salad bar was GREAT, the atmosphere was divine and the company was superb. Christi and I had a great time laughing at our husbands. I think they love each other more then they love us (HAHAHA). Christi and I are very blessed that our husbands get along. They are good for each other.

Well, it's time to say goodnight. It is 10minutes till 12:00midnight. I hope and pray that you all have a great weekend and I will see some of you at church.

I missed mentioning a very important person in my last blog. My husband, Barrett, came to the hospital after working an 11 hour day. He arrived while I was filling out my insurance paperwork. He sat with me for a couple of hours and then I sent him home for a shower and to feed the pets. I want everyone to know that he was very concerned about me. I have a great man. I am very blessed.

I LOVE YOU BARRETT!!!!

Well, I have not been able to get on here in a couple of days. Let me tell you what has been going on. On Wednesday, my day started out great. I went to a meeting with my Assistant Manager Christine at the Marshall's in downtown Charlotte. After the meeting we ate lunch at Arby's with several co-workers. We then made our way back to our store in Matthews. Not to long after arriving back to work I started feeling very sick. Now you need to know that for the last couple of weeks I have not felt good. I took several pregnancy tests and they all came out negative. So anyway, Wed. when my stomach started hurting I called upon my good friends at Artistic Imprints for advice. Karen and Christi told me to go to the ER and have them test me for everything. I went to Presbyterian Hospital in Matthews and waited. I got there about 4pm and left about 10pm. During that time they took 4 tubes of blood, hooked me to an IV, gave me morphine for pain, and rolled me through the hospital for an ultrasound. The good news is, my gallbladder, liver and pancreas is fine. The bad news, they are treating me for an ulcer and Gastritis. So, this means that I have to change my diet to very bland and take a lot of medication. How am I feeling right now, okay. I have to eat a little bit at a time so that my stomach does not hurt. I take Maalox every couple of hours. I will be okay. I know that God has a reason for all of this. I have to be thankful that I'm alive and not having surgery or anything like that. I am blessed. I want to thank all those who have been praying for me, that means a lot. I hope that everyone has a great day and weekend. Love ya mean it.