What is your Passion?

Have you noticed a change in peoples attitudes lately? There seems to be an attitude of survival yet almost with a desire to slow things down. As slow as the economy is right now more people are becoming introspective, and not scrambling around in a panic survival mode but more of a we can do this survival mode.We don't need the government to help us we will survive this by really thinking about what is important in life. This brings me to the topic today. What is your passion? Our passion, that God given gift inside you that screams YES!!!!!! that is what I was placed here for, coming out of us. That one thing that when you start talking to others about it you almost can't stop. What is your passion? Find your passion and celebrate it.

Celebrate with a Prom?

I am doing a prom for our homeschool group. This is the first time this has been done in our group. Some people have some apprehensions to it but I believe it could be a big success. We have an awesome group of kids in our homeschool group and I think we need to allow them to celebrate by dressing up and coming together for some fun, dancing, music and food.
I love celebrating teens because they are the ones that will be leading our country some day. I also know that if you set a standard and expect them to come up to it they will reach it most of the time.
The theme for our prom will be Winter Wonderland. I know in Florida that sounds crazy especially since we will be having it in April. We have to bring winter to Florida sometime (although this last week it has been so cold I was wondering if I was even in Florida.). Winter Wonderland Formal, sounds fun doesn't it?
Celebrate the teens in your life give them a chance and they will rise to the occasion. If they don't, have them read the book "Do Hard Things" then I am sure they will be challenged.

Celebrating Memories

Today's blog is going to be about celebrating memories. When was the last time you actually looked over pictures from the past? Even with today's technology of digital cameras and digital everything else we put our pictures on a computer then inevitably forget about them until we need them for something. Take some time to look over your past memories or even get out some old pictures to show your children and reminisce about the past.
If you are a scrapbooker take time to scrapbook a few pages. I am a very, very , very sporadic scrapbooker but it can be fun to do a few pages. Sometimes doing a few pages can give a sense of accomplishment and you get to laugh and think back to fun times. Tonight I will celebrate a vacation we took a year ago. How fun it is to relive past memories and times we have forgotten.
Celebrate with past memories!!!!!!

Celebrating My Creator

What a better way to celebrate then to celebrate my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. That is my choice of celebrating today. Many people go to church and believe but do we really celebrate the one who gave us life? We so often just go through the motions and forget to celebrate our Creator.
We are all created with a purpose and yet sometimes don't fulfill that purpose because we get so caught up with what is going on around us. Each day we need to Celebrate God by doing at least one thing to fulfill his purpose in our life. What will you do today in fulfillment of that purpose?

Rainy Day

How do you celebrate when it is cold and wet outside? I woke up this morning to a rainy cold day. Well I guess for us Floridians 45 is cold. I was contemplating as to why on a day like today would I be wanting to write a blog about celebrating others and just life in general when most of the nation is covered in snow or experiencing unusually cold temperatures? Then I thought why not celebrate?
I have a home and a family that loves me, I will choose to celebrate them. My son wants to spend his Target gift card and has been asking for days to go. I need to celebrate him and take him today, even if he doesn't find what he wants the joy on his face just looking over the toys is so much fun.
My husband and I celebrated our marriage last night. When economic times are tough you have to be creative. Instead of going out to a restaurant for dessert,(the kids were gone) we opened a bottle of sparkling grape juice made some popcorn snuggled down on the couch to watch a movie together. Ahhhhhh. Such a great way to spend an evening.
I have one more conquest today, I need to find a way to celebrate my daughter. Once again if it is just giving her a hug or telling her how proud I am of her and the beautiful young lady she is becoming that is still celebrating.
Remember Celebrating others does not have to mean something tangible or a gift. Just you spending time and communicating can be the biggest celebration of all.

Celebrate those in whose footsteps you follow

This is my first time blogging and I am struggling with putting things into words. I have wanted to start a blog thinking who would want to read it? But if for nothing else it can be almost theraputic. I think what I have seen is you have to have niche to have a blog. I guess you would say my niche is going to be celebrating those in your life and those who have gone on before you to make memories last.
Our lives are too short just to sit around and think about ourselves and always seek for our own happiness. When the people we have nearest to us, as much as they might annoy us and fight with us, if we do our best to celebrate them and make them happy our joy will come. I am by no means talking about unhealthy relationships that involve abuse or neglect but healthy relationships where despite our quirks we do do our best to get along.
There is nothing that thrills me more than to celebrate a milestone in someones life. Celebrate a birthday, anniversary or anything else that I know is important to that person or will make them feel important. We never know how long we have each other.
I lost my Mom 10 and a half years ago to ovarian cancer and I have no regrets. She was the Queen of celebrating people. I just want to carry on that heritage for my family, friends and anyone else in my life.
STOP!! Take a breath and look real close at those that are around you. Have you celebrated them lately. Let them know even if the celebration is a Thank You or most importantly an
I LOVE YOU!!!!!