Jigsaw

 I like to go to MSN games and do the three daily jigsaw puzzles - the pictures are pretty and I keep the difficulty at normal as I do not flatter myself to think I am ready to handle difficult...and today I did my third puzzle and I lost a piece. I know that is impossible, but I had used all the pieces I could see and there was a hole in the center of the puzzle. But by adjusting the screen side to side and up and down I found a piece, sitting beneath the bottom of my screen. And there it was - a complete jigsaw puzzle. Some days are like that. I get up and get dressed. Everything is assembled and packed up and I go to work. It's like any other day but in the midst of the routine, something is wrong. It's like the puzzle. I think I have all the pieces - that being able to function and complete the mundane tasks of the day is a sign that things are complete, but there is something missing.
Now I don't claim to have the answers, but I do know that the days I add the Word of God to my day - the days I take the few extra minutes to open the Bible, read a chapter, a verse, a passage...those are the days I have all the pieces.
When all the pieces are assembled, if there is a hole, I know that I am missing something. I see that the most important piece is the one that completes me - my faith.

introducing...Olivia Grace

Although due to arrive on May 27th, Olivia decided that May 12 was more to her liking and that was that. Anyone who has ever had a baby or known someone who was expecting knows that all the planning in the world, arranging, appointments to induce labor and scheduled cesearean births doesn't mean the baby will arrive as scheduled.
Olivia Grace is seen in the loving arms of her 1 year old sister Aubrey Elizabeth. Right now it appears to be more curiosity than love, but let it be known, and I can say this firsthand, that the closeness in age will cause a bond to develop that no argument, other relationships, distance or silence will ever destroy.
Congratulations to the loving parents, Emily and Shane, the unselfish grandmother MaryBeth and the supporting family that will spend the rest of their lives loving and praying for these little girls.