The following email was written by my sister, of which I’d like to thank her for all of her support, and help!! This email is about me, and my current situation. Please feel free to contact me!!! The email can be sent to you on request, for you to forward on to others, and ANY donations would be GREATLY appreciated, as well as prayers!!!

Thank you all for being my faithful readers, supporters, and friends!!
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Hey, all!!!

This is just a quick note to let you know that we need your help. My Sister and her two girls were involved in a car accident on October 10th, as some of you know. At that time, the doctors thought she had sprained her right wrist. When it wasn’t getting any better, she went back to the doctor and they found a hairline fracture. After doing what the doctor said, she still found her wrist “popping”, even when she was wearing the brace they gave her. So the doctor told her to come back in. They put her in a cast earlier this week, and they are saying that she will be in it AT LEAST 4 weeks.

Why am I telling you this? Well, with her in a cast, she can’t work, which means she has no money coming in to pay rent and utilities. SRS is helping with food by giving her food stamps, but that’s about all the help they have given to this point. Sooooooo, this is where you come in. I know times are rough right now, with Christmas coming and all, and we understand that. But you know what? Even $5 would help buy cleaning supplies and and toilet paper and such!!! Soooooooo, forgive me for sounding like an advertisement here, but IF you can and if God puts it in your heart to help, you can make a contribution to our “Help The Sister” fund by PayPal. You can send your contributions to: mommamonster79@yahoo.com. No, I’m afraid your contributions aren’t tax deductible…Sorry!!! But if you’re like me, it feels good to help, even if you don’t get a tax write-off. If you can’t help, financially, that’s okay too…we DO understand. At least pray for my Sister and her two girls as they go through this time of testing and trial.

What else can you do to help? Well…since you asked….forward this to a few people out of your address book that you consider TRUE friends.

Thank you SOOOOO much for your time….your prayers….AND your efforts to help!!!
God Bless You And Yours ABUNDANTLY!!!
Wenona
AKA
Simba

I can’t tell you how excited I am by the articles in Growing In Grace online magazine. The magazine is designed for young ladies, but I myself get a lot of enjoyment out of it. The contributers put in a lot of time and effort on their articles, and they turn out wonderfully!! They have something for just about anyone. Some wonderful recipes that I can’t wait to try out, tips on modesty, how to apply God’s Word to your life…It’s just great!!!

One of my most favorite articles is done by Miss Rachel and it’s called Snuggle Up With A Good Book. This month she did a review on the Circle C Adventure Series. I have not read these books, but I have heard of them, been to the website and etc. and I have to say that they sound wonderful!!! I can’t wait until I can get these books, because I’m almost sure that the girl’s will LOVE these books!!

This month, not only did she do a review, but there is a GIVEAWAY too!!! You can find the icon on my sidebar, or click below to find out how you can enter!!!

Persimmon trees makes me think of Bible times. I imagine tall, green trees, with beautiful flowers all over it. The name Persimmon just makes me think exotic, and I guess that’s why I think of Bible times, because I imagine the Garden of Eden was more exotic than any other place imaginable.

Have you ever imagined the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil?? I imagine it to be beautiful on one side, and rather nasty and ugly looking on the other side. Although I suppose it would be more enticing if it were beautiful all over.

What do you think the tree looked like??

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On this day, when most are blindly dressing up in costumes and going out to seek candy, we are sitting here with tears in our eyes, and a heaviness upon our hearts!!

Our Beloved George died this morning, of unknown cause. He was a darling cat, as I’m sure you can see by the picture. Megan’s darling, as he slept with her EVERY night, without fail, no matter where she slept, he would find her. It is sweet memories we have of him. Chasing his tail and romping through the house, but most of all was the endearing bond he had with Megan.

As some of you know, he was taken to the VET earlier this week to have surgery done on one of his eyes. He came home Wednesday, and other than being just a bit tired from the surgery, he acted completely fine. Even last night, he seemed to be fine. This morning I woke up and noticed that he was not with Meg, and so I went searching for him. I found him laying in our laundry room. I couldn’t even tell if he was breathing, but upon looking closer, found he was breathing. We rushed him to the VET, where he died acouple of hours later.

We do not know what happened, we only know that we miss him dearly, and his passing has left a hole in our hearts and an emptiness in our house. It is small comfort to know that he is with God. He is not in pain anymore, for that we are thankful, though we ourselves are in pain because of his heavenly assent.

It is times like these that I wonder if God’s clock is working right..Yes, I do mean that as a joke. Here in this world I can not see why God chose to take George, as I think we’ve had enough to deal with lately…but there is the popular saying “God’s timing is not alway ours”. I hold my daughter and dry her tears as my own fall, and I tell her that God had a reason, even though it hurts us, and even though we don’t know the reason, God did have a reason. George is in a better place now.

Goodbye my dear George, we will miss you always!

I often wonder why people live in places where security systems are a “must have”. While they may bring peace of mind, I would wonder if the computer would malfunction at some point, when I had need of it. I also think I would wonder why I was living in such a place to have need of a security system. While it is true that my father taught me ways of taking care of myself, such as shooting a gun, and martial arts, I have never had true need to use it to defend my life. I am not sorry that he taught me these things, as I have the knowledge should I ever need it, but I try to live in places, and conduct myself in ways to never need them, or a security system.

Anyone that truly knows me, knows that horses is one of my favorite topics, although I don’t talk about them much on my blogs, simply because I do not have a horse at this time, because of living in town. That will change someday though, I am sure of that.

I grew up with horses, and I don’t think there was a single time during my childhood that our family did not have a horse or two. I was taught to care for them, to ride, and to care for the various items a horse requires.

I love watching horse competitions on tv, whether it be racing at Belmont Park, or the jumping competitions. I always thought that I would enter barrel racing at some point in my life, but have not had the horse or the opportunity. We have many movies about horses, and are always on the lookout for more.

I was never taught to ride english saddles though, and really don’t think I would be comfortable doing so. Dressage is one sport that I sort of like to watch, but on the other hand find it silly too. I can, and have done the same things out in the middle of a cow pasture, without the fancy saddle, fancy dress, and saluting, but to each his own. It is still pretty to watch the horses dance.

The digital signage was clear as to who had sent him the message, and yet he couldn’t quite believe it. This was a person he hadn’t heard from in over 10 years. The signature was his sister’s name, but could it really be her?? She had been whisked away from the farm, and out of his life that day many years ago, by his mother. She had left him with his father, something he had never regretted, as his father was a gentle soul, with kindness and patience that reflected that he lived his life for the Lord.

I have gotten many health insurance quotes over the years, as I have tried to have health insurance for the girls and I, but I find that it is practically impossible to afford health insurance on your own, unless your employer provides it, and even still you may only be able to afford coverage for you, and not your children. When I worked my last job, it would have cost me about $400 a month for the three of us to have health insurance, and well, that was a third of my pay. There was no way I could afford that!

A lot of things change when you have a car accident, or at least it did for me. I don’t drive as fast as I used to, which is to the eternal annoyance of other drivers, as I never used to speed before, so now I am just 4 or 5 mph slower than the speed limit, which doesn’t usually matter, as I’m not on any major roads anyway.

I don’t have to worry how to pay the auto insurance for the next few months, for which I am thankful for. I am conserving gas money, drastically, but find that I don’t miss the running around that I used to do. There are no more spur of the moment trips to Walmart, but that’s really okay, because I was getting really tired of Walmart shopping anyway.

I haven’t driven by the accident site at all. It’s not a particular fear of mine, at least I don’t think it is, and yet I find that there are ways to get to the same place, and still not go by the accident site. When I drive I often find myself praying for our protection, as well as giving myself little pep talks about how the cars will stay in their own lanes, and that we are just fine. Am I more rattled by the accident than I first thought??

What are diet supplements?? Are those like the diet pills? Or maybe it’s those “healthy” snacks you see from companies like Weight Watchers…You know, the ones that advertise they are peanut butter and chocolate candy bars, and yet are good for you to eat, and will help you lose weight. I have a hard time believing that those candy bars can truly be healthy for you, but than I have a hard time believing things like Sweet n’ Low and other substitute sugars are any healthier for you than a controled amount of regular sugar. The same way with regular soda verses diet soda. Is diet soda really any better for you than regular soda, or is that something we tell ourselves in order for it to be okay to drink 6 cans of pop a day?