Donating Hair Tips

I just want to make this clear.  It is not completely accurate that your hair has to be 12 inches and cannot be color treated hair to donate it.  There is an organization called 'Children With Hair Loss' that gives hair to children that are hairless.  In fact, I just got my hair cut the other day and I am donating 8 inches of layered hair to them.  My longest layer is 8 inches and my shortest is 4.  Please, pass the word on this subject.  There are millions of people that get their hair cut and it goes in the garbage.  Your hair does NOT have to be 12 inches long!

College Books

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Well, I am so excited to say that my niece 'J' is starting college this semester.  I am so proud of her!  She is such an amazing person, and I love her very much.  So, now that we know how much my wonderful niece means to me.  We understand that if I have the ability to, I will help her.  With this being her first semester at college Nate and I decided to buy her one of her books.  Well, as I learned in school it takes time for the scholarships and such to come in.  So, while she is waiting for those to come in she was not able to get her books.  What is worse than not being able to get your books at college?!

Letters to God

A long time ago, I started writing letters to God.  I know this is not for everyone, however, it is for me.  Writing letters to God makes me feel like I am giving something to 'My Father'.  I write letters to family and friends and I feel that God deserves them too.  This is something I started when I was really young.  However, when I used to write them I did not feel that God got them until they were ripped up and thrown away.  It was as if the the life of the letter was over and the letter went to Heaven. 

Quallities For You and Friends...

Ok, so the school year is about to start up again and I am kind of on a 'Self Esteem', life changing mission for my daughter 'E'.  We were sitting on the couch talking about God and what type of person we should be for God.  And, then I realized that 'E' does not really 'know' the qualities that she should have or qualities that her friends should have.  So, I got out my trusty laminator, this is something that I do quite often actually.

My visual Blessing 'Owl'

This past year I have had some health issues.  In March I was diagnosed with Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN), which is the 'world's most painful disease'.  I have had these really bad 'headaches' since I was little.  My first one was when I was in elementary school and it was so bad I was down for the count. When I am having an episode (this is what I call them) there is nothing I am able to do.  This year has been the worst and I just could not take it anymore.

Death in the Family

Heaven is For Real

Well, it's that topic that people never want to talk about and that is death.  Currently, we are losing a very close family member.  My husbands' grandmother on his mothers' side is dying.  We all call her Gram.  She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer 3 years ago, and was given 6 months, 6 months ago.  It will be anytime now and it breaks all of our hearts.  Gram dying has especially affected our seven-year-old.  Our daughter 'E' is very close to Gram.  We have slowly watched Grams health go down hill for the past 3 years.  So, I figured this would be a great topic for anyone that has a child who is/has lost someone.