A CELEBRATION FOR SHELLEY WITH FRIENDS

Yesterday night I went out to Red Brick Station with two friends that I already knew and loved Shelley and Diana I also met three co- workers of Shelley's Laurie, Kimberly,, and Abbey I really enjoyed meeting them they have been and are wonderful friends to Shelley. We all got together to celebrate a very happy and joyous event in Shelley's life. We had a fantastic time together eating, laughing and sharing time with our Shelley who means a lot to all of us.

I felt really special that I was included in such a small close knit circle of friends who Shelley is extra close to and comfortabble with. Shelley, I want you to know that you have always been special to me but we've gotten closer through FRBC, God's love, and Tina Thank you Tina for inttrducing me to Shelley many years ago.

I love you Shelley

HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY CHRIS

Today is a very special day for me because I became an Aunt for the first time 16 years ago today to my Newphew Christopher. What a blessing it has been for me to watch him grow and develop into the fine young man he is today. Chris is a very kind , sweet and loving young man with a tough side to him as well.

May you sense and feel the love and peace of God that is with you today on your birthday and for the rest of your life. I wish you the very best always. I want you to know that you're very special and important to me

HAPPY 16TH B-DAY// I love you.. You are in my prayers always

Child like faith expressed out loud with a simple and loving prayer

Last week at church before service started, I played with my nieces (Evelyn 4 and Amelia 2 in the nursery As Evelyn was playing on the floor I was watching her play from my wheelchair Evelyn said "Aunt Lisa can you come down here with me? I said "Aunt Lisa needs help getting down there to play. Then, she said I know, I HELP YOU AND JESUS HELP YOU TOO, Yes Jesus does help me. I said. I was very moved by her next sweet statement she said y Aunt Lisa, In Heaven you no need help. After that she closed her eyes and prayed this,,



Dear Jesus , help my Aunt Lisa to play with me Thank you Amen



Jesus says in His Word for us to come to Him with child-like faith What a wonderful little picture of His love shown to me through my niece

Quiet symbols of Faith

In my card line you'll see most of graphics for them are butterflies or angels. The butterfly is the symbol of new life in the Bible. I just they show how beautiful God'creation really is. He has made most of them very colorful. Mosst people like to look at a butterfly wherever they see them regaurdless where they stand with the Lord For the non-believer, the image will be a butterfly and it's my prayer that God will use the inside message of the card to think of Jesus Christ.

In the Bible angela are messengers of God .They also protect us. Those symbols can be used for any occassion. Since I live in a non Christian home I needed to find quiet ways to express my faith so collect pretty much anything with a butterfly on it I also a massive doll collection which includes many angel s

Here are samples of graphics I will use. I made 4 new cards today Please keep looking here for them (Above are 2 images I use. I do have many more images.

piggy back ride please!

My 2 nieces Evelyn (4 years old) and her sister Amelia ( 2 years old love to play with their "Aunt Lisa" (me) One of their favorite activities is to take piggy back rides since I use an electric wheelchair my version isn't the traditional one. In my version they stand on the back of my wheelchair while holding on to the handlebars of my chair while I drive my chair where they want to go. In this shot Evelyn wanted a "piggy back ride so I took her past this mirror and she decided to strike this pose out of the blue.My nieces and I enjoy playing together.

I appreciate their parents teaching them to love everyone the way God does from a very early age. I love that we play like any other aunt and nieces but it doesn't bother them when and if I need to adapt things so an activity can be done with them and me

special niece snapshot with Lisa --youngest photographer I know

Here I am with my sweet niece Evelyn who is now 4 years old, I love this shot of us because my eyes are open (which I tend not to have in most pictures I take. In most pictures, my eyes are closed with a big smile or if my eyes are open I have a silly expression on my face. It's rare that I smile and have my eyes open in a photo.

This shot was taken in Oct, when Evelyn and I had a combined birthday party our dates are 4 days apart (of course different birth years.)

Evelyn loves taking pictures so she got a kid style digital camera as a gift from Aunt Lisa (me) She took the photo in my first post here of my sister and friend Tina (her mom)