Well, it may have taken me a while but I finally got back to this post. I want you all to really look at the picture posted above...it is a wonderful picture of the girls when Pia was about 5 months old and Talia was 2 years old. My mother-in-law cross-stitched this picture from a photo that they had. I want you to look at all the details and see how close to life like it looks. Then I want you to think about the back of this work of art...any of you who have tried your hand making cross-stitch before know that the back of this looks like a jumbled mass of threads and knots. You can not make rhyme nor reason of it. It definitely does not resemble the finished product. That is what our lives are. God sees the finished product while we all we see are the threads and knots. My point, you ask, is simple...those threads and knots are what join our lives together. Some threads only cross each other once, others multiple times. Many are knotted together to form strong bonds. We may not see the reason for all of this but God does and the chaos that our lives can seem at times make sense. We impact so many people without realizing that we are doing just that. Cause and effect...all part of one miraculous life.
Another thread...the other pictures are from Relay For Life. Natalia's class help to decorate luminaries for the track. Each of these lights represents someone with cancer. You can choose to feel crushed by all these lights or renewed. To fall back into the abyss of sorrow or find your purpose and strength in knowing that there are others out there who need your help. We are all brought together by God to lend our help to each other, whether by helping financially of by just giving someone a hug.
Have you hugged someone today?
Much Love,
Roni
4 comments:
Almost every day of the week I drive past your complex; either on my way home from work or while out running around town doing whatever it is I do. Needless to say, those drive-bys are a constant reminder to me of your family. Just want you to know that I am thinking of you always and more importantly, you are always in my prayers.
Is God trying to tell me something through you Roni? You are going to make me cry! love ya' Angela
Oh, I thought your mother in law had died of cancer...I'm glad to know I was mistaken. It's beautiful and the girls look adorable. Hope all is well with you.
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Happy to see a pic of smiling Sophia! My daughter misses her so much! Just last night she said she didn't like her new school because she misses Sophia.....aaww!
Angela Keeling
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