Mixed Nuts: Helping a sweet girl, and some snow pictures

Quotes

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark." - Helen Keller
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~Erma Bombeck
You may never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.- Unknown
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow' ~Helen Keller
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."- Dr. Seuss
"Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you react to it."
"God doesn't give children with disabilities to strong people: He gives them to ordinary, everyday people, then He helps the parents to grow stronger through the journey. Raising a child with special needs doesn't TAKE a special family, it MAKES a special family."Author Unknown
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go – Abraham Lincoln
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. ~ Benjamin Franklin
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is a miracle - Albert Einstein
The journey of a 1000 miles starts with a single step
Sometimes in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives you a fairy tale
Where there is great love, there are always miracles - Willa Cather
The Difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a little longer
Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness
There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.
Be the change you want to see in the world
Don't tell God how big the storm is, tell the storm how big Your God is..........
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it
Fall down seven times - get up eight - unknown
Despite our differences, we sink or swim together
Life may not be the party we expected, but while we are here, we might as well dance
"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." -Confucius

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Helping a sweet girl, and some snow pictures

Do you remember my friend Julie from Connellsville and her sweet girl Sydney? Sydney has 100's of seizures a day due to Dravet Syndrome. For all my local friends who read my blog, there is a fundraiser coming up for her on January 21st. It will help raise funds toward her getting a service dog. For kids with seizures, a service dog can be a life saving helper, and also gives parents a peace of mind. Especially overnight while Sydney is sleeping. I have seen countless children's lives saved due to service animals.

The fundraiser is from 2pm-4pm on January 21st at Calvary Assembly of God along Pittsburgh Street in South Connellsville. It is a combination of Pampered Chef, Celebrating Home and a bake sale. The two ladies from Pampered Chef and Celebrating Home are donating their profits to Sydney's Foundation as well. It is an open house, so you can show up at any time between 2-4.

I appreciate all of my Finley's Fighters and readers of our blog and what they do for our family. Sydney has a life threatening condition and needs our help. Thanks for supporting this wonderful family.

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Today it snowed. It was supposed to rain, and because weather men are never wrong.....it snowed. We got about 4 inches. Mat is in San Diego, but we did pretty good. I shoveled and put down salt. As much as I hate snow, I was glad to cover the ugly brown grass for a little while.

Of course, then it got warm, and started to rain (see, the weatherman WAS right) and made a slushy mess. And then it started to snow again, but just light.

Now we are sure it will all freeze and make it really fun.

Scooby had a great time in the snow. He romped all around sticking his nose in the snow. HE would chase after the snow I was throwing from the shovel. Little weirdo.

His neighborhood girlfriend, Daisy, came over this afternoon to play.

Arlington was outside with Scooby at the time and they all romped around and got soaking wet for about a half an hour. Arlington loves the snow. I asked Cainan if he wanted to go outside and he said "no thank you - it is cold out there". Yes it is.