10Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 11This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. 12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:10-12, King James Version)
The Sound of Music: Sweetest Surprise Topic: Music
I am such a romantic sap and there are tons of movies and songs that make me weep like a baby. I was looking up some things for a music post (similar to the art post I did the other day) when I chanced upon this music video at youtube featuring a beautifully romantic song along with great scenes from The Sound of Music, which is of course one of the GREATEST love stories EVER!!
I cried.
And, then I thought I'd share it here with you all so I wouldn't be alone in my sappiness ;-)
I will be the first to admit that when I was first on my own as a young adult that I was a pretty naive and a gullible young fool. I did a lot of things wrong and only by the grace of God in maintaining His hedge of protection around me did my life not take a different path! I am very thankful for all of his providential wisdom in keeping my paths straight!
I knew how to cook and clean when Mike and I got married and all the basics like that but I didn't really know much about organizing my time (Mike would argue that I still fail in this part miserably.. thankfully he loves me anyway) and being a good wife and mother. I don't think those things just come naturally at all. I think you need good mentors to help teach you. Sometimes that is your own mother, sister, aunt, friend. Other times it is the strangers who God puts in your life. My stranger was Miss Jackie, the wife of a retired Marine Master Gunz. Her husband was an old, tough-as-nails kind of guy. You know the gritty true Marine type, right?! She had plenty of life experience living with him so she knew perfectly well how to keep all us young wives in order at church and others places. Miss Jackie was my momma away from home and I still look at her with much love and respect every time I see her :-)
Anytime that I became too much of a whiner (which wasn't often...I don't think), she would forcefully but kindly tell me I needed to tough up! I took her training so much to heart that when I went in to labor with Jesse at church one evening, she started timing contractions from where she was sitting. When the service was over she told me "I know I told you to tough up, but I didn't tell you to be an idiot. You better get yourself to the hospital NOW!" He was born less than an hour after we got there :-)
I recently met up with Miss Jackie again at a wedding we attended in South Carolina. We sat together at the reception and talked and talked and talked. I felt truly blessed to still be able to call her my momma away from home. She's one of those few old souls that I've connected with over the years that, no matter how far away we live or how far between visits, still connect as if we've never lived apart from each other. She will always hold a very special place in my heart as the first really good Christian woman (and Marine wife) mentor that I ever had. Thank you Miss Jackie for teaching this young gullible fool a thing or two about the world. I love you!!
I can not draw a circle where the beginning and end point meet for the life of me. My only real artistic talent comes when I am spontaneous about it... and that isn't saying much! However, several (if not all) of our children have a pretty decent grasp of the concept of art and are multi-talented in this department.
It has been a while since I posted a homeschool resources post so I thought I would do one today with some favorite art links. I hope you enjoy viewing the websites and maybe some of them will become favorites for your family as well!
1To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: 
