Our Goddaughter's Graduation

 

Our beautiful goddaughter, Crystal,  graduated from 8th grade. We attended the graduation Mass and Awards Ceremony with her family last night.  Crystal won awards for High Honor Roll and the best attendance record for her 9 years at the school.  She has only missed 5 days of school in all those years!  That's dedication.  She is headed to high school in the fall.  We are proud of her and love her to pieces!  Congratulations Crystal! 

 

 

Here's the graduate with her family.  She is the 6th of 7 children.  Her lovely sisters even traveled in from Pittsburgh to share in this special day.  How sweet is that?! 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

~peace and blessings~

Lisa

Small Successes~July 1, 2010

Here are my small successes for this week:

1. I'm doing very well praying for my husband several times a day this week as part of the Completing Him Challenge.

2. We found an apartment (actually two apartments!) to rent for the short term until our house is completed. I'm so thankful!

3. I have packed up several more boxes of stuff for the move. I've decided that we have too much stuff. I have also donated about 5 bags of stuff to Goodwill this week.

Blessings,

Lisa

Small Successes~June 10, 2010

We are currently going through a very trying time. The lot where we were planning to build our house is unacceptable for building without some massive remediation. We're not even sure the remediation will work at this point, but it is too late into the process to turn back now. We have to try. Something that stuck with me while standing at the lot receiving this news was the number of butterflies fluttering around and one even landed on me. There isn't a flower anywhere near the lot and yet butterflies were fluttering all around us. We have a massive hole in the ground, with dirt piles everywhere and these creatures still visited. I'm taking it as a sign that new life can begin there. What do you think?

This week's small successes:

1. I didn't totally lose it when the devestating news was given to me. I stayed strong and kept my faith in the Lord that this too shall be resolved.

2. I've cooked dinner every night this week for the family. (I love summer vacation!)

3. I took time to read a novel.

Blessings and peace,

Lisa