Five Reasons to ***LOVE*** spring..

You wake up, and feel well.
The sun is shining, and you do your best (not very hard today) to shine too...
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And then you go about your day,
writing letters that are so long
(and because of it, so heavy)that they cost twice as much to send out,
and you eat your mama's homemade yellow pea soup,
and you realise that even if you don't love peas,
you LOVE this soup (licking the bowl just to make a point)
and you certainly love your mama.
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And then you play the piano and sing.
And you sing more, just because the echo in the tiled bathroom is so pretty to listen to,
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and you come up with five reasons to love spring,
and you love spring just because it's spring,
but especially because of:

Short sleeves

Bare feet

Wild flowers

And the fact that THIS is the garden, and it's GREEN!

And your friend came over yesterday, and you made cards and sent letters and had fun =)
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åSlAuG aBiGaIl

My Dad is too =) =) =)

On Wednesday, my knee was hurt

(out of the blue, without any warning),

my dad drove me to the doctor, and later when he was in the pharmacy getting my medication, he bought me pink Hello Kitty band aids =)

He put one on my knee,

*blowed on it*

and said it would be okay now that he had "bandaged" it...

And it's getting better every day.

I'm not sure if that's the sign of a *bandaged-knee-healing*,

or if it's simply a *bandaged-heart-issue*.

But I am loved, and feeling well.

And HE is

SWEET =) =) =)

My Mom is the Sweetest!!

Look what she got us!

Lovely Salvation Army Find =)

They've been sitting with baking soda water all night to get the smell out, And I made sure to disinfect them in Vinegar and water

And I scrubbed them with half a lemon sprinkled with baking sodaAnd now they're nice and clean and good smelling,

ready to jump into my suitcase at the first chance they get.

Don't they look so cute??

The two big ones say: "sukker" (sugar) and "salt"

And the little one says: "Kanel" (cinnamon)

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Thanks for every prayer,

every sweet comment!!

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åslaug abigail

Just posting,

to prove that I'm still alive, and doing WELL:.

that my days are spent working at church,

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sitting outside on the balcony with my head on my mom's shoulder, half asleep most of the time, and when not, we talk. And compare our hands

(she tells me hers are so old now),

but they look much the same, with almost the same ring

(inscriptions on the inside and minor details the difference)

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We have dinner together, sometimes with my dad, sometimes just the two of us.....

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Today I came home with my arms full of flowers,

lots and lots of wonderful smelling red roses,

white lillies,

MORE white, pretty flowers which I don't know the name of..

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And being driven home from work

by this old, caring man that I work with,

away from church,

with all I could see and smell was the flowers in my arms, I think I realised

I am getting married (so now, these last 88 days, I'll know for sure)

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And the weather has been so pretty, so beautiful.

Just sunny, with a clear blue sky and warm enough not to wear a jacket.

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I wish there were words to describe, let you know,

just HOW wonderfully perfect my life is right now.

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I suppose you won't get it if I just let out a big sigh of contentment...? No?

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Well, anyways,

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*BIG sigh of contentment*

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åslaug abigail

SO... How may I show thankfulness??

Trying to come up with a list here,

and tomorrow I'll live my list =)

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*Thanking God each morning for another day of this wonderful life...

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*Saying "thank you" to my mama for making me breakfast each and every morning, even going out of her way to make the food I like best!

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*Smiling and being happy eating supper

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*Thanking my family for the little ways they serve me

(especially now when I need it so much because of my hands)

as often and as lovingly as I would a stranger

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*Say out loud what I'm thankful for whenever I'm not around people

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*Mentally thank God for every person I meet with during the day

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*Making up a song about all my blessings, and sing it, adding new blessings along the way =)

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I like my list, I'll practice it tomorrow!!

Can't wait =) =)

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åslaug abigail

Good Morning =)

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Hello there everyone,

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I'm just popping in here to prove that I am still alive and kicking =)

I will be posting in not too long, sharing with you GOOD news,

in the meantime this is the update:

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I've been blessed with tendonitis lately,
which (though not allowing me to type much/write letters/do housework/go to work etc.)

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gives me the opportunity to:
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*stay home (and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!)

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*read the mountain high stacks of books I've longed to be able to read for so long,

but not have had/felt free to take the time to read

(I'm an extremely slow reader)

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*learn to trust the LORD

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Last night I read about an inspiring text about

being joyful/

have a merry heart/

smiling/

being cheerful.

And I made up my mind to find three habits to work towards

(three being such a nice number and all)

I found these:

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*Smiling BEFORE I open my eyes in the morning,

this way, whatever might meet me when I open them, I'll already be smiling, and I'll just have to maintain my expression instead of creating it =)

if you smile first, your emotions tend to follow

and a smile is just as contagious as a grumpy expression

(not to mention, a way more pleasant way to start the day).

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*Smiling to my family when I see them,

a very dear friend of mine recently brought to my attention the brilliant smile on my face when I talked to a sales clerk, asking for directions to another store.

I have realised lately that this smile seems to be reserved only for sales clerks, colleagues and strangers. When I say hi to one of my family members entering the room I'm in, my face has the gravest expression and I mutter a short hi,

erm, not a greeting fit for my nearest-and-dearest...

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*Singing a joyful-thankful-praise-song while doing the tasks I don't like,

Being joyful is a matter of choice,

I am sure I will not feel very joyful when at my next unpleasant task,

I am forced (by my own resolve) to sing a song of praise

instead of wearing a comfy sour expression.

The other thing I'm sure of is that I will cheer up from singing that song,

and that I will feel

more thankful

and joyful

when I start on the third verse... =)

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If you happen to be one of those who plan to comment,

may I ask if you will share any joyful-habits you might have??

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(if you don't have any you could make one today, couldn't you?)

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To the rest of you,

thanks for reading =)

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Love,

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åslaug abigail

A couple of feet off the ground, in a school playground at 6.30 in the morning...

In THIS climbing pyramide,THIS wonderful man asked me to marry him, and I said yes.And he held my hand for the first time,
and slipped a golden wedding band onto my right ring finger,

It's been there ever since...

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There's of course more to the story than this, but you'll get the rest later...
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Blessed be the LORD God,

the God of Israel,

who only doeth

wondrous

things.

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Psalm 72:18
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åslaug abigail

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PS. This was written Saturday, January 23 - 2010