Humble......

The last couple days I've been judging Floralculture at the 86th National FFA Convention. Today I was honored to meet Ana from New Mexico. Ana stood in line just like every other FFA member to begin the rotation of floral contest. Each team consist of four members and Ana waited with her team. We were told there would be a member that would have a shadow (an adult to assist if needed) with them through out the day.
Ana took her place at the design table and begin sorting her flowers. You see Ana is considered blind. She can see some things if they are very close to her eyes and with the help of special glasses. We all were amazed and humbled with Ana. Not letting this one small thing stop her from competing with her fellow FFA members. Some of us stopped what we were doing and watched Ana design her arrangement. Not one time did she ask for help from the shadow. It brought some of us to tears, what an inspiration Ana was to us.
   We complain every day about something, our list is endless. There we all were with almost perfect sight and as I said before-we were humbled.


     The most beautiful people are the ones who are unaware of their beauty.~ Francine Chair
   

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Blue and Gold.....

The National FFA Convention begins tomorrow in Louisville. I've been ask to help judge floral arrangements again.
These young adults are so eager to learn and to be the best that they can be. There are no limits to what they can achieve. As I set and watch them during their meetings I wonder which ones will be CEO of their own company. How many will become engineers, lawyers, scientist. Maybe president of the USA. As I said before there are no limits to what an FFA member can achieve.

I remember when.....

Remember the good-ole days? How many times have you heard your parents say, "I remember when...."  I took this picture on Friday. I was so excited to see the price of gas under $3.00 that I had to snap a photo. Seems gas prices keep dropping. When I left work today they were down to $2.89. Guess the best thing for all of us to do is keep our tank full, never know when it might jump back to $3.89. I've seen gas change four times in one day. I even remember the day gas jumped to a dollar a gallon. Folks were saying, "what is this world coming to."

Blessings of the day......

Nothing better on a cool crisp fall morning than the smell of smoke from Daddy's wood stove. As I made my way to the garage the frost glistens off the grass. I take a moment to look around at this beautiful morning.

The maple tree is blazing with color as the morning sun makes each leaf shine.

The day begins at the flower shop by designing a casket spray. The family explained to me that Mom loved fall and could I possibly include some fall leaves with sunflowers.

The family called in and wanted me to know-"Mom would have loved it, it's perfect."
 God gives each one of us a gift. We each are blessed with a talent. So thankful that He blessed me with the ability to take a simple leaf and design a beautiful arrangement.
I'm thankful for the many blessings of the day......

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Birthday.......

Today is my birthday.... I've been blessed all day with Facebook wishes, phone text, calls, birthday cards and presents. How special everyone has made me feel. Blessed to be surrounded by such love and good friends.

 Blessed to have loving parents, an amazing husband and two beautiful daughters that fill my heart with such joy. Thankful for each one of my friends..
Spent my day doing what I love-shopping for antiques, working in my gardens and mowing.  Receiving birthday wishes from those I love.....priceless.

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Uncle Hubbie.......

Took Daddy to visit his brother Hube, (Uncle Hubbie to me) this afternoon. What a great visit they had. Uncle Hubbie will be 92 years young this week. I told Daddy last week that we would go visit with him the next time I get a day off. Today was the day and Daddy was like a kid in the candy store. He was all smiles and couldn't get his coat on fast enough.
Uncle Hubbie was excited to see Daddy, when Daddy came in the door he hollered, "Hey, it's my little brother, June". June is what Daddy's brothers and sisters call him. Daddy was named after his Dad. To make it simple, Mamaw Brumett nick named him "June" so she would only have one William in the house.
They talked non-stop about their days on the mountain and I heard them talking about Mr. Cox. Boy, have I heard stories about him. As we were ready to head home they gave each other a hug, said, I love you a couple times and hugged again.
What a blessing today was.......

Shades of fall......

It was a crazy Monday, I couldn't design fast enough. No sooner would I have a color section full it would be empty after a few customers. Everyone was requesting fall colors. Shades of orange, yellow and reds.











As you can see the customers were not interested in shades of pink.

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Daylight hours......

I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house. So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.      ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

Crisp, cool and chilly......

Finally, October is here. My favorite time of the year. It's a beautiful month. Crisp cool mornings, chilly nights. Great cuddling weather.

Beating the odds......

   On the morning of my last chemo treatment my doctor was explaining what changes that I would notice and the things I needed to watch for. I ask her what the time frame was for the cancer to become aggressive again, 18 to 24 months she said, that's a ballpark time frame. In my studies that is when it has shown to become aggressive. So doing the math in my head I looked at Thomas and said, March 2013 to September 2013.
   Since March 1 I've been kinda holding my breath and living each day ready for battle. On the morning of September 30th I remembered what the doc said, "Sherry, you always beat the odds and I have no doubt you will beat them again".  Yes, I've beat the odds once again. Yes, Yes, Yes.....take that cancer, you're messing with one tough lady.

   Taking the needle out for the last time, was an amazing feeling.
 

Determination.......

   Many comments have been made this week about the government shut down. I enjoyed the news report of the WWII veterans visiting their memorial in Washington DC. The video showed the gates locked at the entrance. On the gate is a sign explaining the reason for the closing.  
   One veteran was overheard saying, "no German or Japanese could stop us, do you actually think a gate will stop us now."

These men are still as determined today as they were when they were on the battlefields all those years ago.

 

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