27 Years of Bliss!
Yesterday Lee and I celebrated our 27th wedding anniversary. Now I may have lied in my title when I said 27 years of bliss because we all know no marriage is total bliss. I’ve been told that ignorance is bliss and marrying at the age of 20 could be considered, by some, ignorance…but we just grew up together.
Last night Lee got out a box of letters I had written to him during my freshman year in college. It was interesting to hear my thoughts from so many years ago…me telling him that “I don’t think God wants me to date right now, you or anyone.” Lee said it wasn’t nice of me to use God to do my dirty work of breaking up with him. But as he read those letters, I could remember the great spiritual growth I was experiencing at that time and in my mind, I didn’t have room for Lee and God. If I had to choose one, I’m glad I chose God!
Thankfully, God allowed me to have Lee in my life as well a few months later and here we are 27 years later thanking God for His faithfulness. For a love that has grown stronger through the years, a love that has sustained us through some pretty difficult days that many marriages wouldn’t have survived.
While my letters may have seemed a cop out…I see the greater picture and how God was drawing me to himself so I would be prepared and tied to the anchor of Christ when the storms of life hit.
What a double blessing it is to have Lee by my side during these storms. I pray for 27 more years of bliss!
My gift my girlfriends ask…a new dress lee says, “To replace that hideous one of Sherri’s you have worn to the last two weddings, so you’ll never have to wear it again!”
I said, “Tell me how you really feel about the dress!” So I guess I’ll mail my sister back her lovely beaded dress since Lee seems to have an aversion to it!
Sometimes, Ignorance is bliss!
Lisa, the no longer wondering if Lee liked the dress one!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
She Writes...Awesome, hey, hey, totally...
Awesome, hey, hey, totally…!
Awesome, hey, hey, totally! Those are the words of a cheer my girls used to cheer when they were wee ones. Today, that is the cheer of my heart after attending “She Speaks”. It was “Awesome, hey, hey, totally!” The seminars were topp notch….great speakers…great selection of subjects…and to top it all off were the availability of book publishers!
I had the privilege of meeting with FOUR publishers/agents. One rejected me right off the bat saying she was just about to release Jennifer Rothschild’s latest book and basically didn’t need another blind woman writer. The other three, however, were interested in my book! Yea! While I know this doesn’t mean any of them will publish my book, at least they will read it and that’s a start! One of the companies wants the completed manuscript before she reads any of it…so I have my work cut out for me. My goal is to have my book finished in SIX weeks!
What was I thinking??? I work better under pressure…so here I go. I shall be hibernating for the summer in my little office at my little laptop typing away.
Please join me in prayer for guidance as I seek to share from my heart all that God has accomplished in my life these past four and a half years.
The working title of my book is…”A Journey from the Gurney”.
A Journey from the Gurney is the captivating story of my journey from a life-threatening illness that should have, by all medical standards, left me dead or severely mentally handicapped. Thankfully, I serve a God of miracles and He chose to grant me several miracles during my journey from the gurney.
November 30, 2003 was the eventful day my stomach ruptured and I slipped into a coma, remaining in that state for 32 days. When I awoke, I was blindsided – literally! Talk about a rude awakening…it was devastating to say the least! Thankfully, I chose Christ to give me the courage to face the challenges that lay before me as I became completely and permanently blind. My faith sustained me through those most difficult days and my Savior promised He would never leave me nor forsake me. I have held tight to that promise.
A Journey from the Gurney chronicles in diary format, my personal journey through the grieving and healing process of my physical, emotional and spiritual health. I am exceedingly transparent, humorous, and honest in the book, as I have been with my audiences sharing my story for the past four years. I have not glossed over the difficult days but have been quick to give God the glory for His amazing grace.
My book is not “preachy” but one even non-Christians can read and draw strength, comfort and challenge from. A Journey from the Gurney is a story of triumph over tragedy, peace in the midst of pain and joy greater than sorrow.
Once again, I give thanks to God for His provision at “She Speaks”. I’ll try to keep blogging in the process!
To my blind friends…if any of you have figured out how to use the comments section on others blogs, clue me in! I can’t figure it out for the life of me!
Peace to you all!
Lisa, Awesome, hey, hey, totally!
Awesome, hey, hey, totally! Those are the words of a cheer my girls used to cheer when they were wee ones. Today, that is the cheer of my heart after attending “She Speaks”. It was “Awesome, hey, hey, totally!” The seminars were topp notch….great speakers…great selection of subjects…and to top it all off were the availability of book publishers!
I had the privilege of meeting with FOUR publishers/agents. One rejected me right off the bat saying she was just about to release Jennifer Rothschild’s latest book and basically didn’t need another blind woman writer. The other three, however, were interested in my book! Yea! While I know this doesn’t mean any of them will publish my book, at least they will read it and that’s a start! One of the companies wants the completed manuscript before she reads any of it…so I have my work cut out for me. My goal is to have my book finished in SIX weeks!
What was I thinking??? I work better under pressure…so here I go. I shall be hibernating for the summer in my little office at my little laptop typing away.
Please join me in prayer for guidance as I seek to share from my heart all that God has accomplished in my life these past four and a half years.
The working title of my book is…”A Journey from the Gurney”.
A Journey from the Gurney is the captivating story of my journey from a life-threatening illness that should have, by all medical standards, left me dead or severely mentally handicapped. Thankfully, I serve a God of miracles and He chose to grant me several miracles during my journey from the gurney.
November 30, 2003 was the eventful day my stomach ruptured and I slipped into a coma, remaining in that state for 32 days. When I awoke, I was blindsided – literally! Talk about a rude awakening…it was devastating to say the least! Thankfully, I chose Christ to give me the courage to face the challenges that lay before me as I became completely and permanently blind. My faith sustained me through those most difficult days and my Savior promised He would never leave me nor forsake me. I have held tight to that promise.
A Journey from the Gurney chronicles in diary format, my personal journey through the grieving and healing process of my physical, emotional and spiritual health. I am exceedingly transparent, humorous, and honest in the book, as I have been with my audiences sharing my story for the past four years. I have not glossed over the difficult days but have been quick to give God the glory for His amazing grace.
My book is not “preachy” but one even non-Christians can read and draw strength, comfort and challenge from. A Journey from the Gurney is a story of triumph over tragedy, peace in the midst of pain and joy greater than sorrow.
Once again, I give thanks to God for His provision at “She Speaks”. I’ll try to keep blogging in the process!
To my blind friends…if any of you have figured out how to use the comments section on others blogs, clue me in! I can’t figure it out for the life of me!
Peace to you all!
Lisa, Awesome, hey, hey, totally!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Refiners Fire!
I’m back! I had a wonderful weekend at “She Speaks”, the Christian writer’s and speaker’s conference I attended over the weekend. The best part of the weekend, other than spending quality time with my precious daughter, Amanda, was getting to know the women in my speaker evaluation group! What women of faith they are…truly Proverbs 31 women they are or at least striving to be!
The life experiences they brought to the group were heartbreaking, heart wrenching, heartfelt, and heartwarming and heart mending. I know that is hard to believe….all of those emotions wrapped into one but it is true. (You just had to be there!)
Not only had these precious sisters in Christ walked through the refiners fire, but they had also crawled, rolled, been dragged, stood, laid down, been carried, ran swam, and leapt through to emerge on the other side victorious in Christ! I must say, some are still in the midst of the fire…I could smell the smoke, feel the heat but I also felt the presence of the Lord, His Holy Spirit, and the Father as the trinity was ever present in their lives!
Kudos to my new “Sisterchicks”…keep walking, crawling, running or whatever it takes for your journey to be complete. Never forget God’s promise in Joel 2:25-26…The restoration of the locust years!
If you are out of the fire, give thanks and drink from the still waters…then don your flame retardant apparel for the next fire is just around the bend. If you are still in the fire, hang in there…He will never leave you or forsake you!
Remember, what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger! (If that statement is correct, then I should be able to carry an armored truck on one arm, an army tank on the other, all the while carrying my house on my back!)
Stay tuned…Tomorrow, I’ll tell you the news about my meetings with the book publishers!
Have a wonderful afternoon and know you a
re loved and cherished!
Lisa, the sightless but so full of wonder, one!
I’m back! I had a wonderful weekend at “She Speaks”, the Christian writer’s and speaker’s conference I attended over the weekend. The best part of the weekend, other than spending quality time with my precious daughter, Amanda, was getting to know the women in my speaker evaluation group! What women of faith they are…truly Proverbs 31 women they are or at least striving to be!
The life experiences they brought to the group were heartbreaking, heart wrenching, heartfelt, and heartwarming and heart mending. I know that is hard to believe….all of those emotions wrapped into one but it is true. (You just had to be there!)
Not only had these precious sisters in Christ walked through the refiners fire, but they had also crawled, rolled, been dragged, stood, laid down, been carried, ran swam, and leapt through to emerge on the other side victorious in Christ! I must say, some are still in the midst of the fire…I could smell the smoke, feel the heat but I also felt the presence of the Lord, His Holy Spirit, and the Father as the trinity was ever present in their lives!
Kudos to my new “Sisterchicks”…keep walking, crawling, running or whatever it takes for your journey to be complete. Never forget God’s promise in Joel 2:25-26…The restoration of the locust years!
If you are out of the fire, give thanks and drink from the still waters…then don your flame retardant apparel for the next fire is just around the bend. If you are still in the fire, hang in there…He will never leave you or forsake you!
Remember, what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger! (If that statement is correct, then I should be able to carry an armored truck on one arm, an army tank on the other, all the while carrying my house on my back!)
Stay tuned…Tomorrow, I’ll tell you the news about my meetings with the book publishers!
Have a wonderful afternoon and know you a
re loved and cherished!
Lisa, the sightless but so full of wonder, one!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
This blog is NOT out of order...
This Blog is NOT out of Order…just the Blogger is!
Dear Loyal Readers,
Please forgive my long absence in blogging! My life has been “out of order”. I’ve been dealing with the poor health of both my parents, especially my Father whose condition continues to ebb and flow. One of my dearest friends buried her 29 year old son yesterday…which is totally out of order! Parents aren’t supposed to burry their children! We have a summer intern/missionary living with us for the month of June who is 19…and I am feverishly writing on my book and book proposal for the Proverbs 31 “She Speaks” conference this weekend. (I haven’t even started on my two speeches I have to give to a peer evaluation group!) My sisterchick, Jill, who was to be my guide monkey for the conference has become ill and cannot attend. So, my back-up, Amanda, my 21 year old daughter is joining me.
In the midst of all of this, my computer went on strike and I spent a week trying to get it fixed. I’m still having a little trouble with my talking software…it is picking and choosing what it will read to me…so who knows what I have missed in the past few months!
After the conference, unless my book proposal is a big success and I have to spend all my time finishing my book, I plan to be back blogging on a regular basis!
Thanks for your patience and prayers!
Much love,
Lisa the out of order but living by GRACE, one!
Dear Loyal Readers,
Please forgive my long absence in blogging! My life has been “out of order”. I’ve been dealing with the poor health of both my parents, especially my Father whose condition continues to ebb and flow. One of my dearest friends buried her 29 year old son yesterday…which is totally out of order! Parents aren’t supposed to burry their children! We have a summer intern/missionary living with us for the month of June who is 19…and I am feverishly writing on my book and book proposal for the Proverbs 31 “She Speaks” conference this weekend. (I haven’t even started on my two speeches I have to give to a peer evaluation group!) My sisterchick, Jill, who was to be my guide monkey for the conference has become ill and cannot attend. So, my back-up, Amanda, my 21 year old daughter is joining me.
In the midst of all of this, my computer went on strike and I spent a week trying to get it fixed. I’m still having a little trouble with my talking software…it is picking and choosing what it will read to me…so who knows what I have missed in the past few months!
After the conference, unless my book proposal is a big success and I have to spend all my time finishing my book, I plan to be back blogging on a regular basis!
Thanks for your patience and prayers!
Much love,
Lisa the out of order but living by GRACE, one!
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