{A Simple Smile}

“We cannot underestimate the healing power that our loving expressions and our warm smiles can impart. We do not really even need to speak. In and of themselves, smiles and loving light in the eyes have their own healing power. They enter the non-verbal receptors of those who receive them and do small miracles to their souls.”

– M. Catherine Thomas

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::What’s Right::

in the world this very minute…

A sweet, far away boy–with the whole universe in front of him.

What right in your world this very minute?

Happy Saturday everyone!

636 days till we see this boy again

Happy Thoughts

Our pretty birds are back…as long as we feed them…

and Mr. Beany doesn’t really care.

Making efficient “crafty” use of a skinny little space.

The color green you can only get from 2 weeks of rain.

Baptism day for a sweet pack of dear boys.

My broken Pandora is still alive!!

Spring color that goes absolutely anywhere. :]

What about you? What are your happy thoughts on  this lovely day?

{ He Knows You }

“I testify to you that God has known you individually . . . for a long, long time. He has loved you for a long, long time. He not only knows the names of all the stars, He knows your name and all your heartaches and your joys!’

Neal A. Maxwell

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Stuff That Makes Me Smile

My very favorite “peeps.”

My silly boy immortalized in…cotton—so nobody forgets him. Isn’t he just so CUTE?

Pretty little barrettes on a pretty little ladybug.

The Springy-est colors on the face of earth.

A guy who can dance…anywhere…anytime…for any reason.

A table full of pure heaven. No, there aren’t any left. Sorry.

A girl with her priorities straightened out.

A sweet card from a boy down the road…who shall remain name-less.

Ok, ok–it’s from the artist-formerly-known-as-the-bald-kid.

And lastly–a tiny guy who is perfectly secure in his manliness–when he’s “bein’ the dad.”

What about you? What makes you smile?

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