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the ripest apple on the tree…

Published on June 8, 2016February 8, 2017 by Dawn Marie4 Comments

It’s another Wednesday for Saint Maria Faustina KoWalska (what else,)

with a brief reflection on the Divine Mercy of God!

Originally aired in 1965 by Paul Harvey (1918-2009.)

Somedays we look around us to see and hear what is happening in our communities, our country, our world and we can’t help but say…

“These are very sad times we are living in.”

And we wonder to ourselves,

“Are these the days predicted in Revelation?”

Jesus spoke to St. Faustina and asked her to write this:

“Write this: before I come as the Just Judge, I am coming first as the King of Mercy. Before the day of justice arrives, there will be given to people a sign in the heavens of this sort:

All light in the heavens will be extinguished, and there will be great darkness over the whole earth. Then the sign of the cross will be seen in the sky, and from the openings where the hands and the feet of the Savior were nailed will come forth great lights which will light up the earth for a period of time. This will take place shortly before the last day.”

Paragraph/entry (83) in the Diary of Saint Faustina Maria Kowalska called “Divine Mercy In My Soul”

The Church prepares us for the end times.

Hatred never has the last word.

We already know the end of the story.

God will always win.

hugs n’ blessings to all those who refuse to eat from the apple & keep their eyes fixed on Christ.

Jesus, I trust in you.

*this post was inspired by lafayetteangel.

memorial giggle

Published on May 30, 2016 by Dawn Marie3 Comments

it’s Memorial Day and the giggles have been temporarily suspended…

JUST IN CASE YOU THOUGHT

today

was about a 3-day Weekend.

Arlington National Cemetery Funeral Services;

SLUG: PH/FLAGSIN DATE: 05/21/09 CREDIT: Linda Davidson / staff/ The Washington Post LOCATION: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA CAPTION: Annual “Flags In” ceremony in preparation for Memorial Day at Arlington Cemetery. Members of each branch of service place more than 250,000 flags at each grave marker. PICTURED: Army Captain Ed Arntson (right) salutes a fellow soldier in his company that he lost during the war. He’s in Area 60 of Arlington Cemetery where fallen soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan are buried. He’s accompanied by Army Captain Bryan Ault (left). StaffPhoto imported to Merlin on Thu May 21 18:15:02 2009

With artillery smoke hanging in the air from a 21-gun salute by his company at Fort Leavenworth, the 500th Military Police Detachment, Army Sgt. Travis Smith saluted during the playing of “Taps,” during Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery. DAVID EULITT/The Kansas City Star

I do not know your name–

Nor for which battle you died.

I do not know your home,

Nor the tears that were cried.

I do not know where you rest–

Nor the promises broken.

I do not know your uniform

And your fears lay unspoken.

But, I know your spirit exists–

That your courage is admired,

And your sacrifice is honored

By each soul that’s inspired.

And I offer you from my heart a

Thank You,

to guardians unknown

For offering yourselves for us all

That we may keep freedom…

Our home.

-Sherrie Ball-

hugs n’ blessings to all the lost (but never forgotten)

Service men, women, and their loved ones this Memorial Day,

which is meant to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice for Our Freedoms,

BLESS YOU…

RIP Stephen “Chase” Prasnicki

None More American.

blogging fundamentals

Published on May 17, 2016 by Dawn Marie11 Comments

Back to School!

It’s been awhile since I’ve taken a Blogging University Course at WordPress.com, but I am so verily excited to be tippity-tap-typing in my cyber-school classroom!

Because WordPress has worked with thousands of bloggers, helping them create the blogs they want and tell their stories – there are so many things yet for me to sharpen my blogging skills with by working with them again!

Blogging University offers step-by-step courses with manageable daily assignments and pro tips from WordPress.com, to help us grow as writers, push our photography skills, and more. And now courses at Blogging U. are available on demand, so you can begin whenever you’d like!

Currently there are five different courses available and after reading over the course desciprtions, I have opted to re-take one I previously enjoyed titled:

Blogging: Learning the Fundamentals (formerly Blogging 101!)

This particular course offers a solid grounding in the three big components of blogging: publishing, customizing your blog, and engaging with the blogging community. Because one of the items I would like to expand upon MUCH MORE is meeting more bloggers & supporting them in their efforts I decided this would be the perfect course for me to re-take at this time! I have found, in the past, that the best way to meet others is by risking to share myself with them as well. So I look forward to meeting others who, just like me, are daring to share a bit of themselves; whether through story-telling, recipe sharing, travel expeditions, or the snap of a photograph, in the blogging world one post at a time!

Our first assignment welcomed us by asking to publish a “who I am and why I’m here” post. For those of us who have already been blogging for a while, they still encouraged us to do a version of this assignment:

“…use it to revisit what you said when you first started blogging, to take stock of what you’ve accomplished and what more you’d like to do, or to lay out some goals for your next six months.”

And so I went back to whence it all began…my first “who I am and why I’m here” post, which you too may read by clicking on the link below:

blogging101

As I reread this post myself I giggled reflecting on the nervousness I felt to be attempting something so foreign to me. Looking back I was truthfully very scared!

I have learned so much since then about blogging, about computers, but most importantly about myself. For I am far braver than I had ever imagined. And I’m far more at peace with myself as a result of learning to ‘risk’ with others by unveiling my thoughts and feelings and beliefs, even when it is scary to do so.

More than just learning about widgets (which was pretty cool) and linking (my favorite) or pingbacks (adore,) I have learned so much about Me.

I am adventerous.

I am silly.

I love to create fun!

(But I’m not very funny.)

I am passionate.

(About others & my Faith.)

I am loyal.

I hate lies.

I laugh at anything Minion!

I am sincere.

And I care deeply…

which is why I am hurt deeply

when rejected.

But most importantly

I love my Cuppycake

more today

than ever…

and my God

above All.

I have accomplished far more than I ever imagined when I first began blogging a year & a half ago, yet there is still more I hope to do. I wish to be more courageous. And I hope to use that courage to share my experiences and to expand my blogging skills. One of my first goals is to meet more bloggers!

Will you be the first?

hugs n’ blessings to all my new classmates & friends!!