Things That Made Me...

Below is a random assortment of things that I came across this week that struck me for one reason or another. I thought I would share them.

This made me....

...Laugh -- Have you ever spent time deliberating over a "holy" ending to an e-mail or letter? In my line of work...fundraising for a ministry...I've attempted many appropriate "holy" conclusions to letters. Maybe that's why I found this so funny...because for me it is sooo true! BooMama

This made me...

...Reminisce -- If you went to high school in the 80's, you must read this post from one of my favorite mommy blogs. Big Mama

This made me...

...Think of being a mom in a new way -- I know very little about this blog -- but this particular post struck a cord in me. Especially when she says, "As I drifted off, I felt her little hand on my tummy. She rubbed my stomach, much like I rub hers when she’s tired or sad to calm her, and I smiled with the realization that she’d been waiting for me to sleep, too. Her fingers fell into the deep grooves of the stretch marks 27 months of pregnancy have left on me and she paused. She backtracked slightly. She took the tip of her finger and began tracing the marks, the lines marking the roads on the map of our lives together. At that moment I realized something I’d not honestly grasped in 11 years of parenting; that I am hers. I am this thing, this pile of bones and skin that belongs to her. To them. That I am not just a 30 something girl with big hips covered in silvering tracks; I am an extension of three people, and I belong to them completely. And that, the giving over of myself to someone else, well…that is motherhood." On Motherhood

This made me...

...Excited -- I will admit that one of the things that gets me most excited is a good deal. I just bought a pair of boots for me and for my daughter from this website and then we got a third pair for FREE! There is also FREE shipping and we got 3 FREE lip glosses. Check it out http://www.wantedshoes.com/

My favorite quote for the week:

We will never know how much good just a simple smile can do. We tell people how kind, forgiving, and understanding God is, but are we the living proof? Mother Teresa

My favorite Bible verse for the week:

Psalm 34: 8-9

Taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man who takes refuge in him. Fear the Lord, you his saints for those who fear him lack nothing.