stories of a real life wonder woman

I am warning you now. This might make some people who read this cry. I was thinking tonight that I might post a few videos. This first one I have seen a couple times in the last few days and I am so inspired by it. Strong women have always inspired me my whole life. This video inspires me to keep fighting and being brave, even if I still think Bing will never happen. I'm posting this next one just because I think the kidney story is cool. Think of how that third person felt when they got the call. I can imagine it and my heart leaps for joy for them.   And now comes the part that could bring tears. I came across this video on youtube the other day and well I cried. I learned so much from this man while he was here on Earth with us. His words of taking care of all God's children and flinging the seeds of love still ring in my ears. (For those of you who don't know who this is. This is Bill Waters. He was a dear friend who died in 2004. His

So Christmas at our house was pretty dang great. Mom, Dad, and I all got sick because Matthew and Jeremiah were sick but it still was an enjoyable day. Watching little kids open presents is a lot of fun. They get so easily excited about everything. After Jeremiah opened one of his presents he wanted to put it together but had to be reminded he still had more to open. Some of the best parts of the day for me had to do with those two crazy kids. If you haven't seen the family Christmas picture you are missing out. First when I was setting up the camera Jeremiah kept mooning me and the camera. So of course I have pictures of that. Then when we had the whole family in the picture we took 15 photos. Only three of them ended up being serious. The rest are all silly. Matthew's face in some of them are pretty great. He's a riot. I know this is the time of year when people begin to reflect on the previous year. I might post about that next week or during the week. I'm on big o

First I will say I am watching the original Sound of Music with Julie Andrews on TV right now so if things don't always make sense I can guarantee that it is because I am distracted by how lovely Julie Andrews is. I have been thinking about family a lot recently and not just because it is the holiday season. Though it did all start at Thanksgiving. We always celebrate Thanksgiving out at my Aunt and Uncle's house with as much of the family that can come. My cousin who lives in Chicago comes with his wife. In the past years she and I have both been sick and haven't really gotten a chance to talk to one another. This year both of us were feeling much better so we actually got to talk a little and I loved it. When she was talking to my mom I heard her talking about how with all her health problems she never thought she would get married. And then along came my cousin Chris. He took all her health problems in stride and acts like all the hospital visits and the meds and such

This semester is over for me and I am realizing how tired I really am. The last few days of the semester were no fun either. A lot of unnecessary drama and stress because of group projects. But I am glad it's over. I am that much closer to being done with school. I am already at the halfway point so that feels pretty dang good. I've been trying to rest and relax now that classes are done. I've not always the best at that but I have been sleeping a little better. for the past few days my nightmares haven't been as bad so that's nice. I went to my sister's church today. I have been wanting to spend more time with her. Some of the reactions from people were funny. We tend to get a lot of people thinking we were twins but that was not the case today. Either people knew me and were happy to see me or it took them some prompting to catch on to who I was. This one kid that is friends with both of us did say, "Why is Abby here?" since he knows I have my own

I thought maybe I would post some little known facts about me this week because some of these things go with some things that have been happening in the world. I tend of have a lot of bad dreams. I have a lot of dreams about death that I don't consider those bad because they end up being about who shows up to my funeral and mostly I wake up from those dreams thinking why was so in so there? Those are more confusing but definitely normal. My bad dreams usually have to do with me getting attacked and or murdered. There have been quite a few dreams that I have woken up from screaming or crying. You know how sometimes in books and movies characters do that? Well it happens in real life. And it is one of the reasons I have a hard time sleeping. I have this problem where for weeks at a time I will listen to one song on repeat all the time. And it sometimes drive my friends crazy. My current song on repeat is actually a song that my mom wanted me to download for her. It is more than w

Before I get into what I really want to talk about I have a few health updates. I have been off my acid blocker since Friday and it's killing me. Friday night and Saturday night I slept maybe two hours both nights. I am nauseous all the time and have bad acid re-flux at night. But I have to do this for a blood test Monday morning. My doctor wants to see if I produce too much acid. I'm no expert but with what I am feeling I would say yes. And dealing with it right now is no fun. Now on to other things.  Those of us who grew up in church know the verse Galatians 5:22-23 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithful, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law." Now I believe that when the Holy Spirit comes to dwell in us we automatically get those things. They are like a package deal because the Holy Spirit has those things. But because we are also human we tend to suck at putting those things into