alley-oop!

it’s the monday giggles…

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Life isn’t just about keeping score.
It’s not about how many people call you
And it’s not about who you’ve dated or haven’t dated at all.
It isn’t about who you’ve kissed,
What sport you play,
Or which guy or girl likes you.
It’s not about your shoes or your hair
Or the color of your skin,
Or where you live or go to school.
In fact it’s not about money,
Clothes, or colleges that accept you or not.
Life isn’t about if you have lots of friends or if you are alone,
And it’s not about how accepted or unaccepted you are.
Life isn’t about that.
But life is about who you love and who you hurt.
It’s about how you feel about yourself.
It’s about trust, happiness, and compassion.
It’s about avoiding jealousy, overcoming ignorance
And building confidence.
It’s about what you say and what you mean.
It’s about seeing people for who they are and not for what they have.
Most of all it is choosing to use your life.
In a way that could have never been achieved otherwise.
These choices are what life’s about.
– Nike

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.  By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”  John 13:34-35

May you find a special way to alley-oop your love ‘into action’ today…and may it have a giggle attached with it!

hugs n’ slam-dunked blessings filled with love for (all of) you !

Chicken Little goes to school.

it’s the monday giggles…(with Helen!)

Beef & Turkey,

Meatloaf too.

Chili-dogs,

Ice Cream Bars,

but only

Fried Chicken

will do!

(with giggles on the side.)

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“Chicken-Protector,” Helen!

these hugs n’ blessings are for all those brave enough to tell the truth…i honestly applaud you!

(no chickens were harmed in the drafting of this article and Helen successfully avoided the principle’s office!)

Bearing my Blessings out to dry!

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Hip-Hip-Hooray, it is 3hugs&blessings Thursday!!

And although I’ve been neglectful to share…the blessings have continued to hang-out with me and be there!

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My recent blessings:

  1. The Saints God sent me this week to guard & guide me. Most especially St. Pontian (for his understanding heart,) and St. Hippolytus (for his loving obedience.)
  2. The ridiculously-fun-real-life-relationships I have with my 3 adult children and how we have all stuck together these past 2 years, despite the messiness of life!🙈  They fulfill me, challenge me & bring me closer to God every day in various ways! No matter how exhausted I may become there is always energy to laugh together!🙉 #ohhowilovethem #notmymonkeysnotmycircus🙊
  3. The new friends I made during our pilgrimage to see our Papa, Pope Francis, in Philadelphia, Pa!  This includes ‘The Mexicans’ (and all those I met from all over the World!)

I  do pray pardon for bear-ly keeping up with this challenge & invite you, once again,  to forage your thoughts before hibernating tonight and give thanks for your 3hugs&blessings this day/week too!

Let’s all keep spreading happiness with 3hugs&blessings at a time!

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(And may this not be to awfully botherly-bother for you to do!)oh-bother

I can bearly wait to count my blessings for the week ahead! (Think. Think. Think.)

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These 3hugs&blessings are for you, as I’m praying you’ll count your blessings too!!

“In the world you will have trouble but take courage I have conquered the world!!!!”

John 16:33