A couple of friends in the blogahood left a couple of sweet gifts in my mailbox over the holidays! What a sweet pick me up when I was down over the holidays, trying to walk the faith walk about our move but having difficulty talking that faith walk. Well, God picked me up, dusted me off, and filled me with hope and vision, but that is really a whole different post. Today, I want to share that encouragement – to pick someone up who is maybe down, so I thought maybe it was time to express that appreciation!
The Circle of Friends Award was a wonderful Christmas Gift passed to me from The Red-Headed Riter! The blogahood is full of wonderful women who share their faith through stories, challenges, and messages God has put on their hearts. It is amazing how these women’s moments with God brought forth messages I needed to hear. Because of their boldness in sharing, they served as messengers from God to help me on my journey. Now, that is the best kind of circle of friends!
The rules for this award are:
- Grab the award
- Post it on your blog along with 5 things you love to do
- And 5 other bloggers you want to recognize
The five things I love to do?
1) I love watching the snow fall outside (I’m doing that now)!
2) I love coffee dates,whether with my husband, my sons, or my friends! (This is my favorite coffee shop where we used to live)
3) I love cooking for people!
4) I love watching old movies with my husband – any movie is better when he’s there with me! I love his laugh and humor! No movie experience is complete without him.
5) I love reading – and I love it when my sons love reading. Another perfect Christmas present I gave was the play and the movie The Devil and Daniel Webster – my 14 year old had asked for both since the summer! I guess I felt like Lionel Barrymore did when he discovered his children loved acting or how Billy Graham felt when he discovered his son wanted to go into ministry! When your children embrace what you value, it is a testament that something you planted, cared for and nurtured stuck. Like when my oldest son prayed about his wife – seeking God’s will in his marriage. As moms, we talk it (which can be quite exhilarating, frustrating, or confusing), but the greatest moments are when we see our children walk it!
Now, to the important part of this award – the ladies who have become a circle of friends (The Redheaded-Riter included) that fits my definition above – and that I would love to throw a party for – cooking and coffee (two of my favorite things)! Each has been a sweet blessing to me this year!
1) Lidj at Crown of Glory
2) Christy Rose at The Secret Life of an American Wife and Mom
3) Teresa at Too Many Heartbeats
4) Lemonade Makin’ Mama (Who I hope does NOT change her title – I could write a post on why that is such a great name! – The gauntlet is thrown down Sasha!)
5) Deb at He Gave Me a Dream
6) Mocha Mama at Life Be In It
7) Kelly at My Front Porch
I received The Gorgeous Blog Award From Alisa at Faith Imagined. What an award – as a mom with 5 sons, anyone using the word gorgeous in reference to me I accept with girlish delight (interpretation – I am raising sons, meaning words like gorgeous are not used in my house unless by me and then I only get blank stares or raised eyebrows)! I am passing this award to Genny at My Cup to Yours – elegant, wise, and a blog wonderfully put together. She is a mom who knows how to turn a disaster into success! You should see the cupcakes her daughter made!
The Splash Award – The Red-Headed Riter passed this award to me before Thanksgiving. It is given to alluring, amusing, bewitching, impressive and inspiring blogs. The blogs below definitely fit the bill here! They have inspired, amused, and impressed me continually with their humor and individual blog sparkle magic! The rules for this award are:
- Put the logo on your blog/post
- Nominate and link up to 9 blogs which allure, amuse, bewitch, impress or inspire you.
- Let them know that they have been splashed by commenting on their blog.
- Remember to link the person from whom you received your Splash Award.
2) Helene at I’m Living Proof that God has a Sense of Humor
4) RCUBES in Off the Beaten Track
5) Corrie in Just Because My Pickle Talks Doesn’t Make Me an Idiot
6) Tina at My Lipstick Life
8) A Blonde Duck at A Duck in her Pond
10) Alisa at Faith Imagined
11) Jennifer at Our Fruitful Vine
12) Mummy McTavish at Samster.com
“anyone using the word gorgeous in reference to me I accept with girlish delight (interpretation – I am raising sons”
CRACKED ME UP! So, there is waaaaay bunches of testosterone at your home and you need a few more prissy words? LOL Well, I think you are gor-geous dahhhling with a bea-u-ti-ful spirit!
congratulations on all of these awards! Thanks for thinking of me as a friend in your circle of life. I am honored. I would love to come to your party and sit with this circle of friends enjoying your cooking and a great cup of coffee. The thought of it makes me smile right now.
Thank you! You are so sweet to me! 🙂 And I soooo don’t deserve it! I do visit you but I am bad about commenting! Mostly what I want to say is Amen sista!! 🙂
I am sorry that you had a sad holiday season! I am sorry that I didnt pick up on that and try to lift your spirits too! I am glad that you are better now!
Thank you again! 🙂
I just saw your comment on my blog! Thank you! 🙂 I would hug you if I could!
That is funny about the snow thing… They called off school yesterday before it ever started snowing!! They want to be extra safe I guess! 🙂
Congratulations on receving all of those blessings! I want to thank you for thinking of me and sharing with me the “Splash Award”. Glory be to God for He deserves all the thanks and praises! But I’m surely glad to have crossed path with you…so in the end, I’m the one inspired more by your encouragement and beautiful writing! Stay warm and safe! Blessings to you sister!
Congrats on all the awards!! You have such a great place here.
congratulations on all the wonderful awards. also…congratulations on building a great network of friends and inspiration. I am encouraged to click on each one of your choices and see what they are talking about.
Thanks!
Congratulations on your awards : ) That is just awesome!
Congratulations on your awards!!! And thank you for including me on your list of bloggers to pass one onto…yeah!!! It made me smile!!! I’m honored!
Hi Mary Leigh,
Congratulations on all your awards!
And thank you for passing on the Circle of Friends award to me.
I do appreciate being considered one of the blog writers who have touched your life.
Your posts are always so well thought out and so well written. You are truly appreciated, I want you to know that.
Love
Lidj
Well thank you kindly… You are very sweet to pass this onto me!
And you deserve all your awards, and I think we need to drop some gorgeous words here more often for you!! (And over at Momma Such’s at RaisingMy4Sons for that matter!)
Have a great day!
Came over from SITS. I saw your comment today about cooking loaded potatoe soup, ;i love that soup , if you get a chance i’d love know how you do this soup.And I just love your blog!
Thanks so much!
CONGRATS ON YOUR AWARDS!!!
BETTY MANOUSOS
Hooray! My first award! I can’t wait to pass this baby along 🙂 Thanks for the encouragement when I needed it! You’re a gem.
Congrats on all the awards! It’s amazing how the blogahood comes together to support each other! I love what you say about how it’s easy to talk it but so rewarding to see someone else walk it. I don’t have kids to see it in yet, but it’s much the same in teaching 🙂
Oh my! I love my award!!! Thank you so much!! You just made my day!!!
BTW, I am doing a Fiction Blog Carnival over at my place ‘First Friday Fiction’. I am not too sure if you write fiction but it will be fun nonetheless!!!
-Alisa Hope
First of all, Congratulations to you on those wonderful awards!
Secondly, thank you SO much bestowing such an honor upon my blog as being amusing, impressive and inspiring.
And now I will have to spend some time checking out all the other winners too!
Have a great weekend!
that is such a cool idea. i’ve never gotten a blog award before. i was starting to feel left out.
Congrats on all of your great awards! You deserve them! Thanks so much for thinking of me when passing them on! I typed a long email to you this morning (responding to your comment on my blog) and after hitting send I realized that it was sent to blogger comment thingy, so you won’t ever get it…darnit!
Stopping by from SITS-your potato soup sounded delicious-hi from another mom of 5-only one boy though! Congrats on your awards and have a great weekend!
You’re precious!!! Precious, I tell you!!
Now I’ll all curious about a post written on that title too… hmmm… made me giggle.
Thanks again for the blog love… you must of known I NEEDED it! 🙂
Since I need to do something fun and quirky – I’ll write that post! Look for it late next week! LOL!
Congratulations on all your awards! You deserve every single one of them and more! Thank you for thinking of me as you decided who to pass them along to. I am extremely humbled to be among the list of the other recipients as I read most of their blogs and think they are amazing, just like yours!
Thank you so much for your continued friendship, encouragement and prayers. They all mean so much to me.
{{HUGS}}
Gorgeous. You. Picture. Dress. Son’s wedding.
I remember.
Gorgeous. You. Pink, polka dot boots.
Let’s go shopping.
Gorgeous. You. Words. Yours to me.
Coffee together.
Gorgeous.
You.
Loving heart.
Sweet dreams, Mary Leigh.
Gorgeous. Comment! Thank! You! Encourager! Deb!
Wow! Thanks! I’ve never gotten the splash award. I’m honored. Now I’ll have to think of nine people who fit the rules. I’m sure I’ll be able to find them.