Cleaning out my computer, I found these pictures that break my heart and bring a smile to my face at the same time. This is a story that Mandi wrote and illustrated soon after she first came to us as a foster child, even before she was adopted, as you can see by her last name in her story.

This short little story is a powerful testament to the importance and value of both fostering and adopting. I applaud anyone who has done so or is doing so now. The funny thing about adopting Mandi is that with foster children, you are at least somewhat prepared to say goodbye because that is part of the arrangement. You provide a safe home of transition essentially. But my parents adopted her, which meant that we were not supposed to have to say goodbye.

Even though we did and I may never…

Scouts is a great thing. I have been a scout since the age of fourteen and I love it. Apart from when politics in scouting overtakes the fun.

I am currently a scout leader and although I have only been doing it since October, I have since discovered that the values of district are imposed onto leaders to a point which they either have no freedom or have no life. Now I love scouting but when I start to feel like I’m not having fun anymore then there is clearly a problem.

The other leaders are also not very helpful due to the fact that they complain so much about stuff but that is because they take on too much. They are also very immature when together which does not help the situation. I feel like I’ve been placed in a dark room with no instruction and when asked get…

did you hear that

did you hear a sound

it’s unlikely you did

since there was silence

right there

in between the words

falling among phrases

the pause separating

the chosen sentences

there is a meaning there

it’s often not what’s said

it’s the space between

the words

did you hear that

it’s there

right there

there’s meaning in

those spaces

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did you hear that

did you hear a sound

it’s unlikely you did

since there was silence

right there

in between the words

falling among phrases

the pause separating

the chosen sentences

there is a meaning there

it’s often not what’s said

it’s the space between

the words

did you hear that

it’s there

right there

there’s meaning in

those spaces

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EMAIL: DoubleUPoet@outlook.com

soaked in sepia

mass of monochrome

listless grays

between black and white

these exanimate days

.

now to seek splashes

of the colors of life

to signal that someone

inhabits these spans

from dusk to dawn

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EMAIL: DoubleUPoet@outlook.com

God wants us to seek him. In fact, he made us to seek him! Unfortunately, however, we often seek God along with the other things that draw our eye for a moment or two. We must never let anything detract from God having first command of our heart. Only God is worthy of our full devotion.

Dear, Self –

Hi! How are you!? Have I told you lately how proud I am of you and how much I love you? The last three years have been so interesting and inspiring. I think it’s time to take a moment and remind yourself all that you’ve done to improve your physical and mental well being!

1 – Remember when you hated the idea of doing anything alone (traveling, eating, etc.)? Remember how you crushed that belief system by taking not one, not two, not three, but four solo trips within the last three years? You wanted to go to California, so you booked a trip to San Diego by yourself and ate alone at restaurants and explored all of the nature that the area had to offer. Then, you decided that you needed to fly out to New York to see a taping of Jimmy Fallon because of…

Insecurities and trust issues go hand and hand. They correlate with each other and I am being more and more aware of that each day.
I am being completely transparent today because I feel that it will help someone who is having the same issue as I.
God is slowly but surely healing me and making me whole as we speak but in order for him to do that he is calling out all the hurt in my heart that I have ignored.
I didn’t even know how jacked up I was until he revealed to me my issues via dreams and visions and gave me revelations on why I have them.
I’ve been dealing with a load of insecurity and its to the point where I am actually annoyed. The reason I couldn’t get rid of it is because I wasn’t 100 percent sure of its source.
I can…

GOOD TRAINERS: I can’t tell you how important a good pair of trainers is. If you use shoes that are cheap or run-down, you’ll get blisters, and a poor work-out. Invest money in a pair of shoes that fits right, are comfortable, and will last for at least a year

WORK OUT PANTS: a tight pair of workout pants is good for women , men too can go with the tight work out pants, but if you feel better in lose fitying pants , you can rock them too.

BAND AIDS:  Band aids are essential because you don’t want an excuse to skip your cardio, even if you have a blister or two. This helps against tampering with any blister that you may have.

SOCKS: Because working out without socks would be both gross and uncomfortable, this is because during the work outs one tends to…

GOOD TRAINERS: I can’t tell you how important a good pair of trainers is. If you use shoes that are cheap or run-down, you’ll get blisters, and a poor work-out. Invest money in a pair of shoes that fits right, are comfortable, and will last for at least a year

WORK OUT PANTS: a tight pair of workout pants is good for women , men too can go with the tight work out pants, but if you feel better in lose fitying pants , you can rock them too.

BAND AIDS:  Band aids are essential because you don’t want an excuse to skip your cardio, even if you have a blister or two. This helps against tampering with any blister that you may have.

SOCKS: Because working out without socks would be both gross and uncomfortable, this is because during the work outs one tends to…

Most people believe that keeping fit involves training with great equipments. But also finding 20 minutes a day to exercise is an impressive feat. You don’t need gym equipments in order to make continuous progress and stay healthy, here are some principles that you just need to follow to keep fit.

1. Pick the right programs.
Your training must match where your goals , If your training doesn’t align with your desired result, you’ll never be happy with the outcome. So if you want to lose fat, choose a program that mixes elements of cardio, hypertrophy, and mobility. If you want to win a triathlon, practice swimming, biking, and running. It sounds intuitive, but you’d be amazed at how many guys choose a movie based on what an actor did for a role in a movie—not because they like it.

2. Take your time getting in shape.
Remember this the…

God wants us to seek him. In fact, he made us to seek him! Unfortunately, however, we often seek God along with the other things that draw our eye for a moment or two. We must never let anything detract from God having first command of our heart. Only God is worthy of our full devotion.

I was Woke up this morning by the loud cool breeze of precious wind outside! I woke feeling the presence of God flowing through out my townhouse! So I stepped out to my balcony to appreciate that wind by feeling it! I walked out the door, headphones on blasting one of my favorite praise&worship songs called (Victory belongs to Jesus by Todd Delaney)

At that moment, as the trees danced to the angels, clouds slowly moved in tune from the heavens, I realized no one can stand against the king, no one can stand against the lord, for the Victory belongs to Jesus…..

No matter what you go through, whatever weight is on your shoulder, it’s time to get it off of you, trust him above , I mean look how beautiful he smiles at you from the sky,I mean just look, look up at the heavens and…

For as long as i can remember i have struggled with my mental heath, for as long as i can remember ive begged God to take away the affliction of depression, the affliction of anxiety, for as long as i can remember i have begged God to heal me, to heal me of my lack of confidence to heal me of my low self esteem and self worth, to heal me of my life long crippling fear of so many things. My life long prayer consists of me crying out to god to change my heart, to change my mind. Only today did i realise that God has been listening all these years.

God loves me, he has never stopped loving me and he never will!! Today i realised that the small victories count, today it dawned on me just how far i come, how far God has brought me…

Jealousy is painful, its eats away inside you, its a powerful emotion that only really effects the jealous individual. Is it wrong to be jealous? Does it mean your a bad person? I don’t know. Are you jealous of your friends instead of being happy for them. I believe in God and i also belive jealousy is a sin, but jealuosy is somthing i really really strugle with and it is eating away at me.

“A peaceful heart leads to a healthy body; jealousy is like cancer in the bones.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭14:30‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Jealousy Spreads, it takes over your whole body, its hard to pretend everything is okay when your broken inside.

“For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.”

‭‭James‬ ‭3:15-16‬ ‭NLT‬‬