Baseball heart...

He Is Just a Little Boy
By: Chaplain Bob Fox

He stands at the plate
with his heart pounding fast.
The bases are loaded,
the die has been cast.
Mom and Dad cannot help him,
he stands all alone.
A hit at this moment
would send his team home.
The ball meets the plate,
he swings and he misses.
There's a groan from the crowd,
with some boos and some hisses.
A thoughtless voice cries,
"Strike out the bum."
Tears fill his eyes,
the game's no longer fun.
So open up your heart
and give him a break,
for it's moments like this,
a man you can make.
Please keep this in mind
when you hear someone forget,
He is just a little boy,
and not a man yet.

Stay Tuned...

Still here. Just don't know how to get it out of my head and onto the screen. Someday I figure this out. Maybe it can be my Easter resolution since I didn't make a New Year resolution. Ha! We shall see. Life is full of changes for me right now you never know what will spark the writing bug. Stay tuned.

YIKES!

How do you do it? How do all of you out there in the bloggy world update your blog everyday? I can't even do it once a year it seems.

A Couple of photos because... well just because.

Look at his eyes. I never knew that they were that color.

Love the lashes.

My boys are the light of my life. I pray every day that I don't let them down. I pray for the patience and knowledge to raise them into strong, caring and passionate young men. I pray that the people who come into their lives won't crush their spirit but will offer them the chance to learn the hard lessons in life and how to come out on the other side stronger and more aware.

Because I know we all love pictures

It is hard...

There are tons and tons of blogs to read out there in the bloggy world. Some are great and some well....

For me however blogging seems to be hard. Why? I want a great blog. I feel like I have a lot of ideas I want to share but I have an extremely hard time getting them down here in my own blog.

So I applaude all of you who write blogs and I admire those of you who do it so well. Keep up the good work and maybe just maybe someday I will be able to do it too.

Cousins...

Cousins...
Originally uploaded by suzanne_ranee

I love this picture of my boys and their cousin. It was just a snap shot that turned out wonderful. When I look at it I get happy and sad. I miss by brother and his wife and little girl. They seem so far away. But when we do get togethe the cousins play well and love each other it is a treat that never gets old.

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Hello bloggy world

I'm back. Painting was a bigger job than I had planned and I'm not quite done yet. But I'm taking a bit of a breather for a few days. I would like to do the bathrooms still but it doesn't have to happen right away and will probably only take a day to do each one. I promise I will post some pics of the project soon.

On anther note we had to say goodbye to our wonderful family dog Sweetz on Tuesday. She was 11 years old and a wonderful dog that will be missed very much by all of us. John took it a little harder than Scott but that is to be expected that is just how the two of them are wired. John is more like me and Scott is much more like his dad.

It always amazes me how much of an impact pets have on their home and what an empty space they leave when they die. I still look for her by the bed when I go into the bedroom and expect her to come to the door when I get home during the day. While the boys are at school my home is VERY quiet.

I miss my Sweetz Dog.

Painting and "stuff"

We moved into this house about a year and a half ago and to be honest I have never "loved" it. However I am thankful for it; it provides a home for my family and it is warm and full of love. But as a house it leaves A LOT to be desired. So until we are in a position to get into a house I do "love" I'm going to do the best that I can to adapt this one.

As of right now the living room, entry and hallway are all green. A very nice green on a paint chip a not so nice green on the walls, also our furniture is 10 years old and it is still in good shape but style wise not so much.

So this week I'm starting the undertaking of painting and then perhaps slip covers for the couches.

I will post before and after pics soon.