A Throne of Grace

Let us therefore, come boldly

unto the throne of grace,

that we may obtain mercy,

and find grace

and help in time of need.

--Hebrews 4:16

Deja Vu

DEJA VU!

I travelled back in time 20 years.
We were so lucky to have these little angels for a few days.

A Tender Mercy

Fun in the Morning.

Bath Time is Always So Much Fun

Cousins at
The Natural History Museum 

My Crown

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

This year I gave each of my children a book,

The Crown on Your Head

--Nancy Tillman

I love the sweet message that we were born with a crown:

On the day that we met

and I put you to bed,

I noticed a crown

on the top of your head.

It was made up of sparkling,

glimmering things

like moonlight and fireflies,

and dragonfly wings.

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Sending LOVE to all!

1998

I am so grateful for my husband and children--

The Crown of My Life

Double Happiness

I love the Chinese Symbol - Double Happiness.

We used it as the theme for Camille's wedding.

To achieve happiness - make someone else happy and as a result you are happy too.

Double Happiness - so simple, so profound. 

I use Double Happiness as a symbol to celebrate
 Chinese New Year - (It is the year of the Dragon) and Valentine's Day.   
My wish for all - An Abundance of Double Happiness!


Chinese New Year Menu
Fried Rice
Wontons
Lettuce Wraps
Fruit
Chocolate Dipped Fortune Cookies


Lettuce Wraps
Peanut Sauce:
2 tsp. fresh ginger
2 cloves garlic
1 tablespoon sweet chile sauce
1 cup chunky peanut butter
1 tablespoons sugar
9 tablespoons peanut oil
lime juice
1/2 cup water
Marinate 4 chicken breasts in teriyaki sauce - 2 hours or more.  Grill and thinly slice.
Prepare 1 package angel hair pasta.  Add half the sauce to pasta and refrigerate for several hours. (You can easily skip this step and serve noodles plain)
Serve with lettuce leaves, diced cucumbers, broccoli slaw, green onions, water chestnuts, shredded carrots and peanut sauce.

God is in the Mountain

Recently I was in New York and visited the Jewish Museum. 
 It is well worth stopping by:  wonderful art and exhibits, 
a great neighborhood around Madison and 92nd Street,
 Central Park, The Park Avenue Synagogue with a bas-relief sculpture
 dedicated to the memory of the million Jewish children killed in the Holocaust,
great shopping and 
cafes, (Little Brown, Yura on Madison, Dean and Deluca).
  
 I went to see the Ezra Jack Keats exhibit - celebrating the 50th Anniversary of
  The Snowy Day. 
This beautiful, sweet book has been one of my favorites. 

I love Peter's fresh tracks in the snow.

Keats’s experience of antisemitism and poverty in his youth gave him a lifelong sympathy for others who suffered prejudice and want. “If,” he once remarked, “we all could really see each other exactly as the other is, this would be a different world.” A visit to Keats’s neighborhood is restorative: Peter and his friends remind us of the simple joy of being alive.

Inspired by Asian art and haiku poetry, Keats used lush color in his paintings and collages and strove for simplicity in his texts. He was often more intent on capturing a mood rather than developing a plot.

While visiting the exhibit I became acquainted with the little treasure,

 God is in the Mountain.

A few of my favorite lines:

I am in every religion as a thread through a string of pearls.

Hinduism

The Heavens declare the glory of God...

Judaism

...If I am not for myself, who will be for me?

And If I am only for myself, what am I?

And if not now, when?

Judaism

Do ye not seek a light,

ye who are surrounded by darkness?

Buddhism

God is in the water, God is in the dry land,

 God is in the heart, God is in the forest,

God is in the mountain, 

God is in the cave.

Sikism

...if two make peace with each other in this one house,

they shall say to the mountain:

"Be moved," and it shall be moved.

Christianity