<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397</id><updated>2024-11-01T01:52:22.005-07:00</updated><category term="blogging"/><category term="children"/><category term="grandchildren"/><category term="grandma"/><category term="grandmother"/><category term="Christmas"/><category term="anniversary"/><category term="baking"/><category term="beach"/><category term="birthday"/><category term="brother"/><category term="design"/><category term="gingerbread"/><category term="grandbabies"/><category term="granddaughter"/><category term="grandfather"/><category term="love"/><category term="miracle"/><category term="ocean"/><category term="posts"/><category term="redesign"/><category term="sister"/><title type='text'>Grandma~rella&#39;s Heart</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>23</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-6551926865888601159</id><published>2011-11-09T05:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-09T05:06:26.929-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogging"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="design"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="posts"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="redesign"/><title type='text'>Under Construction :)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Once again, attempting to redesign my blog. Once it&#39;s all together, my goal will be a sincere attempt to blog daily. Wishes and prayers of luck...muchly appreciated! :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/6551926865888601159/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2011/11/under-construction.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/6551926865888601159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/6551926865888601159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2011/11/under-construction.html' title='Under Construction :)'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-1674207799264679484</id><published>2011-06-16T17:00:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-22T10:51:31.032-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Summer&#39;s Here!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Sweet, Sweet Summer....&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kAC77FGnO0OguxS-rhEgoMy0o41K2P5V4plm-4GbaRUwC52E6fed0xa3plQdPTW0IEvg6JkMCNpyxwnxZ_nG1Xu49O3MNwOGScgdduZFJWtVGC4qxDUMlqhr83QW57s4RuJ8Fp4eJ0Y/s1600/DSC06406.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;290&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kAC77FGnO0OguxS-rhEgoMy0o41K2P5V4plm-4GbaRUwC52E6fed0xa3plQdPTW0IEvg6JkMCNpyxwnxZ_nG1Xu49O3MNwOGScgdduZFJWtVGC4qxDUMlqhr83QW57s4RuJ8Fp4eJ0Y/s320/DSC06406.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Ooooh the sweet, sweet breeze of Summer is finally here! Time to hang up the cold weather jackets and hats, bring out the t-tops and sundresses. Backyard picnics, fruit juice pop-cycles and kite flying...here we come!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Austin just turned 8 years old on June 14th, my oldest Grandbabe! His Sister Alexis, is 6 &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;1/2 &lt;/span&gt;and little Brother Ryden, 10 months. My, how they grow so quickly!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;I remember a time, not so long ago, of only dreaming about being a Grandmother. My heart truly full of wonderment...how many, when and which of my grown children would bless me, with my very&amp;nbsp;first&amp;nbsp;Grandbabe.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;So~&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;This is where I will once again begin, with my ever changing, very outdated blog. This &#39;story&#39; of sorts, about these beautiful little people, who have and continue to, change my super-loving heart. Everyday, after reading through every single updated blog of which I follow, the intent is to return here to my own blog~and post away. Haven&#39;t done so well though...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;So~&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;I am off to find and create a new blog header. It&#39;s time for some artsy stuff. Far past time for updates. ;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;~*~&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Keeping all in prayer....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;G&#39;Ma Rella&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/1674207799264679484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2011/06/ooooh-sweet-sweet-breeze-of-summer-is.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/1674207799264679484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/1674207799264679484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2011/06/ooooh-sweet-sweet-breeze-of-summer-is.html' title='Summer&#39;s Here!'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kAC77FGnO0OguxS-rhEgoMy0o41K2P5V4plm-4GbaRUwC52E6fed0xa3plQdPTW0IEvg6JkMCNpyxwnxZ_nG1Xu49O3MNwOGScgdduZFJWtVGC4qxDUMlqhr83QW57s4RuJ8Fp4eJ0Y/s72-c/DSC06406.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-7101304304312379907</id><published>2011-05-11T23:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-13T13:26:25.383-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Miss Peabody~In Waiting</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;~ Miss Peabody ~&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BUuFlvYlUTPBwaPUzE5pXOzt3tcsLkVbp6ahnGFQ9_V0E8BZ_30x8FUO0k8IO-Br3_rzX9gNDU1EoVycccsqRpPOYkI_1pCoi_Ju8I1DiUbuzgOAT5psdSf4ayESSkZTNAdS-dpD5_g/s1600/P5100022.JPG&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BUuFlvYlUTPBwaPUzE5pXOzt3tcsLkVbp6ahnGFQ9_V0E8BZ_30x8FUO0k8IO-Br3_rzX9gNDU1EoVycccsqRpPOYkI_1pCoi_Ju8I1DiUbuzgOAT5psdSf4ayESSkZTNAdS-dpD5_g/s320/P5100022.JPG&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;In waiting...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;She is currently in her little basket, cuddled up with her favorite blankies,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;panting gently with occasional little stretches.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Her Momma, Alice, is keeping a very close watch on her little girl.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Once in awhile she joins Miss Peabody in the basket,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;giving her little lovies~precious!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m so curious to see how Alice reacts, when Miss P begins&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;to give birth.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Miss P (L) and Momma Alice (R)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Pretty certain our dog Gator will also be in on the action,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;just as he was when Alice had her babies last year.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;The three of them are actually quite close.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Will post up a photo of Gator soon!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;The countdown has definitely begun....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;wonder how many she will have? :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/7101304304312379907/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2011/05/miss-peabodyin-waiting.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/7101304304312379907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/7101304304312379907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2011/05/miss-peabodyin-waiting.html' title='Miss Peabody~In Waiting'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2BUuFlvYlUTPBwaPUzE5pXOzt3tcsLkVbp6ahnGFQ9_V0E8BZ_30x8FUO0k8IO-Br3_rzX9gNDU1EoVycccsqRpPOYkI_1pCoi_Ju8I1DiUbuzgOAT5psdSf4ayESSkZTNAdS-dpD5_g/s72-c/P5100022.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-7527804010037475399</id><published>2010-12-08T04:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-08T04:30:33.375-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Reese&#39;s Rainbow~Angel of the Week</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://reecesrainbow.blogspot.com/search/label/Child%20of%20the%20Week&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s62/WilliamtheOutlaw/RR/childoftheweek.png&quot; width=&quot;475&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Anastasia is simply stunning! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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She is a beautiful girl that needs a family soon! If you would like more information on her or any of the other children, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://reecesrainbow.org/atriskwaiting.html&quot;&gt;contact us! &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Anastasia has $0 currently in her adoption grant fund. So, even if you aren&#39;t able to adopt a child presently, you can still help her find her forever family by donating towards her grant fund. &lt;br /&gt;
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She can be found here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://reecesrainbow.org/atriskwaiting.html&quot;&gt;http://reecesrainbow.org/atriskwaiting.html&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/7527804010037475399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2010/12/reeses-rainbowangel-of-week.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/7527804010037475399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/7527804010037475399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2010/12/reeses-rainbowangel-of-week.html' title='Reese&#39;s Rainbow~Angel of the Week'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s62/WilliamtheOutlaw/RR/th_childoftheweek.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-3440065841122623460</id><published>2010-12-01T19:53:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-06T10:27:04.231-08:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="baking"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="children"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Christmas"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="gingerbread"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="granddaughter"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="grandma"/><title type='text'>Josie&#39;s Gingerbread Boys</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;~ Josie&#39;s Gingerbread Boys ~&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
It all begins with... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545929052031692610&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy6crKjwMKJqxqvG5tROJlBtS1bYufNy3D6Fi-IBKAJHcVEyG2kYTx52xQmp_bqmYD0Y21o_Z2KQiBAFwCwOKH6SAQZllmVdbh3R12UjGBfgisY7vtjbEfHZC23_4MeraW8H8QgD7Zc9M/s200/DSC06513.JPG&quot; style=&quot;cursor: hand; display: block; height: 150px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;&quot; /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;A little girl, in her Grandmother&#39;s kitchen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJymDqcRlwdOoa4KD6bPyq30I-Ou5OqISJKc35xeEeH_VozkHsU4PYa9ibB31YBi0geZ_KIhmFsxmN-9E7KV94GhHIMzUFOMbBnUKlMoeoY0JOSA3k7zZkcgecR-CD0-MgeaYp4DYys0/s1600/DSC06516.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545930454373147490&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJymDqcRlwdOoa4KD6bPyq30I-Ou5OqISJKc35xeEeH_VozkHsU4PYa9ibB31YBi0geZ_KIhmFsxmN-9E7KV94GhHIMzUFOMbBnUKlMoeoY0JOSA3k7zZkcgecR-CD0-MgeaYp4DYys0/s200/DSC06516.JPG&quot; style=&quot;cursor: hand; display: block; height: 150px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;A bowl, an egg and a package of gingerbread mix...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545932677387534850&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTMLD1Srb5unCq2AX8zDu5ZiKKk3nLF18758sJTtT0E91KDtE-a4oOnHjyiLAwfIY6AOVBvcNrNGO3-rOATbhMlR790pzZHUxs2w64PXwD2jR3Gy9nH5bdBuWqejYa-2vQ6DKnm4VHlc/s200/DSC06518.JPG&quot; style=&quot;cursor: hand; display: block; height: 150px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;&quot; /&gt; A tablespoon of filtered water...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545933439073904370&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xGnUygGLmX3WCyceHg7LLyBNvjpq1qfi33iVGiMz3Sd2w5BjbwtUOmRw08QO0hI8nADENHdldvlQSUKPkHl-KJNWM5tn-ZOd3mDvUyg-txZ7f_L8U3WMVKtXU3-Fvw0mEzW43IvSINw/s200/DSC06522.JPG&quot; style=&quot;cursor: hand; display: block; height: 200px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 150px;&quot; /&gt; Half a cup of butter, measured just right...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCk1Xa9kCjzsBD3onQXggGtY3yCCTRv4a4gAlzMLoaqa0tUYdZAq5wFd7V786UMXjNVkSkYx3hd4K_Wv7mlzJykfNkXtxTtUdELsyYSUefOJPVYqyT0aOSmdpVawJTidgT2PiISuPUS9c/s1600/DSC06525.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545934730952969506&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCk1Xa9kCjzsBD3onQXggGtY3yCCTRv4a4gAlzMLoaqa0tUYdZAq5wFd7V786UMXjNVkSkYx3hd4K_Wv7mlzJykfNkXtxTtUdELsyYSUefOJPVYqyT0aOSmdpVawJTidgT2PiISuPUS9c/s200/DSC06525.JPG&quot; style=&quot;cursor: hand; display: block; height: 150px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Mix it all up, until it becomes a big ball of gooey dough.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Pre-heat the oven to 375 degrees...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqpF9JbByVNoYFXN4p_B1bYR-DMtcXBz1DenOrJpG3z_yO37lznxRs9nbSBvJvLjFG9Pm_2BKrox3n0wsAcwXl0LPpaKU8LRO2sdcdW-XQ7qDAlYBInl8B4CEEZAWbe6-ATVR0BnLoeo/s1600/DSC06529.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545936839219024370&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqpF9JbByVNoYFXN4p_B1bYR-DMtcXBz1DenOrJpG3z_yO37lznxRs9nbSBvJvLjFG9Pm_2BKrox3n0wsAcwXl0LPpaKU8LRO2sdcdW-XQ7qDAlYBInl8B4CEEZAWbe6-ATVR0BnLoeo/s200/DSC06529.JPG&quot; style=&quot;cursor: hand; display: block; height: 150px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;On lightly floured waxed-paper, roll out the dough...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkd41Oj4M7dYP8RL6Vl3ZwU28Zqch6EO94iJ7wWNe1uLocefplgkt4tQ3WADFRcB_Cq8lzvVOka6CvuniRj8GQGqN1iVs9Ux4zxJN_eLQkwzsUxzgwD7H7NHPUIOUV6iQ6lAas_45djA/s1600/DSC06532.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545939118822058370&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkd41Oj4M7dYP8RL6Vl3ZwU28Zqch6EO94iJ7wWNe1uLocefplgkt4tQ3WADFRcB_Cq8lzvVOka6CvuniRj8GQGqN1iVs9Ux4zxJN_eLQkwzsUxzgwD7H7NHPUIOUV6iQ6lAas_45djA/s200/DSC06532.JPG&quot; style=&quot;cursor: hand; display: block; height: 150px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Now carefully cut out the boys, with Grandma&#39;s cookie-boy cutter.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXJzitOQ5OZnLAByCsR1bfeRpWd6bgDi1-WjUq3FPfjbXdKjSr0oWhw1uOq0LdVKnOy4iWCJq1fgOMpCTkInvA17_hm1AgpUQBuQiwjGV5cL4W1dseck5AG6qOP69-smmWD4YXWEvk_U/s1600/DSC06533.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5545940110865030434&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXJzitOQ5OZnLAByCsR1bfeRpWd6bgDi1-WjUq3FPfjbXdKjSr0oWhw1uOq0LdVKnOy4iWCJq1fgOMpCTkInvA17_hm1AgpUQBuQiwjGV5cL4W1dseck5AG6qOP69-smmWD4YXWEvk_U/s200/DSC06533.JPG&quot; style=&quot;cursor: hand; display: block; height: 150px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ta-Da!! Gingerbread Boys~Ready for the oven!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Bake for 9-12 minutes, remove from oven...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;then remove from cookie sheet...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;and put on waxed-paper, to cool.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NEXT Lesson: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Decorating your Gingerbread boys!! &lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/3440065841122623460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2010/12/josies-gingerbread-boys.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/3440065841122623460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/3440065841122623460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2010/12/josies-gingerbread-boys.html' title='Josie&#39;s Gingerbread Boys'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy6crKjwMKJqxqvG5tROJlBtS1bYufNy3D6Fi-IBKAJHcVEyG2kYTx52xQmp_bqmYD0Y21o_Z2KQiBAFwCwOKH6SAQZllmVdbh3R12UjGBfgisY7vtjbEfHZC23_4MeraW8H8QgD7Zc9M/s72-c/DSC06513.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-6241696538254626262</id><published>2010-11-18T19:59:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-18T20:06:07.999-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogging Again...</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;G&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;randma~rella is blogging again....Currently in process of redesign, please excuse the mess ;) &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:78%;&quot;&gt;(to be cont&#39;d)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXo5zW2Y3w4Hfh3EBWsAbfmKj3kEv2pV0pTor47y31cqwPyLt_pCxQI9VwSVpA8BoNeVGl1g7FCdkfq6n3DIfoCKhTzKdD57IUdSNaysuVs6gK-vU6YuxND2ah6HaanCJvrGeeecN5URI/s1600/DSC06377_crop.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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Many thought&#39;s and prayers go out and up, for those in need. Smiles, laughter and often many tears, accompany me as I read through so many of your blogs. Every day I tell myself~&#39;today, I will write a new blog post.&#39; The days have turned into weeks which ave become a year. So this evening, here I am~hoping this new post is the beginning of a many new ones to come. Thought it would be sweet to begin with updated photo&#39;s of my Grandbabies~who are my LIFE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqyKGMmB8dTGQtlOxbqB2pXUXx6AEpqWDMX-OMHRk-527xmh0J8jY8pUjXy-BW-uWess4wGhxBfU6djzcApukduCZajZCvF_adGKLNkslOpDoF66crv2hGbtm-ta0sEFWlVp0NnVP0qA/s1600/DSC04204.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 206px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNqyKGMmB8dTGQtlOxbqB2pXUXx6AEpqWDMX-OMHRk-527xmh0J8jY8pUjXy-BW-uWess4wGhxBfU6djzcApukduCZajZCvF_adGKLNkslOpDoF66crv2hGbtm-ta0sEFWlVp0NnVP0qA/s320/DSC04204.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465079141024953458&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Austin Joseph&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;6.9 Years&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; 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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKAJrOz-OTkbun5zlDTRA8wXQM31yGPHR1eF6nJ5w8lhuMQAbO-9vi_1MI2uj5pPnOOgRo85M9wOGkZ_4XkgSL1dCdwIhahhywrBR9N7-0OvAYa0GVIQ-QQ2piOu74DaiOn9f7994iXqg/s1600/DSC04266.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKAJrOz-OTkbun5zlDTRA8wXQM31yGPHR1eF6nJ5w8lhuMQAbO-9vi_1MI2uj5pPnOOgRo85M9wOGkZ_4XkgSL1dCdwIhahhywrBR9N7-0OvAYa0GVIQ-QQ2piOu74DaiOn9f7994iXqg/s320/DSC04266.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465072601359234162&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Sadie Frances&lt;/span&gt; (Josie&#39;s Sister)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family:arial;&quot;&gt;15 Months&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; 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G&#39;Ma~rella...Everything&#39;s Just Ducky</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJb6VQ3NWRs-gfUVw6gQj0mlvFcUUxs4c8IBShvLng3cRdEtWykyLuQEmR6Nf_qLwJyOOIvh7Y54QjNwsaQqXSZvHFgrw6VAViTo13aQsuoYUgzwIHo-0BwOe5aIS2SGMlXgkxIJuBAlQ/s1600-h/DSC00984.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJb6VQ3NWRs-gfUVw6gQj0mlvFcUUxs4c8IBShvLng3cRdEtWykyLuQEmR6Nf_qLwJyOOIvh7Y54QjNwsaQqXSZvHFgrw6VAViTo13aQsuoYUgzwIHo-0BwOe5aIS2SGMlXgkxIJuBAlQ/s320/DSC00984.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346548241984167202&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Josie Mia &amp;amp; G&#39;Ma~rella&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;*A Day At The Duck Pond*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;6.11.09&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;There&#39;s just &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;something&lt;/span&gt; about visiting the duck pond. I&#39;ve been going there for over thirty five years, my favorite place to enjoy lunch during my college years and after my first child was born, it was &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;our&lt;/span&gt; favorite place. Little has changed over the years, other than a once gravel parking area now being nicely paved and a few park benches have been installed~oh~and restrooms! YAY for &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;restrooms&lt;/span&gt;! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;It&#39;s so bittersweet to look at my photo&#39;s taken in the late 70&#39;s and early 80&#39;s.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Photo&#39;s of visits to the pond with my own children, full of excitement, wonder and energy. &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Energy&lt;/span&gt;...I had lots of energy back then....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Yesterday, my oldest Granddaughter Josie Mia and I spent the afternoon at the duck pond. Her Mommy, my daughter Katie, packed us up a nice little picnic lunch~much to my surprise (thank you Katie!)~her sandwiches are so much like the ones her own Father used to make...brought back some very bittersweet memories. It&#39;s been&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;over&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;twenty two years since I&#39;ve had a sandwich like that!:::sigh:::&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;~*~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;It was a nice, warm and sunny afternoon and the parking lot was full. Josie and I spotted a little park bench up yonder, just waiting for us and our basket of goodies. My &#39;Red Hat&#39; is always in the back seat of my car, so my Josie decided to wear it~so &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;precious&lt;/span&gt;! If one of my other hats would have been with me, you can bet G&#39;Ma would have been topped in red, as well! Yes, I am &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;proud &lt;/span&gt;of my &#39;red and purple!&#39; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TFRq70sZ4aPXOGCgGonQjwJZBmy1ooioqUeH0ysgwgbtqzEv_HU5ZDJq_q-0avSL9S7mEGiqvu3Si3u1zWi3O2moMq-Bp_5Nv4Cj7XfADcuAWwwkVMeBRNnnibf7eLnZgPZ96SjtTp4/s1600-h/DSC00956.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TFRq70sZ4aPXOGCgGonQjwJZBmy1ooioqUeH0ysgwgbtqzEv_HU5ZDJq_q-0avSL9S7mEGiqvu3Si3u1zWi3O2moMq-Bp_5Nv4Cj7XfADcuAWwwkVMeBRNnnibf7eLnZgPZ96SjtTp4/s320/DSC00956.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346529729242570610&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;~*~Josie Mia~*~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1VthjZ2dXv4fKX0AZqsLipHnSQZ1CxUFbpO32ETQvQ14CjMF5OBsU9UqmYizeHk9i-dJhDY3PcSCDB0TYnEE1fE-7iH1PFZawC_eSZvv3LHWkxZ05ijs3wm6EVUwRc-gXdM9uHcE5hs/s1600-h/DSC00957.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1VthjZ2dXv4fKX0AZqsLipHnSQZ1CxUFbpO32ETQvQ14CjMF5OBsU9UqmYizeHk9i-dJhDY3PcSCDB0TYnEE1fE-7iH1PFZawC_eSZvv3LHWkxZ05ijs3wm6EVUwRc-gXdM9uHcE5hs/s320/DSC00957.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346529960798841394&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;~*~My &#39;Red Hat&#39; Girl!~*~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Wondering if the ducks would find us...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1apvbut6K4U3KtsIc71X9TMgr2fum-1jXgltG1rYpixou_lj7z7dJ8uNRTeJUONULnp2uYKMuKrzTClREzmrOEDOHpJWv8Akrp2z5qC52gjbIEI4xd1wz0db_VpwamrVEGwPoemTS8JY/s1600-h/Josie+in+red+hat+duck+pond.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1apvbut6K4U3KtsIc71X9TMgr2fum-1jXgltG1rYpixou_lj7z7dJ8uNRTeJUONULnp2uYKMuKrzTClREzmrOEDOHpJWv8Akrp2z5qC52gjbIEI4xd1wz0db_VpwamrVEGwPoemTS8JY/s320/Josie+in+red+hat+duck+pond.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346528743686228946&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;OF COURSE! What duck wouldn&#39;t waddle right up to meet a beautiful little girl, in a Red Hat and carrying a basket of goodies?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKLcKpiV2I6jW3ZV5hIADyyRwjA9noiYQZZyMRYprjE2SUUnaLSg-1Lmr5XB6O1RGuEnKR0UBP6-ZXXwYZmqjlDwTktiJJ851dBVJBFJTIe4PkqcfbAIdvVXL4AJwcmiXzPEyUj00zvA/s1600-h/DSC00963.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKLcKpiV2I6jW3ZV5hIADyyRwjA9noiYQZZyMRYprjE2SUUnaLSg-1Lmr5XB6O1RGuEnKR0UBP6-ZXXwYZmqjlDwTktiJJ851dBVJBFJTIe4PkqcfbAIdvVXL4AJwcmiXzPEyUj00zvA/s320/DSC00963.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346541266540279154&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Big ducks, little ducks, brown ducks, boy ducks, girls ducks and baby ducks!&lt;br /&gt;So. Many. Ducks!&lt;br /&gt;Geese, too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjRtdpDjNZ40CA5x71x0xVgECB-Thz_7djz-Y3RzispisAuuNe58MQtEuR8aL0-EtkCuD756a3q0kmUf4EmLvRiUUGNwJYmbkFfrlLsK49bnyYl16wuLoCz6xyeqCOdlkJkXp0X1QXSY/s1600-h/DSC00968.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAjRtdpDjNZ40CA5x71x0xVgECB-Thz_7djz-Y3RzispisAuuNe58MQtEuR8aL0-EtkCuD756a3q0kmUf4EmLvRiUUGNwJYmbkFfrlLsK49bnyYl16wuLoCz6xyeqCOdlkJkXp0X1QXSY/s320/DSC00968.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346542375431789154&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&quot;Oh Grandma! Will we have&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; enough&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; bread??&quot;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;We did! We had enough ducky food to keep the little feathered friends content for nearly thirty minutes, which is quite a long time, in &#39;duck time.&#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwrMzKqpcXcyZj8EsPGYvb53uc52OexohWlAG9-fGS_PxkfnGwjIi1yPHIwxu6cFN8EXkD9nYSNoS68TJ8bMTzUHdPOPXJvT6Wepi2143NromWMHSBczpivE1U5RgXVf5MP8tJ5S2wBQ/s1600-h/DSC00959.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwrMzKqpcXcyZj8EsPGYvb53uc52OexohWlAG9-fGS_PxkfnGwjIi1yPHIwxu6cFN8EXkD9nYSNoS68TJ8bMTzUHdPOPXJvT6Wepi2143NromWMHSBczpivE1U5RgXVf5MP8tJ5S2wBQ/s320/DSC00959.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346543366573366162&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Red, purple, a little girl, ducks and bread....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYZPwBEXYAxHNqbzQ5CrK2usV_L-Y9AGEQgpTw1S9gq9OBhdtRnnNqZenBnT7T2MwADLMRc00Lqxuj2t2ooQJc4yLpHivtGGUuepCVklpezBfwW8SIRL_jTju3EMBrhxCOr3I3YLahw8/s1600-h/DSC00969.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirYZPwBEXYAxHNqbzQ5CrK2usV_L-Y9AGEQgpTw1S9gq9OBhdtRnnNqZenBnT7T2MwADLMRc00Lqxuj2t2ooQJc4yLpHivtGGUuepCVklpezBfwW8SIRL_jTju3EMBrhxCOr3I3YLahw8/s320/DSC00969.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346544121713103266&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;...Ooooh, what a wonderful day...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3a_J_HqFUnlQbs2zfT-2I1yrCjN8ib0kC5_9S0kg48LNmIhlduZSM0w1gvIrqaHPhCOaQuptQ5fWdkA08DNI68O8W3yQ1OANbnMsLIMc9Zby7eD3KBR02YBGYGuE2zQfRdUU0z2aJv8/s1600-h/DSC00974.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR3a_J_HqFUnlQbs2zfT-2I1yrCjN8ib0kC5_9S0kg48LNmIhlduZSM0w1gvIrqaHPhCOaQuptQ5fWdkA08DNI68O8W3yQ1OANbnMsLIMc9Zby7eD3KBR02YBGYGuE2zQfRdUU0z2aJv8/s320/DSC00974.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346544745857328722&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Never go a day, without stopping to smell the flowers....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrf_GRYBFKCr_t5zvKW8S-0YInvv2OzuxGIUqM2JaXFvFt0kv2Bu35OW4lk2-JAz6yDliUM5V3hiTQASRFGc_IwWKeyFN66VNPw59CIdvDWyKhYNJFTT8drgSwa3yrdzeDhfGcUDtnZE/s1600-h/DSC00975.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrf_GRYBFKCr_t5zvKW8S-0YInvv2OzuxGIUqM2JaXFvFt0kv2Bu35OW4lk2-JAz6yDliUM5V3hiTQASRFGc_IwWKeyFN66VNPw59CIdvDWyKhYNJFTT8drgSwa3yrdzeDhfGcUDtnZE/s320/DSC00975.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346545334193059138&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;...and picking one for G&#39;Ma, of course!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~*~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;We had noticed a homeless woman, who appears to live beneath a tree at the duck pond and Josie Mia was worried she may be hungry. We had half a sandwich left in our basket...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHs6Ma4o7GqB8oFJRgXdd27rxJex1MH2GLK_IgoanFuPHW4BcEFd-NYWXQK9FrUrJLV3KE2vx0o0r2jLbz1Zb5d0VCX5Oj_1hSBQrvfuVG82BVN_C8TQnylg7jKojZFGc8BlhDuWBjRc8/s1600-h/DSC00989.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHs6Ma4o7GqB8oFJRgXdd27rxJex1MH2GLK_IgoanFuPHW4BcEFd-NYWXQK9FrUrJLV3KE2vx0o0r2jLbz1Zb5d0VCX5Oj_1hSBQrvfuVG82BVN_C8TQnylg7jKojZFGc8BlhDuWBjRc8/s320/DSC00989.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346546375314117282&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;...and a can of diet soda...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Josie was truly &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;honored&lt;/span&gt; as she handed them to her new friend...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5vXEW5bYniel_03y9viteuUQBM3mYrwfbN38luFaz6pTGC0yCxZa9CiMvzPAdI3IJJvXO-K4CcjtlLMnIAFjqEssyt8uTv5C4NIlaG9eOPmhhCYv8gfkX53crrMXuA8WpafBQS_0TMg/s1600-h/DSC00996.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 101px; height: 136px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5vXEW5bYniel_03y9viteuUQBM3mYrwfbN38luFaz6pTGC0yCxZa9CiMvzPAdI3IJJvXO-K4CcjtlLMnIAFjqEssyt8uTv5C4NIlaG9eOPmhhCYv8gfkX53crrMXuA8WpafBQS_0TMg/s320/DSC00996.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346547314871601106&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Thank you &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt;J&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;esus...for my&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;&quot; &gt; J&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;osie.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/1062475332348620852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/06/josie-mia-gmarellaeverythings-just.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/1062475332348620852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/1062475332348620852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/06/josie-mia-gmarellaeverythings-just.html' title='Josie Mia &amp; G&#39;Ma~rella...Everything&#39;s Just Ducky'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJb6VQ3NWRs-gfUVw6gQj0mlvFcUUxs4c8IBShvLng3cRdEtWykyLuQEmR6Nf_qLwJyOOIvh7Y54QjNwsaQqXSZvHFgrw6VAViTo13aQsuoYUgzwIHo-0BwOe5aIS2SGMlXgkxIJuBAlQ/s72-c/DSC00984.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-7128030892638048810</id><published>2009-06-11T11:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-11T12:02:44.373-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hailey&#39;s Hope...Prayer Warriors UNITE!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;Image7_img&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlffohmFmK9sbYU2LZanInwmGfQokPC6TOyLRaNkwcPelHN_YEI8gWrpjlLaPzINFpaKU2zzRvQg1fpmJi8LORkq15_ZYxObGQ-_FmjYmOxuhFbS6LvgYu-aur_7NQ4hAp4fH-UJXtT4/s1600-r/Presentation2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;367&quot; height=&quot;263&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot; href=&quot;http://haileyshope.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Hailey&#39;s Hope&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prayer Warriors....UNITE!&lt;br /&gt;Please keep this precious family in your thought&#39;s and prayers&lt;br /&gt; and take a moment to read about Hailey&#39;s journey&lt;br /&gt;into the most loving arms of her&lt;br /&gt;Mommy, Daddy, Big Brother...and Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;They will be meeting little Hailey&lt;br /&gt;tomorrow, Friday June 12th.&lt;br /&gt;God, please bless this sweet family....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/7128030892638048810/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/06/haileys-hopeprayer-warriors-unite.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/7128030892638048810'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/7128030892638048810'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/06/haileys-hopeprayer-warriors-unite.html' title='Hailey&#39;s Hope...Prayer Warriors UNITE!'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMlffohmFmK9sbYU2LZanInwmGfQokPC6TOyLRaNkwcPelHN_YEI8gWrpjlLaPzINFpaKU2zzRvQg1fpmJi8LORkq15_ZYxObGQ-_FmjYmOxuhFbS6LvgYu-aur_7NQ4hAp4fH-UJXtT4/s72-c-r/Presentation2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-2031101221764764913</id><published>2009-06-09T18:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-09T19:34:09.589-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Meet Angelina~CHD Awareness</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;moduletable-random&quot;&gt;      &lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.angelinas-friends.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=63&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;So...after a truly heartbreaking day today, I&#39;ve decided this is the day to introduce you to a very special little friend of mine,&lt;br /&gt;&#39;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.angelinas-friends.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Angelina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Created by my best friend and &#39;Sis&#39; ~ a German native&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;currently living in Germany.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;We &#39;met&#39; online a couple of years ago and have worked together on many children&#39;s &#39;missions&#39; ~ advocating for little ones who are very sick, and sometimes, terminally ill.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Sandra Kay is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;very&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; active in CHD Awareness and has helped to raise medical and research funds, literally around the world. Please check out her sweet Angelina site, by simply clicking below. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;There is a wealth of information on this site, be sure to check out each link in the left sidebar of each page. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.angelinas-friends.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=63&quot; target=&quot;_self&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.angelinas-friends.com/random2/STANDARD_Angelina%20Buch.png&quot; alt=&quot;STANDARD_Angelina Buch.png&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;466&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;$1 of each book sold will be going to the Chloe Duyck Memorial Fund, a fund for CHD research!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chloeduyckmemorial.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;  http://www.chloeduyckmemorial.com/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h4&gt;About the Book&lt;/h4&gt;   &lt;p&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Children have the natural ability to accept the reality of angels and this delightful first book of the &quot;Angelina&quot; Series will teach them about those heavenly beings. &quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Angelina in Don&#39;t be afraid of the Dark&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&quot; is a comforting bed time story that gently reminds us that we are never alone. Its contents are written in easy-to-read, and it is wonderfully illustrated with saturated, rich colors. Plus, a bonus *surprise activity awaits the reader on the last page. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;About Sandra Kay...the Author, Friend and Sister...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;http://www2.trafford.com/clientimages3/2008_03/aut9781425126677.jpg&quot; class=&quot;authorimage&quot; style=&quot;float: left;&quot; /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Having worked with sick children for over 10 years, Sandra Kay has a long background and profound experiences in Child Life and Child Psychology. As a constant observer involved in pain and suffering, she decided that it was time to take the next step in order to make people aware of the various diseases our children have to endure. She founded 2 organizations:&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Matters of the Heart&quot;, dedicated to educate the public about Congenital Heart Defects and to bring joy to little heart patients in the hospital &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Seraphim Children Projects&quot;, with the goal of raising Awareness for children with different illnesses like Autism, Childhood Cancer, etc &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;   &lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&quot;Angelina – Don&#39;t be afraid of the Dark&quot; is her first Children&#39;s book and she is very proud of having created a really unique and special book for soothing the fears of children. &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; For more information on Sandra Kay&#39;s work please visit her pages:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 0, 204);&quot; href=&quot;http://www.angelinas-friends.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 0, 204);&quot; href=&quot;http://www.myspace.com/angelinasfriends&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.myspace.com/angelinasfriends&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 0, 204);&quot; href=&quot;http://www.myspace.com/seraphimbooks&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.myspace.com/seraphimbooks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvJCeLWlbf5D-RnjQfKiqe2NozvxlhXqem7o7uzNCkWmyPritq0MPnLXCxN1JPc1IM1bssMRLTTn3mWt2SubqjAcaKXF6VzzuxWqe_VWYZU5Qp8RDshpY3ABI7kjxERwhoMB6EUxuaCk/s1600-h/Josie+Nov+2007-2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 284px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvJCeLWlbf5D-RnjQfKiqe2NozvxlhXqem7o7uzNCkWmyPritq0MPnLXCxN1JPc1IM1bssMRLTTn3mWt2SubqjAcaKXF6VzzuxWqe_VWYZU5Qp8RDshpY3ABI7kjxERwhoMB6EUxuaCk/s320/Josie+Nov+2007-2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345518281784719186&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;My Oldest granddaughter, Josie Mia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Reading the original version of&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&#39;Don&#39;t Be Afraid of The Dark&#39;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7TCAqyd1k-cDOqoVMmPxsCZa3xosqD0D2Rc82R-7CCs9g1cvYGPlIP5ASDrPd4izJDTYw2Tuo467WjI-0KLlZraRnFn3UBi5I0gsgH6nKcocXlLpRiVP829L4PfVc53-tqA_N2mc85A/s1600-h/Josie+Nov+2007-3.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 243px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7TCAqyd1k-cDOqoVMmPxsCZa3xosqD0D2Rc82R-7CCs9g1cvYGPlIP5ASDrPd4izJDTYw2Tuo467WjI-0KLlZraRnFn3UBi5I0gsgH6nKcocXlLpRiVP829L4PfVc53-tqA_N2mc85A/s320/Josie+Nov+2007-3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345518280289351602&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;See the little *&#39;rainbow&#39; card by her knee?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;The children hold the card, leaving all their worries &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;in the card&lt;/span&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;then place it beneath their pillow at bed-time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Josie was at one time a very &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;anxious&lt;/span&gt; sleeper...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;at nearly six years old now, she actually looks forward&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;to her nightly story, prayers and sleep. :)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Hope you take a few moments to check out the above sites and learn a little more about CHD. Matters of the heart....isn&#39;t this truly what life is all about?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.angelinas-friends.com/images/stories/cards/Sleep%20well.png&quot; rel=&quot;lightbox[atomium]&quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;u&gt;Description&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.angelinas-friends.com/images/stories/cards/sleep%20well@rwcards.png&quot; style=&quot;border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: trebuchet ms;&quot;&gt;G&#39;Ma~rella&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/2031101221764764913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/06/meet-angelinachd-awareness.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/2031101221764764913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/2031101221764764913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/06/meet-angelinachd-awareness.html' title='Meet Angelina~CHD Awareness'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvJCeLWlbf5D-RnjQfKiqe2NozvxlhXqem7o7uzNCkWmyPritq0MPnLXCxN1JPc1IM1bssMRLTTn3mWt2SubqjAcaKXF6VzzuxWqe_VWYZU5Qp8RDshpY3ABI7kjxERwhoMB6EUxuaCk/s72-c/Josie+Nov+2007-2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-6564686585751262812</id><published>2009-06-03T10:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-03T17:27:49.405-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Praying For My Katie...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6I04XFuliYEqL32YMQyT0FpCUI02w9Sczy7NsGXCYVSG3RLKIzj5mb9babVqnajEinkl52LMS58VW5LC9sW9fzg1uxx3KETgDvZcPDLkbPupsSheLzQiZ6YHuuSUZEyjYPr-K7zrJaI/s1600-h/katiesbirth.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 233px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6I04XFuliYEqL32YMQyT0FpCUI02w9Sczy7NsGXCYVSG3RLKIzj5mb9babVqnajEinkl52LMS58VW5LC9sW9fzg1uxx3KETgDvZcPDLkbPupsSheLzQiZ6YHuuSUZEyjYPr-K7zrJaI/s320/katiesbirth.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343167460254742354&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Katie Marie is my youngest, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;my&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;baby&lt;/span&gt;. Born September 15, 1983 at the oldest &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:78%;&quot;&gt;(at the time)&lt;/span&gt; military hospital in the nation, Katie was in such a hurry to meet her Momma and Daddy, big sister and brother ~ she made her precious appearance as I was being transported from the labor room to the delivery room&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:78%;&quot;&gt; (no birthing rooms &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;way back then&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;. Silly L&amp;amp;D nurse told me to &quot;cross my legs and do not push!&quot; But Katie Marie was so determined, she was not waiting. When I announced &quot;my baby is HERE&quot; the silly nurse actually chuckled. That&#39;s when I reached down beneath the &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;military green sheets&lt;/span&gt; and gently lifted my beautiful daughter to my chest. Silly nurse quickly wrapped an Army green towel  and sheet around my girl, helping me swaddle her~it was all so surreal and seemed like very slow motion~God was right there, allowing me to enjoy every second of the beautiful memory my little Angel and I had just made. My Katie didn&#39;t cry, she simply looked right into my eyes as if to say &quot;I&#39;m here Mommy, I&#39;m right here and I am &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;alive&lt;/span&gt;!&quot;&lt;br /&gt;When she did finally cry, she sounded like a little newborn kitten at first, then all the sudden &quot;roar!&quot; LOL! To this day, I still get a good chuckle out of that particular memory~as does she. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A MIRACLE....my baby girl made it through 40 weeks and 4 days, safely protected, knitted together by God Himself, growing and swimming around in the warmth of my womb. Things were not always so safe, though. In April 1983, I became very ill and just chalking it up to pregnancy related symptoms, I rested more and needed a little extra help caring for my two older children...Jaime, 4 and Timothy, 2. Then one morning I was not able to raise my head upon waking and my legs felt very sleepy. Sounds became very muffled and my vision was blurred. Off to the hospital we went and by the time we arrived, I was limp as a wet noodle. Many tests and two spinal taps later, it was discovered I had &lt;a style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningitis&quot;&gt;meningitis&lt;/a&gt; and was immediately admitted to the Maternity ICU. Within five days, another spinal tap would have devastating results~I now had full blown &lt;a style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephalitis&quot;&gt;encephalitis&lt;/a&gt;, also known as &lt;a style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningoencephalitis&quot; title=&quot;Meningoencephalitis&quot;&gt;meningoencephalitis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;, which is often a fatal diagnosis. &lt;/span&gt;The first words out of my OB doc&#39;s mouth~ &quot;you &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;must&lt;/span&gt; terminate this pregnancy.&quot; Um, say what?! Though my cognitive state was barely holding on by the &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:78%;&quot; &gt;tiniest thread&lt;/span&gt;, his words struck my heart like a bolt of lightening. No way. No how. Not happening. If God chose to take my unborn little girl Home, then alright, I could accept that even though &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;I would never hope it&lt;/span&gt;. Not even when my OB doc insisted terminating my pregnancy would better my chances for surviving the disease, did termination become an option. Only my God in Heaven had the right, the love to make this decision. So~the OB doc does several ultrasounds. My baby girls heart rate was declining...rapidly. Her tiny body...very still. A final u.s. would show my sweet baby girl no longer had a beating heart. However, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;she&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;had&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;the will to live...and God had great, beautiful plans for my girl......&lt;/span&gt;He wasn&#39;t done yet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:78%;&quot;&gt;HOPE~HOPE~HOPE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNiYhprlAqVGM_EFPKSKAfcFgrWdh0DB3ri-n0dTsFKbfAzp7HkNTfBsFZXwg9NOIiJbmdwUtH51rs3RBUSHbbn9v9D2ZhqbxatFFbmNC4nXDNAaYdARzaEfiMBh47bOCwl4fvb3GPNeo/s1600-h/ththhopeflower.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 100px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNiYhprlAqVGM_EFPKSKAfcFgrWdh0DB3ri-n0dTsFKbfAzp7HkNTfBsFZXwg9NOIiJbmdwUtH51rs3RBUSHbbn9v9D2ZhqbxatFFbmNC4nXDNAaYdARzaEfiMBh47bOCwl4fvb3GPNeo/s200/ththhopeflower.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343193125474458818&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:78%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Always&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;BELIEVE...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;My husband rolled me into the hospital chapel, at my request. It was there, God spoke clearly...and quite loudly. Things appeared in that chapel, which only God and I could see and hear. Hundreds of glowing candles, the sweet sounds of a harp, a slight breeze...&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and so...much...more.&lt;/span&gt; I knew, right then...my baby girl was safe. God truly spoke to me, yes He sure did! He had great plans for my little girl. He continues to have those same great plans...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~*~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;When Katie was in kindergarten, her hearing test came back with questionable results. Her &#39;low tones&#39; lacked clarity, which I was informed could be a side effect of my illness during pregnancy with her. Throughout Katie&#39;s childhood, it was unnoticeable~to her and to those around her. She did seem to have more than the normal amount o ear infections, yet not enough to warrant ear tubes to prevent them. (&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;I should have INSISTED!!&lt;/span&gt;) In her later teenage years, I noticed she was saying &quot;huh&quot; quite often. She insisted she could hear just fine, just had not been &#39;listening.&#39; My Mommy-radar told me otherwise though and off to the doc&#39;s we went.  Once again, low tones lacking clarity, &quot;don&#39;t be overly concerned.&quot; On Katie&#39;s 21st birthday, five days prior to her baby girl turning a year old, Katie was involved in a tragic, freak accident. A drunk driver crashed her car through the building Katie was in and debris hit my girl in the head, face, back and&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt; ears&lt;/span&gt;. One month later we would learn this accident  would leave my Katie legally deaf~&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;for the rest of her life.&lt;/span&gt; Two weeks later, Katie heard her own baby girl&#39;s voice &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;clearly&lt;/span&gt;, for the very first time. She sobbed. We sobbed....and prayed. Three sets of hearing aids later, my girl Katie continues to struggle. The drunk driver who injured my girl barely got a hand slap. Though she &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;was&lt;/span&gt; insured, her liability had already topped out due to previous claims. The owner of the building was not held liable. My Katie has faced this tragedy head on, absorbing all costs not covered by her own medical insurance. As luck would have it, this policy does not pay for hearing aids....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Being the single Mommy of two little girls has it&#39;s challenges, but Katie has always worked very hard to support her little family...on her own. Giving up her dream of becoming a RN was very difficult, but without being able to hear, the nursing programs would not accept her applications.&lt;br /&gt;She loves her job at our local hospital, in the sleep lab where she is a &lt;a style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.blogger.com/l&quot;&gt;Polysomnographer&lt;/a&gt;. The pay is good, benefits nice and she loves the patients as they do her. BUT~ it appears as though her job is now in jeopardy, because of her hearing impairment. Even though the hospital was well aware of her situation and&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt; disability&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:85%;&quot;&gt;(&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;I can&#39;t call it that in her presence!&lt;/span&gt;)&lt;/span&gt; they are just recently treating her with very little respect. Just yesterday one of her co-workers made the remark~ &quot;wow Katie, you really &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;are&lt;/span&gt; deaf, aren&#39;t you?!&quot; Followed with laughter...LAUGHTER!! Another co-worker takes it upon himself to let Katie&#39;s patients know, &quot;she is hard of hearing, so you have to &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;talk very loud&lt;/span&gt;.&quot; I &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;know&lt;/span&gt; there must be some discriminatory protection available for my sweet girl... Her hearing impairment does&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt; not &lt;/span&gt;interfere with her work performance...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&#39;Oh Lord, please hear this Mother&#39;s prayers...&lt;br /&gt;may my girl Katie someday hear&lt;br /&gt;the sweet sounds of nature...&lt;br /&gt;her children&#39;s laughter...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnnatBEALbwfUN-0wHps1s63V5fs1ju69aFWdSbkBPgdGT84ivlkHy4FgD4WcMauWjo-jrf4CGhu9TuJH_OdRIDN5PYL0N3anWUz0rx1d2yVS5fTiLxAmUQzfWCNpVpx7NVHL_zTQaj2w/s1600-h/l_3be888bdbf8249f79758b549cc3f8bf8.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnnatBEALbwfUN-0wHps1s63V5fs1ju69aFWdSbkBPgdGT84ivlkHy4FgD4WcMauWjo-jrf4CGhu9TuJH_OdRIDN5PYL0N3anWUz0rx1d2yVS5fTiLxAmUQzfWCNpVpx7NVHL_zTQaj2w/s320/l_3be888bdbf8249f79758b549cc3f8bf8.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343237416622092258&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEFnIYQu5RmJCTeVvTxb8MaEUOKjZ4IKv30Qh5ra4pjQ8ql4PyJhBM4Qy5YjuU1T8OVAHHSVnGD9DtL-AeyLwrQfLWVe5_EzU_qgBQAmToU1g7p9vOm6ftf9vdT9TH3dCmtH0BPPz3hA/s1600-h/DSC02477%5B1%5D.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxEFnIYQu5RmJCTeVvTxb8MaEUOKjZ4IKv30Qh5ra4pjQ8ql4PyJhBM4Qy5YjuU1T8OVAHHSVnGD9DtL-AeyLwrQfLWVe5_EzU_qgBQAmToU1g7p9vOm6ftf9vdT9TH3dCmtH0BPPz3hA/s320/DSC02477%5B1%5D.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343240697463177410&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;I BELIEVE...&lt;br /&gt;in Your&lt;br /&gt;MIRACLES, oh Lord...&#39;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well....my baby girl may be twenty-five years old, but &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;she&#39;s still my baby!&lt;/span&gt; I BELIEVE my Katie is an &#39;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;old soul&lt;/span&gt;.&#39; When she was barely two years old, she would tell me about all the &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Angels&lt;/span&gt; she had met in Heaven, especially her elderly lady friends. She spoke of &#39;bi-focal&#39;s, silver strands of thinning hair, holding and gently rocking the smallest Angels while singing lullaby&#39;s.&#39; She often expressed how sad her Angel friends were when it was time for her to make her earthly apearance and how they hugged &#39;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;good-bye for now&lt;/span&gt;.&#39; Though one would imagine these conversations being sad, they were anything but. My girl&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt; glowed&lt;/span&gt; as she clearly spoke her truly emotional testimony. She frequently spoke about her visits to Jamaica and how she healed little children. At 15 years old, my sweet girl &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;did indeed visit Jamaica&lt;/span&gt;, during a missionary trip, even though she was three years below the qualified age to go. While there, on the very first day, she was bitten by a very poisonous spider which would normally include a fatal ending. BUT~this spider didn&#39;t know who he had bitten~and my girl didn&#39;t even tell me about it until she returned home from the mission! To this day, Katie and I have a &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;spiritual&lt;/span&gt; closeness which goes beyond our Mother/Daughter relationship. I thank my God &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;eternally&lt;/span&gt; for this gift He entrusted unto me. To think back on what &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;could&lt;/span&gt; have been, had I followed medical orders, words of loving family and friends.....let&#39;s just say I do not visit &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:78%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;there&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; often.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Momma will do whatever it takes,whatever I can, to help my children. We&#39;ve looked into surgery...not eligible. Researched Cochlear Implants...not eligible. The only hope we were told could even remotely help would be continuing to use stronger hearing aids, until the day nothing worked. Continue the weekly ENT visits, when inner-ear infection is present, to have Katie&#39;s ear canals suctioned which is horribly painful. Prepare for complete and total deafness, learn sign language.....basically, it seems as though &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;they&lt;/span&gt; have given up all hope.  HUH? No, no, no!! Have these medical/audio/rehab folks not heard of &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Prayer?!&lt;/span&gt; Do they not understand, my Katie will &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;never&lt;/span&gt; give up? Her Momma will &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;never&lt;/span&gt; cease praying? Do they not know, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;our God is not finished with my Katie&lt;/span&gt;, that He continues to have great plans for her? Do they not realize God follows through with prayer, creating &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;MIRACLE after MIRACLE&lt;/span&gt;, every single day?Silly people.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:130%;&quot;&gt;Please....would you pray for my girl Katie.... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;and her precious little girls....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;BELIEVE &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;with&lt;/span&gt; me?&lt;br /&gt;God continues to have great plans&lt;br /&gt;for my Katie Marie...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaksQqgPPy3WaCKF9frF_G6aFanp2Dw3afMZgtXcN_22F7OQfmp2Rv_EyVRIm5Syae5t9RbmDZ1D76VjAjqAknsn1xJ9Ot-dZtmaM4H7TDb6-5r6uo1Ti3PCca53JJbVUuIFcZxBG7Mw/s1600-h/l_19ab01ba8267448c2ce9bf81fae90f41.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaksQqgPPy3WaCKF9frF_G6aFanp2Dw3afMZgtXcN_22F7OQfmp2Rv_EyVRIm5Syae5t9RbmDZ1D76VjAjqAknsn1xJ9Ot-dZtmaM4H7TDb6-5r6uo1Ti3PCca53JJbVUuIFcZxBG7Mw/s320/l_19ab01ba8267448c2ce9bf81fae90f41.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343207485989557970&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;He&#39;s going to surprise my girl someday...&lt;br /&gt;I&lt;br /&gt;ALWAYS&lt;br /&gt;BELIEVE....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Photo taken on St&#39; Patrick&#39;s Day &#39;09&lt;br /&gt;while stopping by Mommy&#39;s work for&lt;br /&gt;Irish Lovies...&lt;br /&gt;Sadie (L) is now almost 5 months&lt;br /&gt;Josie (R) will be 6 in September&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;~*~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Thank you so much, with all my heart!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;G&#39;Ma~rella &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/6564686585751262812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/06/praying-for-my-katie.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/6564686585751262812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/6564686585751262812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/06/praying-for-my-katie.html' title='Praying For My Katie...'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU6I04XFuliYEqL32YMQyT0FpCUI02w9Sczy7NsGXCYVSG3RLKIzj5mb9babVqnajEinkl52LMS58VW5LC9sW9fzg1uxx3KETgDvZcPDLkbPupsSheLzQiZ6YHuuSUZEyjYPr-K7zrJaI/s72-c/katiesbirth.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-1143045856557542636</id><published>2009-06-02T00:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T01:33:47.351-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="anniversary"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="beach"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="birthday"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="grandchildren"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="grandfather"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="grandmother"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="love"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ocean"/><title type='text'>Happy First Birthday In Heaven, Grandma</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xYasN2DorNSqK5v_k13v3qwRbI2aWXaMdAi-80DPduspoRwS5ZlccJjQZTNYo3AAiRv73SXbATXd99vVJ319lrBeEx5OyOziyxpcdD6HvoDuNCMFYfbfJ28dzxkJ05IOOP1UesAqlmM/s1600-h/GrandmasParty-17-1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xYasN2DorNSqK5v_k13v3qwRbI2aWXaMdAi-80DPduspoRwS5ZlccJjQZTNYo3AAiRv73SXbATXd99vVJ319lrBeEx5OyOziyxpcdD6HvoDuNCMFYfbfJ28dzxkJ05IOOP1UesAqlmM/s320/GrandmasParty-17-1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342644549878653282&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;~*~ Grandma&#39;s 90th Birthday Party ~*~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;font-size:78%;&quot; &gt;Her last earth birthday...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Seems nearly impossible one year ago, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;this very moment&lt;/span&gt;, I was sleeping under the covers my Grandmother had &#39;tucked me in&#39; with. It was her ninetieth birthday and I had spent the night with her ~ oh how I thank God for that night. Somehow I just knew, it would be the last time I would fall asleep in Grandma&#39;s spare bedroom and wake up to the smell of Aqua Net hair spray and Charlie perfume. June 1st is also the anniversary of my wonderful Grandparents and I could never hear &#39;their story&#39; too many times. How as young teens in Nebraska, they met at a country barn dance. Grandpa asked Grandma for a dance and from that moment on, they truly lived happily ever after ~ nearly 50 years ~ before Grandpa passed away in January of 1985.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh65uPBxu45C3S6QmhrxDa9dlKPNnk_1Igm2rFkur8yYLvvEaFHo4qvqCRAdy3Lmy_0bV5bdWI5Hisfc_rTnDgvJaMz-Xwc1r_FauuTkogaFLzjQRVkwCAylG9PLvrTOJjO5tcY-Bl8SNQ/s1600-h/gpa+gma+brown.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh65uPBxu45C3S6QmhrxDa9dlKPNnk_1Igm2rFkur8yYLvvEaFHo4qvqCRAdy3Lmy_0bV5bdWI5Hisfc_rTnDgvJaMz-Xwc1r_FauuTkogaFLzjQRVkwCAylG9PLvrTOJjO5tcY-Bl8SNQ/s320/gpa+gma+brown.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342633377237183842&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;~Happy 75th Anniversary in Heaven, Grandpa and Grandma Brown~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Tonight I imagine them dancing in Heaven, holding each other as if it were that very first time, back in the early 1930&#39;s. Seven children and over 60 foster children later, they could be found hand in hand and &#39;smooching&#39; around little corners, in their huge Victorian home. Big holiday gatherings, with children, laughter and the best home cooked meals you could ever dream of ~ it was always the very best of times, anytime I was in their home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZK2alP6YjqGZwETKc3R9e2nJn9BO_K9fgCRtOnQmjFfdyyuxJ1orVgub8KcEHFwOVnkujSuJpLAu0IWo2_My0f-pIiGnTwzva9k7FrkgVq_q1LPJ2NcuvIJVuphlEEbJKov7KTpYJ9z0/s1600-h/S5000951_edited-1.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZK2alP6YjqGZwETKc3R9e2nJn9BO_K9fgCRtOnQmjFfdyyuxJ1orVgub8KcEHFwOVnkujSuJpLAu0IWo2_My0f-pIiGnTwzva9k7FrkgVq_q1LPJ2NcuvIJVuphlEEbJKov7KTpYJ9z0/s200/S5000951_edited-1.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342635941438942082&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRM1OZTJGsmd7dJwIKKAS1skd8VoT389J4i_O8V1DB34FusLZdk_EcfkKT3NOWXY_WjjlgRzDTnC5Y34Olgo6tBMw0H_KD-tY8FSVuHUcGECkx3ArZGHqHt057qpe8KVR90YTEPEy8uJk/s1600-h/S5000953_edited-1.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRM1OZTJGsmd7dJwIKKAS1skd8VoT389J4i_O8V1DB34FusLZdk_EcfkKT3NOWXY_WjjlgRzDTnC5Y34Olgo6tBMw0H_KD-tY8FSVuHUcGECkx3ArZGHqHt057qpe8KVR90YTEPEy8uJk/s200/S5000953_edited-1.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342636212506732722&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytuq_-LbDRSyVGYO7cqAfUeViCSM4kNphK-OMeIfr5wxIayg1aLyudeE6THOcj3hyyGY4BfhYrcML_AvEByKWMqIrqaH0t__WqiWwmDWYt6wsumOF1gOZ6pj3mIWAEzK-YxgSgrIXXVo/s1600-h/S5000957.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytuq_-LbDRSyVGYO7cqAfUeViCSM4kNphK-OMeIfr5wxIayg1aLyudeE6THOcj3hyyGY4BfhYrcML_AvEByKWMqIrqaH0t__WqiWwmDWYt6wsumOF1gOZ6pj3mIWAEzK-YxgSgrIXXVo/s200/S5000957.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342636733206953378&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9_t06UIK1wbtmt3OmowpbKpJwDEjnVHjAKfK8dSQWE85uxX38_3dbBmfsmgrSGKvVEDvm0RByCOC6o1N_m_KfNQagqq1dfkhE68zU_CiOFRmziUrv1uaRW3X-mWshSI0Gf6JZ2PRC2I/s1600-h/S5000959.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE9_t06UIK1wbtmt3OmowpbKpJwDEjnVHjAKfK8dSQWE85uxX38_3dbBmfsmgrSGKvVEDvm0RByCOC6o1N_m_KfNQagqq1dfkhE68zU_CiOFRmziUrv1uaRW3X-mWshSI0Gf6JZ2PRC2I/s200/S5000959.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342636935383629026&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grandma loved the ocean ~ the sight, the feel, the smell ~ the breeze upon her lovely face...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8d79Aljkrbr_wei8_wcaz_10VqhRQpWlhhHZD4RJTq0rbO1ULyhp2BfcBOn66FKJDghHwvuxiickOwCv14gpNkuzzTmWnRjLfKr-XgDk1O46zJeexa4jx6WvKMzKNcR6VyWxMIgX9wo/s1600-h/HPIM0696.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 160px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-8d79Aljkrbr_wei8_wcaz_10VqhRQpWlhhHZD4RJTq0rbO1ULyhp2BfcBOn66FKJDghHwvuxiickOwCv14gpNkuzzTmWnRjLfKr-XgDk1O46zJeexa4jx6WvKMzKNcR6VyWxMIgX9wo/s200/HPIM0696.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342638988169271474&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;She found such true joy, just watching her Granddaughter, Great Granddaughter and Great-Great Granddaughter, frolicking in the sand and &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;jumping&lt;/span&gt; little blue waves of&lt;br /&gt;The Pacific Ocean. We built sand castles and sea creatures, sipped on iced tea and the best part of the day was, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;making beautiful memories&lt;/span&gt;, to last our life times.&lt;br /&gt;~*~&lt;br /&gt;Someday, I will blog and share so much more about my sweet Grandmother. Today, I just want to wish her~&lt;br /&gt;&#39;Happy Birthday in Heaven.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;~*~&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;ve just tucked my own Grandbabies into bed, under the covers which once lay upon my Grandmother&#39;s bed. Just to walk into the &#39;Grandbaby room&#39; ~ &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;I get lost in your scent&lt;/span&gt;, Grandma....I truly miss you ~ Forever love you. (((HUGS)))&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/1143045856557542636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/06/happy-first-birthday-in-heaven-grandma.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/1143045856557542636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/1143045856557542636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/06/happy-first-birthday-in-heaven-grandma.html' title='Happy First Birthday In Heaven, Grandma'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1xYasN2DorNSqK5v_k13v3qwRbI2aWXaMdAi-80DPduspoRwS5ZlccJjQZTNYo3AAiRv73SXbATXd99vVJ319lrBeEx5OyOziyxpcdD6HvoDuNCMFYfbfJ28dzxkJ05IOOP1UesAqlmM/s72-c/GrandmasParty-17-1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-1231026642232536179</id><published>2009-05-29T11:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-29T11:51:57.563-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Pifer Family</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://thepiferfamily.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i734.photobucket.com/albums/ww350/juliesblogdesigns/PiferButton-1.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please keep &lt;a href=&quot;http://thepiferfamily.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; sweet little couple in your thought&#39;s and prayers. I&#39;ve been where they are, my own daughter is where they are.... and it&#39;s truly a sad, sad place to be. Wanting more than anything to become a Mommy and Daddy...can seem like the longest wait, well, because it is when it&#39;s just not happening. Someday I may blog about my own infertility experience....today though, let&#39;s just focus on &lt;a href=&quot;http://thepiferfamily.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;The Pifers Journey&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);&quot;&gt;BELIEVE...&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/1231026642232536179/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/05/pifer-family.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/1231026642232536179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/1231026642232536179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/05/pifer-family.html' title='The Pifer Family'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-7503021043842999507</id><published>2009-05-28T23:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-31T13:48:52.565-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Most Favorite Name~Grandma!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitkJ6WGZSvos8tu8KCa6gKjEkLd6xup9xohn-rgeWD79g9LYfiwVof9Zny2Z95BPtmFXuDqhotp5oifWU5-kNR-LmPy_MsmGBRzqbjZIwxDaIaQ0ToHJ5uU_rx0Bjqkq0dU3jM1PC-R8/s1600-h/JosieFrog.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitkJ6WGZSvos8tu8KCa6gKjEkLd6xup9xohn-rgeWD79g9LYfiwVof9Zny2Z95BPtmFXuDqhotp5oifWU5-kNR-LmPy_MsmGBRzqbjZIwxDaIaQ0ToHJ5uU_rx0Bjqkq0dU3jM1PC-R8/s320/JosieFrog.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341137764700688034&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meet Josie Mia...my first born Grandchild. Born September 20, 2003 to &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;my baby&lt;/span&gt;, Katie Marie.&lt;br /&gt;Here she is with her pet frog, Sherman, who she&#39;s had for nearly two years now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjE6VdPCr06QW0QVtpWVjfEQQjk7nnhSDRIBVcClavjL_6ynJouAYPa7YEzTxRXziLhBI_EymKd-xmocx9C1U7CUYtE28TEUYh2Ia7MfwuZS5XEpDJyz8q1mYJFI3xt0ajX50ALx83DI/s1600-h/l_9295d895177f4b4f9c9446a749fd0d6f.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 239px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjE6VdPCr06QW0QVtpWVjfEQQjk7nnhSDRIBVcClavjL_6ynJouAYPa7YEzTxRXziLhBI_EymKd-xmocx9C1U7CUYtE28TEUYh2Ia7MfwuZS5XEpDJyz8q1mYJFI3xt0ajX50ALx83DI/s320/l_9295d895177f4b4f9c9446a749fd0d6f.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341141507472283266&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then on January 27, 2004 we were blessed with Grandbaby number two, little Hayden Leeann. She&#39;s our little thinker, but don&#39;t let the stillness fool you! LOL! We don&#39;t call her &#39;Hurricane Hilda&#39; for nothing! I do have more recent photo&#39;s, but this one fits her perfectly! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAUYu4tZlx8XlCQQB4EElq_bGU_9yezRazyUaauKiLg21G3Ir_ZpY_pbGTEtdyOGtgwXEPLmrQvLgltcXqkVaqy4zdLnLjrp-HMpkoOzv9EXL2bX2hO4s06Zhyphenhyphen8BJ4e5mtwYWIob0LFg/s1600-h/IMG_9600.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAUYu4tZlx8XlCQQB4EElq_bGU_9yezRazyUaauKiLg21G3Ir_ZpY_pbGTEtdyOGtgwXEPLmrQvLgltcXqkVaqy4zdLnLjrp-HMpkoOzv9EXL2bX2hO4s06Zhyphenhyphen8BJ4e5mtwYWIob0LFg/s320/IMG_9600.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341144729198136610&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alexis Camille, now 4 years old, entered our family along with her big brother in March of 2006, as a foster child. Lexi is our little mischievous &#39;Angel.&#39; LOL! On January 15, 2009~my daughter and son in law became the proud &#39;legal&#39; parents, through adoption of Alexis and her big brother.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPS83CiSNT9omyCNKcq1RyNK11XP4c362zKhgjx-ZkJ16-ruXm7QmZ83wTr7u1ej3VjGBxSM7YuhuZZndXN6V_cPqUWEbi0cYL5O22YoVa367oay-aijx76NfENLgRnc1ZV7ELmLoDYFE/s1600-h/IMG_2122.JPG&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPS83CiSNT9omyCNKcq1RyNK11XP4c362zKhgjx-ZkJ16-ruXm7QmZ83wTr7u1ej3VjGBxSM7YuhuZZndXN6V_cPqUWEbi0cYL5O22YoVa367oay-aijx76NfENLgRnc1ZV7ELmLoDYFE/s320/IMG_2122.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341147509788205170&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Austin Joseph! Austin will be six years old on June 14th and he is our little golfer. He graduates kindergarten next week and is already reading on the second grade level! He is also our first Grandchild to fall casualty to a broken bone and being casted. His little sister pushed him down and he landed on his hands, breaking his left arm in two places. Did I mention Lexi is mischievous? Little stinker&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt; still&lt;/span&gt; thinks it&#39;s all pretty funny....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZoqAxu-cftK51sulhiQWDAjPJLitYsDeL1F9wdPqTtHktD_-fK9dD8MRfp_IazfA-d9RdGDtdiC4esJgek6KjUw0z6N335YrPsVwUQOFTdLoEjpIUqsxC97kRSsRJMrCkuh6aA3iXck/s1600-h/2773_1048885423265_1259581851_30109065_7175413_n.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZoqAxu-cftK51sulhiQWDAjPJLitYsDeL1F9wdPqTtHktD_-fK9dD8MRfp_IazfA-d9RdGDtdiC4esJgek6KjUw0z6N335YrPsVwUQOFTdLoEjpIUqsxC97kRSsRJMrCkuh6aA3iXck/s320/2773_1048885423265_1259581851_30109065_7175413_n.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341153550060657650&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our newest little sweetheart~Sadie Frances, Josie Mia&#39;s little sister! Sadie was born on January 8, 2009 and I was blessed by helping to deliver her. The mid-wife and nurse refused to believe my daughter was in &#39;real&#39; labor and planned for an induction the morning of the 9th. Well...Miss Sadie had other plans! Her little head presenting, the nurse ran out of the birthing room leaving my daughter and myself to deliver little Sadie...thank goodness she showed up in time to help out! Sadie was born with her two front bottom teeth~see them? :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our sixth little Grandbaby is due to arrive on October 27th and we find out next week if we&#39;re shopping pink or blue. We&#39;re wishing for blue, but healthy is really the only color we &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;hope&lt;/span&gt; for!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Becoming a Grandmother is the very best and most blessed experience of my life. I think when God knitted me together in my own Mother&#39;s womb, He just truly &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;knew&lt;/span&gt; I would be born to be called &quot;Grandma!&quot; Thank You GOD! :)</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/7503021043842999507/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-most-favorite-namegrandma.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/7503021043842999507'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/7503021043842999507'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-most-favorite-namegrandma.html' title='My Most Favorite Name~Grandma!'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitkJ6WGZSvos8tu8KCa6gKjEkLd6xup9xohn-rgeWD79g9LYfiwVof9Zny2Z95BPtmFXuDqhotp5oifWU5-kNR-LmPy_MsmGBRzqbjZIwxDaIaQ0ToHJ5uU_rx0Bjqkq0dU3jM1PC-R8/s72-c/JosieFrog.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-6938760799007523175</id><published>2009-05-28T23:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-28T23:53:30.523-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Little Bentley</title><content type='html'>Please continue to pray for little Bentley! Her open heart surgery was very successful and she&#39;s headed HOME on Friday if all tests are good. GOD IS GOOD!! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youandmeplusthree.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.preshwebdesign.com/images/BentleyButton1.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/6938760799007523175/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/05/little-bentley.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/6938760799007523175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/6938760799007523175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/05/little-bentley.html' title='Little Bentley'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-140008370922903899</id><published>2009-05-14T14:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-02T22:23:50.537-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Me, My Baby and HER Baby...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;**We placed THIRD in the photo contest! I am so proud! Thanks so much to everyone who voted :)&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Not sure if we actually won anything, but it sure was fun!**&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our local newspaper is having a &#39;Mommy and Me&#39; photo contest and I thought it would be fun to enter. I LOVE this photo, which was taken just hours after I helped deliver my youngest Granddaughter, Sadie Frances, on January 8th, 2009. The mid-wife had not yet shown up and the nurse left my daughter Katie and I... &lt;i&gt;alone&lt;/i&gt; in the birthing room. Sadie was &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;not &lt;/span&gt;waiting!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; src=&quot;http://nrtoday.upickem.net/engine/SubmissionWidget.aspx?PageType=VOTING&amp;amp;ContestID=6805&amp;amp;SubmissionID=864162&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The prizes are really neat and I would love to present one of them to my &#39;baby&#39;~as she can not afford to have professional photo&#39;s taken of her and her little girls. Wanna help me out?!&lt;br /&gt;Just CLICK above! THANKS  SO MUCH IN ADVANCE!&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/140008370922903899/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/05/me-my-baby-and-her-baby.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/140008370922903899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/140008370922903899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/05/me-my-baby-and-her-baby.html' title='Me, My Baby and HER Baby...'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-8917028493440155708</id><published>2009-05-13T20:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-13T20:23:04.786-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kayleigh&#39;s Dancing With Jesus~</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://kayleighannefreeman.blogspot.com&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r208/jennisajoy/BLOG%20DESIGN/ONCEUPONABLOG/KaleighAnnbuttoncopy.jpg&quot; /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Precious little one~&lt;a style=&quot;color: rgb(204, 102, 204);&quot; href=&quot;http://kayleighannefreeman.blogspot.com&quot;&gt;little Kayleigh Freeman&lt;/a&gt; is now dancing on streets of gold, in the arms of Jesus. Though I have only been following her blog for a few months, my heart is broken, my soul aches for her precious family. Please pray for them....Please visit their blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&#39;s something else people can do to honor sweet Kayleigh. Her Daddy posted this just this evening and what a beautiful tribute:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Many of you asked if there were something you could do to help and I came up with an idea. At 4:00PM(EST), we will be letting off pink balloons in Kayleigh&#39;s name. Tied to each balloon will be a card that reads: &quot; &lt;span style=&quot;font-size:78%;&quot;&gt;Adam Freeman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kayleigh Anne Freeman&lt;br /&gt;Our One Pound Miracle from God&lt;br /&gt;(6/23/08 - 5/11/09)&lt;br /&gt;www.KayleighAnneFreeman.blogspot.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://photobucket.com/images/pink%20balloon&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k71/x_Leticia_x/DSCF3177-1.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;pink balloon Pictures, Images and Photos&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/8917028493440155708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/05/kayleighs-dancing-with-jesus.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/8917028493440155708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/8917028493440155708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/05/kayleighs-dancing-with-jesus.html' title='Kayleigh&#39;s Dancing With Jesus~'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-4768660315286496888</id><published>2009-05-09T12:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-29T12:04:12.410-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogging"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="children"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="grandchildren"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="grandmother"/><title type='text'>New Blog Beginnings...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1Z7G7NZXwo94WhAahluZeY5cr8CK85jICRvhBt6kP8xGZ21Nb4sobPY1jKtu6cTHTjkiD2lrgPeOoA0W2nJ-68F-lqwFdduu-V2SAJmly-OgqvkfberVhC-eU6VFpGjtDn-uhgmN06c/s1600-h/1027510722_l.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 224px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1Z7G7NZXwo94WhAahluZeY5cr8CK85jICRvhBt6kP8xGZ21Nb4sobPY1jKtu6cTHTjkiD2lrgPeOoA0W2nJ-68F-lqwFdduu-V2SAJmly-OgqvkfberVhC-eU6VFpGjtDn-uhgmN06c/s320/1027510722_l.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333909502739094722&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I am Cindy, aka &#39;Grandma~rella.&#39; That&#39;s me, over there &lt;~ in the purple dress, which my oldest Granddaughter Josie Mia proudly calls the &#39;Grandma~rella dress.&#39; The handsome fella is my only Son, Timothy, proudly holding his beautiful bride, Jenn. Behind Jenn is my oldest Daughter, Jaime, next to her is my &#39;baby&#39; Daughter, Katie. The woman in blue is my Mother, Betty. This  photo was taken on May 28, 2006, in Spokane, WA. The day was beautiful, the people, precious.  It is now May 9, 2009. I&#39;ve always wanted to blog and have found myself here countless times over the years just sitting and wondering where to begin. So today, I begin~well, sorta. I&#39;ve been &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;sorta&lt;/span&gt; blogging via an old blog which I started a few years back, which has since been transferred to a good friend, who is more able to update &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;our county&#39;s soldiers&lt;/span&gt;. After blogging on that account for a couple months, I realized it was not appropriate to use the same URL for my own personal blog. So, I will attempt to transfer my personal entries over here. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My hope is to share love and laughter, ups and downs, smiles and frowns, witnessed miracles  and most of all~strengthen my personal relationship with Jesus. :) Reading various blogs here on Blogger, it&#39;s truly amazing how so many people have already &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&#39;muscled-me-up&#39; &lt;/span&gt;just by sharing your hearts and your words. THANK YOU!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, off I go to transfer those entries~thinking I may just need some luck! LOL! (((HUGS)))&lt;br /&gt;Grandma~rella</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/4768660315286496888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-blog-beginnings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/4768660315286496888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/4768660315286496888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-blog-beginnings.html' title='New Blog Beginnings...'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1Z7G7NZXwo94WhAahluZeY5cr8CK85jICRvhBt6kP8xGZ21Nb4sobPY1jKtu6cTHTjkiD2lrgPeOoA0W2nJ-68F-lqwFdduu-V2SAJmly-OgqvkfberVhC-eU6VFpGjtDn-uhgmN06c/s72-c/1027510722_l.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-4881314582095656781</id><published>2009-05-06T19:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T13:01:32.610-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Please Pray For Phillip!</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/philipbriggs&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z104/danielle982/Site%20Buttons/philip-tag.png&quot; /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What an amazing young man! Tonight, Phillip really needs all the prayer warriors surrounding him. Let&#39;s show him the LOVE, give him the STRENGTH to BELIEVE...everything&#39;s gonna be alright! Precious boy~know you are in my thought&#39;s and prayers...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grandma~rella</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/4881314582095656781/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/05/please-pray-for-phillip.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/4881314582095656781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/4881314582095656781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/05/please-pray-for-phillip.html' title='Please Pray For Phillip!'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z104/danielle982/Site%20Buttons/th_philip-tag.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-1624298794274189634</id><published>2009-04-28T23:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T13:01:32.635-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Praying For Owen&amp;#39;s Heart</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://simmonsfamilyupdate.blogspot.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;Owen&#39;s Button&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Owen&#39;s Button&quot; width=&quot;190&quot; src=&quot;http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m412/andreansimmons/Owensbuttoncopy.jpg&quot; height=&quot;200&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/1624298794274189634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/04/praying-for-owen-heart.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/1624298794274189634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/1624298794274189634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/04/praying-for-owen-heart.html' title='Praying For Owen&amp;#39;s Heart'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-2617085797662172326</id><published>2009-04-28T18:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T13:01:32.642-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Please pray for Little Kayleigh Anne Freeman</title><content type='html'>&lt;center&gt; 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alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://www.preshwebdesign.com/images/BentleyButton1.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/center&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/8787050458153797146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/04/please-pray-for-bentley.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/8787050458153797146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/8787050458153797146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/04/please-pray-for-bentley.html' title='Please Pray for Bentley...'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8555064292990095397.post-3674094250945381274</id><published>2009-04-05T17:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T13:01:32.661-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Under Construction :)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: lucida grande;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m truly looking forward to blogging about my life, my Grandbabies and whatever else feels right to blog about. Reading so many blogs others have written, truly inspires me to do one of my own. First though, I need to figure out how to make it look nice. :) So with that said~&#39;under construction&#39; is my very first blog post. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/feeds/3674094250945381274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/04/under-construction.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/3674094250945381274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8555064292990095397/posts/default/3674094250945381274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://grandmarella.blogspot.com/2009/04/under-construction.html' title='Under Construction :)'/><author><name>Grandma~rella</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05228977146743168149</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6pNPnUDr0aSlWPGJrThO2NPr28RqxzoJ2YxpRURyqa14ucojfB-GhAy4vSla6Y19702CBMpKDUphuiIbYurz8iW3KBkZxSkLddGLlTB0-hssDr88aud2LdiE2KPe9hw/s220/232323232%7Ffp__7_nu%3D34___834_%3B4%3B_259%3B834_3_244ot1lsi.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>