Who Do You Turn To?

When people talk about you what do they say? She is so nice..... Oh her house is so pretty.... That lady can bake..... Her kids are so well behaved....  She loves the Lord..... How do they know that about you?  Because they have spent time with you.  Because they have eaten your food, been in your home, done play dates with you, served in church with you, been on trips with you....they have done life with you. Recently I have been struck by the word legacy .  What does it mean to leave a legacy?  What is your legacy?  Do you even know if you are leaving one?  Legacy is defined at it's most simple by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as "a gift by will especially of money or other personal property" or "something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past".  Basically it is what you leave to the world and your family.  Now, I don't know about you but, I probably won't being leaving any large sum o...

This past week I made the decision to comment on an Instagram post.  Normally, in fact, nearly always, I keep my comments about what I see to myself.  I do this because in this day and age people will attack you in an instant for an opinion you share on social media.  That is exactly what happened.  Within moments I was being criticized as a "hater" and "dissing women".  All of this because I said I felt a dress was too short for the public figure who was wearing it.  I would not have said anything about the length if I had not seen the person in a seated position with her legs crossed.  Once she crossed her legs the photo showed most of her thigh rather high up.  If she had not crossed her legs there would perhaps have been no issue.  I felt that for the event and her position seeing that much of her leg was just not appropriate.  Just my opinion..... Now as a rule I would have just backed off and let it go.  This time; howev...

I have spent the last month working on my new venture Cornerstone Health and Wellness.  Now I will be honest and say I have ventured into new things fairly regularly throughout my life.  Often I wonder if I am just spinning my wheels asking myself why I don't have that ONE thing that brings great joy and consumes me.  You know those people who say, "I have wanted to be a ________ since I was a child!"  Well I never had that one thing.  As it turns out, I have loved many things.  Here is a list of some of the things I have loved: Tearing out a closet in my home Knitting Crochet Jewelry making Cooking/baking Home decorating - see pics to above and below Refurbishing furniture Going to auctions Embroidery Travel Singing Dancing Puppet making Bicycling Swimming Tennis Volleyball Nursing Essential Oils - see pic at the bottom Decorated for Christmas So what does a person do with that?  Well my philosophy is this - try them all!...

 It has been a long 16 months since my last blog post.  Too much has happened...too much. The most significant event was the passing of my mother last September.  It was truly a heart wrenching experience.  Many of you who know me know that my relationship with my mother was difficult.  We loved each other very much, but we had a difficult time spending long periods of time together.  We were both strong willed, independent and opinionated.  She wanted her way and I wanted mine.  Ultimately this caused way too many disagreements and misunderstandings.  These times of turmoil I now realize were a total waste of time for us both.   In those last days, sitting in her hospital room, it became all too apparent we had spend far too many times being frustrated with each other, arguing or not speaking.  When they told us we would have 2 to 12 months on hospice, I resolved myself to make it the best time we had ever had....

It doesn't seem that long ago I was the youngest person in the room.  People would ask my age and say, "Oh, still a baby".  At the time, it rather offended me.   When you begin to get a little age on yourself you realize being called young isn't so bad.  Especially when you are in your late 30's and a teenage cashier calls you ma'am and asks if you would like the senior discount.  Talk about offended.  Before too long you realize nearly 20 years has passed since you started your career.  Then your 30 year high school class reunion comes around.  Next you are knocking on the door of the big 5-0. Morning Sunrise in Florida That is where I am now.  Almost 50.  OK it's 22 months away, but it is still close.  As I was working through the hair thing, the make-up thing, the extra weight thing, the gym thing and the food thing it suddenly occurred to me I had it all wrong.  All my effort was focused on bringing back 20 somethin...

"Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grave, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began." 2 Timothy 1:9 You are being offered a free gift.  One which will change your life forever.  You don't have to do a thing to receive it.  Want to know what it is? Please follow the link below to read more: www.testifychurch.com/mally-s-blog