One phone call away!

Have you ever left your phone on after a phone call, or put it down during a conversation meaning to come back after a quick errand? Or someone pocket dials you and you can hear their conversation even though they have no idea that you are listening?

I have been on the other end of these calls and have waited for some time for the caller to come back to the phone or to realize that they have accidentally called me. While listening and trying to figure out who it is that called, sometimes I hear things that the caller probably wished I hadn’t heard. I usually will eventually talk as loud as I can into the phone hoping that the caller will hear me and pick up their phone or eventually just hang up.

I bring this up because this is how I like to pray. I call out to the Lord in the morning and spend sometime talking to Him. But then instead of hanging up I leave it on speakerphone. Now I remember that God is still on the line so I try to live my life so that He will be blessed by the things He hears me say and do and not greave him by saying things I ought not. I am also able to ask for forgiveness immediately if and when I do mess up, without having to go look for the phone and dial the number again…  I am simply just able to say, “Oh I’m so sorry Lord for being selfish just now, please forgive me.” And He always does.

I can talk to God anytime during the day that I like. I can thank Him for the Birds, and for missing the car that I almost hit. The coolest thing about doing this is that I can hear Him talk back to me. Well not in an audible voice, but that still small voice, like a voice on the wind.

Even cooler yet is that He loves it when I do this. I know when I get calls where the caller doesn’t hang up; I get upset and frustrated, but not God. He wants to have a relationship with us that is a constant and daily walk.

Now just to be honest, I don’t always make that call in the morning like I want to. Sometimes life gets in the way and my good intentions don’t pan out. Those days are dry and difficult because since I didn’t make the call, I end up not sharing my every minute with the Lord either. The good news is I can place that call anytime of the night or day.

Yesterday was one of those days for me. My husband and son were home and the sun was out, so many things were going on. I kept thinking in the back of my mind.” I really need to call God and talk for a while.” But then life would take off in a run again and I would forget. So, Last night when I woke at 4 in the morning, as I usually do, I didn’t just lie there and hope to go back to sleep. I dialed God’s number and He immediately answered. Cool thing is, my husband was awake too so we made it a conference call. Lying there in the dark holding my husbands hand, speaking is gentle whispers so as not to wake the kids, my husband and I began our conversation with God. We talked for a good while. It was wonderful! … and no, we didn’t hang up!

The Gift Of Weeds

Oh how I love working on my garden surrounded by beautiful fragrant flowers. But each year with the beautiful blooms come the weeds and grass.

As I talked with the Lord in my garden today, I was telling Him how tiered I was of tilling up the dirt, over and over, every year, usually a couple times a year. Carefully hand removing every grass root I find.

“The problem is,” I told Him “is that no matter how hard I try to get every last bit of root, I just can’t do it. To make things worse the neighbors don’t even try, they just let their yard grow wild. So the weed seeds blow in from over the fence and the grass reaches under it. Its Just so frustrating Lord!”

In return a sweet small voice inside said “I know, I understand your heart completely; but I have given you these weeds as a gift.”

“A gift Lord? However could these weeds be a gift to me? I hate them! They are so ugly and distract from the beauty of the garden. Besides,” I said,” It’s so much work, and it just seems so futile. Yet I know if I don’t keep on top of it, my yard too will be taken over by the weeds.”

“ You are right hon. What else bothers you about them. Tell me, I want to know.”

“The roots are so aggressive Lord. “ I said” It seems, no matter how many times I go out and hand till the area around my cherished plants, the grass will not die. The roots hide from me and entwine themselves with the roots of my precious beautiful plants and may eventually kill them. Sometimes, Lord I am forced to strip the plant bare and wash the roots clean, making sure to remove every foreign root. This takes time, and a delicate hand. Lord it takes so much patience on my part. It is very hard on the plant too and it droops and sometimes it doesn’t recover and I will lose the plant. Even after all that work. Some times the grass is so tangled and weaved into the root base of the plant that I can not distinguish between the two and I must throw that plant away. It breaks my heart. I don’t want to lose any of my precious plants Lord, I have worked so hard to care for each one. They are so beautiful and bring my heart such joy and delight. Why then do you tell me that these weeds are a blessed gift to me?”

As I sat there watching the blossoms wave in the wind, I could hear the sweet hum of a hundred bees, birds singing from the trees and lawn mowers purring in distant yards. The warm sun on my shoulders, the day so perfect. The Lord gently whispered to me. “You are one of my precious Flowers. You are so Beautiful and fragrant to me. I know you are working hard and I am pleased that you are blooming where I have planted you. I know that you work hard to keep your life free of the weeds of sin, yet this is a sinful world and sin seems to blow in the breeze and take root everywhere. Even in well cared for gardens. There are always hidden sins that you don’t even realize are there. They hide very well, and can even become entwined in the very roots of who you are, without you even really taking much notice. That is why some times I have to dig you up out of your comfortable place and strip you bare. It hurts you, I know, but know that I do this because I love you and I want you to be saved and bloom forever. I carefully wash your roots with the water of my word and with a delicate touch remove all the foreign roots of sin to insure you will be able to grow. I see that you are weak, and I count your tears. I hurt for you my love, as I hold you gently in my hands. I also know that sometimes this process is so hard on you that you want to give up and quit. Many precious people do and refuse to grow and bloom for me, because they feel I am a cruel God, that I am being unjust. They just can’t see it at the time, that what I am doing is necessary and best for them. There are also times when I deal with hearts that have become so entwined with their sin that it is impossible to separate them from it. For they become one with their sin. It becomes such a part of them that the process of separation is too much for that person to even bare thinking about and so they choose to cling to the sin and refuse my help. This breaks my heart, for I too have to remove them. Not that I want to discard any! They are all beautiful to me. But because the roots of that sin would destroy others I must remove it from my presence.Yes Jackie! I understand your frustration with weeds in your garden, and your anger is justified. I too get angry with sin. Not because it is too much work for me, but because I know many lives will be destroyed by it. I desire that none would perish; But as the grass roots and weeds come and chock out your beautiful flowers, sin weaves it’s way through the hearts of man. Some like you will work hard to stay free from it but will be touched by it anyway. Others simply don’t care and let sin run rampant in their lives.”

“ I see Lord,” I said “ You are right, these weeds are a blessed gift from you. They have reminded me of the sacrifice you have made for me. For the reason you are angry with sin, and for your great and awesome love for every man woman and child on this planet. You are so amazing, wise and just, Lord. “ “Thank you for spending time with me in my garden. I love it when you meet me here and we have time to talk like this. Oh! and thanks for the gift of weeds! I love you Lord!”

 

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Back Yard Birds

So, A couple of years ago we cut down the cherry tree that was in our back yard. But when the tree went away so did my beloved birds. I quickly planted more trees to create shelter for them, but trees are slow in growing. I hung bird food out for them, but to no avail. Not even my usual sparrows would have anything to do with my yard. It was very sad for me as I love music and the bird’s songs are the most beautiful music on the planet. So Peaceful!

So this year I Put a beautiful birdcage on our back deck and hung the seed inside of it, To protect any little birds from any big birds that might bully them.

I sat at my back window for days, hoping and praying that birds would return. But it just kept raining and raining. Then after several weeks of nothing, one day one single bird came and partook of my grain offering. I told my sister “ I hope he goes and tells all his friends about the beautiful bird cage restaurant.” The next day there were two birds, the next 5. After about a month of the birds being back, I wake this morning to a beautiful serenade from many birds so loud that it sounds like a nature sound track playing.

I open my curtains to see Gold Finches, Sparrows, some unknown black bird with yellow feet and beak and to top it off a pair of Morning Doves. Thank you Jesus for bringing me the desire of my heart!

Psalm 84:3Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young— a place near your altar, LORD Almighty, my King and my God.~~~ I love my life!

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Super Power Momma/ Granny

This hasn’t happened to me for a long time, maybe 10 years, maybe longer. I was out of training, so I didn’t know if my skills were up to the task, but I accepted the challenge anyway. It all started by someone calling out my name in the middle of the night. “Granny, I had a bad dream and I’m really scared, can I come into bed with you?” My reply was out before she finished the question; I said “of course sweet heart” As I pulled back the blankets and moved my pillow over so my granddaughter could share it with me. She ran and hurdled herself into the very center of my being and pushed back in against me with ever fiber of hers. My arms were there and ready to envelope her to comfort and love her. As I kiss her head and hold her tight I start to pray over her that the Lord would take away her bad dreams and help her to relax and be able to rest. At first she is stiff and trembling, but the more I prayed, cuddled and loved, the more relaxed she became until total peace had filled her little body.

I had not lost my touch; my mommy (Now Granny) super powers were still active. They were just a little older and a lot more mature. Amazingly I discovered with beautiful clarity I now had super power sight. Oh what a beautiful gift Jesus gave me last night; as I lay there, half asleep, holding her close to my heart. A flood of memories came back to me in that precious moment as her warm little body warmed my very soul. How many times in my life have I done this before?  How many nights in my life had I begrudgingly wished my kids would just sleep through the night so that I could sleep? How many times had I laid there uncomfortably, while little arms and legs wiggled and poked me? Just waiting for them to get tired enough for me to carry them to their own bed so I could have my space? I remembered each time, each child, and I almost wept with the overwhelming wish that this moment in time, right now while I held my granddaughter, would never end.

Now was not the time for desiring to go back to sleep, NO! Now was a time to share our hearts, our dreams, and yes some laughter.  I whisper into my Em’s ear “how would you like to get up with Granny and have some hot chocolate?” I think she was out of bed before I could finish saying it. I gave her my big fuzzy red robe to wear, and it trailed behind her on the floor as we walked to the kitchen. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. Hot cocoa in our hands, we sat wrapped in the same blanket on the sofa and listen to Taylor swift (Her favorite singer) on her I pod, and of course we sang along…” some day I’ll be living in a big old city, and all your ever gonna be is mean.” ~~~~ I really really really love my life!

 

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What is your Standard/ Measuring stick?

What is your Standard/Measuring Stick?

By Jackie Miller Jan 3^rd 2012

I recently saw an interview with Franklin Graham where he was totally set up to fail in giving an answer. The interviewer says, “So if a person doesn’t know Jesus as his personal Lord and savior, they go to Hell, Is that right? Well then what you are saying is that all those innocent people that died at the hands of Hitler all went to Hell?” Now this guy knew that this question was loaded, and that he would stop Franklin cold. Which basically he did. I was so angry at this interviewer because it wasn’t a fare question to ask, in fact it was a trick question. No one can answer that question without looking heartless. And all the sudden my eyes were opened to something I have always known but never really fully realized before.

See we as humans  compare ourselves to people we deem to be worse than us to make ourselves look good. After all who wants to look bad compared to other people? You see we are always trying to make ourselves look better and feel smarter than everyone else. We hate being corrected or told that we need to change things in our life. Why do we hate it when the Dr. tells us that we are going to have to change our diet, because we are sinners and we don’t want to change, that is why.

I recall having a conversation after one of these visits to the Dr. that went something like this. “But Honey the Dr. says you need to take off some of that extra body weight.” He comes back with “But I’m not as big as the guys at work!” As if to say, this is good enough, as if this makes his being overweight not as bad as someone else’s. I guess his heart attach and diabetes won’t kill him like the other guys diseases will. This was so frustrating to me, but then I realize that we all do this! And this is what this interviewer was doing now.

See compared to Hitler, we are all innocent people. That man was evil incarnate! Possessed even! I mean who wouldn’t want to use Hitler as the standard because we come out smelling like roses and looking like angels. But this is wrong, It has a huge flaw in its execution, and deep down we all know it.

Our standard should be Jesus Christ, God in all his Holiness and righteousness. But nobody wants to compare themselves with Holiness. Nobody wants to compare themselves with Righteousness. Why? Because it make us look evil, and makes us smell like dung! But this is the standard that we should use.

Why? Because if you are comparing yourself to what you deem as less, evil even.  First of all you are striving to stay in a sinful state and get away with it. Secondly, because you have no compassions or value on others. Thirdly, because  without even realize it,  you are actually become more like the standard you measure yourself too, Lesser and Evil.

Likewise if you have God/Jesus, Righteousness and Holiness as a standard you realize that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and that you are no better than anyone else. You realize that your acts of righteousness are exactly that, Acts and very bad acting at that. You begin to have compassion for other people and value them as Christ does and therefore start to become more like your standard your measuring stick, Jesus!

It is easier- in fact, it is human nature to take the easy way out and remain in our sin. It’s hard to be a sold out Christian /a Disciple of Christ. You won’t win any popularity contests, and people most certainly will not want to hear what you have to say. But I would not trade this love that God has given me for others, for all the self praising and pats on the back in the world. I chose a standard that I have no possible way of reaching, because it keeps me reaching for Truth righteousness, and beauty.

I am truly blown away that this righteous God that cannot look on sin has loved us so much that He was willing to die in our stead, so that we could live with Him eternally. Though our sins were Red as scarlet, they have been made white as snow. It blows me away that though I mess up every day and sin against the most Holy God, that I love, He does not kill me where I stand and He continues to give me new breath every day. Not only that He lets me exist but He blesses my life and gives me a great joy inside that is beyond understanding. This can never be obtained when my standard/ measuring stick is evil, but only in the realization that He is God and I am sinful and so are you.

There are NO INNOCENT PEOPLE! We are all Sinners; we all deserve to die for “the wages of sin is death.” But God has made a way for us through Christ’s death on the cross for us. Almighty Righteous God has redeemed us, purchased us, and paid our dept. Some of us have accepted that gift, we are Not perfect, still naturally sinners, but we are at least aiming to please and serve God using Him as our standard! The sooner you realize this truth, the sooner you can except His gift of forgiveness and live with an unexplainable deep joy!

Definition of INNOCENT

1 a : free from guilt or sin especially through lack of knowledge of evil : blameless b : harmless in effect or intention c : free from legal guilt or fault; also : lawful

2 a : lacking or reflecting a lack of sophistication, guile, or self-consciousness : artless, ingenuous b : ignorant  unaware

3: lacking or deprived of something 

Synonyms: impeccable, pure, sinless, white

Antonyms: impure, peccant, sinful, sinningDefinition of SINFUL

1: tainted with, marked by, or full of sin : wicked

2: such as to make one feel guilty

Synonyms: black, dark, evil, immoral, iniquitous, nefarious,rotten, bad, unethical, unlawful, unrighteous, unsavory,vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong

Antonyms: decent, ethical, good, honest, honorable, just,moral, right, righteous, sublime, upright, virtuous

 

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Shutter magazine rack

Another cool idea to make with old reclaimed shutters. These are made form the larger shutters. I simply cut a few isosceles trapezoid shapes to form the ends and a long narrow rectangle piece for the bottom. Paint it up any color you like. I like to rough mine up after word to give the shabby sheek look.

I will be at the Roseburg Oregon Christmas Fair Dec 2nd- 4th at the Douglas county fairgrounds exhibit building. See you there.

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Headboard made from Door

So I have always thought that it would be cool to take an old door and make a bed headboard from it. There was a door in my house that I was planning to take out one of these days, so I thought that I would use it. Since it was painted the plan was to french country it like I do almost everything else. But then my Brother-in-law gave me a beautiful unfinished (new) wooden door. SO cool, but since it had never been painted I could stain this one and make it look like a fine antique headboard instead.. So here we go.

 The  top board of this  beautiful pine 5 panel door measured 4″ to match the cross boards between the panels.The door had about an 8″ kick plate area at the bottom. We have a king size bed, so it was simple enough to cut the door down to size. By cutting the bottom kick plate area down to the 4″ to match the other boards we had the measurement we needed and were ready to proceed. We started by turning it on its side.

Next I was able to acquire a beautiful piece of carved molding my neighbor lady had picked up at a recycle home building center. This was cut to the length needed. But we had forgotten to check the factory cut end for square before cutting to length. Usually these are cut square to start with, but ours was old and second hand and just a fraction off of square. This meant that the board as an 1/8 th of an inch shorter then we needed it to be once we squared it up. This would not have been a big deal if we were painting the bed because we could have filled in the gap and fudged it. But since we were planning on staining we needed it to be spot on perfect. So I made a trip to our Building supply store and bought a wooden block piece that was actually made for putting up miter-less corners of crown molding. The particular piece I purchased was for an outside corner and was kind of an” L” shaped piece. Using my chop saw I just cut the”L” piece off making it have a flat back. Placing it in the center, I then re-cut the carved molding piece in two and cut to the needed lengths. Using glue and a brad gun hooked to an air compressor I tacked the trim into place.Now this is going to be a big headboard and looking at it at this point I felt it needed something more. So I started looking for a unique carved wooden medallion for the center panel. I found the coolest Lions head,( that was pretty spendy), but after discussing it with my husband we agreed it would be the perfect accent to give the bed the antique feel we wanted. This is a lesson we learned years ago: that if you splurge a little on the accent touches it makes the entire project look richer. So we ordered the medallion. I was a little nervous as it was not a wood carved face,but a resin, but it was said to be stain-able. (which it turns out, it was)!Next we cut a 2″x4″ the length of the door. This was to serve as an extra support for the weight of the door. Next we ripped two trim board pieces to run on either side of the door to stabilize the base. Once the door was inserted into the middle it formed an upside down” T” shape.The next step was to prepare the leg posts. For these I purchased decorative stair rail posts. To mount the door to the posts I needed to use” L” brackets to help support the weight well. I didn’t want any of the metal to show so I took a wood chisel and carved out a notch the width of the “L” bracket.

Along with the” L” brackets, I wanted to add screws that would run through the posts and into the side of the door. This would help support the weight of the door and serve to draw the wood post and door nice and close together. Since the door is only 1 1/2″ wide we wanted to make sure our screws went  in very straight.To do this  pre-drill holes for the screws to go into. We will be using 3 1/2″ screws. Since our posts are 3  inches thick, we will need to drill the holes for the screws and then re-drill the same hole to a 1/2 inch width about 1 1/2 “deep. This allows us  to counter sink the screws and allow us to hide the heads of the screws.  I took our posts to a friends house and had him use his drill press to drill the holes getting them very straight.

Now that the holes are drilled we can assemble all the pieces. We used our kitchen floor as it is the biggest place we have available to work. Laying the door unit down between the posts we proceeded to glue and screw everything together nice and snug; connecting the” L” brackets at the top and bottom of the door. The top” L”  brackets are put on upside down; this way we can hide all the metal under the shelf board on the top of the bed. The shelf board and lions head medallion are the last things to be added. Both should be glued and tacked in place again using the brad gun and air compressor. One final touch was to glue wood plugs in place over the screw head holes.

I applied a “stain-able” wood filler/putty into all the fine cracks for a professional finished look. Once dried to the specified time, I sanded everything down very well. First with a rougher sand paper to take out any slivers and rough spots. Then once again with a finer finishing sand paper to make it all very smooth to the touch.

Before starting the staining process I wiped the whole project down very well with a tack cloth. This makes sure all the fine dust is removed and the staining surface clean. The stain can be put on with a brush. Make sure to take your time doing this step to make sure all surfaces get an even coat and that you clean up any drips. Follow manufacturer’s instructions.

 The stain applied and dried well. I sanded any raised grain away with a very fine sand paper.Now after wiping with tack cloth again I was able to apply spray polyurethane. Make sure to keep a paint brush on hand to brush out any drips right away. Allow proper amount of time between coats. Lightly sanding when needed.

HEADS UP When using ” stain-able ” woodputty filler, it isn’t really all that stainable. It may not show so much with lighter stains but with the dark stain I used it left the wood lighter and blotchy anywhere it touched; even though I had sanded it very well. To fix this problem I touched up the lighter areas with a black paint to simulate darker stained areas of the wood. Then I lightly sanded it down to soften the edges and to make it blend better with the wood.

Once dry we attached it to the wooden base with 1/2′ x 5″  carriage bolts, with washer, lock washer & nut on the inside. So sweet. I have the coolest bed EVER!

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Shutter Letter Boxes

So remember the Shutters from last weeks post? Well I had more fun with them. This idea came to me at 3 am at night. I was so excited to build them, that I couldn’t get back to  sleep, so I forced myself to stay in bed and rest until a civilized time to run saws and air compressors and such. LOL.

My Idea was to make wall mount letter boxes. These are made by turning the shutter side ways and making angled side pieces from a 1 x4 I had laying around. After sanding them  glue and tack them in place. For this I used a small tack/ nail gun, attached to an air compressor. I love this tool! Anyone who does projects like this, or for putting up crown molding around ceilings, should have one of these. Using a table saw  rip a board the size  needed for the base, and tacked it into place. 

 Use a piece of 1/4 in ply wood and cut it to the width of the height desired for the back piece. Then use a chop saw to cut the length to match that of the shutter plus the  width of the end boards. Finally use a jig saw to cut the decorative curves at the top. Sand all your boards well before gluing and nailing them together.

Now that it is all assembled you can paint it and add the details you want. I wanted the shabby look, so I did not re-paint the shutter, instead I painted everything else  a creamy white to match the paint that was already on the shutter.Then I sanded the edges to give it an aged look also. To finish it up in the French Country style my husband and I like, I added a label word, then splattered the whole project with speckles of brown/ green/ and red

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Shutter Projects

So my dear friend Megan bought some old window shutters and gave them to me to do something cool with them. Well they sat around my studio for a couple of years while I awaited inspiration. I tried them with so many different things, but ended up not using them, keeping them back for something special.

So the other day I was staring at wall in my dinning that I have never done anything with. It is kinda a hall way space and I have only ever hung a calendar there and a plate rack. Feeling the creativity bug coming on I decided what I needed was an organization station on this was. You know, a place to hang keys, notes, pictures, invitations to up coming events… I found all kinds of things around that I already had but just needed to be painted to match better. My husband and I really like the French country look, so that is the direction I took. Them Like a Light bulb turning on, the idea of the shutters came to me. I ran and got them and held them up to the wall this way and that trying to figure out if I should just hang them as decoration or if they should have a purpose.

As I held them there up and down as they are always used, I could think of nothing but using them as wall decoration. But then I turned them on their side. All the sudden it was something to hang things on. I started thinking about Keys and such because that is where my mind was, but then I remembered that my daughter had just made the coolest necklace holder out of an old picture frame, which she added a piece of cut metal grating from a screen door base. It was so simple but so elegant. I immediately went to my room and started to hang necklaces on the little bar that connects all the little louvers. It worked like a dream.

I had to move the hinges to the front of the shutters so it would hang flat against the all. Then I simply cut a 1×4 for a header piece, I painted the board with a crackle finish to the unfinished board, then painting over top with a white paint as instructed on the bottle.Then using the hinges that were already on the shutters, attached them to the header.

Once this was all completed it was a simple matter of deciding what to paint at the top. This idea came from My niece and I thought it was awesome! Thanks Beth. I water-color painted the birds and pearls, and used acrylic for the script. Then I give it a quick top coat of clear spray paint to seal the watercolor from wiping off or getting smeared. Couldn’t wait for it to dry to get this project out to you. I was too excited.

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Mother’s day garden

Each year for Mother’s day, my husband and children have purchased live potted plants for me to plant in my garden. The result is, that every year on mothers day my garden blooms with the blossoms of their love. My spring garden is my very favorite. Because each blossom is like a kiss from someone I love. Gardening is one of my passions (and they all know that) and by giving me the gifts that bless me the most, they  continue to bless me through the years.  This beautiful delight for my eyes blesses my heart every spring! Who could ask for more then that.

When you are picking a mother’s day gift this year for the special moms in your life, ask yourself: What is her passion? Does she love sewing? Buy her fabric or a gift certificate for her favorite fabric store. Does she love doing art work? Buy her a sketch pad and some pencils. If she loves gardening, buy her potted plants that will bloom every spring around mothers day. If she owns her own home she can plant them outside in the ground, or you could go plant them for her if she is no longer able to. If she lives in an apartment, buy her some pretty pots and potting soil so she can plant them and put them on her deck or window sill. If she loves gardening, and can still do so, remember to buy her the stuff she will need, and let her do it. A nice pair of garden gloves and a small trowel, or hand shovel, are also nice gifts to go with the flowers you purchase.

This is a song I wrote and would like to share with other mom’s on mother’s day! I hope it blesses you today! 

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