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What’s in the Bible 12 Questions of Christmas Blog Tour

December 1, 2010 By 31 Comments

This is video 2 of 12 in the What’s in the Bible? 12 Questions of Christmas Blog Tour. Check out www.whatsinthebible.com each day to find the location of the next video in the series.

Was Jesus really born on Christmas?

What’s in the Bible? is the new 13-DVD series from VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer designed to walk kids and families through the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. DVDs 1-4 (Genesis – Ruth) are available now. Check out www.whatsinthebible.com to learn more.

The DVDs are tailored just right for kids to understand the material in the Bible. The characters make it fun and interesting for the kids. My girls were so excited when the DVDs arrived at our house. Both M and L are enjoying the characters. I love to that it helps open up conversation with the kids and their parents about the bible.

Would you like to have a DVD for your family? WIN ONE! I have four copies of the What’s in the Bible? DVD #1 to giveaway to my readers.

How to enter:

1. Leave a Comment (It’s that simple)

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Contest ends Tuesday Dec. 7th at 11:59pm ET

Thank you to What’s In the Bible for sending our family the DVDs. No compensation was given and all thoughts and opinions are of our own!

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Operation Christmas Child Equals True Meaning of Season

November 17, 2010 By 5 Comments

As you know the Holidays are near and I could not be more excited! I love this time of year and what I love even more is the thought of giving to others. It really hit home to me when I had my girls sit down to do their Santa wish lists and my oldest daughter M said “Mommy, I don’t know what to put on my list. I have everything I want.” That sentence right there brought tears to my eyes. This child is the most giving child and I cannot help to think that her mommy helped play apart in that.

It was back in High School (the 90s) when I first started packing my first Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes. I went with my Beta Club to help volunteer in the processing center in Boone, NC. That very year started a tradition and now the tradition is being passed on to my girls. It helps to know that my mom and dad has helped played apart in this tradition as well. My dad is a full-time employee of Samaritan’s Purse and my mom is one of the temporary workers each year in the Boone, NC processing plant to help sort through the shoe boxes that come in. I love hearing the stories that mom and dad tell me each year that goes on in the processing plants. Mom always says that it makes her Christmas so much more magical to know she is helping put a smile on these deserving kids that do not have a lot in their life.

I took a video of our journey this year and you can see in the video that the girls enjoyed this so much. I know M came home from school when we were going to do the packing and she said: “Mommy, I have waited all day for this.” You will see why :)

It is not too late for you to participate. This week is National Collection Week so hurry and pack a shoe box then drop off at one of the Collection Centers. If you live near a processing plant, I know they will take the boxes all the way up to Christmas. Just think of how much joy you will be bringing to a child’s life this year.

Samaritan’s Purse is also doing something awesome this year for the families and individuals that create a video about their Operation Christmas Child journey. You can upload your video to their ShoeTube and be eligible to win a trip which you will travel with an Operation Christmas Child team in 2011 to distribute shoe box gifts to needy children. Is that not awesome? I unfortunately cannot enter since my family works at Samaritan’s Purse, but I hope to see one of you win this once in a lifetime opportunity!

Happy Shoe Box Packing and Have a Wonderful Merry Christmas!

“Jesus is the Reason for the Season”

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Mom Bloggers Take Time To Pray

September 28, 2010 By 9 Comments

Today my husband and I were having a chat over lunch about how many of our friends and loved ones are going through so many things right now. I mentioned to him, that I need to start making a list so I can make sure everyone is getting covered in my prayers. I seen this look on his face like he had an idea! He said Jen, why don’t you start a weekly post on your blog and title it “Mom Bloggers Take Time to Pray”.

I just sat there and smiled. This was such a wonderful idea. So many people in our blogging community can use the online support and prayers, so why not us all come together each week and add our prayer requests. We can take this list each week and uplift the special prayer requests. God is so good and I am a firm believer that prayer works!

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This Week’s Prayer Requests:

Do you have a prayer request? Please leave a comment below and I will update the list through the week. Let us all gather virtually and uplift each one of these specific request. God will hear us and will prevail!

“This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us – whatever we ask – we know that we have what we asked of him”
(1 John 5:14-15).

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Walking In Mommys Foot Steps With Worry

September 28, 2010 By 4 Comments

Worry.

A word that is small in number of letters but huge in impact on life. Worry has always filled my mind and body ever since I was a little girl. I worry about everything no matter how small or big. Most people that know me, knows that I can go to extremes and see more into things. Since I have became a mom, I feel the five letter word has took over my body even more. My heart will race, I get this weird feeling all over and just want to cry. The feeling is so bad at times that I feel like I want to run to see if I can leave the feeling behind.

Unfortunately, that five letter word has entered my beautiful M’s body.

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It saddens me to know the depth it has took over her body. I didn’t realize the depth until we were in the doctor’s office today. As she was talking about her feeling with her heart and breathing, I looked to the doctor and said, she is having anxiety attacks isn’t she? She looked at me and said “I was just going to say the same thing.” I was in denial these past few months, but it all makes sense now. I went through the same episodes growing up.

M has a fear that she is going to lose her mommy. Since I have to fly more now for business, it has really effected her so much. Hubby let her watch from the observation deck last Thursday night to see me land and the worry just was too much for her to handle that she went into an attack. She was so scared she was going to see her mommy crash right in front of her eyes. It brings me to tears just thinking of it.  She takes everything to heart and for literally.

For example, we were watching a medical show on TV last week about lip gloss causing lip cancer and high heels causing spider veins. She would not stop asking questions about lip cancer and spider veins. She went through all her lip gloss and tossed everything that didn’t say SPF on it and went through her high heel shoes and put to aside to giveaway. Anytime she hears of a kid having cancer, she goes in full question mode and very anxious about the whole scenario :( .

I was the exact same way growing up. Moving forward, we are not going to let her engage in informational shows about medical issues and just let her greet mommy at the baggage claim area of the airport with her big smiles like she has always done before. These are just little ways that I can help my daughter to try and overcome this worry fear that lives inside her body. The fear that something bad is going to happen to her and the fear that something will happen to her mommy. Gone, goodbye fear, stay away!

We are going to be discussing bible verses and incorporating prayer when worry begins to take over. I so do not want to see my little precious girl grow up and worry all the time like I did and still do. Any other tips you could share how you have overcome worry in your life or your child’s life?

Philippians 4:6 -  “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”

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Veggie Tales Coming To A Town Near You

September 16, 2010 By 7 Comments

The Veggie Tales are coming… The Veggie Tales are coming… The Veggie Tales are coming… take cover hurry. Just kidding! We are huge fans of the Veggie tales and just love the morals and values that they incorporate in each of their songs and movies. M and I got the chance to meet the Veggie Tales in person for the first time last year at my Dad’s work Samaritan’s Purse.

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L was with us but took off across the building far away as she was not too keen on meeting them in person. BUT, that is not to say she will not sing as loud as she can with the songs and the DVDs that we have. She loves the Veggie Tales just as much as the rest of the family.

You will now know the reason we are all over the top excited that the Veggie Tales are bringing their show LIVE here to Raleigh, NC and other cities all across the United States.

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As stated on the Veggie Tales home site:

The Veggies are at it again! Bob, Larry and the whole crew are taking to the stage with the silliest Silly Song Countdown ever! They have prepared the best of the best, the most classic of the classic, and the absolute silliest of the silly. But sometimes silliness just isn’t enough! Archie prefers lesson songs, Mr. Lunt wants to sing about food, and Jimmy and Jerry are stuck in the 80′s! Everyone wants their turn, and their songs in the show, but there’s only so much time! The entire VeggieTales crew will have to learn the importance of sharing to make this show work!

A high-energy song and dance spectacular for the whole family, this show will have you singing along, dancing in the aisles and smiling so hard your teeth will ache! Fan favorites include classic silly songs such as His Cheeseburger, I Love My Lips, The Hairbrush Song, and so many more! So join your favorite singing and dancing Veggies and SING YOURSELF SILLY!

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Does the show not just sound like so much fun?! We will be going next month and are counting down the days till we get to go!

Would you like to go to a show near you? Awesome! Here is the deal… I need you to do a short little video of you and your kids, or just your kids either way singing your favorite Veggie Tales Song. Upload it to YouTube and then post the link of the video in the comments below. I will choose one winner to receive a huge prize package of free tickets to the show of your choice, backstage passes, and a VeggieTales DVD library!

Contest ends September 24 at 11:59pm EDT. The winner will be published on September 27, 2010.

Get your videos in. I am eager to see all your videos! If you would like to go ahead and purchase your tickets, I am able to offer you $3.00 off each ticket by using the coupon code OMWVeggie.

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Remembering The Day With The Would Be Pilot

September 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment

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September 11, 2001 will always be etched into my head forever. I will never forget what I was doing at that exact moment. I was at work and we were in an insurance meeting and just had walked back upstairs when someone had called my phone and saying we were under a terrorist attack. I did not believe them at all. How could the US really be under attack? We did not have a TV in our department so we were all glued to our radio all day long. When I got home that evening, seeing the images play out on TV just left me crying my eyes out. This really was happening.

Last Sunday at church, we had a guest minister speak to us. This was just not a guest minister, this was a minister with a story. A story that left me sitting there with my mouth open. You see his name is Steve Scheibner. He is the pilot for American Airlines. He is a reserve pilot meaning he will go in and select his flights that no pilot is assigned to. Like any other ordinary day on September 10, he logged into the computer to see if there were any flights available. Flight 11 from Boston to LA was available for the morning of September 11. Naturally, he had to check with his wife first to make sure the schedules could align so he could take this flight. The schedules were covered and it was a go for him to take the flight. He went back to the computer and accepted that flight. That night he got all his bags packed and was all ready to fly out September 11.

He woke up that morning of September 11 just like any other morning, went to the airport and checked the status of his flight. You see a senior pilot can bump reserve pilots off their flights if they want that flight instead. 30 minutes before he was suppose to take Flight 11 from Boston, Steve was bumped by his co-worker. Steve would no longer be flying out Flight 11. As all of America knows that morning of September 11, that very Flight 11 was hijacked and crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

Steve was suppose to be on that flight. Is that not one powerful testimonial? How can you not be shaken from that? If you would like to listen to Steve’s September 11 testimonial, it is on his site Character Health. Steve is still flying for American Airlines. Him and his wife have also started this parenting ministry of Parenting, Marriage and Character Matters. They will be back at our church first week of November doing a conference. Hubby and I plan to attend.

You just never know what God has planned for our length of stay here on Earth. This story just goes to show you! I am praying today for all the families that were affected by these horrific events. Praying for protection from these evil ones!

Much love to all my family and friends!!

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Back to School With a Purpose Campaign

September 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment

My girls are getting ready to wrap up their first 9 weeks before they track out of school for 3 weeks. They have done so wonderful and my oldest is loving the comments she is getting with all her DaySpring Back to School products. M has really been asking a lot of questions lately about God and how the devil can use people to get you down. She is one smart cookie… I am telling you!

I want my girls to be a Christian example and for everyone to know that we live by God’s guidance. My parents always brought me up to church so it is my priority to do the same with my girls. The foundation starts while the children are young and we cannot always control what happens at school. We can control though how we are bringing up our children and mold them them not fall for peer pressure. The children can be at school with a purpose and show that God is our all mighty powerful leader. We can lean on him to help us get through each day. M is really realizing that this year with each passing day and it warms my heart to know she is making an example with all the kids in her class. I will have another post coming soon from her teacher’s conference last Friday of just how much of an awesome leader M is in her class. I love it and I know God is smiling down on that precious M.

How does your  kids live with a purpose at school? I know three special blogging friends in my life that do have their kids live with a purpose at school. They are:

Cindy at Cin’s Out Numbered & Loving It
Nell at Casual Friday Everyday
Carolina Mama

I love how they are not afraid to share their testimony and be a christian role model to their kids. Thank you ladies for making the world a better place for our kids!

I would love for you to join in the Back to School With Purpose Blog Campaign :-)

DAYSPRING’S BACK TO SCHOOL WITH PURPOSE BLOG CAMPAIGN RULES:

* Copy and paste these rules to your blog post.
* Create a blog post or Facebook note about what it means to you to go Back to School WithPurpose and identify others who you feel are Living With Purpose in their lives – you can recognize as many individuals as you want.
* Link back to person who gave you a DaySpring Award
* Let each person you are recognizing know you have recognized them.
* Leave your link at btswithpurpose comment section. You can also find the official rules of this #WithPurpose blog campaign, and more information about Back to School with Purpose with DaySpring there.
* DaySpring is donating $10 for each blog or Facebook note participating in the Virtual Bag It Forward Donation to Adopt-A-Classroom (up to total of $5,000 for blog posts written by September 08, 2010).
* Please note that only one blog post per blog url will count towards the donation

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Back to School With DaySpring

August 17, 2010 By 1 Comment

How can the Summer already be over? This has been one fun and exciting Summer with all our travels and a cross state move to Raleigh, NC.

Since Summer is coming to an end, then that means the girls will trade the swimsuits for the backpacks. This year, the girls will have something very exciting in their backpacks to share with all their fellow classmates. DaySpring school products! Our faith in our family continues to grow and grow and to know that my girls can be a witness for our wonderful Lord Jesus is just an honor to our whole family.

We recently went on an shopping trip for Back to School products and also filled a bag for a special little boy. Take a minute and view our journey through our Whrrl Story!

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Now you have to admit the products are just so super stylish… aren’t they? It really means a lot to me to know that my girls can share their faith in Christ Jesus with all their classmates and do it in a genuine way. Schools have put faith on a back burner over the last few years, but if we just keeping moving forward and thinking positive… we can bring faith back to our school systems. The Lord Jesus Christ just shines right through these DaySpring products and it is just icing on the cake to see the awesome designs on the products.

My girls are just so excited beyond belief in using their new DaySpring products this year!

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Letter to my Grandma in Heaven

June 6, 2010 By 1 Comment

Summer here at One Moms World has finally arrived. I am pretty stoked about this and so ready to have fun times this summer with my girls and hubby. As a tradition, (started last year with M) I am taking a picture on the last day of school to compare with the girl’s first day of school pictures.

M on the First Day of School

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M on the Last Day of School

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L on the First Day of School

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L Last Day of School

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Both Girls First Day of School

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Both Girls Last Day of School

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The girls at the beginning of the school year with my Grandma. I know she would be so proud of them!

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Grandma,

You would be so proud of L. She really dived in this school year and came out of her shyness stage. She would fold her arms and tell the teacher to go get her mommy at the beginning of the school year and now as we end the school year, she LOVED talking to the teachers and all her fellow classmates. You didn’t have anything to worry about Grandma. L really likes when you bowl those strikes up in heaven. She teases you and tells you to stop getting strikes Grandma. She is so artistic and very detailed in her art. She is always drawing such beautiful art. The teacher says she is really smart and already showing some strong math skills. We are so proud of our beautiful L.

Grandma, you would always say how smart M was and she didn’t let you down at all this year. She is reading on the middle of a 3rd grade year and and writing on a middle of a 2nd grade year. She mastered all the math skills including geometry and algebra that they now do in 1st grade. That is a little crazy isn’t it? She got voted Best Personality in her First Grade class. Her teacher said that M is friendly with everyone and loves to help everybody. I wonder who she got that trait from Grandma? You passed it on to daddy, then he passed it on to me and now our beautiful M is keeping the special trait alive. We are so proud of our beautiful M.

Grandma, I finished out my college year with another 4.0 GPA. I know you always wanted me to finish and guess what? I only have 3 classes left. I know you are smiling down on me and so proud.

Grandma, we love you. We are all trying to heal and miss you so much. We are all sticking together as a big large extended family and keeping the memories alive. I have our picture of all of us together sitting here in the living room and look at it several times a day. I just miss you so much.

The girls are so excited to start out their summer and be able to sleep in each  morning. I’ll keep you posted and can’t wait to listen for those bowling strikes.

Love,

Your Granddaughter Jennifer

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Life Comes At You Fast

May 17, 2010 By 21 Comments

Have you see Jen?

Jen, we have looked high and low for you? Where did you go girlfriend? Did you leave country? Did you get lost on the Blue Ridge Parkway? Did you go into hiding? Did you change your identity?

:::Jen running::: “I’m here… I’m here… I’m here…”

I wish I could say that I was on this awesome adventure, but that isn’t just the case. I was actually hooked up to an IV here in the mountains at our local hospital for 7 long days. It was a scary time for sure and one that I didn’t see coming.

When I went into the ER a week and half ago now on that Friday, I had no idea that they would admit me for 7 days. I knew something was terribly wrong though with the pain I was experiencing and my stomach swelled up like a pregnant lady. My hubby was really worried as my legs were swelling really huge as well and with tears in his eyes, he did not leave my side until the DR came with a fast diagnosis. All the ER DR needed to do was take one look at me and say, I think this is your pancreas. After a quick job of giving blood, the ER DR was by my bedside to say that I was under a pancreatitis attack. My pancreas enzymes were over tripled than the number they were suppose to be.

The big question was though what was causing it? I don’t drink… I don’t smoke… and I already had my gallbladder out. After numerous tests and calling in specialists, they never figured out what caused it. All they could do was to keep me off of food for 6 days and on an IV drip to get my pancreas back to normal.

I’m not going to lie you all, I was scared. Very scared. I was in so much pain those first 4 days, that I did lots of crying. Wondering if I was going to live? Scared that I was going to be taken from my girls as their mother at a very young age? I will tell you now that if it wasn’t for my trust in the Good Lord and knowing my guardian angel Grandma was looking after me, I don’t know how I would have made it through those days.

Seeing my girls so sad that their mommy was in so much pain and couldn’t get out of the hospital bed or seeing L just cling to my bed each night she had to leave, it was killing me on the inside. Taking my heart and stomping it all over the ground. Seeing my hubby cry at my bedside, I never ever want to go through that again!

I am home now, trying to get back into a normal routine. The pain comes and goes but today has been a MUCH better today with hardly no pain at all. I am on the mend, I finally can say :) .

I have to thank so many of you all for the wonderful tweets, video blog posts (I had to spend my birthday and Mother’s day in the hospital), beautiful facebook posts (most days people couldn’t even see updates on me due to all the wonderful prayers and wishes wrote), phone calls, visits, gift cards to take care of hubby and girls food, all the help with the girls and Prayers! It all got me through those 7 days that were my darkest point.

God healed me and for that, I am so thankful. God is good!

I am a fighter and so happy to be given the chance to heal and be back to write this blog post! Life is amazing for sure :)

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