THANKFUL

Hi to all my blogging friends. Just wanted to say I am very grateful to have my blogging friends, as well as family and friends.

Yesterday I worked in my yard pulling weeds,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ugh my aching back. I sat in my massage chair (thank you husband) and today feel great.

It was chilly here in FL 50-60 degrees, so I shut our sliding glass door to the pool. We were having rocks delivered down by our water, and my husband started to go out thru the door to make sure they didn't run over our sprinklers, and BAM!!!!!!!!!!!!! He litterally ran into the glass door with his glasses on so hard, it knocked his knee and forehead with such force, he fell onto the table. I ran over there, grabbed a pillow and helped him fall.

He thinks he received a concussion, but would he go to doc????? of course not. So I got ice pack, an IBPHROPHINE, tucked him in bed because he was dizzy and was hurting. He didn't go to sleep, which is a nono when u hit your head.............I fixed him a hot bowl of beef stew and he said to me "why did you shut that door, it is always open" HAHAHA! I know it hurt because I have done that before, as well as my two nephews who were here with us a couple of months ago. BUT, when I DID IT, he said, "don't you know that door is there, it's been there all this time"!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Did I say that to him? of course I did! But only the next day. ha!

So I am thankful my husband Bill is good, and so am I.
I can walk/see/smell/taste
I am thankful for my family's health.
I am thankful my brother-in-law Moh is still living and just had his 4th chemo last Thursday in Tunis. And, last but not least, GOD IS GOOD AND LOVES US.

TRYING TO CHANGE/FIX EVERYONE

Hi all! You know I've been hesitant to blog lately because I have been doing some soul-searching and have discovered this about myself.

I want peace in this world so much, I have found myself trying to "understand" the many faiths of this world, and to see how I can help fix it.

Bottom line, it's not MINE to fix....................My part is to pray about this war, and blog about everyday life.

What a REVELATION...........

WHAT DOES QURAN SAY ABOUT ISRAEL?

My sister gave me a book of the Quran, and it was destroyed in our hurricane Charley 8/2004
Can anyone tell me what the Quran says about 'ISRAEL'...............?

As most of you know, I am trying to LEARN about TRUE Islamic BELIEVES, AND THEN SEE HOW CLOSE OUR OLD TESTAMENT COMPARES. WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD IS IN THE QURAN, IS VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO CHRISTIAN/PROTESTANT/JEWISH BIBLES.

I AM A TRUE BELIEVER , IF YOU SAY IT IS IN THE QURAN, TELL ME WHERE, SO I CAN READ IT. AND I WILL DO THE SAME.................AT LEAST WE WILL BE UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHERS CULTURAL BELIEFS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? AND THANK YOU ALL FOR INPUTS/COMMENTS.

REMEMBER TO "QUOTE IT" FROM "QURAN". MY HUSBAND AND I WILL BE WATCHING THE MOVIE MOHAMMED THE PROPHET, THIS WEEK NOW THAT THINGS HAVE SETTLED DOWN AND MY SISTER IS IN TUNIS WITH HER HUSBAND.

UPDATE ON MOH!

Moh is in Tunis for medical treatment. While in Libya received an infection when they tried to drain water from his abdominal cancer.

While in Tunis, they are checking his blood/liver to see if the infection spread throughout his body. Moh thought his incision on his stomach was infected, but Dr. said no. So - GOD WILLING - do chemo to see if his tumors will shrink.

Moh feels like concrete is in his stomach. I pray as many of heard my nephew pray: DEAR GOD, YOUR WILL, NOTHING MORE, NOTHING LESS, NOTHING ELSE. AMEN............I HAVE TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THAT PRAYER.

Sandi

I'M GARDENING & CLEANING HOUSE!!!

Well now that the cancer research for my brother-in-law, Moh, is finished.........I am going to organize and clean my house!! My house is clean but soooo disorganized.

The internet has a WEALTH OF INFORMATION for so many topics, and I could not have helped my sister with this cancer research without it; as well as telephone numbers listed on these sites. I have been totally consumed for about 3 months and can now pay attention to my husband, cook and clean house on a daily basis. HE'S SO HAPPY!, YET WAS SO VERY UNDERSTANDING.

We recycle here in FL. We have separate bins for plastics, tin cans; papers, and glass. The newspapers are not an inconvenience, the inconvenience is the dishonest people and the FEAR OF IDENTITY THEFT. SO, I have to go thru each piece of unwanted mail and advertising, and shred our names/address............ Gosh, remember the days we didn't have to worry about IDENTITY THEFT.

I also transplanted my plants and repotted my rose bush. Dug up weeds in the yard, and took out shells, and rocks that kept our grass from rooting. But it feels great to be outdoors getting all that fresh air. We have orange, lemons and grapefuit trees, and have discovered a few "fruit rats".............grrrr I hate those ugly little critters, plus the diseases they carry. My husband has caught 2 so far in a trap with gauze and peanutbutter, (the gauze snags/traps their teeth) his traps are working.

Mine, not so good........I used a very tall trash can with a swinging lid, so they would fall in, to eat the dog food and little bits of peanut butter, and with the trash can being so tall, they couldn't get out.................well there is nothing in that can, and I thought for sure that would work too, because I set it right under the orange tree branch, where they climb and sit and eat my oranges. Oh well, we will persevere.

GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS

Well here's the story! Many of you know my brother-in-law has cancer. They sent a package of his original CAT scans, MRI'S etc. to the doctor here in the USA. - OK ARE YOU READY FOR THIS???????????? VIA---------------- DHL!!

This package has been sitting in OH for 3 days now. My sister emailed me the tracking info, and I got on the phone....................No delivery for Friday, still in customs...........

I talked to 5 different supervisors - all of which have helped me as much as they can, via computer emails to different DHL LOCATIONS......... Now it's the week-end, Saturday they closed early. No one working in International area on Sunday. I have to wait until Monday. The medical center was expecting these documents yesterday, Friday.

So, this morning, I asked to speak to another supervisor, after talking to 2 other representatives of DHL..........I'm ready to come through the phone and punch someone by this point. But, I was very nice! The last person I spoke with was Judy, I told her what was in the package, and why is was so very important to GET IT OUT OF CUSTOMS...........and delivered to the MEDICAL CENTER. She shared with me that her husband, has the same kind of cancer Mohamed has!!!

I sent her all the research information for this MESOTHELIOMA, I DO NOT BELIEVE IN COINCIDENCES, GOD USED ME TO GIVE HER ALL MY RESEARCH INFORMATION FOR CANCER.

my sister emailed me, the package just left CUSTOMS.....................

God is still teaching me to talk nice, when I don't want to, and when I want to smack someone for not going beyond the call of duty for customer service.

GRATITUDE

Today I felt the need to post my gratitude:

• For knowing and loving GOD
• For my health
• For my ability to walk
• For my senses (not commom sense, i have none) sight, hearing, taste, smell (food&flowers)
• For my husband - the love of my life
• For my children and grandchildren
• For my brothers and sisters.
• For my friends, who just love me anyway!
• People that our AWESOME GOD, puts in my life.
• The power of prayer, and miracles that are occuring every minute of the day. If, we just take the time to see them.
• and last, but not least, BLOGGING!

Would anyone else like to share their gratitude?

BEING BI-RACIAL

Last night I had a lengthy telephone conversation with my daughter, who has 2 bi-racial children. Brian is 14, and Jadeyn is 4. Brian is the first grandchild out of 13. He was 2 lb. 8 oz. when he was born, and the doctor thought he was still born. Brian is very small for his age and is on the growth hormones for his small body. He is 90 pounds.

Brian, for the first time has experienced the torment of being neither black or white. His peers are now calling him " a wanna be". Oh my heart is breaking for my sweet grandson. He has decided he doesn't want to go to school now; and has done some blogging on being in a gang!!!!!!
Which of course, he doesn't belong to a gang..........................

He yelled at his mom for "insisting" to monitor his "myspace" that, "my space" is exactly my space. He has been grounded for 2 weeks of NO TV, NO VIDEO GAMES, NO MUSIC...... She expressed to him, how important it is in life to know who you are in order to endure the pitfalls of life.........................my heart is crying.

The emotions and tears he is facing, I don't know how to help him.

I remember my nephews telling me that because they had an American mum, they were always made fun of, and was very hurtful to them as well.

Oh God, I pray for Brian to have peace, and words to help him.................................Grandma

HERE I AM

Hi everyone! Gosh you all make me feel so special wondering where I am. Well this is what has been going on with me.

ugh! I have fibromyalgia (fms), and have been under the weather. Extreme fatigue and trouble focusing for any length of time.........Not to mention I'm 58! ha.. Doc put me on more meds, and I hate taking meds. Healthy eating would help, but I love my sweets. duh!!!!!

Secondly, my brother-in-law, Mohamed Madani there in Tripoli, has been diagnosed with Peritoneal Mesothelioma, which is asbestos-type cancer in the stomach lining.

Moh, as I call him, is the one of the kindest, devout in his faith, and wonderful husband to my sister, and wonderful "dad" and grandpa. His illness saddens me so much. So,

I have been constantly chatting with my sister, and worried about her, as well as her children and Moh's family.

Trying to find a US hospital to help me and research thru the net, which hospitals have international patient care, and which would be the best for his type of cancer. (I have such a wonderful husband, of 17 years, (I love that man!) who has been so patient with all the research and time I have been spending on the internet. LET ME TELL YOU:

He's my best friend.
He's patient with me and the housework.
He's patient with my being irritable because I "forget things"
He's just wonderful!
Plus, he doesn't feel well...........

I do try to check on the blogs and comment, just because I love to do that and I learn alot from so many of you; and I do this while my husband watches TV.

I have tried to post on my blog, but I just couldn't because I have been so sad......So THANK YOU ALL FOR ENCOURAGING ME.

Please pray for my sister and her family for strength and courage.

Sandi

HEZBOLLAH - Why do we focus on US

I have been reading allot of blogs and opinions on the war in Lebanon. God help those innocent people!

Part of my frustration is the U.S gets blamed and bad mouthed this terrible, terrible war! My question is:

1. Where are you getting your information?
2. What is Saudi Arabia doing for Lebanon?
3. What is Russia doing for Lebanon?
4. What is S. Korea doing for Lebanon?

HEZBOLLAH IS BAD FOR THE WORLD!!!!! GOD HELP US ALL

DISRESPECT - Do we babyboomers make excuses

These past couple of days I have been thinking about how the children of babyboomers, me included, have children who talk to them in such disrespectful ways.

It is very hurtful to hear our children talk to us like WE ARE THE PROBLEM!!!!

These are what I hear from others regarding the way they talk to us:

Well it's a phase
They are teenagers trying to find themselves
It's how they feel, and they are expressing themselves etc.

If I ever thought about talking to my parents and showing them any disrespect, I would have had my mouth washed out with soap. I may not have liked how my parents handled a situation, but it did make me stop and think before I opened my mouth especially with an attitude.

I believe we are "ACCEPTING AN UNACCEPTABLE" attitude towards us as parents, and I'm not sure why!!!!!!!!!! All I know for sure is, this is called DISRESPECT. Any comments?

My journey

This is day 2 of my blogging. I'm trying to keep a diary of how God has been working in my life. So far, this week my thoughts have been on a special lady God put in my life; how just knowing her for "3" three months (before she went home to be with the Lord,) and my desire to learn about plants and gardening, I have discovered God is STILL HEALING ME!

The number 3, has been very significant to me in my life when I discovered God gets my attention in sequences of three's. This week my threes are: I haven't been able to sleep and my thoughts have been with my friend who I knew for only 3 months. I met her at a plant sale. She was dying of rectal cancer and was due to have surgery. Then came a hurricane which devestated the area.......My husband Bill, and I went searching for her one day and we could not remember how to get to her street, nor could we remember the name of her street. In October of 2005, there was a newspaper article about her and "Her Dying Wish". My husband layed the paper on the coffee table, I said "honey, the plant lady"! Well Bill gets out the area map and tells me how to get there, (I have no sense of direction). I show up at her house, introduce myself, she didn't remember me from the plant sale. That was ok, because I felt it was my mission-calling to help her in her last days. I was going to run her sweeper, do her laundry, and whatever else this woman needed from me. I had the wonderful blessing from God, of knowing this woman for 3 months.....

I'm learning to journal my thoughts . I am very nervous. Hopefully soon, I will figure out how to complete a sentence without "needing" to write it "right/perfect.

to be continued - what we did

I'm trying to keep my brain active. I've added comments to other blog sites, and I'm stepping out. I'm going to try this blog thing.

I feel God has used me this week to help two people in particular...........I in turn, have had so many miraculous revelations about me. I'm beginning to understand.........PRAISE GOD, THROUGH ALL THINGS......and that means THROUGH THE BAD TIMES TOO, HE IS IN CHARGE.

Thank you Lord, my heart is so full of gratitude - You knew when I was so wounded, you would allow me to help others, because I have been there! AND THEN, I received the joy of YOUR LOVE FOR ME, AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO USE ME....HERE I AM LORD