Thought for the day

I have been home from work for the last 3 days because I'm having to wait on a pair of new glasses. I overwore my contact lenses and can't wear them for 10 days. I wore glasses from the time I was 2 until I turned 14 years old. I got the latest style when I was 12. When I got contacts, I never wanted to wear glasses again. I was tired of being made fun of by other kids. I didn't have any glasses to wear except for my 40 year old pair. They get laughs from everyone who sees them as they have no ear pieces. They broke off a long time ago. My old roommate used to make me put them on to get a laugh out of her dates. I wore them to a Halloween party when my husband I dressed up as nerds. The opthamalogist and nurses at the office said that they were the oldest and most pitiful pair of glasses they had ever seen. All of this to say, I am so thankful that the Lord has blessed me with vision. I have come to appreciate the sight that I do have these last few days. I can't see any details up close.When I put on my dinosaur glasses I can see detail from a distance. I am thankful for doctors that can diagnose and treat my eye problems. I'm thankful for contacts and glasses. I'm thankful for insurance that helps in paying for the implements that help me to see clearly. So, in light of the inconvience of these past few days, it has made me so thankful for all that the Lord has blessed me with.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year 2009 from my family to each of you! I pray God's healing hand to touch each of you in this new year.

Here is today's Cheer Song: Enjoy!

I'm Praying for God's Healing (to "I Wish You a Merry Christmas")

I'm praying for no more chemos
No more surgeries or radiations
I'm praying for God's healing
Of your cancer this year

God's blessings I pray for you and your kin
God's blessings for peace and for healing this year!

Cheer Song 12/24/08

I thought I would post a picture of Sue and her daughter from last Christmas. I love her festive outfit. I hope that each of you are enjoying this time of year as we celebrate the birth of our Savior, who was born in lowly circumstances and then grew up to die for our sins and rose again so that we can have eternal life through Him. I pray that each of you have a wonderful Christmas and that God's lovingkindness and peace surrounds you.

Here is today's Cheer Song: Enjoy!
God is Healing Us of Cancer (to Deck the Halls)

God is healing us of cancer
Fa-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la
Start the music
Cue the dancer
Fa-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la
His love for us can not be measured
Fa-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la
Life in Him is our greatest treasure
Fa-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la

He has laid His life down for us
Fa-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la
And He walks the road before us
Fa-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la
We’ll follow Him wherever He leads us
Fa-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la
Until in heaven, He will greet us
Fa-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la

Wonderful Thanksgiving

God is so good! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with both sides of our family represented. It was a bittersweet time after burying my husband's dad on Monday and the first Thanksgiving without my dad as well. God is gracious and gave us a great time of fellowship and feasting.

The picture is of my beautiful sister, Margie, and her equally beautiful daughter, Ginny. Margie has just gotten her port taken out the day before (Tuesday). Doesn't she look great? She takes a licking and keeps on ticking. My life is so much richer with her in it. Thank you Lord for family!

Cheer Song Wednesday 11/26/08

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving! I'm so excited about all the family that is coming to spend it with us.
This will be the first Thanksgiving that my husband and I will spend without our fathers. We look forward to being with loved ones to share memories and make new ones. It will be the first Thanksgiving that our two families will be having together. I hate that not all of my family or his can come, but we will have a great time with all who can be here. I pray that each of you has a blessed Thanksgiving. Cherish your time with friends and family!

Here's today's Cheer Song: Enjoy!

God Makes You Happy – to the tune of Jimmy Durante’s “Make Someone Happy”

God’s so important in making you happy
He’ll make anyone happy
He’ll come into your heart and sing

His smile will cheer you
Your face lights up with He’s with you
He’s the one who’s everything to you

Fame, if you win it
Comes and goes in a minute
He’s the real stuff in life to cling to

God is the answer
He’s the one to love is the answer
Once you’ve found Him
Build your life on Him

God makes you happy
He will make anyone happy
He’ll make you happy too.

Cheer Song Friday 11/21/08

My father-in-law is eternally healed from his pain and suffering. He's with Jesus, his precious Peg, my daddy, and all the other saints who have gone on before him. God did some really cool things through the suffering he endured. There was reconciliation with estranged relatives, folks that told him how much he had touched their lives, people that heard the Gospel shared, and lots of laughter through the tears. It is our prayer that lives will be touched through the funeral service as well so those who are lost can find the hope that is Jesus.

Here is today's Cheer Song: Enjoy!

I Heal Good (to James Brown’s “I Feel Good”)

Wo! I heal good, I knew that I would now
I heal good, I knew that I would now
So good, so good, God healed me

Wo! I heal nice, like sugar and spice
I heal nice, like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, God healed me

When God holds me in His arms
I know that nothing can go wrong
And when God holds me in His arms
Nothing can do me no harm

And I heal nice, like sugar and spice
I heal nice, like sugar and spice
So nice, so nice, God healed me

Wo! I heal good, I knew that I would now
I heal good, I knew that I would
So good, so good, God healed me
So good, so good, God healed me
So good, so good, God healed me

Cheer Song Wednesday 11/19/08

God is so faithful to give us strength when we have none, peace in the midst of great suffering, and joy in knowing we are deeply loved by Him no matter what He allows to touch our lives. Take great comfort in this.

Here's today's Cheer Song: Enjoy!

I Pray for Cancer to End (to the tune of “I Want to Hold Your Hand”)

Oh yeah I’ll tell you something
I think you’ll understand
When I’ll say that something
I pray for cancer’s end
I pray for cancer’s end
I pray for cancer’s end

Oh please pray with me
You’ll also take a stand
And please pray with me
For all cancer to end
For all cancer to end
We pray for cancer’s end

And when God heals you, you’ll feel happy inside
It’s just a healing that His love
You can’t hide, you can’t hide, you can’t hide

Yeah God is that someone
Who always understands
When we pray for your healing
We pray for cancer’s end
We pray for cancer’s end
We pray for cancer’s end

And when God heals you, you’ll feel happy inside
It’s just a healing that His love
You can’t hide, you can’t hide, you can’t hide

Yeah God is that someone
Who always understands
When we pray for your healings
We pray for cancer’s end
We pray for cancer’s end
We pray for cancer’s end

Cheer Song Tuesday 11/18/08

It's Tuesday! I've been thinking alot about how thankful I am that God knows every detail of our lives and that our futures are in His hand. My husband's dad is not doing well. He longs to be with Jesus where he'll be healed from this brutal disease. We take comfort in the fact that the Lord's timing is perfect and He won't take him a day too soon or a day too late. I pray that I'll trust Him no matter how long or how short that time is.

Here's today's Cheer Song: Enjoy!

Feels so Good (to the tune of “Hurts So Bad” by the Letterman)

I love you
Did you know I’m almost through?
With all the treatments I have to do
Well let me tell you that it feels so good
It makes me feel so good
To be well again

Like needles and pins, people say
It’s great you’ll soon be ok
Won’t have cancer in your way
And let me tell you that
It feels so good
It makes me feel so good
It’s gonna feel so good
When cancers away

I like to pray and thank the Lord for you
For being with me all the way through
You loved me and prayed for me my friend
You always pointed me to Him
It’s great to know
So great to know
It feels so good
It feels so good
It feels so good
I’m thanking God that cancer will go
Cancer will go
(song fades away)

Cheer Song Monday 11/17/08

I hope that you had a great weekend. I hope that you're energized for the week ahead. I'm looking forward to having a "Feast" with my class and another class on Wednesday. The verse for this month is Psalm 118:25, "You are my God and I will give You thanks". We've been learning it to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It". I've been talking to the children about the importance of being thankful for all that the Lord has blessed them with. I pray that I will be thankful and praise Him in all things, even the hard times. I know that He will use these things to draw me closer to Him and make me more like Him. Have a great day!

Here's today's Cheer Song: Enjoy!

As Fears Go Away (to “As Tears Go By”)

This is the evening of the day
I sit and to the Lord I pray
Smiling face in the mirror I see
He gives to me
I sit and watch as fears go away

My riches are from Christ my King
I love to hear the children sing
And to hear the sound of rain
Falling on the ground
I sit and watch as fears go away

I sit and watch as fears go away
Na na na
Na na na
Doing things I used to do
They feel all new
I sit and watch as fears go away

Cheer Song Sunday 11/16/08

I hope that today will be a day when you will feel the lovingkindness of your Heavenly Father surrounding you. My husband and I have felt His comfort and peace in these last few unsettling days. My husband's father had to go back in the hospital for the 4th time in 3 months on Friday. He has pneumonia and the initial diagnosis from the fluid on his lungs that they drained is that he has lung cancer. We won't know for sure until next week. He wants so much to be with Jesus and see his wife again. We are praying for God's will to be done in the whole matter. Please pray for the doctors to make wise decisions and for Kelley and his sister to know what is best to do for their dad. All these things make me think of the old hymn "In Times Like These". One of the verses says: "In times like these I have a Savior, In times like these I have an anchor, I'm very sure, I'm very sure, my anchor holds and grips the solid rock". I am so thankful for the solid rock we can cling to. He holds us in His arms like a loving father and carries us through the stormy waters. Thank you Lord!

Here's today's Cheer Song: Enjoy!
Heal Me Jesus – to the tune of Help Me Rhonda by The Beach Boys

Well, since it got me down I’ve been going through it all in my head
Then I look in my Bible and see the words that Jesus said
Well, Jesus you are so kind
And I know it wouldn’t take much time
For you to heal me Jesus
Give me peace in my heart

Heal me Jesus
Heal heal me Jesus
Heal me Jesus
Heal heal me Jesus
Heal me Jesus
Heal heal me Jesus
Heal me Jesus
Heal heal me Jesus

Give me peace in my heart

Cheer Song Saturday 11/15/08

Good Morning! It's Saturday and I hope that it will be a great day for you to rest, recuperate, and have some fun. The temperature in Alabama has gone from 72 yesterday to 52 as the high for today. Crazy weather but great football weather for tonight when Bama plays Mississippi State. Roll Tide!

Here's today's Cheer Song: Enjoy!

Go Away Cancer (to Rock-A-Bye Baby)

Go away cancer from all my friends
I’ll be so glad when their bodies mend
Jesus will touch and heal every cell
Then all of my friends will be very well

Cheer Song Friday 11/14/08

Thank you Lord for Friday! I pray that if you have a treatment today or have had one this week that you won't feel crummy and have no energy this weekend. I am so thankful for each of you brave warriors. I pray that He continues to strengthen and heal you.

Here is today's Cheer Song: Enjoy!

Do You Know I’ll Soon Be Cancer Free? (to Do You Know the Way to San Jose?)

Do you know I’ll soon be cancer free?
This old disease won’t keep a hold on me
Do you know I’ll soon be cancer free?
I’m never going back you wait and see

Cancer is a drawn out process
Put a port in for your Chemo Drugs
In 6 months or more they’ll work out the bugs
Months turn into years
How quick they pass
And all the cancer that has been
Is long forgotten in the past

Do you know I’ll soon be cancer free?
This old disease won’t keep a hold on me.
Do you know I’ll soon be cancer free
I’m never going back just wait and see

Faith and prayer are so important
They can raise your hearts and spirits high
With a prayer on your lips you’re never alone
Your friends and family are never far away
They’ll be with you to the end
When all your cancer’s gone away

I’ve got lots of friends on this journey
Do you know I’ll soon be cancer free?
Can’t wait til I’m living cancer free!

Cheer Song Thursday 11/13/08

I hope that today finds you doing well. I pray that you are enjoying this great Fall weather. I pray that you hold onto the hope that is Jesus. I pray daily for your healing and a cure for this disease.

Here is today's Cheer Song: Enjoy!

Bye Bye Cancer (to Bye Bye Love)

Bye bye cancer
Bye bye yuckiness
Hello happiness
I think I’m gonna fly
Bye bye my cancer bye bye

I’m a through with therapies
I’m a through with cancer
I’m a through with countin
The therapies left
And here’s the reason
That I’m so free
My stinkin cancer
Is all out of me

Bye bye Cancer
By bye yuckiness
Hello happiness
I think I’m gonna fly

Bye bye Cancer
Bye bye nauseusness
Hello carefreeness
I feel like I could fly
Bye bye cancer bye bye

Bye bye my cancer bye bye
Bye bye my cancer bye bye
Bye bye my cancer bye bye

Cheer Song Wednesday 11/12/08

I hope that you had a great Veteran's Day. I pray that today you will have the time to enjoy some of the simple things in life. I learn this lesson every day at work. For instance, last week the wind was blowing on the playground stirring up some leaves. One of the little boys in my class laughed with glee as he went chasing after them. We had fun a few weeks ago observing a ladybug some of the kids found. There are too many things to mention that we as adults get to busy to notice whereas little children find sheer joy in. So today, jump in some leaves, blow some bubbles, eat some gummies. Appreciate some simple things!

Here's today's Cheer Song: Enjoy!

Bye Bye Cancer – to the tune of Bye Bye Blackbird

Pack up all my care and woe
Here I go singing low
Bye bye cancer
Where somebody prays for me
Prayers so sweet as they can be
Bye bye cancer

God always loves and understands me
No matter what life hands me
He’s the way, truth and life
He’ll remove my cancer strife
Cancer Bye Bye
Bye Bye Cancer
Bye Bye Cancer

God always loves and understands me
No matter what life hands me
He’s the way, truth and life
He’ll remove my cancer strife
Cancer, cancer cancer, bye bye

Cheer Song Tuesday 11/11/08

Happy Veteran’s Day! I am so thankful for the men and women of our military who help keep our country safe and free. I pray that the new administration that takes over in January will appreciate the sacrifices that have been made for them by these folks. It’s such a blessing to be able to worship freely and work in a school where I can share about Jesus without threat of being fired. I pray that I never take these freedoms for granted.

Have a great day! Here's today's Cheer Song: Enjoy!

Breeze Right through the Treatments with Me
(To “Tiptoe through the Tulips)

Walk up to the window, by the window that’s where I’ll be
Come breeze through all the treatments with me
You can bring your Ipod, to the chair right next to me
And breeze right through the treatments with me!
Right here in the clinic we’ll stay, we’ll talk and then we’ll pray
And when I kick this cancer, in the clinic you’ll rejoice with me
Come breeze right through the treatments with me!

Cheer Song Monday 11/10/08

Good Morning Everyone! I hope that you had a great weekend. I've been praying for you. I'm praying for a cure to be found soon. I pray that you have a great day!

Here's today's Cheer Song: Enjoy!

Beating cancer – to “Tiny Dancer” by Elton John


Blue Jean Baby, lovely ladies
Let’s crank up the band

Happy eyed, joyful smile
You’re taking a winner’s stand

Jesus meets you’re every need
Raise your hands in praise to God

Getting well makes you laugh
It feels so good to not feel bad

Your therapy comes to an end
No more pain and feeling numb

This whole journey seemed so long,but now it’s done you sing and hum

It’s so good to see you feel well
Such a big answer to prayer

God’s so good to hear me
He’s there faithfully

Chorus:
It’s so great you’re beating cancer
Count your blessings every day
This hard battle you are winning
You’re getting better day by day

Cheer Song Sunday 11/9/08

As I'm writing this post for tomorrow I just finished watching Bama beat LSU in overtime. Whew! Roll Tide! I can't believe how nervous, excited, and exhilirated I can get over a football game. I pray that I can be that excited about my walk with the Lord. He is such an awesome and faithful God. I am so thankful to be one of His children. I pray that you have a wonderful and worshipful day.

Here's today's Cheer Song: Enjoy!

Getting Stronger Everyday (to Chicago’s “Feeling Stronger Everyday”)

I do believe in God and I know that He loves me too, oh yeah, oh yeah.
And now I realize all this time He’s been healing me, oh yeah, oh yeah.
And knowing that all these folks have prayed
I do believe I’m getting stronger every day.

I know I really cried, but Jesus gave me His peace inside, oh yeah, oh yeah.
So now the time has come for the end of this cancer fun, oh yeah, oh yeah.
And knowing that all these folks have prayed
I do believe I’m getting stronger every day.

After all He’s done for me, my friend, now I can make it easily
I know that we all agree that He’s the best thing to happen to you and me.
And knowing that all these folks have prayed
I do believe I’m getting stronger every day.

Getting stronger every day, getting stronger every day (repeat)

Cheer Song Saturday 11/8/08

Happy Saturday! I hope that you had a great Friday. I can't wait to be with my family and watch Bama play the LSU Tigers. It's so wonderful to do fun things with family. I am so thankful that the Lord blessed me with such a wonderful one!

Here's today's Cheer Song: Enjly!
It’s Gone Away to the tune of “Up, Up and Away”

Would you like to rid
The world of cancer soon?
Would you like to get
A cure to send it to it’s doom
We could join so many other
Together you and I
For we’ve survived
For we’ve survived

Cancer’s gone away
In my beautiful
My new survivorhood


The world’s a nicer place
In my survivorhood
It wears a nicer face
In my survivorhood
We can sing a song
And praise the Lord for everything
For we’ve survived,
We survived

It’s gone away
In my beautiful
My new survivorhood

It’ gone away
It’ gone away

Cheer Song Friday 11/7/08

It's Friday! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! I'm looking forward to our daughter coming home and sleeping in on Saturday morning. I hope that each of you has a great day and start to your weekend.

Here is today's Cheer Song: Enjoy!

Yes sir, Yes sir, Yes sir – to the tune of Yummy, Yummy, Yummy

Yes sir, Yes sir, Yes sir, getting rid of my cancer
And I’m going to be feeling good
Health is such a sweet thing
And I want to eat things
It puts me in a great mood

Ooh, love that pasta
Ooh love that salad
Ooh yes I love them so
Ooh love those sweet treats
Brownies and cookies
Ooh I can eat some now

Yes sir, Yes sir, Yes sir, getting rid of my cancer
This is as cool as it may seem
The healing that God’s giving
Is what’s keeping me living
And His love is like peaches and cream

Kind-a like sugar
Kind-a like spices
Kind-a like all that he does
And His love gives hope
Gives strength to cope
He sure loves you so.

Cheer Song Thursday 11/6/08

I hope that this Thursday finds you doing well. We are working on alot of things for Thanksgiving at school. We've been learning our Bible verse, making placemats, and are going to be working on t-shirts as well as other crafts for the "feast" we're having in a few weeks. I love the enthusiasm my 2 year olds have when they learn and do new things. I pray that I can take that kind of enthusiasm with me in all areas of my life.

Today's Cheer Song is to the tune of one of the songs I sing with my kids. Enjoy:

There’s No Sleeping (to the tune of Are You Sleeping?)

There’s no sleeping,
There’s no sleeping,
Chemo drugs, chemo drugs,
Wipe out all the cancer,
Wipe out all the cancer,
With a mighty slug,
A mighty slug! Yay!