Mike T’s Neighborhood

Show us the one thing that unfailingly makes you smile, no matter what. 
Submitted by Sourire.

Dylan, Aunt Stacy, and Aiden

In memory of Grant's mom (her birthday was monday)

My dad, Aiden, and Dylan

My Mom, Dad, and Aiden

What will be your famous last words?
Submitted by ngocaroo.

God I gave it my all.....Thanks for the opportunity to love who I have loved and for getting to explore all that there is...~S~

I love this song...tell me what you think:)

In my life I have had the opportunity to meet all kinds of people....I have come to understand that my personality can make just about anyone feel comfortable.... I learned a hard lesson today about letting go.....an old friend of mine who has inspired me, made me laugh, made me cry, and been there for the in between, said some things that were heartbreaking....

My first reaction was to cry...(After all I am a girl and we do tend to be a little emotional sometimes:) ) and then I thought about the situation.....God gave her to me as a friend and God gave me to her....We have shared a wonderful friendship over the last few years and now I am realizing that it would be almost impossible for me to continue our friendship due to some of the recent circumstances.....so the question here is "How do we let go of people we love?"

Now letting go has never been easy for me.... I stay pretty guarded with people in my life and I know that even with a guard there is still a middle ground that must be met as a neccesity to nurturing any type of relationship (ex. friendship, marriage, colleagues ect.) but at what point do we ever know how to let go?

I'm looking for suggestions here....The best one that I've heard so far today was to pray.....so tonight I wll give it my all and ask God for guidance and truth in all of this....but should anyone have any suggestions along the way please let me know:)

~S~

Audio: What's your favorite hidden track or song from an album?
Submitted by Kristine.

Alanis Morrisette has a hidden track on her first album at the end....Its called YOUR HOUSE....For anyone who has been crazy in love and not been able to let go for a while ....It makes perfect sense

Okay I may be going off on my own little thought here....but here goes....I used to be afraid of death...that was until I was faced with it....I layed on a hospital bed and thought...."wow...this could really be it, my last breath, my last thought, my last moment in life"...

My first reaction was panic....after all my breathing was beginning to become labored and I was completely paralyzed on the left side of my body.... It was crazy.....All these thoughts started to go through my mind....who will take care of Dylan? Would he remember me? Was I a good mother? What could I have done differently? Did I right all my wrongs? Did I love everyone I was supposed to? Almost instantly after these thoughts came into my head I felt a warm peacful feeling come over me.....the only way to describe it would be unexplainable..... I would guess that this moment was my chance to talk to God.....so I did

I closed my eyes and I prayed.... I thanked God for every person, every opportunity, every hurdle, and every success in my life. I prayed for my son...."If this is going to be it God, please make sure Dylan is taken care of "..... 3 hours later my paralysis started to dissolve and my soul started to regenerate.....I feel like I was given the gift of death without even dying.....I say gift because God spoke to me.....He gave me a new perspective on my life and the lives of the people around me....He said....As humble as people may think that they are....God is always in control......I fell asleep that night and dreamt about Job from the bible....I watched God take everything away from him and I watched Job never turn his back on God.....at the end of my dream I asked God, "Is this what you are doing to me?".....I do believe that God has humbled my heart far beyond anything I could have ever imagined.....My point in all of this is PRAISE GOD! THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY, PRAISE GOD....WE ARE HELPLESS WITHOUT HIM!:)

What did you dream about last night?  

I dreamed about fishies....as odd as this may sound....It is an old gypsy wives tale that if you dream about fishies, someone around you is pregnant or going to be pregnant soon.

Audio: Share a song that fits the moment you're living right now.
Inspired by cherè.

Love Song for a Saviour ~ Jars of Clay