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How You Made Me Feel

This photo was taken the day before we got our first snow here in Seattle. It has been freezing ever sense..Brrrrrrrrrr

Do you remember that first love? Sadly many of us have been burnt in our first ever love experiences. There is no way to define in human standards how love looks from one individual to another.

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Christmas Goosebumps

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A quiet birthday party for Luke and his very good friend that also has autism.

Christmas Eve is our traditional candlelight service at our church. The crowds are always huge. I would say there was over 3000 people this year! Our son Luke who has autism loves this event. This year he had an extra special bonus. As we walked into church, we settled on a seat way in the back which was NOT where we wanted to be. Fortunately I saw some seats closer up that we got to. As we began listening to the Christmas music being sung, I looked behind me and saw a young man with his family. I then realized Luke was saying hi to him and becoming very overjoyed. I then realized the young man was from Luke’s vocational school! We had him over our house last year for Luke’s birthday party.
The service became a brand new experience as we had never seen them at our church before and Luke was just so excited that he started rocking his body back and forth especially forceful from excitement. My husband had to work extra hard to keep Luke calm, and he did for the most part. The only part that worried me was Luke’s overzealous raising of the candle that he had lit at the end of the service~! I could only see the whole church going down in a ball of flames due to an autistic boy’s JOY! I can report NO SPARKS went flying except the sparks in his eyes to see one of his best friends from school at church.
I thanked God quietly for allowing the service to be extra special for him. As we walked out, my other son said, “Mom did you plan that we would sit by them?” and to that I replied, “No, God did.” I think I needed this as much as Luke did. I have prayed to God many times for help and today I saw God’s working hand and I needed that. I am sure Luke is an ANGEL that the Lord has sent me.

And YES. I am a Seattle Seahawk FAN!

Bible Thumping Linus

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Nature is very meaningful to me and I know God is among the trees and animals in nature. If you get this in email form, please be sure to click into my blog today as I have SNOW falling right now! It is so cool.

Today, Linus my precious dog reminded me (note photos below) to make sure I share with my followers that I do wish all of you a very Merry Christmas. I know that many of you have different faiths and I actually enjoy reading what many of my blogs I follow say about their life and their belief system. My belief is Bible based and I truly love the story of Christ the Child. Growing up Lutheran, I received a firm foundation in my belief but never really committed to my faith until I was just about grown up. I will be honest with you about my current state of faith and mind. I do not feel like I have any. Yet I do not go by my feelings. Today is a reminder that all of us should love one another, take care of the sick, feed the poor, and lift up those in need. This is truly what Jesus the Christ did in His ministry on earth. Where ever you are I hope you will enjoy how my nature around me reminds me of my faith. I am usually kind of silly so enjoy these photos taken with my Panasonic DMC-ZR1 in that spirit: