THE NEW YEAR IS JUST HOURS AWAY.2010
I THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THE NEW YEAR COMING UP.
IT IS A NEW BOOK WITH EMPTY PAGES. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY
TO WRITE THOSE PAGES AS WE MIGHT. GOD HAS THE ULTIMATE
DECISION FOR SOME THINGS AND WE CAN NOT CHANGE THAT......
BUT WE CAN CHOOSE TO BE CARING, HELPFUL, PRODUCTIVE, AND
ENCOURAGING TO THOSE AROUND US WHO ARE HURTING. HELP
THE PERSON WHO IS BROKE DOWN AT THE STOP SIGN INSTEAD OF
CURSING HIM/HER BECAUSE THEY HAVE SLOWED US DOWN.
IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO GO ON WITH AMY IN HEAVEN EVEN
THOUGH IT SHOULD BE EASIER KNOWING SHE IS PAIN FREE AND SAFE.
I AM HOPING THIS NEW BLOG, SIMPLY DEBBIE, IS MY NEW START.
I WANT TO WISH ALL 248 PLUS BLOGGERS THAT WERE WITH ME,
HUGGING ME, LOVING MY FAMILY ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE GOING
HOME OF OUR BELOVED AMY DAWN. I COULD NOT HAVE MADE IT
WITHOUT YOU, MY FRIENDS. I PRAY FOR EVERYONE OF YOU EVERY DAY.
PRAYERS WILL CONTINUE AT SIMPLY DEBBIE BECAUSE THAT IS WHO I AM.
RING OUT THE OLD, RING IN THE NEW,
RING, HAPPY BELLS, ACROSS THE SNOW:
THE YEAR IS GOING, LET HIM GO;
RING OUT THE FALSE, RING IN THE TRUE
~ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON, 1850
WE HAVE A BIG SCHOOL BELL IN OUR BACK YARD HIGH A TOP A RAILROAD
TIE CEMENTED INTO THE GROUND. I ALSO BOUGHT ONE JUST LIKE
IT SEVERAL YEARS AGO FOR MY PARENTS.....THEY RANG THEIRS' 50 TIMES
ON THEIR 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. WE RING OUR BELL ON THE 4TH OF
JULY AND AT MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEARS EVE. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
PIZZA ROLL NIGHT FOR AMY AND RICHIE. WE WOULD RENT MOVIES
AND GAMES AND WERE ALWAYS TOGETHER EXCEPT FOR A FEW YEARS
AMY HAD PARTIES TO ATTEND.
TONIGHT RICHIE WANTS TO EAT PIZZA ROLLS IN HER MEMORY AND WE
ARE GOING TO WATCH MOVIES AND PLAY CARDS AND AT 12 MIDNIGHT
WE ARE GOING TO RING THE BELL 33 TIMES.
I HAVE ONE URGENT PRAYER REQUEST..........AN ANGEL NAMED
SHARON WHO HAD HER HUSBAND PASS TO HEAVEN JUST TWO HOURS
BEFORE AMY PASSED IS NOW IN A FIGHT FOR HER LIFE WITH THE
SAME CANCER AS AMY HAD. WE JUST LIFT YOU UP TO GODS' THRONE
ROOM OF MERCY AND GRACE AND KNOW HE WILL TOUCH YOU WITH
HIS HEALING.
H A P P Y N E W Y E A R
SIMPLY DEBBIE
