The right to vote

OMG! I just read an article that said that in Philadelphia and Ohio the Black Panthers (an anti white group similar in nature to the KKK) has turned out to intimidate voters.

And then, the update said that there are Navy Seals who may turn out to battle these bullies.

And I am in tears!!!!

Because My heart is soooo full knowing that our Military is so GOOD! So Brave. So determined to see right prevail.

No matter WHO they vote for, these Americans have the God Given Right to go into these places and vote for who they want to lead them. Un assaulted.

God BLESS those who will stop at NOTHING to protect our freedoms.

God Grant us a President who will care as much as they do.

Children will Listen!

Elizabeth asked if Glee was on tonight. I said no. It won't be on again until after the Election. She was openly exasperated over that. She stated something along the lines of how stupid it is that we have to miss our shows for this election.

I explained that the election is important. It decides who the next President of our country will be and in turn decides so many things about our future.

I then explained that I feel this election is important enough that I am fasting this Sunday... since it is Fast Sunday. And asking people I know to join me in my fast.

She has asked to join the fast on Sunday.

I agreed that she could. I told her younger sisters that I will not allow THEM to. They are too young.

I don't mean this is any way prideful. However, can you imagine the miracles that could possibly come as David, Myself and our SWEET 9 year old join together to fast for something important to us?

David and I together, ok. Great.

But you add that SWEET, Innocent Baby of Mine!

Angels will be attending to her sweet prayers.

I could NOT be more "Proud" of her right now. And I feel like I've actually made a positive step in her life :-)

What more could a Mother ask for?!

Under/Over... So Limited!

♫ I'm limited
Just look at me--I'm limited
And just look at you--♪


I don't think people see me. If they do,they are constantly putting labels on my forehead that don't come from getting to know me at all.

They either think that because I have 5 kids I'm incapable of anything else, or they expect me to be able to conquer MY world AND theirs.

Why can't I just be the one to set my limits?

If I offer to do something, it's because I feel like I can handle it. If you tell me all of the reasons why with my circumstances being what they are, I can't accomplish what I'm offering to do for you, then it just makes me feel like "Oh, yeah. Maybe I CAN'T do as much as I think I can, so why try. Why stretch my wings. I just need to stay with what's comfortable."

♪ I'm through accepting limits
'Cuz someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But till I try, I'll never know!
Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Well, if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost! ♫

People who limit me or demand way too much aren't people worth having in my Support Circle!

The people worth having are the ones who take the time to know me. Let me stretch my wings, but understand when they need to rest.

HOW much does our Freedom mean to ME?!

I am a Veteran. A Veteran is someone, who at one point in their life, wrote a blank check payable to the United States of America (AND it's people) for an amount up to, and including, their life.

Just how much do you think I care about My Country and those who live here?

I think it's safe to say, I walk the walk. :-)

May God keep our freedoms in tact and watch over us always.

Oh say, Who can see?

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Fast Sunday Nov 4th

I won't tell you how to vote this election. I WILL however, remind you that if you believe in fasting and prayer for things that are critical in your life, and this election is that important to you, Fast Sunday is just DAYS before this, what I would deem, VERY Important Election.

So, Let's fast for the health and security of our country.

You don't need to fast for a specific candidate. This doesn't need to be political at ALL really.

Just knowing that the future of our Nation is on the table no matter WHICH way things go, we can fast that God's hand be in what EVER the outcome it is, and that He will watch over and protect our SACRED land.

That He will keep us free, and safe from oppression.

This is not a call to Vote. (Do that too ;-)

But a call to Ask.... no, PLEAD for Our Country's well being.