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And often times as I sit in the shadows of the fading afternoon sun, with a slight breeze in the air,  I can hear the voice of the wind whispering my name, taking me back to simpler times of my youth. On this particular day in mid-January,  when other people are bundled up with coats and hats, I sit here with my windows open to the breeze that flutters in on this 60 degrees day that feels more like autumn than winter. It's one of those days where daydreaming is called for and it brings to mind a time when I was just a child preparing for an adventure. But on this day's adventure we would show up with plastic ice cream buckets in hand and would wander around for the entire afternoon in the shadows of the pecan grove, seeing who could fill their bucket to the top first.

I had never heard of this before my mother passed away last November, however, once I did, I became very impatient for a redbird to appear at my window. The nest had two baby birds in it but as far as I could tell their mommy was nowhere to be found. Now I love see the birds come up to my window and eat from the feeders but truly, I couldn't tell you the different types of birds like my mother could. So I smiled that these little baby birds were tucked safely in a nest just outside my window and thought that perhaps I would get to watch them try their wings out while I was there.

Often times we run from thing to thing, keeping ourselves so busy that we never understand our purpose in life or the things that truly matter the most. So, starting off with this blank canvas of a year in front of me I have decided that write for me and hopefully somewhere along the way people will be interested in what I have to say. God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change The courage to change the things I can And the wisdom to know the difference Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time Taking, as Jesus did, his sinful world as it is, not as I would have it Trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will So that I may be reasonably happy in this life And supremely happy with You forever in the next.

While I was in Greece I got an email asking if I would like to create a post for these awesome SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN GAMES Everyone knows how much I love Halloween so these games will be just one more things for my kiddos to enjoy each year. Especially when it's Halloween Bingo where you use candy corn and chocolate Kisses as your marking pieces? All you have to do is download the games you want and I suggest to laminate them and keep them in a file so you can use them over and over each year when Halloween rolls around!