~*~*AND THE BEAT GOES ON*~*~

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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               HAIKU MY HEART FRIDAY *~*GO HERE for more Haiku, http://corazon.typepad.com/
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                  I AM GLAD TO BE
ALIVE, SINGING AND DANCING!!!
 PEACE TO ALL OF YOU!
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    It's the end of 2010 and at this moment I am cancer free! Alleluia! This year has had it's ups and downs as everyone experiences this momentum! I was most saddened by sweet friends I thought I had but I found out they were only the "FAIR
WEATHER" kind, even some close relatives and in-laws! I want to get this off of my chest and move forward in the NEW YEAR, 2011!!! GOD BLESS EVERYONE!!! and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! DO THE RIGHT THING always and LOVE one another!!!GOD teach us to show compassion and to know HOPE, FAITH and CHARITY!
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In a little book given to me by a breast cancer sister sweet friend of mine, Susie, who has been gone from this earth 5 years, here is a pretty passage in Max Lucado's Book, "Grace For The Moment"
             God's Greatest gIFTS
                                     ThANKS be to GOD for his gift that is too wonderful for words. 2 Corinthians 9:15
         *~*Why did he do it? A shack would have sufficed, but he gave us a mansion. Did he have to give the birds a song and the mountains a peak? Was he required to put stripes on the zebra and the hump on a camel?...Why wrap creation in such splendor? Why go to such trouble to give such gifts?
           Why doYOU? YOU do the same. I've seen YOU searching for a gift. I've seen YOU stalking the malls and walking the aisles.I'm not talking about the obligatory gifts.... I'm talking about that extra-special person and that extra-special gift...Why do YOU do it?... YOU do it so the heart will stop. YOU do it for the jaw to drop. YOU do it to hear those words of disbelief,"YOU did this for me?"
      That's why YOU do it. And that is why GOD did it. Next time a sunrise steals Your breath or a meadow of flowers leaves YOU speechless, remain that way! Say nothing and listen as heaven whispers,"Do YOU like it? I did it for YOU!"
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Psalm 133; BEHOLD, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!2; It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his gArments: 3;As the dew of Hermon and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion; for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
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Psalm 134; BEHOLD, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.2; Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and BLESS THE LORD!3;The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion.
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Remember the dead, remember the living, remember the men and women that are in the service fighting our fight, living and dying for us! Remember to PRAY for all YOU have passion for! I will be! I will also be thinking of ALL of YOU and hoping YOU have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! PEACE TO ALL! AND SWEET DREAMS! XOOXOOXOOXOOOXOOXOOOXXOOXX SEE YOU ON THE FLIP SIDE!

~*HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS*~ and *~MERRY CHRISTMAS! EVERYONE!~*

What can I give HIM

Poor as I am?

If I was a shepherd

I would give him a lamb,

If I were a Wise Man

I would do my part.

Yet what can I give HIM?

GIVE MY HEART!

  by CHristina Rossetti

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!XOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXOXOXXOOXOOXOXOXO

Behold, a virgin shall be with child,

and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call him

Emmanuel which being interpreted is, God with us.

Saint Matthew 1:23

IHO! HO! HO!! and MERRY

CHRISTMAS!!!!I saw Santa Claus last night!!! Did YOU?!!!

HO! HO! HO!

~*~*SUNDAY ECSTASY*~*~

eCsTaSY,a condition of great emotion, especially JOY, RAPTURE; also MADNESS(Webster's Students Dictionary)AAI
HAPPY SUNDAY AND ALL I CAN OFFER YOU TODAY    
IS AN OLD JAR OF ROSES AND A COLLAGE I DID BACK
IN 2007 BUT WITH DIFFERENT COLORS, COLORS I HOPE
TO SEE ONE DAY AS THE HEAVENS REJOICE!!!!I THINK
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF WHITENESS EVERYWHERE AND RED, WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU THINK OF
ECSTASY!!!!I HOPE TO SEE YOU AND YOU AS WE SAY THIS, MY FAVORITE VERSE,PSALM 122;1 I WAS GLAD WHEN THEY SAID UNTO ME, LET US GO INTO THE HOUSE
OF THE LORD.
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~*~*CHRISTMAS DINNER TONIGHT*~*~

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                          HERE WE COME DADDY-O DEAR!
                             CHRISTMAS DINNER NOW!
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Happy Week-end Sweeties!!! and SWEET DREAMS!!!
XOXXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOOXOXOXXOOXXOO

~*~*~*MAY YOU SEE VISIONS OF MARY*~*~*~

          HOPEFULLY WE CAN
         ALL SEE VISIONS OF MARY
          BLESS JUAN DIEGO
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    These are Feast Day of Guadalupe pictures I took last night in our church! We have journeyed with our hostess,Rebecca for 12 days now seeing and creating our visions of Mary in our own ways, hopefully, prayerfully, we will see our own visions of Mary like St. Juan Diego!!! THANK YOU SWEET REBECCA!!! May GOD BLESS us all!!!! I wish YOU all roses in December!!
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~*~*~*EVEN MY TEABAGS ARE BLESSED*~*~*~

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                           An old antique vase
                     MARY is so beautiful in
                     any form she is seen!!

*~*MAY WE ALL HAVE DREAMS OF MARY*~*

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                      MARY DREAMS OF GOD
             HER FIRST BORN SON, WORLDLY GIFT
                        MY HEART THANKS JESUS! 
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Haiku my Heart Friday, + A Virgin A Day
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*MARY PRAISED GOD DANCING FOR JOY NEAR THE TIME OF JESUS BIRTH*

*~*MARY STILL BLESSING MOM AND DAD'S MARRIAGE*~* 63YEARS!!!

~*MARY AND JOSEPH WALK IN THE SNOW WITH THEIR COLT*~

**~**MARY DREAMS OF WHITE ROSES**~**

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~*JOSEPH, IT'S GETTING CLOSE TO JESUS'S BIRTH!!*~

**~*THE ROSES SING FOR MARY*~**

~*VISIONS OF MARY*~

roses on the hill

dreams of visions of MARY

sharing her BIG LOVE

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HAVE A BLESSED WEEK-END!!!

XOXOXOXOXOOXXOXOX

~~*~MARY'S SHARING THE NIGHT~~*~

I imagine Mary,heavy with the CHILD, JESUS going out to be alone under the moonlit sky while everyone is sleeping, Her little friends bringing her comfort.

~*HAIL MARY, FULL OF GRACE*~

                    It matters Not How Oft YOU kneel 
                         In attitude of Prayer so true
              Unless inside, where no man sees,
                   Your very soul is kneeling too.
                                          Mary L. O'Hara
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        Today, I painted Mary kneeling as I imagine she did kneel a lot in prayer. Angels all around her I imagine and of course GABRIEL appeared to Mary, urging her to not be afraid after  Gabriel explained the role that Mary was to play in God's plan of salvation, Mary was surprised and troubled at his news. Luke 1:30 Mary responded, "How can this be, since I have no relations with a man!" Luke 1:34
       I LOVE the idea Rebecca has, to SLOW down in this hustle and bustle season, sharing a" Virgin a day!"Remembering what CHRISTMAS is all about!,the birth of JESUS!!! Please join us http://www.corazon.typepad.com/at Rebecca's