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2008-11-28T10:25:00.005-05:00

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Thanksgiving

2008-11-27T22:33:00.002-05:00

What a day we have had here at the Morrow home.
It was a great day.
John, Jenny, Amber, Jessica, Michael, Daniel who is Amber's friend, Larry Sr., Kristi, Bruce, Justin, Hannah, Harrison and myself were all here.
14 in all. It was a day filled with laughter.
We had turkey, dressing, Mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, corn on the cob, Veg-Al casserole, sweet potato casserole, Crock-pot macaroni and cheese, yeast rolls and all kinds of drinks.
Then a table with a wonderful cake that Larry had ordered from Amy, pumpkin pies, chocolate pie, pumpkin cheese pie, apple pie, blueberry cheese cake, cherry cheese cake and banana pudding.
Now folks can you think of anything that we did not have????
It was wonderful and to top the day off we are watching the new movie called, Old Fashioned Thanksgiving.
My Kristi is soooooooooooo tired. How hard she has worked today.
The food is still out and we are just being lazy.
Today has been a day of total rest for me. Kristi made me a wonderful bed in her and Bruce's room and that is where I spent most of the day. It is the most rest I have had since I have come home from the hospital.
I would like to go home tomorrow evening and stay until Sunday night if possible.
God has been so good to me. I have so much to thank Him for. He has just showered me with blessing after blessing.
He has shown mercy when mercy was not deserved. He has given me grace when grace was not merited. He has given me so much love there are no words to express to him and Thank you just is not enough. How I love him.
Thank you for all of your prayers and please continue to pray for me. I don't want to do anything that will cause me to have a set back.
Love to all of you,
Nanny

God is so good!!

2008-11-17T10:12:00.002-05:00

Hello to all out in blogger land,
This is Monday morning and I am on the road to recovery.
The Morrow family is really taking good care of me and I am enjoying it very much.
They are such a loving family. The children are really loveable to each other. Now they have their time of not agreeing but all in all they really love each other.
They are now having school and it is a pleasure to see how they work together at the dining room table.
Harrison is now doing his math and Mom is showing him some things plus she is also doing laundry, cleaned out the fridge and cleaning the kitchen. She work's all the time. I get tired just watching her. :} :}
Bruce is sick with a head cold and was not able to go to work last night and he is really bad today. Please pray that he will get over this soon. Kristi is pumping him full of vitamim C. She really pushes that vitamim and I truly believe that it works.
Mrs. Janet sent home Sunday dinner for us Saturday night and it was wonderful yesterday.
Thank you Mrs. Janet for all of your kindness.
Larry should be home in just a little bit from dialysis. I pray that all went well for him this morning.
He told me yesterday that he was very lonely at the house by himself. I truly pray that it won't be to much longer before I can get home to be there with him. Dolly is a wonderful friend to have but I am the better friend. :} "}.
Thank all of you for your prayers and please continue to pray for a speddy recovery. So far so good.
God Is Good All The Time.
Laurel, thank you so much for my beautiful card. What a sweet thought to draw me the Tea Pot. I love it.
I am looking forward to seeing you and Ben when I get back to church.
Love to all,
Maw Maw Birt or Nanny

Finally Home

2008-11-13T19:30:00.004-05:00

Hello to all my wonderful friends,
I am now at Bruce and Kristi's home and resting well.
We got here about 3:00 or so and Hannah had her room all ready for her grandmother.
She had clean sheets and I have 4 pillows that I brought from home so I am set.
Kristi had a most wonderful dinner tonight. She is keeping me on my new eating habbits. In other words, I am on a STRICKED diet.
Now what I had tonight I could eat that way all the time.
She had oven baked chicken without the skin, potatoes, green beans cooked without bacon grease and fruit cocktail and a wondrful glass of cold ice water. Boy was I full when I finished. It was wonderful.
I had the most wonderful nights rest last night. The first time in almost
2 full weeks. When I woke up it was 4 am and I was so rested. They helped me to the bathroom and gave me my pain pills and then I went back to sleep until 6:30.
The doctor came in and looked me over and then told me I could go home. What a wonderful blessing that was to hear.
When Kristi picked me up we stopped by Rite Aid and dropped off my perscriptions and then she drove me over to the house to pick up a few things. Of course I did not get out of the car but my sweet little Dolly came out to kiss her mommy. She is such a sweet little dog.
Larry came over and had dinner with us tonight. It was so good just sitting down at the table together as a family and have prayer together and eat as a family.
I would like to take this time to thank all of you for your wonderful prayers for me before the surgery, during the surgery and since the surgery. God has heard all your prayers.
I love each and every one of you and pray that God will watch over each of you.
I count the days until the next time we can meet together as God's children.
Continue to pray for me and for Kristi's family as they help me get back on my feet.
Pray for Larry as he is a lonely little man without his wife at this time.
Of course he can come over anytime he want's to. His little girls are always happy to see their daddy and grandpa.
Love and prayers,
Nanny

Tody is the day

2008-11-03T06:07:00.003-05:00

Good morning,
Today is my big day.
I need to be at the hospital at 10:00 sharp.
Surgery is to be at 1:00. I am praying that if it is the Lord's will that they will come for me EARLY so that I am not just laying around thinking about it.
I will be driving over to Kristi's and she will continue on to the hospital with me.
I love having her around always but especially in times like these. She is a precious daughter and I love her dearly.
Carris Grigg a man in our church gave me a track yesterday morning titled, "Guidelines for a Successful Surgery." Boy was it good. It gave me scriptures from God's word. Scriptures for, Before Surgery, During Surgery and After Surgery. Now I have read these verses over and over and over again and I understand them so very much. But I must say that they have even become more dear to my heart today.

Before Surgery:

Isaiah 41:10

Fear thou not; for I am with thee; be not dismayed; for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Psalms 27:14

Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart; wait, I say on the LORD

During Surgery:

Philippians 4:6 & 7

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God, and the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

After Surgery:

Hebrews 13:5

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as yea have; for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Isaiah 40:31

But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary, and they shall walk, and not faint.

Psalms 28:7

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in

him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth ; and with my song will I praise him.

Psalms 4:8

In God have I put my trust; I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

Psalms 56:3

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.

Psalms 28:6

Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

Well, that is all I have time for now. I must go and get a shower and wash my hair. I also want to run the sweeper and make my bed.

Come on girls you know how it is when you leave home for a few days. You want it to look nice for when you come back or someone drops in. :} :}

I love all of you and keep us in your prayers.

Love to all,

Nanny

What a day

2008-10-22T23:08:00.002-04:00

Hello there,
What a day that Larry and I had today.
It began when Dolly came and jumped on the bed at 3:30 am this morning and wanted to go out.
Well I took her out and came back in and went back to sleep after about an hour.
Larry had to get up at 4:45 to go to dialysis.
Then I got up at 8 to get ready to go to the hospital.
Larry got here about 10:15 and got dressed and we left about 20 till 11. I had to be there at 11 so it was a very close call.
My dear sweet husband who had dialysis this morning took me to the hospital and pushed me in the wheel chair all over the hospital.
First I had to sign in. After signing in he whelled me to the lab where they took 5 viles of blood. Then they had to have a urine spec., then he wheeled me to have an EKG then on for a chest xray then back to the Lab to meet with the Joint Academy nurse Sherry who will be the one taking care of me after the surgery and then I finally met with Dr. Hansman who told me everything looked OK.
Now I ask him if I could have a spinal block and he said yes. Then I ask him if I would be alseep when they did the cutting and he said, do you want to be asleep and I said yes then he told me I could not have the spinal. Boy was I sad. I really did not want to wake up in all that pain but I guess I will.
Now all this was done with a lot of waiting in between and we were so tied when we finally got out of there and got home about 3:30 or 4:00. I could not but help thank the Lord for my home. There is no place like home.
Things are set for Nov. 3rd. which I think all of you know. The time should be at 1:00 unless there is a cancelation which I hope there will be.
Continue to pray for me. I am starting to get the willies in my tummy.
Love to all,
Nanny
I know that God is already there and will take care of me. I just can't stand what I will wake up to.

43 years

2008-10-21T19:41:00.002-04:00

What a wonderful day today was.
Tomorrow Larry and I will be married 43 years.
He has to have dialysis at 6 and I need to be at the hospital at 11 for test before I go into the hospital for my hip surgery so we celebrated today.
We were in no hurry this morning so we had a very relaxing morning. At 12 noon we left for Cracker Barrell for a wonderful lunch. After lunch we went to Sam's club and did a little window shopping. After that we saw a sign that Gas was 2.60 a gallon so we filled up the truck. When we got home we exchanged gifts and cards with each other. It was really a good day for the both of us. Just being together and realxing.
Dolly got the left overs from lunch. She was really a happy little girl doggie.
We both have done nothing today and we are both tired. Can you believe that.
Well, 43 years ago we said "I DO." Now I will be honest and tell you we have had our good days and our bad days but I still love this guy of mine and would do it all over again.
It was a very romantic wedding. "WE ELOPED."
We ended up in Vinton Virginia. We hid from my Mom and Dad because we thought they would kill both of us. But my dad was happy for me an Larry and after a couple of days my Mom came around.
We moved to Ohio after about a year and bought our first home in Lorain.
We have had 3 wonderful children and 5 beautiful grand children.
God Is Good All The Time!!!
We were not saved at the time of our marriage and if it had not been for the Lord it would not have lasted. WHY???? Because we were sinners. After about 5 years of marriage we both were saved and God has brought us through a lot. Some things that without God we would never have made it.
He is a wonderful father, grand father, Sunday Shcool teacher, teacher of music, a good provider and has been a very faithful husband.
I love him and just want to say, Thank you for your love, your support and faithfulness to me for these 43 years.
I love you dearly.
Hope all of you out there will have a wonderful 40 years or longer together and with the Lord on your side you will.
Nanny

Gary's Birthday Party

2008-10-18T09:09:00.019-04:00

Happy Birthday to Gary:

What a wonderful time we had sharing Gary's birthday with us last night.

Gary is just one of our adopted grandson's from our church and he is loved very much by all of us.

He turned 15 just 3 days after my birthday.

Gary and his parents came over Friday evening and we just had the most blessed time of laughter and lots of food and gag gifts for Gary.

What a sport he is.

I have taken a lot of pictures so I will be sharing the evening with all of our friends.

Gary is a very talented young man and God has blessed him with many instruments and he does use them for the Lord.

One of which is his great since of humor. Then here we are with the 3 stooges of Faith Baptist Church. Gary our birthday boy on the left, Justin & Jeremy. What a riot they are to be around. You cannot leave this company of boys without hurting where you have laughed so much. This is Brother Mike and Mrs. Diane. Gary's mom & dad.

They are a very sweet couple and we love them both.

Thank you both for bringing the wonderful pizza's and pasta from Pizza Hut. Very GOOD!!!

Of course there would be no party without the Paw Paw. He is loved very much by Gary. They are really just like Paw Paw and Grandson. :} :}
I told you in the beginning that Gary played a lot of music and this is his new violin that his parents got him for his birthday. I thought it was beautiful. I have never seen one like this before. I was so glad to hear that he is taking lessons from Jimmy Owens. I knew that he had a different sound and then I found out he was taking lessons from Jimmy and knew why.

Keep up the good work Gary. God is using you in ways that you don't even know yet. And the gang is here. Except for Harrison and he is on the floor doing his trick. Enjoy the remaining pictures. We love you Gary and "HAPPY BIRTHDAY."

And at the end of a perfect evening you get to do this with your sweet grandson. He is a blessing and we love him dearly.Have a wonderful week-end and we will see you at church tomorrow morning.

Love to all,

Nanny

Birthday

2008-10-16T09:52:00.003-04:00

Hello,
What a day I had on my 60th. birthday.
My very good friend Kelly got me a beautiful pocket book, 2 books and some stationary. She is sooooo sweet. Thank you Kelly. The little children in Kelly and my Sunday School class made me birthday cards and sent them home to me on Sunday. I was hurting so bad on Sunday morning that I had to take 2 pain pills and go back to bed so I missed the children that morning. Kelly, would you please thank them for me when you guys meet this Sunday morning.
I am not able to climb the stairs at this time so Mrs. Kelly is doing the teaching by herself and taking care of the class. I do thank God for her. She is a very special person and I love her dearly.
My Secret Pal got me for my birthday, a beautiful Teal jacket and matching necklace. For my anniversary she got me a night gown that I really love.
Kristi's family got me a pair of beautiful soft PJ's, a pair of pink house shoes and some nice undies with a beautiful card.
John and Jenny got me a beautiful Noah's Ark, 14 c/gold bracelet and beautiful card.
Larry got me 2 bottles of Estee Lauder Perfume, "Youth Dew" it is my favorite, the new free gift that came with that and 3 new movies. Not to mention the beautiful cake that Amy Cook made for me. I collect Tea Pot's and the cake had a tea pot on top of it that she did with her own little hands. Amy you did such a wonderful job and the cake was delicious. I also want to thank you for the time I know that you put into this beautiful cake.The leaves all around the bottom of the cake were very special to me. I love the fall leaves and I love to go to the mountains this time of the year. Due to my hip I was not able to go but Amy brought the mountains with the beautiful leaves to me. Thank you again and I love you dearly.
My sister-in-law sent me money and of course that is always nice. :} :}
Last night at church I got some Room Fragrance that you put sticks into the bottle for 30 minutes then turn them upside down and boy does it smell good. Thank you Amanda and girls for that wonderful gift. It is funny because I did not get a good look at it at first and I thought it was perfume. She let me know what it was and I thank her for that. It is great.
I have also received many beautiful cards and phone calls from so many and I thank you for that.
Well, I am going to close for now and change my sheets on my bed and try to get that room done today.
Take care and remember to pray for me as I get ready for my hip replacement on November 3rd.
Love in Christ,
Nanny

Surgery

2008-10-14T08:12:00.002-04:00

Good morning,

Today I am 60. I was going to say a young 60 but that would be a big fat lie. :} :}

It is good to be alive.
While having my devotions this morning I came across a verse that I know I must have read many times and it just reached out and grabbed me this morning.

In Thessalonians 2:4, But as we were allowed of God to be put in TRUST with the GOSPEL,

I cannot believe that I missed this verse. To think that someone like me who does not deserve God's love would put His word in my trust. What a responsibility for me to have.

I pray I will use this trust wisely and not take His word for granted.

Along with my devotions I read some thing that Joe Aldrich wrote and I quote, "My hands must needs be busy Lord," and indeed her hands were as she had 9 children, She was washing, ironing, cooking, feeding, bathing ,correcting cleaning, chauffeuring and shopping."

Are our lives much different today? Sometimes we don't confess to God like we should because there is no time for quiet handed meditation. So like mother we pray "In the midst of busyness, keep within my heart a quiet place."

"Hands in the dishwater...talking with God.
Folding clothes...talking with God
Waiting on the phone...talking with God
Driving the car...Talking with God"

There is really no excuse for us not having that one on one with the Lord.

Let us also remember to tell others what God has done for us and what He can do for them too.

Well, I pray that your day will be a good one and that you will have that wonderful fellowship with the Lord. He loves you and wants you to talk with him today and He will talk back if you listen.

Love you,
Nanny

Sunday

2008-10-13T10:41:00.003-04:00

Hey to all,
Sunday was a very good day if you went to church!!!!!
If you did not go you really missed a blessing.
Larry went Sunday morning and we both went Sunday night.
My hip was hurting so bad when I got up I had to take some medicine and went back to bed. It was not much better Sunday evening but I needed to go for my own spiritual needs. "Which are many."
I won't be long today as my Doctor's appointment is at 2:20 with Dr. Hayes to get my exact date of the surgery.
I may have mentioned this is a previous blog, I will be staying at Kristi's when I get out of the Hospital.
They are so gracious to have me and help take care of me so that it is not a burden on Larry having dialysis 3 days a week and then for Krisit so that she will not have to leave her home and come to my house.
I love visiting with this sweet family.
To be able to go into their home is such a blessing. You never go in unless you are greeted with BIG smiles from all of them and you get BIG bear hugs from everybody. There is always christian music in the back ground and some times you can't always hear it because of all the laughter and talking from everyone.
All the children are so talented.
Hannah plays the piano. "I think she still does." It is very hard to get her to play for me. But when she gets started she is such a blessing to hear. She plays very well but I think she is a perfectionist and she does not like to make mistakes. She also plays the piccolo and flute. Sings like a little bird.
Then there is Justin. Where do I begin. The trumpet, bass guitar, fiddle, harmonica, regular guitar, the bass and wanting to learn to play the piano. He also sings with the Son's Of Faith.
Last but not least there is Harrison. He does not play an instrument yet but he is a ladies man. I think every little girl in our church loves Harrison. I guess he takes after his sweet daddy. He is most definitely a ladies man. "I am referring to Harrison, not Bruce."
They are normal brother's & sisters and they have their times of not agreeing with each other but you can sure tell there is a lot of love between these siblings.
Church was wonderful last night. I am so glad that I got to go.
First thing that was such a blessing was to walk into the church doors and there stood brother Jr. with his grandson. That was an answer to prayer. He is such a sweet young man. We have missed him a lot and through much prayer he was able to come back with his grandpa. That in itself was a blessing.
Then to be greeted by so many of my loved ones. I am talking about my christian family. They are just wonderful.
When Larry came home yesterday his arms were loaded with gifts from my Sunday School class and then my Secret Pal. Things for my birthday and anniversary.
Boy was I surprised. It was such a blessing. These sweet little children got me cards they made in class with Mrs. Kelly's help. That was so sweet of you Mrs. K. and I thank you for that.
I got a book "Secrets Of Wisdom From Mother's Heart." Written by Joe Aldrich.
I started reading it last night and could not hardly put it down. What a blessing I was getting out of some of the things that this sweet mother use to say and do.
She had so many children and went home to be with the Lord when she was a young mother.
Her daughter was a senior in high school when her mother went home to be with the Lord.
She went to the University of Washington and graduated from Biola College.
She had 9 children and wanted all of them to be saved at an early age and grow up loving and serving the Lord. Even though her life was short of this earth she left her children with a wonderful heritage from the Lord and all of them are in full time christian service.
Her mother felt that being a mother was and I quote,
"The high holy calling of motherhood is one of the most challenging assignments on the face of the earth. It is a sacred trust, a commitment to use every means possible to help each child grow up loving Jesus and embracing His agenda for life."
What an example she left for her children. Surely these children rose up early in the morning and called her blessed.
They never had a TV in their home and the only music in their home was gospel music.
Their parents intentionally chose to make the godliness of their children of highest priority. "Joe Aldrich." 1998
What else could you say when it comes to Godly parents.
Well enough for today.
I will share more with you later on in the week's to come.
I must go and get my bath and get dressed so that I will smell good for all those people who will be around me. :} :}
Love you all,
Nanny

SURGERY

2008-10-08T10:26:00.002-04:00

Hello to all my friends,
Just an update about my back.
Well, it is really my left hip which I knew all the time but it took another 6 months before things really showed up.
Yesterday I went to the Doctor because I could not hardly walk for the past week or so. I mean more so than normal for me.
When they looked at the x-rays not only did my hip shows no padding but I have spurs and many of them.
I will see the Doctor who is going to do the surgery on Monday at 2:20 and he will tell me what to expect and also if it will be next Wed. Or Friday.
Needless to say I am looking forward to this as I have suffered for such a long long time.
Today is the day that my sweet heart goes for his shot in the eye
ball.
Please pray for him as he is NOT looking forward to having this done.
Yesterday a fine young man came to our home and fixed my washing machine. It was leaking water.
He found that it was a simple thing as having a hose replaced because the other one had a hole in it.
Praise God for Ken Carter and we thank you so much for all that you have done for us.
I think Ken is going to have some of the guys from his Sunday School class come out and replace the floor in my wash room where the water did some damage.
I will cook for them that day. This will be a good day for all of us.
What a blessing to have such a wonderful family in the Lord.
Love to all,
Nanny

Cleaning out the hall closet & Doctor Visit

2008-10-03T14:18:00.009-04:00

Hello to all my friends,

Yesterday I decided to clean out the hall closet in the living room hall way.

I am trying to get things ready for a yard sale and came across this naviator's hat that Bruce brought to Larry years ago.

I ask him, honey do you want to keep this thing, he smiled and said oh boy my hat. You would have thought I found his long lost friend. I handed it to him and walked out of the room.

Well, he went back to whatever he was doing and it was about 15 or 20 minutes later and this is what I find.

I just laughed and laughed. He is sooooooooo cute!!!!!

Now this is him at the Doctor's office the day he was suppose to have his shot in the eye ball. :{ :{

The Doctor looking at Larry's eyes and finds leakage in the back of the eye. Now he has to tell him that he will be putting dye in the veins so that he can see better.

This is the nurse putting the needle in his vein . She used the smallest needle she had. Larry has rolling veins and she was pretty good. Got it on the second try.

This is Carla taking the x-rays of Larry's eyes after she ran the dye.

Because of all the drops, dye and x-rays they had to give him a pair of sun visors to put over his glasses so the sun would not be to bright for him.

This is Larry's reward for being such a good little boy at the Doctor's office.

This is our sweet little waitress that waited on us while at the famous Cracker Barrell.

We had a good day.

Hope all of you will have a wonderful day today and will get back with you later.

Love you,

Nanny

My Sweet Husband

2008-10-01T17:11:00.002-04:00

Hello to all,

This is Wednesday evening and we should be getting ready for church but we are not able to make it tonight.

I have really hurt myself today by all the things I tried to do before Friday and it was just way to much for me.

I may not be able to go back to work at all. Continue to pray about this with me and Larry.

Larry and I were sitting at the table this evening eating dinner and I said something to Larry and I thought he could not hear me. Well being the soft hearted person I am, I started crying. I was thinking to myself,

"Here is a wondrful man that I have been married to for almost 43 years and since he retired from the Gaston County Police Dept. he has lost his hair, his teeth are bad, his eye sight is going and now his hearing is gone."

I looked at him and said, while crying now, honey you use to be such a strong vibrant man and now so many things has gone wrong.

Well, he started laughing and said

"I thought you were crying because you were missing your mother again."

When I looked at his face and saw him laughing I got tickled and started laughing myself.

He is a wonderful man and I love him dearly. He can find something funny in everything.

We will celebrate our 43rd. wedding anniversary the 22 nd. of this month. Is not that great. I love him more today than I did 43 years ago if that is possible.

When I said those words, TO LOVE, HONOR AND OBEY AND IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH UNTIL DEATH DO US PART, I truly meant every word.

It has not always been a bed of roses but God has brought us through a lot of ruff times as well as good times. The good times always out weighing the bad times.

Well, I am closing for now. Please have a good evening and may God bless each of you that serve Him.

Love in Christ,

Nanny

memories

2008-09-29T08:41:00.003-04:00

Hello Friends,
Well, here it is Monday morning and I am so blessed with my Church and my wonderful Christian friends.
We had 2 wonderful meetings at our church yesterday, but I must say that last night was a treasure for me.
It started when the choir sang "I am Glad I got lost so I could be found that wonderful day."
My oh my, how the Lord let me see back over 35 years ago when I was such a sinner running from God.
For months before my salvation I would go out to pay bills or to the grocery store and end up coming back with hives, crying and being a nervous wreck by being afraid that someone was going to shoot me. Imagining a sniper with a gun on top of a building some where going to shoot me. I would end up coming home getting nothing done because I was afraid that it would happen and I would go to hell.
God continued to deal with my heart but I would not listen to him.
One night our son John got really sick and had to be taken to the hospital.
They ended up putting him in and of course he was put in an oxygen tent. Very Very ill.
I was there all night and all morning when I decided to go home and freshen up and clean my house a little then go back to the hospital.
While on the way back to the hospital I had to cross over a very large bridge called the 21st. street bridge. The Lord spoke to my heart and said Janice, one of these days you are going to wreck and will go to hell. What I did was laugh and say ,"NOT ME LORD, NOT JANICE BIRT."
Well I went on to the hospital and stayed for a while longer and was on my way home across that same bridge and fell asleep behind the wheel.
I hit an oncoming car at 70 miles an hour and it took me down a bank toward Lake Erie. Now the only thing that stopped the car from going into Lake Erie was a guard rail that know on knew was even there, "NO ONE EXCEPT GOD THAT IS."
I woke up 5 days later after being in a coma all that time. A doctor was to arrive that day to operate and releave some of the fluid that was on my brain from the wreck. Of course they had only given me 25% chance to live and my entire family was there. Over 50% of the bones in my body were fractured. GOD IS GOOD ALL THR TIME!
When I woke up my mother was at the foot of my bed and my brother John was standing beside me crying. I remember patting him on the hand a saying, "Don't cry John, sissy is going to be alright."
Then my mother started crying and ran out of the room to go and get the doctor.
Of course things started getting better but it would be a long time before I would get to go home.
The accident happened on March 3, 1970. While still in the hospital on April 2, 1970 God spoke to me in the quietness of my room at 9:30 P.M. and I cried and ask him to forgive me, a sinner and come into my heart.
Well, He did and today I am still His and will be until He calls me home.
Thank you God for saving a poor lost sinner like me.
Now I have not always lived to please the Lord but my goal is to be more like Him each day and that needs to be worked on every day by walking, talking and reading His precious word. Why He loved me so I will never fully understand, but since he does I will try to honor him and praise him until he calls me home.
Well, that is all I have to say at this time. I will tell you what happend the next day when I have a little more time. Maybe tomorrow or even sometime today.
The journey gets sweeter and sweeter as the days go by. Maybe not without pain, some heartache or even struggles from every day life. The wonderful thing about all those things is to remember that He said. He would never leave us nor forsake us. Thank you Lord.
Love,
Nanny

Job at bank and Social Security Disability

2008-09-25T16:23:00.002-04:00

Hello to all my friends in blogger land,

Well, this is our little friend the monkey.

He lives in our bathroom and is a joy to have around.

Actually, this is my shower curtain that I found at wal-mart.

Now I have always gone with white lace for years as part of my bathroom assecories but when I found this I really went out on a limb and ended up liking it.

Larry finds it hard to go in and sit there with a money looking at him but I think he likes him too.

I know our grand chilren like it and that is all that matters.

I am praying about going in next Monday and quit my job at the bank.

I have talked with the lady at the Social Security office and she told me that I could not have a job when applying for disability.

My back and legs are in very bad shape and I know that it would be so hard for me to try and go back to work.

Larry also needs me here at home with him.

I am going to pray about this the next couple of day and ask that you pray with me also.

It will be at least 6 months before I would start drawing if they grant me the disibality. This would also mean that I would not have medical insurance for the next 6 months. Also it is not for sure that I would be approved either.

A lot to consider.

Love you guys,

Nanny

Larry and His Sweet Sister, Janice

2008-09-15T11:31:00.002-04:00

I would like to introduce you to Janice L Brooks, Larry's younger and only sister.

He does not have a brother and he does love Jan.

She came down Wednesday from Brentwood Tennessee to spend a couple of days with Larry.

She has not seen Larry in about 3 years and wanted to come.

Of course she is welcome to come any time.

We love her dearly and she is a blessing to us.

She is ____ years of age. About 1 year and 3 months younger than Larry. I cooked a wonderful meal for her birthday and we had a little get
together with the children while she was here to celebrate.
They were both in the band all through high school and were loved by all.

She was my Maid Of Honor when Larry and I got married.

In my eyes she has not changed at all.

Still as pretty today as she was 43 years ago.

We had a great time Janice and we are looking forward to having you again, soon I hope.

I will share a few more pictures of them before I go.

I pray that all of you will have a wonderful week-end and let's remember to pray for all the people in Texas, La. & Ark.

I know that all those who have left there homes during this time of bad weather are wanting to get back but I also know that it would be dangerious for them to return before they say it is OK.

Love you,
Maw Maw Birt

This is when we were getting ready to eat.
Roast, carrotts, potatoes, green beans, garden salad and yeast rolls.

This is Janice with our dog, Dollie, Then Janice with Bruce being funny.

He has always says that Jan was his fiance so he went out and bought a candy ring and got on his knees to ask her to marry him. They are a riot.

Losing It

2008-09-03T15:51:00.003-04:00

Hello Friends,

This is me after a Sunday meal or any meal to think about it.

I have a new blog about a weight program that I am starting.

If you would like to visit me there please go to http://mawmawslosingit.blogspot.com

I hope you will enjoy it starting tomorrow on Thursday Sept. 4th.

Have a good day and I love all of you.

Maw Maw Birt

Good Morning

2008-09-01T19:30:00.000-04:00

This is Saturday morning and I am home alone and thought I would blog about nothing really exciting.

I guess I am bored.

Dolly is lying here beside me and she is whinning on and off because her daddy left her here and did not take her with him.

She loves for him to take her riding in the truck.

When she sees him getting ready she is there beside him all the way until he gets ready to leave in the truck. She was disappointed this morning when he did not take her.

He is on his way to Gaffney to get gas then he is going over to Kristi's to cut her grass for her.

He loves his John Deer and tries to find reasons for using it.

He just sits on it and loves how it turns so easy.

He took Hannah to the mall yesterday and got her Aerospotal Perfume.

She was so disappointed when it came up missing. She works hard for her little bit of money that she has and she is very careful how she spends it. When she went to Purto Rico she found it for 14.00 and bought her some.

Well, when I found out it was missing I called the mall here and found out they had it on sale for 14.99 so Paw Paw took her out and bought her some more. She was walking on air all evening. She is one sweet girl.

I got up this morning and let Dolly out then made me a fresh pot of coffee.

It was wonderful.

When Larry got up I fixed him a wonderful breakfast of bacon, scrambled eggs with cheese, toast & orange juice. He loved it.

I am going to start my laundry when I get this blog finished.

I am watching Fox news this morning.

I have been keeping up with the politics on our Presidential Canidates.

I must say after I heard about McCaines pick for VP. I was surprised but after hearing her speak she really sounds great. Time will tell. She looks like she knows more than what they say she does.

Well let me go and get my laundry started while Larry is gone so that when he gets back I can spend some time with him.

Take care and I pray that all of you will have a GREAT week-end.

Love you all,

Mistake

2008-08-30T10:39:00.002-04:00

Please go to sugar and spice to read my blog. Hannah was still signed in on her blog and I did not realise it until it was already gone.
Love you.
janice

Introducing our grand daughter "Taylor"

2008-08-17T12:49:00.011-04:00

Hello to all bloggers,

I would like to take this time to introduce you to our beautiful grand daughter Taylor.

She came and spent the night with us last Saturday and went to church with us Sunday then stayed with us Sunday night and left to go to a friends home.

She is loved by the both of us so much.

She is Larry Jr's Daughter. She is 13 and will be in the eigth grade.

We have not had much fellowship with her in the past 3 to 4 years. We have prayed and prayed that God would send her to us and he did.

She was able to have Hannah over last Sunday to eat dinner with all of us and then Hannah was able to spend the night with us Sunday night. They had a wonderful time getting caught up on lost time.

This is Justin, Taylor and Hannah. They had not seen each other in a very long long time.

They had a great reunion.

This is Taylor and myself before we left for church Sunday Night.

This is Taylor with her grand parents

When Taylor was samll her grandpa use to go into the bedroom and get her up by playing the bugle. Little has changed since then and here is a picture of her after he woke her up.

Look at Dolly. She was sleeping with Taylor.

This is Paw Paw with both of his beautiful grand daughter's. He is one happy Paw Paw when he has his grand children around. Look at that smile.

This is Taylor and Hannah having lunch last Sunday at the Asian Rest.

They both are beautiful young ladies.

Well I hope you have enjoyed meeting our little Taylor.

She left yesterday for another friends home and will be going to church with her tomorrow.

Before she left she and Michael went into the kitchen and made brownies. They were so good. She cleaned up the kitchen just beautiful.

Thank you for doing that Taylor. It was very sweet of you.

Hope all of you have a great Sunday and I will write more in a couple of days.

Good Morning

2008-08-07T11:08:00.003-04:00

Hello,

Well it is time to blog a little this morning.

My sweet husband let me sleep until 10:30 this morning. It was great.

When he got me up he had bacon, eggs, toast, coffee and orange juice.

He was not really able to do this but he did it because he loves me. :} :}

As for an up-date. The nurse was here this morning and he is still very unsteady on his feet. His blood pressure is still dropping very low, other than that he is doing good.

Continue to pray for him. He is wanting to drive and I keep telling him not yet honey. buttttttttttttt he drove the other day and it really upset me. I was very concerned until he got back. He said please don't take that away from me. I won't but I think his doctor probably will.

Kristi has sent some wonderful pictures of Bible School and I have enjoyed reading about it every morning when I get up. I feel like I am there when I read her little stories and see the pictures of all the children. They are so sweet and precious. If you have never worked with 5 year olds you need to try it for a while. They will be a blessing to your heart.

God has truly blessed me with the 5 year old class that I have had now for about 4 years.

Not much on my ticket today except trying to get some laundry done if my washer does not leak today. I am having real problems in there. Pray that God will fix it for me and I mean that. He is the God of the impossible and I know that for a fact.

He is God of the impossible for fixing a broken heart.

He is God of the impossible for saving another grand child.

He is God of the impossible for always being on time.

He is God of the impossible when there is a great need.

He is God of the impossible when a loved one is sick and maybe dying.

He is God of the impossible when it rains and the storms are raging.

He is God of the impossible as he was born of a Virgin.

He is God of the impossible as he died on the cross for all the unsaved.

He is God of the impossible when he rose on the 3rd. day.

He is God of the impossible when he saved my soul.

Love to all,

Maw Maw & Justin

2008-07-31T12:41:00.003-04:00

Hello to all in blogger land,

Well as you can tell I have Justin under control.

I have wanted to have my porch washed down for some time now and as Justin is here for the week I decided I would put a whip under him and get him to work while he is here for his food. :} :}

He is doing a great job. He got his Paw Paw's John Deer out this morning and cut grass then he took the weed eater and trimmed.

After that he took the broom and cleaned off the side walk and then got the furniture off the porch and scrubbed the porch for me. He is now cleaning the back deck off.

He is soaked. When he comes in I will have him a nice sandwich and brownies with ice cream for lunch.

I know he will enjoy that.

Kristi, Hannah & Harrison have gone to Sword Of The Lord

Conference. She was really looking forward to this time for herself.

She is driving and taking some of the other mothers with her. I know she will be blessed with good music and great fellowship with wonderful preaching.

Larry is doing much better. He is still very unsteady in his walk.

Hopefully he will be able to come to church Sunday Morning.

If not to Sunday School at least to the morning worship service.

Continue to pray for him and also for his care taker, "ME". :} :}

God has been so good to us and we thank Him each day for his bountiful blessings.

Love to all,

Maw Maw Birt

A Psalm of Praise

2008-07-26T14:34:00.003-04:00

Psalm 108,
1. O God my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
2. Awake, psaltery and harp; I myself will awake early.
3. I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
4. For thy mercy is great above the heavens; and thy glory above all the earth;
5. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
6. That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.

Verse 12 & 13
12. Give us help from trouble; for vain is the help of man.
13. Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

God has brought us through so much these past 2 weeks and weeks past.
I do thank Him for His goodness and His mercy to all of us.

I would like to thank Mrs. Janet for the dinner she sent to us Thursday.
I would like to thank Mrs. Rebecca and Brother Ted for lunch and dinner yesterday.
I would like to thank Mrs. Kim for her wonderful Lasagna that we ate for lunch today and still have plenty for dinner tonight.
I would like to thank Marie, Bruce's mom for the meal that we will enjoy tomorrow.

This has really taken a great deal of work off of me. I am tired and not to have to worry about our lunch and dinners has been a blessing.

I want to thank Mr. Bowen, Larry Harmon and Mark for coming out in the late hours of the night to fix my well when Larry was in the hospital.
May our God continue to bless all of you for doing His will.
Love to all,
Janice Birt

Anonymous

2008-07-25T07:18:00.003-04:00

Anonymous, I did get your message. Thank you for sending it. I'll call you one day next week. You can try to call me this weekend if you like. I'll be in and out of the house...lots going on. But if I'm here I'll be happy to speak with you. Just look for my husband's name in the book. OK?

~Kristi

To Anonymous

2008-07-24T17:36:00.003-04:00

Anonymous, for the sake of MY mother, I am choosing to delete your comments. I found them before she did.

I just want you to know that she never saw them. I have no intentions of relaying your comments to her. She is totally clueless as to who wrote her comments or what they said.

I do want you to know that I love you, miss you, and pray for you. And so does she.

~Kristi

Larry's Home

2008-07-22T14:20:00.002-04:00

Hello to all,

My dearly beloved is home.

He is so happy to be here today.

I do ask for your prayers as there are things that I really am not sure about. Like his new pin for his shots.

The nurse will be here tomorrow to show me how it works. Until then we are on our own.

We thank God for all he has done for Larry during his time of stay at Gaston Memorial.

Pray that God will help me help him when it comes to his medicine to take and when to give it to him.

Thank all of you who have been praying each day for all of us.

Proverbs 3:5&6 will be quoted many times by me in the next couple of weeks. :} :}

He will be happy to recieve phone calls.

If he is sleepy I will just tell you when to call back.

Love you all,

Maw Maw Birt

Saturday

2008-07-19T16:18:00.001-04:00

Good Morning,
Well this is Saturday morning and I have just had a GREAT visit from my grand children Justin & Hannah who have been on a missions trip for the past 10 days. My sweet little Harrison was here as well.
Their plane landed about 7 last night. They were so happy to be able to get home but also liked the college and also Pureto Rico.
I thought I would stay home today and get the laundry done and go grocery shopping for a few things that we need.
The laundry is the biggest thing that really needs to be done today.
The children are on the way to the hospital to see Paw Paw. He has missed them so much and is looking forward to seeing them. I know this will be the high light of their day.
Well I must go for now and get moving or nothing will get done, if you know what I mean.
I hope you enjoy the new look of my blog.
Now don't think that I was the one able to do this. No No No!!!!!
It was my sweet Kristi who did it for me and I thank her for it. She knows how much I love Palm trees so she did really good.
Thanks Kristi.
Love to all,
Maw Maw Birt

2008-07-18T09:43:00.002-04:00

Good morning,

Kristi should be here in just a little bit to clean house for me today.

She is such a faithful daughter and I love her so much.

She has already done the up-date on Larry so I am just going to let you know how much I appreciate all that you have done and all the prayers that you have prayed for all of us since all this has happened.

I know you were praying before and now you are praying again.

Friends are a wonderful gift from our God.

Thank you again,

Love you,

Mama Birt

Larry

2008-07-15T18:24:00.003-04:00

My Sweet Heart,

Thank all of you for praying for Larry. This is very hard yet he is in such a good spirit about all of this.

He is well loved by all and he has really appreciated all your prayers and your visits.

Larry will be going to Mt. Holly in the next few days for rehabilitation so he will not be as close as I would like for him to be.

I know this will be hard on him as well as for me.

We don't know how long he will be there it just depends on how much he will be able to see and do on his own.

He may never regain his total eye sight but the doctor's told him today that he cannot drive any more for a while.

This is what has really upset our daughter but we also know that our God is bigger than that.

If it is the Lord's will then he will be able to do this again.

Now I have the task of trying to get some time off from work and I ask that you pray that this can be done. If not I will quit work and stay home to help my help mate that God has given to me for 43 years. I am not sad about this as my health is not good either. I just know that I am working to have insurance for both of us and that will stop when I hand in my notice and work my last day.

God too is in control of that.

Larry has made every one laugh at the hospital and I told him that they were not going to belive that he was even sick.

He told me if he didn't joke he would just cry. So I said go ahead and joke.

He had one episode today that Kristi has not seen before and it really freaked her out. This is when he turns his head to the left and looses track of where he is and hears nothing that anyone has said. This is what let me know Saturday that something was really wrong with him.

They saw this yesterday in the emergency room and the Doctor was shocked.

Just keep him in your prayers and I love all of you for your sweet kindness.

To the men who came out late last night and fixed our well. Thank you so much and I know God will bless you for that. It was nice getting up to running water this morning.

Love to all,

Janice

I Tree'd One

2008-07-05T07:48:00.003-04:00

Hello,

You may be wondering, what in the world is she doing coon hunting?

Well, to be honest, it was not for coon hunting. I got this trophy because someone came into the bank and tried to cash a 3,500.00 check and it just did not look right. I called the number on the check to make sure it was OK for me cash and the lady said no please call the police. I stalled her by telling her that I had to buy the cash from the vault and proceeded to call the police and they came and arrested her. Now this happened 2 years ago this past June. We did not go to trial until a few weeks ago and she was found guilty by jury and sentenced to 10 months without paroll due to previous arrest for almost the same thing.

That is the story behind the dog and tree.

How is everyone out in blogger land?

Hope all is well and doing great.

Yesterday was the 4th. and since Kristi and her family went out of town and we guess John was busy doing something for we called a number of times and got no answer we decided we would just stay home and rest.

I got up a couple of times but slept until 2 P.M.

Is that not just great?

When I did get up I took a shower and washed my hair and fixed me some coffee and woke Larry up.

We got ourselves cleaned up and went for a ride to Grover and got an ice cream from D/Q and then went to the Kings Mountain Battle Ground just for a drive and it was beautiful. We were gone for about 2 1/2 hours.

We took Dolly with us and she was so sweet. She loves to go bye bye in the car or truck.

On our way back we stopped and got a Funnel Cake and it was so good.

When we got back home it was pouring the rain and we just sat on the front porch in our rockers and relaxed. It was a great day to be here in the wonderful USA watching our flag in the front yard and knowing that we have soldiers who are fighting to keep us safe while here.

Well I am going to go for now and sit on my porch for a while.

Ilove all of you and pray that you had a wonderful day yesterday thanking God for our wonderful country.

love you all,

Maw Maw Birt

For My Children, family and friends

2008-06-29T12:20:00.004-04:00

On the happy golden shore Where the faithful part no more,

When the storms of life are o'er, Meet me there:

Where the night dissolves away into pure and perfect day,

I am going there to stay, Meet me there.

Here the future is unknow, Here in pain our spirits groan,

Bur one day I'm going home, Meet me there:

Here we struggle in the race,

Trusting God's unfailing grace,

But one day I'll see His face, Meet me there.

Where the songs of heaven ring and the blest forever sing,

In the palace of the King, Meet me there,

Where in sweet communion blend Heart with heart and friend with firend,

In a workd that ne'er shall end, Meet me ther.

Meet me there, Meet me there, Where the Savior waits to greet us , meet me there,

Meet me there, Meet me there,

WHERE THE FAITHFUL PART NO MORE, MEET ME THERE.

If ever there were words that I could express to my children, family and friends it would be the words of this old hylm.

I love all of you and pray that those that have forsaken the House of the Lord will get your hearts right with God and that you will learn just how much the Lord loves you and what he has done for all of you.

I love all of you,

Maw Maw Birt

What a week-end. It was GREAT!!!

2008-06-23T20:46:00.004-04:00

Hello to all,

Is not this just beautiful. It is just a little ways up the road from us and I love the drive way. It goes around the entire front of the house. I am always asking Larry to let me drive through and he says no they might think we are casing the house. I just have to laugh every time he says that to me.

Anyway, I did the unthinkable. Yes I did and it was so much fun. I was even able to look through the top window. It is a large landing and they had a christmas tree up there this past year.

When I told Larry he was not to happy with me. :{ :{

Well I went back to the doctor today and they have put me out of work for the rest of the week.

I don't have a blood clot praise the Lord but I do have an infection in both my legs and I am on some strong antibotics and also medicine for inflamation. Continue to pray that I will do as the Dr. told me to do and that is hard staying in bed. It is nice for a while but that only last for a day.

I would like to share a picture with you that was taken on Father's day.

It was one of Larry's gift's from his little wife. "ME".

Have a wonderful evening.

Love you,

Maw Maw Birt

Dolly and Justin

2008-06-21T15:27:00.001-04:00

Hello My dear Friends,

Now when you look at Dolly don't think that she goes around like this all the time.

She is my sweet baby and I love her dearly. I just could not resist the rabbit ears.

This was taken in April of this year and she is unset that her mommy would do this to her and then when I laughed she put her head down like "How could you do this to me".

She loves me and it did not last for long.

I guess by now all of you have seen Kristi's pic of me and Larry racing on the buggies at Sam's.

Well, she is the one who put us up to it.

A smile can hide a very troubled person. Of course that is me.

I had just learned that day that my doctor would not let me go back to work until Monday as she thinks I have a blood clot or the starting of one. I went to the hospital on Thursday and had my Ultra sound and then picked up my medicine from Rite-Aid then home and went to bed. I had told Kristi that I would take her to Sam's so she could get the things she needed for Justin's birthday party today.

I really did not feel like going but about 6:30 I got up and dressed and when she got here Kristi, Hannah, Larry and myself left.

She parked our car for us and made sure that we both had a buggy to ride in.

That is how the race began. She always know's how to make us laugh when we are felling low.

Anyway, after all that was done we went home and she put her belongings into her car and followed me to the gas pumps so that I would not have to get out of the car and she pumped my gas for me.

What a blessing she has been to me and to Larry.

Then there is my sweet John. He was at work and Larry was out cutting our grass when Larry got his NEW JOHN DEER 25 Z stuck in a large hole in the ditch that runs down at the bottom of the road next to our lawn.

He tried and tried to get it out. I heard him turning the motor on an off so I got up and went out to see if he was OK. He was sitting on the mower with his hat off scratching his head and just looked disturbed to say the least.

I ask him what was wrong and he told me. He also said I just called John and he is going to come as soon as he get's off work. Well he did. He got behind the mower and with his dad sitting on the mower pushed with all of the power he had and got his daddy out. As he was doing this he fell and all Larry could hear was a big thud. He turned around and John was face down in the dirt. Now John has MS but he never lets it show. He is such a sweet son and we love him dearly.

I pray that he will soon get back in church and bring his family with him. Please pray with us that this is what God will work in his heart about the fellowship that he is missing with his Heavenly Father.

I cannot do without that fellowship with my Lord. It is not just my christian family I love being with it is the preaching of God's word and how it work's in my life each day.

The birthday party is tonight at 5:30 at a friends house that we love dearly. He has a huge game room up stairs and everyone is looking for that special time of fellowship.

Kristi is having chips and dip, toco's, sloppy joes, cake, ice cream & drinks.

I will have pictures to share with you sometime next week.

Keep me in your prayers and I love all of you.

Maw Maw Birt.

Happy Birthday Grandson.

Good Morning

2008-06-14T09:32:00.002-04:00

Hello to all out in blogger land,

Today is Saturday and I was able to sleep until almost 9 this morning.

It is beautiful outside today. Yes it is hot but God has given us the most beautiful sunshine and skies to look at today.

When I did get up it was to the whine of Dolly at the bedroom door and the smell of good coffee that my sweet heart had made for me.

He is a special gift from God. Yes we have had our ups and downs but the Lord was in it all.

WE will be celebrating our oldest grandson's 16th. birthday next Saturday and we are looking forward to it.

He has blessed our hearts from day 1.

Bruce and Kristi were in Germany when he was born on June 18, 1992.

If you thought that this Maw Maw and Paw Paw were going to wait until they got home before we were able to see him then you thought wrong.

We got our pass ports and were in Germany on June 28th. and was it a blessed reunion with Kristi and Bruce. Now when I found my daughter at the top of the stairs coming down with this little sack on the front of her I just started crying. She was so beautiful and yet very white in the face. After all folk's she had just given birth to the most wonderful grand child in the WHOLE wide world. :} :} Of course he was the first but after that then God sent other most wonderful grandchildren to us . If you don't say that about your own then something is wrong.

We have seen him get saved, baptised, and grow in the Lord all these years. There is coming a day in the near future when he will be out on his own and of course leaving home and I pray that even if he is called away to some far mission field that God will bless him wherever he goes. I would rather see him in God's will than to see him stay close by and not doing anything for the Lord.

That is enough about Justin. All my grand children mean the world to me and I love each and every one of them with that same love that I have for Justin.

Larry and I went to Sam's yesterday evening after I got off of work and we picked up a few things. Then I wanted to take him someplace very special for dinner that he would enjoy for Father's Day.

Well he and I ended up going to Longhorn Steak House. As we were going in we ran into Pastor and Mrs. Ava and their son Josh.

It was so wonderful seeing Mrs. Ava. She had been away from us for 18 day's on a special trip. I really missed her and am so thankful that God brought her home safely to us.

Well I must go for now and get cleaned up so that I can get some shopping done and my car washed and filled up with GAS. OH MY!!!!

I love all of you,

Maw Maw Birt

I promised more pics of The Holy Land Experience

2008-06-13T23:02:00.006-04:00

For some reason it will not let me down load anymore at this time.

I will send more later.

Love all,

Maw Maw

The Holy Land Experience 2004

2008-06-12T18:16:00.007-04:00

Hello,

I thought I would send you some of the pics that we took when we went to The Holy Land Experience in 2004 with the Senior Saints at our chruch.

We had such a wonderful time.

I was going through some of the pictures that we took and it brought back so many memories.

Just think if we had actually been there when our Lord died for us. Do you think we would have been with the mockers and those who said kill him, or we want Jesus to die.

I am so thankful that God sent His only dearly beloved son to this sinful earth to die for me and for all those who would believe on Him.

He is such a merciful God. We all deserve Hell but He loved us enough to make it possible for ALL who believe to go to heaven.

Even if I were the only one on this earth He would have died for even me.

The older I get the sweeter he becomes to me.

The older I get the more I want to do for Him.

I most deffiently don't deserve Heaven.

Thank you God for all your goodness, mercy, grace, peace, joy, long suffering and for your patience for all of us.

Well I will go for now and when I have more time I will send more pictures of The Holy Land Experience.

Love to all,

Maw Maw

Is not this beautiful

2008-06-07T19:01:00.002-04:00

Hello my sweet friends,

What a week at work and then today.

I really wanted to sleep until about 8 this morning but woke up at 7:20.

I took Dolly out and then sat and relaxed for a few minutes.

Larry fixed breakfast and we ate then he went out to cut grass before it got to hot. Well it got to hot anyway and he was exhausted when he was done.

While he was cutting grass I gave Dolly a bath. She was so good while I did this for her.

By the time I was done with that Larry had come into the house and was trying to rest a little.

I started laundry and then took a shower got dressed and left the house at 12:50.

I stopped over at Citgo to get the car washed but it was broken.

It is a strange thing about that. About every other Saturday it is broken and no one can get their gas at the price of 374 a gallon with a car wash.

I had a free car wash but could not get it so I vacumed the car out.

Well the bad news is, this lovely lady in our church gave me a beautiful cane a few years ago and when I got back into the car and drove off I realized that I had left it. So I go back to get it and guess what??? You are correct. It was already gone.

I loved that cane not only because of who gave it to me but it was a pink flower cane that you could fold. I will probably never find one like it again.

Anyway, after all that I drove down to SC to get gas for 371 a gallon and then went on to Hamricks to get some new clothes needed for the bank.

We have to wear uniforms and we need gray, blue and kaki color skirts or pants.

I was able to find what I need plus some other things. When I finished that I rushed back to Kings Mountain to get a few things at the Pharmacy and then home only to find that Larry had already left for the Cottage prayer meeting. I was going to go but did not make it back in time.

I am cutting this short, ha ha--- I need to go and wash my hair for tomorrow.

Take care friends and I love all of you.

By the way I have to work tomorrow as we need to make sure that the computers are up and running before we open the bank on Monday morning. We will work from 1 to 6.

I will miss church Sunday night but that cannot be helped.

Bye for now,

Love ,

Maw Maw

finish of the blog vacation.

2008-06-03T19:48:00.002-04:00

Please read the post before this one.
I am sorry I don't know what happened. Anyway, I am really looking forward to June 9th. when we officially become Fifth Third and all First Charter signs are uncovered and the Fifth Third signs will be seen.
I am tired today and I am going to hit the sack early tonight.
It is really a hard time at work with all the different people in doing the remodeling at the bank.
There is yet a lot that needs to be done.
Well I guess I will say good night to all of you out there in blogger land.
Please pray for a lady friend that in out of God's will and needs to listen to her heavenly Father if she is indeed saved. IF she is, then God will not let her stay where she is for long without God's punishment. Please pray for her. God knows all about it and all you need to do is pray.
Love to all of you,
Maw Maw Birt

vacation

2008-06-03T19:36:00.002-04:00

Dear Friends,
Well vacation will be coming up in July starting on the 7th. lasting until I go back to work on the 13th.
Believe it or not, I will not get to go anywhere but staying at home can and will be a blessing.
Since Larry has Dialysis on Monday, Wednesday and Friday's it will be impossible for us to go anywhere.
We will stay here at home and just piddle. I hope you know that piddle is doing whatever you feel like doing.
The picture above is where we spent our honeymoon a few years ago and it was so nice.
We rented a cabin up in the Pigon Forge area and it was just beautiful. It was in Oct. when the leaves had changed and the colors were just beautiful.
The take over is going well at the bank.
Fifth Third is really doing a great deal of work and I am really looking forward to June 9th. when we officially become

Sigma 2008

2008-05-22T21:22:00.013-04:00

Hello to all of you in blogger world.

What a wonderful night we had at this years Sigma Banquet.

The decorations were so beautiful it was like being under water.

Thank you Mrs. Liz, Kristi, Dana and all the others who worked so hard to make this a beautiful evening for the kids, parents and grandparents.

May God continue to bless each and every one of you.

I am now going to share a few pictures with you and hope you will enjoy looking at them.

This wonderful young man is John O'Malley the 9th.

He was our speaker for the night and he did a wonderful job for the Lord.

He spoke about the 4 anchors in his life that was so important. !. The Lord Jesus Christ. 2. His Parents. 3. His church and church family and 4. The friends you choose in life to hang out with.

All points were brought out so even a child could understand about the important anchos in our life. Very good job John and we love you .

This is Brother RJ our youth pastor and his lovely wife

Our grandson Justin as you can see is holding his 2 trophies that he won for this year.

One is for learning more than 70 Bible verses and the other is the Pastor's award.

We are proud of our grandson but most of all for his love of the Lord and his sweet testimony.

Thank you Justin for bringing so much joy into our lives.

This is Justin and Hannah. Hannah is the most wonderful grand daughter that a set of grand parents could have .
She has brought much joy, laughter and love to so many lives. She is as sweet as they get and not just because she is our little one either. Ha ha!!!!

This is Gary Philbeck.

He is one our adopted grandson's from our church. "We have many"!!!

We are so proud of Gary. This was his first year in Sigma and he ran away with the highest points for the Christian Service award.

Gary, we love you and are very proud of you and what you have done for the Lord.

Continue to serve Him and always remember to read your Bible and pray every day of your life. The devil is after young men and women like you.

This is Monica. She recieved the Over Comer's Award. Monica was told months ago that she has MS. She is such a sweet young lady. We love her dearly and so does everyone else. She is a friend to all. We love you Monica and are praying for you.

2008-05-18T22:15:00.001-04:00

Hello My dear Friends,

Well I would like to take this time to introduce you to my wonderful friend.

This is Dolly Birt. She is 2 years and 3 months in human life.

She is my little baby and I love her dearly.

She is a friend that tends to stick closer than a brother. "Especially if she is wanting what Larry and I are having for dinner". :} :}

She is so faithful to her mommy but when I am gone she is very close to her master Daddy Birt. You can tell by the look on her face she is a very loving animal. She is LAZY as any dog could possibly be.

Today was a wonderful day. We went to church and was fed by God's word.

Our pastor preached with the title of We Need To Be Touched Again.

Four points to his sermon and it was an eye opener.

1. We need a touch of God when our fears keep us from doing God's will.

2. We need a touch when our failures confront us.

3. We need a touch when our families concern us.

4. We need a touch of God when fightings conflict us.

Now Pastor made a lot of comments and I wish I could remember them all but the one thing I know is that God spoke to my heart this morning and again tonight.

There are so many things I want to do for the Lord and due to my back I am hindered from doing what I would like to do.

God has reminded me week after week that if I had only listened to him 38 years ago I would not have the problems that I am having today.

I gave my testimony tonight to the young that when God speaks to your heart please listen. I am walking today with a cane because I would not listen to God when he was dealing with my heart about my salvation. The sins of years ago are carried with me today. Now friends I know that I have been forgiven from all those sins but the life I lived by not OBEYING HIM has hindered my work for the Lord today.

I hope you can understand where I am coming from. You must obey God in ALL things and not just some things. You will pay for it in the end as I am doing so today.

God is using me and I love my Sunday School class that I teach. Lately I have had to be out as I cannot get up the steps for a few weeks. I miss them dearly.

I also love my church family and I will always try to smile and love them as much a possible through prayer and hugs.

When it comes to doing extra things like helping to decorate for special things at our chruch or helping to clean up after a special program that I regret not being able to do. It all goes back to not obeying the Lord and him having to put me on my back to where I had to look up before I would listen. Don't make the same misstake that I made.

After the service this morning we went over to Bruce and Kristi's to help celebrate Hanna's 13th. birthday.

We had the most wonderful dinner and fellowship with all of them.

Marie was there and it was wonderful seeing her again. This is Bruce's mother. She is a very sweet lady and I love her.

Thank you Kristi, Bruce and Hannah for having us today. It was very special for your Paw Paw and me.

Well I guess I will close for now.

My wonderful Husband got me a GREAT Camera for Mother's Day and I got some great shots yesterday and again today.

As soon as I get them down loaded I will share with all of you.

May you have a wonderful week with our Lord and your families.

Love you,

Mama Birt

2008-05-12T03:01:00.004-04:00

Hello To all my wonderful friends,

Thank you so much for the prayers concerning my back.

I do feel a little better but still need your prayers.

I really don't want to have to have the back surgery but am willing to go through what ever my Lord has planned for my life.

Mother's Day was a wonderful day to be in the House Of The Lord. He was so sweet and real yesterday.

Kristi has been taking my little 5 year old's until I can start making it back up-stairs to teach them again. I really hope it will be this coming Sunday but will not push it.

Thank you Kristi for being such a wonderful, faithfull daughter to the Lord and also to your mother.

Church last night was precious.

Please pray for a family in our church that we love dearly. They are having a very ruff time right now and need your prayers.

I went to bed praying and have only slept for about 2 hours and have been praying off and on ever since. God knows all about it and if you will just pray he will know who you are talking about.

Larry got me a new camer for Mother's day and also the most beautiful flowers for my front porch and for my yard.

He had our son John come over with the tiller and they tilled around our flag pole and Hannah and Larry with Harrison's help planted all the flowers and they are doing great!!!!

As soon as I learn how to down load my pictures from my camer I will send them to all of you.

Our bank has merged with a bank out of Ohio called, 5/3. FIFTH THIRD.

I am very excited about this. It seems that it is going to be good for the employees and also for our customers. The take over will be June 6. Pray that God will give the knowledge to learn about their new products and also the new computer. It is very different than what we are using now and I will need prayers in theis area. I know that my God will help me.

My Secret Pal got me for Mothers Day a pair of PJ's, a deep orange shirt, 2 pair of wonderful socks that are so soft and just feel wonderful on your feet, a basket of spa things for my hands from bath and body works and a bag of chocolate candy from Hershey's called Bliss. It is their newest candy that they are making now. I enjoyed about 5 pieces and then put them away before I would eat them all. Ha ha

Thank you my secret pal if you read this. It was a wonderful surprise.

My daughter Kristi and her family got me some undies and a very very nice bathrobe. I wore it Saturday night and it really in nice.

My son John got me a sun bonnett and also a bag that I can carry with me. It will really be nice to have if I get to go to the beach sometime this Summer.

Well this is all I am going to do for now.

Keep us in your prayers and I love all of you.

By the way, it was a blessing to have the Peeler family with us Sunday night.

They are a real blessing to me. They live somewhere in Spartanburg and I miss them very much. Sisters you are a blessing and I love you bunches.

Lisa and Wade, you have been a blessing to me since day one and I know that you guys love the Lord. I pray that you will continue to serve the One that has given us such a wondrful life.

Long Time, No See

2008-05-09T15:50:00.007-04:00

Hello Friends,

This is the first post I have had time to do in a very long time.

I don't guess I would be doing this one at this time if it were not for me

having to be in the bed for a couple of days.

Since about 4 to 6 months I have had problems with my hip. Or at least I thought that was my hip.

Anyway I go off to see my Dr. who took the x-rays and told it was not my hip but coming from my back.

They took x-rays and found that I have a bulging herniated disc.

My sweet Kristi took me for my first shot in the spine and today has taken me for my second one. I can only have one more and then if that last one does not work I will be sent to Charlotte to see another specialist to discuss back surgery and that is something I do not want.

Now this may be in God's will and if it is then I will be glad to have it done. I do need your prayers.

Larry is doing so much better since his second surgery. He is still having a few problems but nothing that he cannot handle as of yet.

Last Sunday night he did get sick and had to have some help from a couple of men in our church to get to the car. He is doing OK from that and has started eating a little but not much. He is up at the mission with Justin, our grandson, who is cutting all the grass. This is his job for the spring, summer and fall months.

He is saving all of his money for his youth outings and for his trip to Puerto Rico this summer when the youth take their mission's trip.

Hannah is also going and she is doing odd jobs around the church and any baby sitting jobs that someone may need at the church.

A couple in our church gave her a check made out to her for 100.00 Wednesday night after church and she was so happy. She too needs 400. for her ticket and God has blessed her too.

So many of our teens have been blessed with this. I know that God will continue to bless all of our teens and sponsors. Pray for them please that God will speak to their hearts.

Well I have got to stop at this time and lay down. I am in bed at this time doing this on my lap top and it is now getting to me.

Please continue to pray that God's will be done in this area of my life.

Love to all,

2007-10-24T14:53:00.000-04:00

Dear Friends,
I am at work so I cannot send pictures. Just let me say that I have missed posting and also hearing from all of you.
We have been going through so much but all I want to say is that God has been in it all.
I am so thankful that I have the Lord in my life and to know that I am not alone when it comes to needing a friend.
He is my rock and shelter in times of storms. He will never leave me or forsake me.
There has been a lot going on in my work life that I have just turned over to the Lord and God has answered prayer.
I have been reading out of the book of Psalm chapter 138:7, Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies and thy right hand shall save me.
That has happened reciently in my life and when God says he will be our avenger then you can believe me when I say that He is that and a lot more.
I have fallen back in love with my work and actually enjoy coming in.
I will not go into detail because God knows what I am talking about and He has handled it all.
Larry and I just celebrated our 42nd wedding anniversary. I do thank
God each day for my dearly beloved. He has been a tower of strength for me when I needed it so much.
He has been a faithful husband and the dearest friend a girl, wife and mother could have.
He was and still is the most wonderful Dad and grandfather that anyone could have. Now this is his sweet, darling. loveable, adorable & very humble wife. :} :}
Hope all of you are having a wonderful fall. Just think, winter is fast approaching and we have not had any fall cold weather yet. I am enjoying the rain that God has given to us the past few days and looking forward to more.
Well friends, I have just finished balancing and want to leave but can't until all of us get finished with using the vault.
Love all of you and pray that God will continue to bless you and your family.
Love in Christ,
Janice

Share some Tea Time with me please!

2007-10-03T23:11:00.000-04:00

Hello Friends,
This has been a very hard day at the bank today. It is the 3rd. of the month and we have our sweet little old people coming in to get their money to live off of for the month of Oct.
There is so much we take for granted.
God blesses our lives every day with the abundance of his blessings and we sometimes forget to just say, Thank you Lord for all you have done for me today.
Letting me get up out of bed, I thank you Lord.
For being able to see the sun shine, I thank you Lord.
For breathing clean fresh air, I thank you Lord.
For having a washing machine to wash my clothes so that I don't have to go to the creek and pound them on a rock, I thank you Lord.
For my kitchen floor that I have and to be able to mop that floor and it not be a dirt floor. I thank you Lord.
For windows that get dirty and I have to clean just to be able to see the beautiful sun that you provided for me this special morning. I thank you Lord.
For the stove you have given to me to be able to cook a good meal for my family and those who are still with us to share the meal with. I thank you Lord.
For the dish washer you have provided to clean those dirty dishes so that I can have some extra time to do whatever I think is needed. I thank you Lord.
For the wonderful bed that you have provided for me and that I don't have to sleep on the hard floor. I thank you Lord.
For the nice indoor bath that we have so we don't have to go to an outside john like I use to do when I was little. I thank you Lord.
Yes there is so much to be thankful for.
My wonderful Church, our choir, our special music, our Associate Pastor and Youth director. For all of our Sunday School teachers and all those who help with all the different ministries in our chruch, I thank you Lord.
I could go on and on and on but I will stop. I just have so much in my heart to be thankful for. I guess this is my way of just saying , Thank you Lord for all that you have done for me.
I love all of my little old clients who come into the bank. Some are so poor but rich in God's love and that friend makes all the difference in the world.
I DO get the opportunity all the time to be able to mention God and all his goodness to so many of my dear friends. I keep waiting for someone to say something but until they do I will just keep giving God the glory for all He has done.
Love to all and please be thankful that you can sleep tonight knowing that if God shall choose this night to take you home you will open your eyes to sights that only one who is in heaven could ever believe.
Love In Christ,
Maw Maw
Proverbs 3: 5 & 6

2007-09-29T08:22:00.000-04:00

Good morning Friends,
Well here it is, my favorite time of the year.
Trees are turning and leaves are falling. The air is starting to get crisp and this is what I get to look at in my own back yard.
Now the leaves will disappear after the trees are empty and then a few weeks later the cold weather will come. What a beautiful sight.
I really don't have to go to the mountains to see God's handy work.
If you would just take a little time and go for a drive out into the country you too would be able to see trees changing colors and leaves falling.
Some times we get so busy in our lives we forget some of the things we did as a child.
On Sunday's when I was a child my sweet Godly mother would fix a HUGE dinner with 2 fried chickens that she would wash and cut up herself, fix an egg and flour mixture and put that in a large bowl with her chicken, salt and pepper and put in the frig. until we got back from Sunday School and church.
Then she would roll her chicken in flour and fry it golden brown. She would have home made yeast rolls, fresh green beans out of the garden, corn, potato salad made without ONIONS, macaronni salad, fresh peas from the garden, she would have green onions, tomatoes and a plate of cucumbers in a little vinegar and sugar. What a dinner. We would all pitch in and wash and dry dishes sweep the kitchen floor and then pile into the car and go for a drive. All we did was look at the things that we would not see through the week. It was wonderful. You know we even got back so that we would be in church for Sunday night service. What a way to grow up.
Now all of this food was my dad's work and labor that he would do all through the summer in his most beautiful garden. He was a very hard worker. He would work hard all morning in his garden and then come home just in time to eat a bite and then get ready for his job. Working in the coal mines which was know in West Virginia as the whodale shift. He was such a good provider. Worked hard all of his life. Of course when you have had 3 sets of twins and 3 singles you have to work hard.
I loved my daddy. He was never one to tell you that he loved you or sit you on his knee and talk with you, he showed his love by his work. That is the only way my dad knew how to say "I love you".
It would be wonderful to have my dad back today. Not to work hard but just to be able to say once more, Dad I love you and thank you for all of your hard work that you did for me and the other brothers and sisters.
We take so much for granted when our parents are here on this earth.
He did not go to church and was a hard man but he was MY dad and I loved him anyway.
If you still have both your parents please let them know while you still have them how much you love them. When they are no longer with you things will change in your life and you will remember all the times you could have said those 3 little words that mean the world to parents to hear. "I LOVE YOU" .
Have a wonderful day and I love all of you.
Nanny

Tea For 2 Please

2007-09-27T22:26:00.000-04:00

Hello my sweet friends,
This is going to be short but sweet.
I have had a good week and the Lord has been so good.
For the first time in months, Larry is trying to sleep in the guest room.
He is so thoughtful. He has to be up at 4:45 AM and he does not want me to have to get up at that time since my hours at the bank are from 8 to 6.
He too has had a good report this week even though he was sneaking out of the house and driving. :} :} Really it was good for him.
He will go into the hospital next Tuesday as an out patient and they will do an xray with the dye to see if he is healing where the Dr. cut the bile duct instead of the duct to the gall bladder. If so she is going to remove the tubes and the bags the next day. If not!!!!! We are not sure.
He has lost almost all the weight he needs to loose to be able to have the kidney transplant. So please pray about this.
His sister Janice is donating one of her kidneys. She is the only sibling that Larry has. He loves her dearly and really does not want her to have to go through this but he is willing to take the kidney and she is willing to do whatever it takes to help her brother get back in good health.
When I went back to work there were many changes at the bank.
We lost our Manager, supervisor, loan person and one teller which has left us very short handed. God was in total control and I for one praise Him for so many answered prayers.
We are having breakfast at the bank in the morning and I am taking a queach. Not sure if the spelling is correct. Anyway, it is going to have toco meat, green peppers and ongions, tomatoes & eggs with Sharp Chedder cheese on top. I am taking hot sauce and sour cream to go with it. One of the girls is bringing fruit and dip, some one is bringing muffins and
we are also having orange juice and coffee. Now does that not sound like a way to start out the day. Of course I will have the best part here at home and that is my time with the Lord.
Well it is now 11:45 and I want to watch some Jag on TV. Yes I just love watching Harm and Mack. It is really one of my favorites.
Please pray for one of our young men who is off to college this year. He is really sick and needs our prayers. Actually there are about 50 or so who are sick with the same thing. So pray for the entire school. This is his first time away from home and he is in California.
We had some friends who came over tonight and brought Root Beer and Vanilla Ice Cream. They made some wonderful Root Beer floats. We sure enjoyed them. Thank you Brother Mike and our precious adopted grandson Gary. We have a lot of adopted granchildren in our church.
I love you guys and thank you for praying for us. Please continue to do so as we need all the prayers we can get from God's dear people.
We have a new convert in our church and her name is Willie. She is such a sweet child of God. She sang Wednesday night and the Holy Ghost was all over the place. She sang one of my favorites , Sheltered In the Arms Of God. Oh my how I needed those words. And then the man of God put the icing on the cake when he preached to us about the winds of God. Folks you have no idea what that message meant to me.
I have had the winds of God blowing at me for so long that some times I just want to give up but then I start thinking of what my Christ did for me on the cross and I bow my heard in shame. We have so much to be thankful for and yet we whine about so much.
Pastor was saying that sometimes those winds need to blow just to keep us out of trouble and close to God. How true that is becasue when we are facing troubles and tirals we stay on our knees and then we get closer to the Lord. Is that not true in your life??? It is in mine. When I am in the valley that is where I truly grow in the Lord.
So remember when the wind of God starts blowing your way just praise Him anyway and all will be Well. This is one child who knows.
Love you,
Nanny

Give Away!

2007-09-26T21:20:00.000-04:00

5 Minutes for Mom is having a giveaway that I'm really excited about. Just click here to enter by leaving a comment and linking back to your blog. Have Fun!

About Larry

2007-09-17T18:24:00.000-04:00

Hello to all of my friends that have not heard from me in a long while.

Just a small note to let you know that Larry is still among the living but very weak and tired form all that he has been through.

We went to the Doctor today and he still has his tubes. The bile is going through his bile tube to the stomach tube. That means that he is not healing from the cut she made by accident to the bile duct. This can be a very serious thing for him being a diabetic.

I go back to work full time on Wednesday and I really don't want to but this is a must.

Prayer request: Larry turned 62 on August 14th. When he did the county informed us that he will no longer get his incentive check which carried his Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance. I am going to try and get him on with my insurance. Pray that this will happen.

I must go but before I do I want to thank all my blogger friends for praying for my dearly beloved. Continue to send your prayers to the great Physician .

Love you in the Lord,

Maw Maw Birt

Welcome

2007-08-13T19:21:00.000-04:00

Hello Friends,

What a blessing it was to have my sweet family over last Monday night for John's birthday.
We all had a wonderful time. Times like these are a blessing and I will always have this memory in my heart.

John has always been my little lover boy. What I mean there, is when his mother was tired or just low in spirit he always seemed to know and would come and give me a hug and tell me he loved me. This is part of my son that still exhist today. He still gives those huge long hard hugs and kisses and tells me that he loves me. A mother always needs that no matter how old their children get.

We had a great dinner and lots of laughs.

I have to take pictures in different spots as my family has grown over the years. We need a larger kitchen.

I got to go to church Sunday and what a blessing it was to be back in the House of the Lord. I truly have missed hearing my pastor speak, all the wonderful music and seeing my family in the Lord. Truly God has blessed me with such a wonderful church family.

Larry and I have been through so much the past 4 years and yet we just cannot give God enough praise for all He has done for us.

I am still not out of the woods yet. I still covet your prayers. My worst time is about 1:30 or 2 in the morning when I wake up coughing so bad. It really hurts my chest.

Well folks, the love of my life will be 62 tomorrow and I am having my family over again for sloppy joes and banana pudding for dinner. That is my husbands favorite. The pudding I mean.

The children will be here with all the grand kids and I am very excited about it. I am getting ready to go to the kitchen and make the pudding and do the sloppy joes tonight since I will be working tomorrow.

Take care and love to all.

Tea For Me

2007-08-08T10:59:00.001-04:00

Hello Friends,
Today is Wednesday and I am finally back at work. I am still sick but not as bad as I was Saturday night, Sunday and Tuesday.
We are a little slow today so I thought I would drop in just to say hello.
I hope you have been enjoying your Tea with me these past few weeks.
I hope you are enjoying some of the things that I have posted on the blog and that you have come to know Kristi's mom a little.
She takes after her Daddy when it comes to her writtings and her wits. :} :}
Now I love having fun and making jokes but I am not the joker they are.
I have not been back from lunch long but it is so hot outside today and with this cold it is not helping any at all. Believe it or not it is now 80 here in the bank. By the time I leave this afternoon at 5 it will be about 86 or higher. We have this problem every summer due to the building being larger than what the AC can cool.
Same with our house I guess. It was 85 in our home on Monday evening and it was most uncomfortable for all of us with John's party going on.
We had a great time but I was so glad that it was over with only because I knew I had to work on Tuesday and I needed to get some rest. Needless to say I did not work Tuesday due to being so ill with this cold.
OK that is enough.
We had a wonderful time with John on his birthday. He was so sweet and loved all the extra attention he got from all of us. Especially when I sat on his lap. Oh me I use to hold him and now he can hold me. He turned 39. By the way, his sister was born in 71 if that will help you figure out how old she is. Sorry Kristi I just could not resist. To much talk about age there in your blog.
OK folks I must go. I started this about 9:30 this morning and it is now 3.
The bank is dead today. It is now 4:25 and we close at 5.
I pray that all of you will have a good week and that you always put God first in your life.
I love him and praise Him for all his goodness to me when I know that I don't deserve it.
Love to all,
Nanny

Larry Patton Birt Jr. August 3,1966 - Nov. 27,2004

2007-08-04T23:03:00.001-04:00

Hello to my dear friends, Today our son Larry Jr. would have been 41 years old if he had lived. Larry brought great joy to our hearts as a baby, child and young man. He loved his Mom & Dad so very much and also loved his brother John and adored his sister Kristi. There was so much that he could have done for the Lord. I said could have if he had not got into a great deal of sin and feel away from the Lord. I truly believe as a young child around 7 that he was saved and did live for the Lord. While he was in High School we let him get a car and a job to pay for the insurance. This did give him a certain amount of freedom and independence. Along with that comes responsibility which he never seemed to get a hold of. We took him out of christain school when he was in the 9th. grade because he ask us too. I wonder parents, if Larry and I had said no you must finish at this christain school if he would still be alive today. Now I know the devil would like for me to think that all of this is my fault and if that is what I would let him do then I would go crazy. What we did then is not what we would do now. I look back and know that there were signs and I should have paid more attention to the way his life was heading but I took the easy way out and just said to myself this is a stage that he is going through and he will come out of it. After he gradutated from High school he worked for a year and went into the Army. It really seemed to do him good and when he came home it was a joy to have our little boy back home. He was in church all the time and met a beautiful young lady. A missionaries daughter and feel in love with her and they had talked about getting married. Things happened and it did not work out. He met and started dating a woman that had been married before with 2 children and he seemed to really be in love with her and the girls. After a while they decided to get married and were married for over 15 years. They had a beautiful little girl by the name of Taylor and she is so sweet and beautiful. Larry loved her better than life itself. Then he got back into the world and was seeing another young girl and things got out of hand and sin was committed and his wife found out. By this time he did not know what to do. Everyone knew except his immediate family that they had split up the week before Thanksgiving and he was living out of his truck in the parking lot 1 mile from our home and we had no idea. He came to see his daddy that Friday afternoon and spent 5 hours with his dad. He also saw John at the gas station later on and said good bye to him. I was working so I did not get to see my son at all. They found his body about 3 a.m. Saturday morning. He had taken a gun and killed himself because he thought he could never be forgiven. My son was a wonderful son and I know he was not perfect, he was also loved by our wonderful Lord. I believe with all my heart that I will see my son again one of these days and when I do it will be in heaven. Yes he sinned. We all do even after we are saved. I believe that once we are saved nothing can ever seperate us from the Love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. But there is a sin unto death and a path that he crossed that caused this to happen. I know many of you know that he committed suicide but maybe not the reason. Parents if you really want what's best for your child, pray about home schooling your children. If you just cannot do that then put them in a Christain school. Now you will still have to be on your toes because the devil is after our children and if he can get them while they are weak and our backs are turned then he will get his way. May God speak to your hearts as you read this and try to understand what I am trying to say to you as a mother. Never give in because it is the easy way out. Never think that this is just part of growing up and he will come out of it. Never let him stay home from church because they don't feel good. Never let ball games or other school activities come before the Lord and that means especailly church. There is so much I want to say and just don't know how to say it. We had 3 children and one is gone, the other is not in church and we have one that just cannot serve God enough. All 3 grew up in the same home by the same parents, by the same rules yet all 3 were different. What made the difference I don't know. Just know that they are ours while they are here and it is our responsibility to take action for what they do. Pray for us please. This has been a hard day for me but God Is Good All The Time. Nanny Birt

A True Love Story That I Know You Will Enjoy

2007-08-04T08:10:00.000-04:00

Good morning ladies. Let's have some tea while I tell you a love story.

There was one time a little girl who so very much loved to play and have tea with my friends. Of course it was only pretend tea and of course there was the pretence of a castle and a PRINCE. Now I never met this prince while I was little but the time would come and come it did.

While I was in the 7th. grade I was in the Jr. High band and the band members were to meet on a Sat. at the High school to sell candy for the band so that we could get new uniforms.

I was to ride with 5 other people one of them being a very handsome young man driving and in the 10th. grade at the time. His name was that of Larry Patton Birt. I just could not keep my eyes off of him. I kept thinking that this is the most handsome MAN I have ever seen in my life. "I was only 13 at the time."

After that was over with we did not see each other again until I was in the 9th. grade. Of course I still thought about him all the time. I just kind of knew that my prince had arrived. I was in the hospital and saw his parents and ask how Larry was doing? They seemed shocked that I knew their son and of course they told me he was fine and was visiting a friend of his and would let him know I was in the hospital myself and send him in. Well I did a little bit of primping and finally he walked in and I thought to myself that this was the one. "Of course that was after I could breath again." We talked again and then he left. Well, I did not get to see him again until I was in the 11th. grade. He was home from the service for a visit only I did not know this at the time.

There was a function at the school that I was ask to attend with a young man and my wonderful mother told me that I could go only I had to double date. Well the young man that I was to go with fixed it all up and guess who we double dated with. That is correct. The one and only Larry Patton Birt. He took his best friends girl as he was in the service also and could not make it home like Larry did and ask him to be her excort. So Larry and Eyvone was our double date along with Larry's sweet sister Janice. We had a wonderful time except that my heart was breaking that Larry was with that other woman and not with me. :} :}

When it was all over Tom took me home and we all said good night and they drove off with my heart with Larry not Tom.

I did not see him again until I was in the 12th. grade and it was just to see him walking out of the High School where he had been visiting some friends and teachers with his Air Force Uniform on. I ran after him but the bell rang and I ended up going back to class. It was not until that summer August 26th that this Prince of mine pulled up in front of our home and as soon as I saw the car I knew who it was. I had been on my hands and knees cleaning the kitchen floor and then waxing it when I heard the car. When I got up and saw who it was I ran to the bath room and combed my hair, pinched my cheeks and did a quick smile in the morrow and went to the door. Forgetting that I had been on my knees and that they were very red and kind of dirty..

Since mother was visiting a friend up the road a little and dad was not home I went out on the porch and when I saw him I just stopped and in my head I said " You don't know it yet but we are getting married." That was on August 26th. 1965. Our first date we went bowling and then stopped and got something to eat afterwards. We had a wonderful time and when he said good night to me I knew he wanted to kiss me but instead I shook his hand and thanked him for a wonderful time. Now do you really think I wanted to shake his hand. NOT!!! But I was raised by a Godly mother who taught me how to be a lady. So we did not have our first kiss until the next day. :} :} I knew that this was the one for me and on Oct. 22nd. 1965 we eloped and have been together in love for all this time. It will be 42 years this Oct. and I still have my price. Only he is now my King with a little K for the real King in my live is the Lord Jesus Christ. He kept me clean and pure while I waited on my beloved to come along.

I hope you have enjoyed this little love story as I have loved remembering it. I love to talk about it.

May God bless your sweet day in the Lord today and everyday.

ALOHA

2007-08-01T22:35:00.001-04:00

Aloha Ladie

Please sit back and have a nice cup of hot tea with me as we go on a quick cruise to one of the Islands in Hawaii.

As you can see we are just about to board the cruise ship. There were a lot of men who were very helpful during this trip.

This is Larry Birt my husband who was one of the men who helped .

This is one of the huts that we were able to feast off of. The fruite was delicious and very fresh

This was one of the many beautiful waterfalls with beautiful Tiki Birds that was on the Island. This was one of my special places. I thought the little bridge with the beach just ahead with all the beautiful wild flowers and trees was so peaceful.

After we walked the island for a few hours the men showed us to a wonderful hall where they had prepared the mose wonderful dinner for all of us ladies. AS you can see the men really out did themselves this day. We had potato salad, green beans, baked grilled chicken and hot rolls. Here are some more of the men who helped make this day so special.

Now for the wonderful lady who made all of this possible.

This is the Queen of the Island, Mrs. Ava Goodman our pastor's wife in the green dress. We love her and thank God for the testimony she is to all of the ladies at Faith Baptist Church and where ever she goes.

2007-07-28T13:49:00.000-04:00

Hello to my blogging friends:

I am so sorry that it has been a while but we have been in Bible School this week and boy am I tired.

On the first night we had 277 and then Tuesday we had 322, on the Wednesday we had 399 and I did not get the numbers for Thursday or Friday.

Kristi was a wonderful teacher to our little 5 year olds. I told her she needed to be teaching. For some reason or other she says no. She knows better than me I guess.

I have hurt my back again and I am most miserable. I really need your sweet prayers. I worked at the bank all week and then went to Bible School except Thursday night. I knew that Friday would be so bad at the bank that I needed to get some rest. We were busier than normal Friday and I did not get our of work until late Friday evening. When I got to the church they had already started.

I had Hannah a box of pennies and guess what, the girls won and brother R.J. got the pie into his face which was GREAT!!!!!! Way to go girls.

Kristi will more than likely post some of her great pictures that she got while watching.

I got up this morning and Hannah and I went to wal-mart where we found her some new shoes and I got my medicine. I am getting ready to go lay down for a while to rest my back.

Please continue to pray that God will do His will in this area of my life.

Love to all,

Nanny

The picture at the top of the blog was taken off our balcony of the cabin we stayed in last Oct. for our 41st. anniversary. It was beautiful up there that time of the year.

TEA TEA & ME ME

2007-07-26T19:52:00.000-04:00

Hello and yes I have been tagged.
I hope this isthe way to do it. If not my wonderful daughter will let me know.

1. I am one of 9 children and I have a twin brother.
2. When I was 2 I cut my middle finger off on an open blade lawn mower. They did sew it back on and I have use of it.
3. My twin brother Jay always tells everyone that when I was little that I use to steal his bottle away from him and drink his as well as my own. :}
4. When I was 15 I wanted to go to Bob Jones University and study to be a nurse. My Aunt Margaret Whitten was going to pay my way.
5. I met my husband when I was in the 7th. grade and he was in the 10th.
I feel in love with him the day I met him but did not see him anymore until I was in the 11th. I still felt something in my heart for this man. We did not date until August 26, 1965. I knew this was going to be my husband.
6. My husband Larry and I eloped on Oct. 22, 1965. I have been madly in love with him since the 7th. grade and still am today.
7. I was saved April 3, 1970 after a serious car accident with only 25% chance to live. GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME!!!!!!
8. I worked for HLC Hotels Inc. out of Savannah Ga and was an executive for 14 years. They supplied me with my own car, and expence account and I traveled all over the southeastern part of the states. I was their only Internal Auditor and they owned over 30 properties.
9. I teach the 5 year olds in our Sunday School Dept. at Faith Baptist Church in Shelby NC., sing in the choir and play the piano some.
Well that is all for now. Now I must tag someone and also Larry.
Thanks Kristi and let me know if this is the way it is done.

God is Good All The Time

2007-07-23T05:30:00.000-04:00

Good morning,

Yes it is early but I need to go to work today and then VBS tonight from 7-9 so I thought I would visit for a little while before I get started.

We had a visiting Preacher at our church last night and boy was he great.

To tell the beginning he was there all day yesterday but let me tell you there was no way this man of God could have preached yesterday morning.

Now believe me we had some preaching but it came from different people in our church who were just having a wonderful glorious time with the Lord.

I knew this was going to happen when our teens got back from camp and we were finding out about the things that God had done in their lives.

We had 3 saved at camp while they were there which most of you already know about.

Well yesterday morning in church it started with the teens going down front at the alter before church even started and praying for our pastor, that God would bless his today, and for their peers that they know are not either saved or living for the Lord.

Then the Son's Of Faith got up to sing and as they were singing there were some young people going up front crying and then our youth pastor and his wife were dealing with some of the guys and girls. Folks we had 5 saved at our service yesterday morning. Talk about shouting and praising God for this wonderful time is almost more than words can tell.

As a matter of fact when Brother Hodges go up last night to preach and preach he did, he said he had been traveling for the past 1 1/2 years for the Clear Water College in Florida and has not seen this many saved the whole 1 1/2 years. What a shame.

Is it because we don't care, or is it becasue we think that God is out of the saving business so to speak. No, No & No again. It is me, it is you, it is all of us not praying and seeking the Lord to do a mighty work in our chruch today.

Just becasue we go to church does not mean that we are saved. As one of our teens said yesterday morning, he knew in his head all the right things to say and to do but he did not have it in his heart. Nathian Boone is one of the boys that got saved and when he gave his testimony yesterday morning I not only felt he was different but I knew he was different by the testimony he had given to the Lord and the people of the church. He even ask the church to forgive him for not being what he should have been for the Lord.

The one that really got me was Jacob King. This young man did not go to camp due to work or I believe this is what happened. He is such a kind and wonderful young man. the kind that you would want a daughter to bring home to meet mom and dad. He is always at church and sings with the youth choir. I would guess his age to be about 16. A couple of the teens have had this young man on thier hearts for a very long time. At camp they were on their knees in the middle of a dirt road crying and praying for this young man. Guess who got saved yesterday morning. You are so right. It was Jacob. A find wonderful young man that I just knew was on his way to heaven.

Don't think just because your teen is involved in church that they are saved. The shame is we have taught them how a Christian should ACT, BEHAVE, SIT, pretend to LISTEN and DO all the right things that a christian should do while they are at church but when they go back out into the world they live like they always do. How is that? The way the world tells them to live. Live it up while you can, have a good time now because when you get older it is over for you. The devil is a sly old fox and he would love to have taken Jacob, Nathian, Nathaniel, our young Mark Griffin to hell and hell they would have gone.

Mark sings with the Son's Of Faith and plays in orch., plays and sings with our gospel blue grass group and he also had the head knowledge but not the heart knowledge until Thursday night at camp.

Folks we have now had I believe 16 or 17 of our teens saved since March of this year. God is doing a work in our church through our teens that is carring over into the rest of our members. Praise God for his unspeakable love and mercy that he has for all of us unworthy sinners.

Well my alarm clock is going off. I just reset it for 6:30 so now I have a little time for more.

Sunday night was no different. Peacher Hodges preached from Col. 1:13 , 21.

4 questions he asked and gave the seculiar answer and God's answer.

1. Who am I?

2. Why am I here?

3. What's wrong with the world?

4. What's wrong with the world, can it be corrected?

The world tells us the are nothing. We came to being through apes. We have no value. This is what the world tells us. And we wonder what is wrong with our youth today. And adults also.

The word of God says that God created us and that I am the crowning glory of God. WOW!!!!! How wonderful to know that this is what our God says about us. To the world we are nothing and to God we are HIS CROWNING GLORY.

2.Why am I here? The world says eat, dring and be merry. That is what people are living for today. To have a good time. Do what makes you happy and don't worry about the other guy.

God says, We are created for Christ. To glorify God. Brother Hodges said to get like Christ we need to be pressured by going through trials. Boy can I relate to that and if that is what will help keep me close to the Lord then let me deal with those trials as they come into my life.

3. What's wrong with the world. They say we are stupid and know nothing. Yet God says If we would only do what we are suppose to do for the Lord then all things will be right with Him and with us. Just think about going through a day and having the Lord by our side every day and not having the world to contend with. Now I was not born yesterday and I know that we do live in the world but we do not have to be of the world.

Bro. Hodges said if you women spent more time putting on your make up today than you did with God then your priorities are out of place. He also said said that he played Golf with our pastor Saturday for 4 hours. If he spent more time on the Golf course than he did with God that his priorties are out of place. I could not get up set for he stepped all over my toes when said these thingsl. How much time do we really spend with the one that loves us more than anyone else in this whole world. He wants us to talk with Him all the time. I fail so much in this area of my life and I pray that God will help me be a better christain for the one who died for me and loved me and gave himself for me.

I know this is long but I have so much more to share with you.

Well, my tea is gone and I must get ready for work.

I love all of you and pray that you will have a blessed day in the Lord.

I did not get to the last question about Can the world be fixed.

Yes it can but only through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Please read the entire chapter of Colossians and ask God to speak to your hearts concerning all of these sweet verses.

Love you,

Nanny

My Love Of God

2007-07-21T19:57:00.000-04:00

Good evening to all:

Today has been a very good day and it is now coming to an end.
My sweet husband had to have his dialysis today and he is so weak. Please remember him in your prayers.
He has his sermon all ready for tonight and just could not make it. His days for his treatment are on Monday, Wednesday & Friday. Yesterday he hurt so bad that they had to stop a little bit early and told him he would need to come back today. So my brave man went back today and finished up close to 3. When he got home I had him something fixed to eat and a very cold diet sundrop to drink. He relaxed a little and now I believe he is working on his blog.
I baked him a home made bananna pudding today and he took a pic of it so you will probably see it on his blog later. He does love bananna pudding.
We have been together now for almost 42 years. It will be 42 years in Oct. I would do it all over again if we had to. He has been a wonderful husband, good father, most wonderful grandfather and a real example to me as how to stay true and faithful to the Lord.
When he buys me special gifts I could be awaken up in the middle of the night with notes all over the house for me so that I would end up finding it about 30 minutes later. By that time I am fully awake and cannot go back to sleep and when I go to find my baby he is sleeping like a baby. Ha ha.
On my 40th. birthday I got up at 3 in the morning with him shaking me awake and took me outside where he had taken a 4x8 and a large white sheet and plainted a grave scene with over the hill written on it and blow your horn Jan is 40. I got black balloons that day and flowers that were black. It was the mose wonderful birthday I have had. Oh yes and the living room had crape paper 'BLACK strung from corner to corner.
When we were married 25 years our children decided we had to have a real church wedding since we eloped at 17 and 20. They felt we needed to do it wright.
They sent out invitations and ordered a beautfiul cake and it was so nice.
If God gives us 8 more years I would love to do it again at Faith with our dear sweet pastor Goodman to perform the ceremony.
Kristi wrote a song and sang it to us but I cannot find the words after all this time. She can do that again I know.
Well I am tired and must go. I will be teaching my 5 year olds tomorrow on the Writting On The Wall. Pray for us. I love these little ones with all my heart and I pray that they will grow up to serve and love the Lord with all their hearts.
I know we will have a great time in church tomorrow and I can't hardly wait to hear from some of our young people who went to camp this past week. I know they will have a lot to share with us tomorrow of God's blessings.
May your day be loving and wonderful with your church family and all of your loved ones.
Love to all,
Nanny

2007-07-20T20:00:00.000-04:00

PLEASE COME IN AND HAVE SOME TEA WITH ME.

Good afternoon to all you bloggers out there.
How are you doing this Friday afternoon?
I have finished my day at the bank and went grocery shopping and now am home with Larry sitting at my side telling me how to blog. Get thee behind me - Larry.
I do love my baby. He is a blessing to me in so many ways.
Pray for him please.
He will have to go for dialysis again tomorrow and that will make 4 times this week. He has a lot of fluid build up and they can only take so much off before he starts hurting so bad they have to take him off the machine.
Work was great today. I cannot always say that but today it really was.
Our supervisor has been on vacation this week and we have been short handed. She does not know it yet but she will be moving to Shelby's branch. She has not heard the news yet so we much keep it quiet until she reads her email. She applied for the position and got it.
Now that will put us even shorter for help. Pray for us please.
I read my grandson's blog and it was wonderful. He just got back from camp and God really worked in the hearts of our young people and so many more. 3 of our teens who really thought they were saved realized that if they had died they would have gone to hell. These are kids who were brought up in church and served with family all these years.
It is so important to let them know at an early age just because you go to church with mom and dad every Sunday, Wed. and any other time there is special meetings it does not make you saved.
I thank God for your camps like we have today for our youth to attend.
For several months now God has really been working in the hearts of our teens and it is carring over into the hearts of the adults. God is so good.
Well I must close for now and I think we are having cereal for dinner tonight. Larry wanted to take me out but I am just to tired after 42 hours outside the home this week.
Love all of you and pray that you enjoyed your tea while we were together this evening.
Love to all,
Nanny

In My Heart

2007-07-19T18:44:00.000-04:00

These are just 3 of my favorite people who make my life so wonderful.
Please sit down and have that cup of tea as I talk.
Of course all of you know that Bruce is my SON by marriage and then my beautiful Hannah "Grand Daughter" and our most precious Kristi.
If I had an award, all three of these would get that award for being so Christ like in my life.
They have blessed my life more than any of you will ever know.
I have a memory in my head that just will not go away about my daughter and I am going to share it with you.
Our oldest son Larry Jr. committed suicide in 2004. The day after Thanksgiving. I still have a lot to be thankful for even though that is a very sad memory in my life.
Anyway, we had people coming in early that morning from our church and I just was in such shock of all the love that was being poured out from our church family. We had not been member's for a year yet. You would have never known that though.
I looked down my hall as I saw feet first, then legs and then hips, then comes the red head. She was on her hands and knees cleaning mom's bathroom. She had just finished the floors. I looked at that sight and knew she was hurting as bad as I was in her sweet heart. She was being a busy little beaver so that she would be a strength for her mother and her daddy.
She helped welcome people into our home and the love of God was revealed so much through her sweet spirit.
I know that when she was not here and was at home she would let go and have her own time of grief. See, she did not get to see Larry or talk to him before this happened. She would have known like I would have known that something was wrong. Mothers know these things and so do sisters. She loved her brother and I know she has grieved in more ways than I could imagine.
Thank you Kristi for always being there with your sweet spirit and kindness to everyone.
I just wanted to say these things and let our bloggers know just how much you are loved. Of course after reading comments I know they already know the kind of person you are.
Yes I am crying. Not for Larry Jr.. That can never be undone. But just for God blessing me with the most wonderful daughter in the world and I mean that from the bottom of my heart.
I love you my little red head.
I will tell you more in another post. Bruce you day will come and so will Hannah's. These 2 are just as sweet as Kristi.
Preverbs 3: 5-6. KJV This is my life's verse and a verse that I go to many many times.
Nanny

2007-07-16T19:30:00.000-04:00

Hello to all,

Well this is Monday evening and it is now 7:31 PM

Today was a very hard day at work but

Philippiams 4:13 says, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." I did today. We are minus 1 part time worker, a full time supervisor who is on vacation until next Monday and another full time worker who's mom is very ill and Hospice is at the rest home now where her mother is living. She was back today but we have no idea what will happen for tomorrow.

Please continue to pray for Martha's mother. She has not known Martha for over 3 years and she can do nothing for herself.

I praise the Lord that I balanced out to the penny today. We were so busy that I just knew that I would be off some where but not so. Thanks be to God.

We have an 8:00 meeting in the morning. :{ :{

Please have a wonderful evening with your loved ones.

By the way, Larry came to the bank today and brought Dollie our 53 pound baby. I leaned into the truck to kiss her and our Security Guard thought that was so funny. I just looked at him and said well I have been with my dog for 42 years now. LOL

When I told Larry he laughed and said ha ha you are so funny.

My husband is really a sweet heart when he wants to be and I do love him.

Love in Christ,

Janice

2007-07-15T21:37:00.000-04:00

Hello eveyone,

This is Sunday night and we have not been home very long from chruch but thought I would get on and post something before my work week starts tomorrow.

Today was a wonderful day in the Lord and our pastor preached a wonderful sermom this morning. When I left I knew that I had been with God this morning. I thank Him for our wonderful pastor.

Tonight was really no different. Our service tonight was very special and I thank God for not letting the devil keep me from going.

I have been down in my back and really wanted to stay home tonight but the Lord would not let me. The desire to be with God and His people was just to strong for me to stay home and lay in bed.

My Justin will leave tomorrow for camp and he will truly be missed by not only his parents and siblings but also his grand parents. Have a great time Justin and give all you have to the Lord.

Some how Justin's picture got to the top when I really wanted it down at the end of the last sentence. Oh well this is something that Kristi will have to help me with.

Anyway, I pray that all of you in blogville will have a wonderful week and remember,

This is the Day "WEEK" the Lord has made, be happy in it.

Love all,

Nanny

2007-07-14T19:23:00.000-04:00

God is Good All The Time

Hello to all,

This is my first post so I hope you will enjoy a little bit about me that I am going to share with you.

I was born and raised in West Virginia. I am 58 years young and a mother of 3 with 9 grand children. Five out of nine are ours and 4 we inherited.

I work in a bank in Kings Mountain NC.

I teach Sunday School, play the piano when I am able and sing in the choir.

I have a twin brother that lives about an hour away.

My mother had 3 sets of twins and 3 singles. I am from a large family and all my brothers and sisters are still living except for one set of twins. They were girls. One was 3 months old and the other was 4 months old when she they died.

I have a brother that is very ill and things are not going well for him. Please keep him in your prayers that God will save him first and then God's will be done concerning his health.

I will stop at this point and say that this is going to be so much fun and that I am looking forward to meeting each of my new friends in Blogville as someone has called it and I do like that.

Looking forward to hearing from you again.

In Christ,
Nanny

Welcome!

2007-07-10T20:15:00.000-04:00

Welcome, my name is Janice, better known as "Nanny." Please come in, take your shoes off, and make yourself at home. Grab a cup of tea and we'll chat!