I have a sister...her name is Tania... let me tell you about her.
She is a wife, mother, sister, niece, daughter, friend, realtor, confidant, housekeeper, taxi driver, follower of Jesus...... and then some!
She is my younger sister, but sometimes takes the place in my life where she 'mothers' me and gives me the advice and guidance I need to hear. She is loving, caring, honest, sweet, funny, beautiful, respectful and giving. She is tender when I need her to be... blunt when I need to hear it... the hug when I need it... a shoulder to cry on when I need to shed those tears.... She has been my rock more times than I can count. Don't get me wrong...we have had our fair share of 'disagreements'... but have come out on the other side of those times, stronger... more deeply connected and better friends than we were before we entered that season. I look over my life and see the times when she was the ONE... and feel so blessed and comforted that God knew we needed each other. In the puzzle that is our lives... the creator of the univerise took the precious time to place our puzzle pieces together so perfectly. The next time you see my sister... tell her I love her!!!!
Friday, April 25, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Farewell Old Friend
Romeo Condon
1993-2008
Darren and I said good-bye to our sweet kitty Romeo yesterday. He was a loving, faithful and loyal friend and we will miss him always. Our hearts are broken, but we know we made the right decision to let him go. He had a tumor and the vet told us about a month ago that he way dying, we tried to overlook his lack of eating, his extreme weight loss and the lack of activity... but this past weekend it was evident that Romeo was ready to go. Good-Bye sweet kitty... we love you!
1993-2008
Darren and I said good-bye to our sweet kitty Romeo yesterday. He was a loving, faithful and loyal friend and we will miss him always. Our hearts are broken, but we know we made the right decision to let him go. He had a tumor and the vet told us about a month ago that he way dying, we tried to overlook his lack of eating, his extreme weight loss and the lack of activity... but this past weekend it was evident that Romeo was ready to go. Good-Bye sweet kitty... we love you!
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Choices
Since my post about being burdened and weary... I've had so many sisters pour out their love, prayers, support and kind words and scriptures on me... My spirit feels refreshed and stronger.... I've been reminded that it's a choice of my own will to choose to walk in the victory I've been given... it's a choice of my will to either be defeated...or to claim my position in Christ.... a choice of my will to walk in the scriptures and the promises of my Lord. My burdens are still there...and on my mind... but I've chosen to lay them at my Lord's feet... and to work hard to not let the enemy use these 'issues' to beat me down... It's all about the choices we make along the way. I choose Christ!
Monday, April 14, 2008
Burdened- Weary-Heavy
Sometimes life just throws too much at you all at once... I've been feeling very weary and heavy for quite sometime. Where will my help come from?...my help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. Sometimes that is hard to live and walk in when your heart is just so heavy. And just when you think your heart couldn't stand much more... one more situation get's dumped in your lap... and ouch... your bent over and can't hardly stand anymore.
Our eldest kitty is sick...and dying. I've had him for about 13 years and he's been through a lot with me. I'm heartbroken at the decision I know I'll have to make eventually..... I cry when I look at his small skinny frame.. my heart breaks when he comes up in bed at night to snuggle with us... and I know there won't be many more times for that. Is it ok to pray for my kitty? Does God want to hear those prayers? He created everything... he must care about my Romeo too?
It's been a long hard winter for us at the Condon household. Darren started with the town of Fort Fairfield Public Works dept. last fall and this was his rookie year of plowing... well, need I say more. He has been pretty absent this winter and I've missed him. That lack of time together has been rough.
I have been feeling really uncomfortable in my own skin lately... not sure what that's all about, but it's not a good feeling....
Work is extra busy and I've got some side projects that are just keeping me really stressed out and busy. My weeks just seem to get more and more eaten up with respondsibilites and I feel more and more tired and pulled in a million different directions... I try to make good use of my time and to give the ones I love my time and attention...my love and affection... and I just seem to be failing at that lately. Between work, church,classes, home, friends and family... I just don't have the time I need to give everything my undivided attention! I find myself in the midst of some extra relationship burdens and I just feel yucky! All of this might seem small to other peoples burdens, but this is my world right now and it's heavy.
Our eldest kitty is sick...and dying. I've had him for about 13 years and he's been through a lot with me. I'm heartbroken at the decision I know I'll have to make eventually..... I cry when I look at his small skinny frame.. my heart breaks when he comes up in bed at night to snuggle with us... and I know there won't be many more times for that. Is it ok to pray for my kitty? Does God want to hear those prayers? He created everything... he must care about my Romeo too?
It's been a long hard winter for us at the Condon household. Darren started with the town of Fort Fairfield Public Works dept. last fall and this was his rookie year of plowing... well, need I say more. He has been pretty absent this winter and I've missed him. That lack of time together has been rough.
I have been feeling really uncomfortable in my own skin lately... not sure what that's all about, but it's not a good feeling....
Work is extra busy and I've got some side projects that are just keeping me really stressed out and busy. My weeks just seem to get more and more eaten up with respondsibilites and I feel more and more tired and pulled in a million different directions... I try to make good use of my time and to give the ones I love my time and attention...my love and affection... and I just seem to be failing at that lately. Between work, church,classes, home, friends and family... I just don't have the time I need to give everything my undivided attention! I find myself in the midst of some extra relationship burdens and I just feel yucky! All of this might seem small to other peoples burdens, but this is my world right now and it's heavy.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Joy
Psalm 69: 30-32 Then I will praise God's name with singing, and I will honor him with thanksgiving. For this will please the Lord more than sacrificing an ox or presenting a bull with its horns and hooves. The humble will see their God at work and be glad. Let all who seek God's help live in joy.
That is what I aspire to do... Seek Gods' will... praise God's name with singing and honor Him with thanksgiving... and see His work and be glad and live in joy. Even in the tough times... even when the enemy is attacking me from all sides... I choose to continue to press on and claim my victory in Christ.
That is what I aspire to do... Seek Gods' will... praise God's name with singing and honor Him with thanksgiving... and see His work and be glad and live in joy. Even in the tough times... even when the enemy is attacking me from all sides... I choose to continue to press on and claim my victory in Christ.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Blessed beyond Measure
Today is my first day back from vacation... And to be back to my desk...back with my co-workers...out of the house... and feeling flu free is awesome!!!! I am so blessed to have a job I love... a boss that is amazing ...and co-workers that cover for me in my absence and are genuinely happy to have me come back..... I really feel like I need to recognize the Lord's hand in my position in life...and thank Him for everything I have.....
Keeping Meghan and Olivia while Tania and Dana were vacationing in Hawaii, was just a wonderful gift... Uncle Darren and I really loved the week with our girls.... even through all the flu -yuck...the teething ouchies... being cooped up in the house trying to regain strength and get some rest... Today I feel like a very blessed Auntie to have been given the opportunity to try on my "Mommy Shoes" and have the good, bad and the ugly to experience.... I am so lucky to have a sister and brother- in -law that trust Darren and I with their precious gifts ...
Keeping Meghan and Olivia while Tania and Dana were vacationing in Hawaii, was just a wonderful gift... Uncle Darren and I really loved the week with our girls.... even through all the flu -yuck...the teething ouchies... being cooped up in the house trying to regain strength and get some rest... Today I feel like a very blessed Auntie to have been given the opportunity to try on my "Mommy Shoes" and have the good, bad and the ugly to experience.... I am so lucky to have a sister and brother- in -law that trust Darren and I with their precious gifts ...
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