Who's That Girl?

Sometimes I wonder how honest one can be and still be loved and accepted. What did Jack Nicholson say in "A Few Good Men?"...you can't handle the truth! Can we be allowed to boldly be who we are and still be acceptable? Can we say what we think and still be wanted? Can we break through the looking glass and reveal our true inner selves or would everyone just turn away?

Honesty...I guess it can be brutal but it must be a relief to be who you are with full confidence that you will still be loved. Can we ever remove our carefully crafted masks?

Precious Time

Come, thou Fount of every blessing,
tune my heart to sing thy grace;
streams of mercy, never ceasing,
call for songs of loudest praise.
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
sung by flaming tongues above.
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
mount of thy redeeming love.

Here I raise mine Ebenezer;
hither by thy help I’m come;
and I hope, by thy good pleasure,
safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
wandering from the fold of God;
he, to rescue me from danger,
interposed his precious blood.

O to grace how great a debtor
daily I’m constrained to be!
Let thy goodness, like a fetter,
bind my wandering heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
prone to leave the God I love;
here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
seal it for thy courts above.

Lexie's Excellent Adventure

Lexie came last week and stayed with us for a week and we were so blessed! She is so sweet and helpful, a ball of energy and full of creativity and imagination.  Thank you Lexie for sharing some sweet summertime with us :) Now the pictures!

She did some shopping in Cool Springs before she came here to start her stay...backpack/lunch box combo

We made homemade body lotion from Vitamin E, coconut oil and a bit of baby lotion for the PINK

Bathing beauty queen, isn't she lovely?

Glow stick at bedtime

Breakfast for supper is ALWAYS good!

At the big pool going down the slide

Picture perfect :)

We had so much fun and thank you Lexie for sharing your summer with Grandmama and Tracy!  In two weeks, all the Jones girls will be in White House.  Watch out, Richter scale!!! 

Last year when we went to Nashville for the Fourth of July fireworks downtown, I dreamed that one day that Miranda and Corey and the girls could come and go with us.  One short year later my dream came true!  It was so good to be able to share that spectacular show with them and because I was busy watching their faces, I did not take any pictures of the show! 

Me and Tracy in Nashville awaiting the fireworks...I love that man :)

I have been so very blessed to live another year and I thank God for every moment of it and for my family that I share my life with.  Thank you all for your love and I send mine to you :)