My Favorite Kate-ism

My niece has a close friend, Katie, that lives across the street from her house. When those two get together you never really know what is going to happen. My favorite Kate-ism is something that was said to my sister. As usual, I will not get the quote exactly right, but I think I will come close.

One day Kate says to my sister

"Deb, did you ever feel like an ugly worm only to find you are a beautiful butterfly?"

Kate smiles when ever this quote is mentioned to her. She told me that she read it in a book, but I can not remember the book title or author.

I will say that there are more worm days for me than there are butterfly days,

but what an awesome lesson for a child.

Actually when I think of this quote (or knowing me...this almost quote) I think about how I should view a person from the inside. Don't get me wrong....sometimes an ugly worm is just a plain old ugly worm. There are times when people make it too easy for me to make them the butt of my jokes

or the reason for my iritability.

When I meet a person like that I just try to remember my favorite Kate-ism, I smile

 and look hard for that beautiful butterfly that must be inside of that person somewhere!

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Word of the Year

The first year after my family went through our storm, my word to concentrate on was Strength. I needed to search for the strength to be the mother my child needed, and to be the mother and wife that could help the rest of my family find a way to move forward in our lives.

I hope I succeeded, but I also know that sometimes I need to reach deep inside and revisit that word.

And in year two my word was acceptance. I concentrated on accepting the life that we now have. I worked to accept people from all walks of life because they may be hurting as much as I am. I wanted to accept that although my life was not perfect, it was my life and I was doing the best that I could.

I accept that some of these expectations were easy and some I would have to work hard to accomplish.

Whew!! I accept that my glass of wine really has my fingers

moving on this keyboard.  Ha.

This year, my word  is Hope. My friend Theresa took a bible class in which they had to pray to a saint. They were told to not pick a saint but to let the saint pick them. This is the same for my word of the year. For Christmas Amber gave me a  hanging picture. The photagrapher took pictures of things that looked like each letter in the word hope. 

The quote is - Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept trying when there seemed to be no hope at all - Dale Carneige

I love the picture and the quote and I feel my word has found me. I know that the ability to hang on to hope has been given to me.

Erik is doing well and I know he will someday be back home with us.

We also will have a new grandbaby that will bless us this year.

With this word, I feel I am really moving forward in my healing.

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