Oh my stars!!!
I just had to share this with you all today. I am sitting at my desk working on the Christmas Lesson ~ Christmas Time Is Here. I let the children put on a movie while I work at my desk.
The 2 year old wanted to pick a movie which happens to be "Toy Story", but she calls it "BuzzWoody" ~ the other 2 do not want to watch it. So, knowing this, I send the 2 year old up to the movie closet to pick a movie. The DVD's of Toy Story 1, 2 were on top of the TV...and she did not see them. So I sent her upstairs thinking she would see a different movie and want to watch that instead.
She came down the steps singing, "I pick it! I pick it! I pick movwee!". So, I stepped away from my desk went into the living room to take the movie and bust out laughing...oh my stars!!!!
She brought down the VHS of "Toy Story"!!! She found it in the sea of movies and brought down exactly what she wanted to watch. The other 2 screamed, "oooo, no mom, no!".
I had to let her watch it...she just took my breath away with her persistence, accuracy and smarts!!!
They are now watching it under protest and tears. You would think that I had just poked them in the eye or something!
Oh, I guess I should tell you that the 2 year old picked this everyday for the past 2 weeks and she loves it more each day...they are sick of it. Yet, they do not remember that they did the same exact thing at that age...and sometimes still do!!
Just thought you might have needed a little laugh!!
Enjoy your day...Jesus loves you & so do I ~ Laurie Kay
Friday, November 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Care Package Details
I was asked by a few women ~ "What is up with the care packages {for the December 1, 2009 Christmas Time Is Here Lesson?} What are they and why is that Namesake's outreach?"
So...I thought I would share all this info with all of you too.
1. What are they?
They are little bundles of happiness...or I hope they will be. They are some much needed items for any extended hospital stay ~ in my opinion. Some of the items will be: socks; a blanket; chocolate candy & container for candy; lip gloss or balm; hand cream; dental floss; razor; magazines; phone calling card; journal; colorful pen; word search and many more items all tucked into a nice reusable shopping tote. Oh...and i can't forget a tiara! After all, these are packages for women...fellow princess'. HELLO!! {PS - for those of you who do not know this...I wear a tiara when I teach!}
There are a few kinks getting worked out as to "specifics" on other items...so to list them would take the fun out and also be a let down if we can't fulfill it...I hope you understand!!
2. Why is that Namesake's outreach?
I was on hospitalized bed-rest with my 4th child for 2 weeks before she was born.
My room was a regular room...TV was only "so many" channels...the view from my window was a brick wall...YES...you heard me ~ a brick wall...well the view from my bed that is...when I was actually allowed out of my bed...I saw the whole roof and then the rooms of the other patients with windows facing this roof...not a fun view to see for 2 weeks!! And I was mainly in my bed so...I saw a brick wall! OH, the things I wanted to do with that space...that is a completely "other" BLOG!
Anyway...I met so many wonderful girls in that unit and got to hear their stories. Sistas ~ some of them were in there for 6 weeks with another 4 to go after I got there...that is a long time to stare at a brick wall. Some of them were also from different cities in PA and even a few out of state-ers. They were on their phones constantly...cause their families couldn't afford to be with them in PA...so they stayed connected by the phone.
My heart ached for them! Every day ached. Here I was getting company from my great sistas {Hello WOW girls and thanks for your love}. They would bring me in magazines, chocolates and even ice cream {God bless you JG & MT!!! Ice cream...I felt normal having real, flavored, from a carton and not a cafeteria ice cream!}. The sistas lavished love upon me and I loved every ounce and effort...I also really needed it.
I didn't realize how important it was to your whole well being...but sistas it is. Tangible love goes a long, long way!
One day, I had no visitors not even my man!! I had no phone calls all morning and at lunch...I was feeling lonely. It was out of no where like being run over by a mack truck...I was lonely and feeling helpless. I cried...like a baby! Why did I feel so lonely...it is only 1 day...my man will be with me 1st thing in the morning...God why does this hurt so bad? I kept praying these thoughts and crying out to Him for wisdom, strength and comfort and He slammed me with the reason: there are women in here that feel this way for weeks...and they have no one to physically be here with them ~ they are facing their trial all alone.
Oh, my gravy!!!
I did not know what I was going to do...I just knew I had to do something...that is the beginning of this care package idea...it is also why I got to know the other patients better.
So there you have it...these are the answers in a nut shell.
When something moves us we gotta move!! It is Namesake Ministries Scripture in action: Hebrews 10:24 (NKJV) And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works.
To which I add: And when He stirs my heart by His love I gotta show love back to Him by my good works and hopefully stir up some sistas in the process!
He loves you so much sistas...and so do I ~ Laurie Kay
So...I thought I would share all this info with all of you too.
1. What are they?
They are little bundles of happiness...or I hope they will be. They are some much needed items for any extended hospital stay ~ in my opinion. Some of the items will be: socks; a blanket; chocolate candy & container for candy; lip gloss or balm; hand cream; dental floss; razor; magazines; phone calling card; journal; colorful pen; word search and many more items all tucked into a nice reusable shopping tote. Oh...and i can't forget a tiara! After all, these are packages for women...fellow princess'. HELLO!! {PS - for those of you who do not know this...I wear a tiara when I teach!}
There are a few kinks getting worked out as to "specifics" on other items...so to list them would take the fun out and also be a let down if we can't fulfill it...I hope you understand!!
2. Why is that Namesake's outreach?
I was on hospitalized bed-rest with my 4th child for 2 weeks before she was born.
My room was a regular room...TV was only "so many" channels...the view from my window was a brick wall...YES...you heard me ~ a brick wall...well the view from my bed that is...when I was actually allowed out of my bed...I saw the whole roof and then the rooms of the other patients with windows facing this roof...not a fun view to see for 2 weeks!! And I was mainly in my bed so...I saw a brick wall! OH, the things I wanted to do with that space...that is a completely "other" BLOG!
Anyway...I met so many wonderful girls in that unit and got to hear their stories. Sistas ~ some of them were in there for 6 weeks with another 4 to go after I got there...that is a long time to stare at a brick wall. Some of them were also from different cities in PA and even a few out of state-ers. They were on their phones constantly...cause their families couldn't afford to be with them in PA...so they stayed connected by the phone.
My heart ached for them! Every day ached. Here I was getting company from my great sistas {Hello WOW girls and thanks for your love}. They would bring me in magazines, chocolates and even ice cream {God bless you JG & MT!!! Ice cream...I felt normal having real, flavored, from a carton and not a cafeteria ice cream!}. The sistas lavished love upon me and I loved every ounce and effort...I also really needed it.
I didn't realize how important it was to your whole well being...but sistas it is. Tangible love goes a long, long way!
One day, I had no visitors not even my man!! I had no phone calls all morning and at lunch...I was feeling lonely. It was out of no where like being run over by a mack truck...I was lonely and feeling helpless. I cried...like a baby! Why did I feel so lonely...it is only 1 day...my man will be with me 1st thing in the morning...God why does this hurt so bad? I kept praying these thoughts and crying out to Him for wisdom, strength and comfort and He slammed me with the reason: there are women in here that feel this way for weeks...and they have no one to physically be here with them ~ they are facing their trial all alone.
Oh, my gravy!!!
I did not know what I was going to do...I just knew I had to do something...that is the beginning of this care package idea...it is also why I got to know the other patients better.
So there you have it...these are the answers in a nut shell.
When something moves us we gotta move!! It is Namesake Ministries Scripture in action: Hebrews 10:24 (NKJV) And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works.
To which I add: And when He stirs my heart by His love I gotta show love back to Him by my good works and hopefully stir up some sistas in the process!
He loves you so much sistas...and so do I ~ Laurie Kay
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