In Defense Of Teddy Bears

  You can hide your face in his fur and cry and it will soak up your tears.

If something hurts you can squeeze him as hard as you need to and you won't hurt him ....In fact he will still be smiling.

He is there for hugging.

If he has made you feel a little happier...or calmer...you will find him well worth his price.

He is much safer than an anti-depressant or any sort of drug.

You really ought to try it.

If you insist on casting a frown on this furry fellow I say to you....poo,poo.

Beautiful Joe

I recently read the book... Beautiful Joe by Marshall Saunders , and now it is a favorite!

This book is the autobiography of a dog called Joe, he was rescued by a young boy ( an evil man cut his ears off right to the scalp, and cut his tail off  in a fit of rage )and is brought to live with a family where he very much becomes Miss Laura's dog.

While he has many adventures including saving a family from a bad robber who is planning to burn down the house, the main purpose of the book is how one ought to be kind to animals .

The book is rather old...I am not sure when it was originally published and the people often talk of poor dumb animals but I do not think it was meant to mean foolish or stupid it simply means that when cruelty befalls an animal they are unable to speak of it.

Part of this books goes into whether animals go to heaven or not and it goes into things that are not at all Biblical and it clearly states them as legends...Such as when Adam was thrown out of Eden the only animal that would be his friend was a dog.  If a young kid reads it you might want to make sure they know what is not biblical.

" Boys and Girls , be kind to dumb animals, not only because you will loose nothing by it, but because you ought to; for they were placed on the earth by the same kind Hand that made all living creatures." - Beautiful Joe

If you are fond of.... The Five Little Pepper books , Martha Finley, Black Beauty or Hesba Stretton you will much enjoy Beautiful Joe.

A wonderful book !

This Week Has To Be Better...

  Last week there were some really good days.....but also some really rough days.

 Ups and downs.

On one particularly rough day I got a surprise in the mail, a beautiful flower crown and nice card.
 That helped....it was from someone I never even met!

Monday I had a doctors appointment and an i.v.

That went fine.....It was good to see my friends and I was given multiple hugs.

I could go into detail about the bad days, but it is not something to tell the world about.

I also got to see some friends Saturday ....which was wonderful.

Today I had another friend stop by and I think my sister is coming over.

So far this week has been better .

So much better!

Pencil Drawings

What Iost in January....

I had a cross necklace with a little gold heart around the middle that I wore a lot, my Grandpa gave it to me as a gift.......well I lost it someplace when I got shipped off to the University of Maryland Hospital, probably got ripped off in the ambulance or something.

I think this was a very bad omen ....very bad days followed.

But though I did loose my cross, I did not loose my faith.

I did feel a deep sense of hopelessness ....I guess for a time I lost my hope, in a way..... It seemed like the best thing that could happen would be if God would call me home.

I lost hope in my future earthy life.

To be honest my prayers changed from for God to heal me, to for God to please PLEASE call me home.

But it wasn't time for God to call me home, and things got better....eventually .

I prayed a lot during that time, and I knew God listened.

God also knew best.

How can you loose hope and still have faith?  It is hard for me to explain...perhaps  my faith was lacking or weak.

I think most people will understand what I am trying to say.  I lost hope in some ways but still had it in others.

Some of you will not understand what I am trying to say, but that is o.k. .... you will understand at least that we humans fall short ...we are sinners and we are far from perfect. 

My Lady Of The Sea

 This is my lady of the sea or rather she is the sea...the sea and she are one.

I have been working on her husband...a ship got caught in his vast beard.  Stories have be brewing in my mind about them, not sure I will ever write them all out but if a picture is worth a thousand words I guess I have made progress.

Things have been rough...my eyes decided to go crazy , the pupils getting huge and not wanting to respond. Yesterday it did not happen though so I am very glad.
Been very exhausted, lots of spells or...whatever you wish to call them.
Also have been having trouble sitting as it feels like something is pulling me over.
 I am a bit like the lady of the sea ...perhaps I haven't really got legs at all they are really a great mass of seaweed twisting and writhing about.

The kind words and the prayers of friends has been very much appreciated.