Pink Muse & Pinkful Gratefulness

How Geat is our God?

How great is our God?
He spares us knowing what lies ahead.
For me this is crucial.
If I knew I was to face the struggles
I have had in life I might have given up.
The Good Lord would not do that to me!

How great is the peace and the tranquility
I receive when I fall to knees in prayer?
Greater than the sea of salty tears I pour
Out when my sadness or illness overwhelms me.
Or for but God before me, therfore I go.
I follow His footprints in the sand and see
That He has indeed carried me through
Another traumatic ordeal.

Oh how great is but none other than Our Lord.
For Him I give thanks for my life being  spared.
To You my Lord I devote my endeavors,
May I serve You and others my Lord in their
Times of need ashave You and so many dear
To me, praise be to you GOD most high!
Hosanna Hosanna, I shout out loud and rejoice!
Yes indeed How great thou art my Lord.

Unto  the Heaavens I pour my soul.
I will dedicate all my life to Thee oh Lord,
Rejuveante me, heal me, mend me, bend me,
Shape me Lord oh God into the women I need to be
To do Thy will on Earth and one day join You
In the Heavens, Indeed I know How Great Thou Art -
Oh LOrd Hear My CAll, my song of Praise to You!
Thank You God, dear Lord and Master for being
Who and how great thou art for me, and sparing me.

To You I owe my songs of praise
To You I owe ny earthly days.
To You my LOrd I strive to serve in all ways
Holy,and magnify Thy name.
I am but a humble woman Lord and will do Your will.
Please lead me, guide me, and shelter me from harm...
As I travel nearer and nearer my God to Thee.

Indeed, How Great Thou art, staright from my heart!

Poems My Way Valrie 08/21/2010

Those of you who have followed me know of the troubled waters I have travelled. I am eternally grateful for the healing power of prayer and all my loving bloggers! Thanks for your kind words, hugs, smiles through your blog andbringing mr through my hardships. To you I also commemorate this poem!

It is PINK because I feel it with each breath from my heart.

Have a wonderful PINK Saturday!

Love to you all!

God's nature trumpet calls in shades of PINK!

I turned 55 wonderful pink candles on the 17th!

Link over to BEV and follow more PINK ladies today!

Have you checked out Cans for Cookies for US Troops?

http://cansforcookiesustroops.blogspot.com/

we need your help!

The more you help the more we can give! email me here

Join the campaign or see how you can help here

Have a blessed weekend!

What tickles you PINK and Cheers you up!

Well, bad news for some, but let's make it a hapy pink with all my pink friends stopping by. I was hospitalized late Monday morning. The doctors do not know what ails me other than I am full of**** Yes, they actually said that to me. I look like I am 6 months pregnant.

I am doing a Pink Cheer Me Up Post! First being stuck in ahospital bed in boring hospital gowns is the most awful way to be seen. Glad this isn't a 2 way screen you's all run and hide!

You know what tickles me pink?  Yep, fun hot pink boas!  

Oh how I loved playing dress-up!

And of course a pair of sassy pink slippers trimmed with feathers...

Soft and cozy pale pink nightie.

And now time for a nap.

Oh yeah, I forgot you do not sleep EVER in hospitals!

Being with my daughter Jenni CHEERS me up!

Having my son home from Afghanistanwould CHEER me up!!

The smile on his face CHEERS me up (the most loveable man in the world).

The view of  Glimmerglass Lake is breathtaking and always cheers me up!

Hot pink gladiolas Cheer me up, the flower for all us Leo/August babies!

Sitting at my computer with a cup of fresh brewed SUMATRA roast coffe cheers me up!!!

So from my hospital bed to your phone

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I want to please HEAR from you on PINK SATURDAYS!

Bev our gracious host over at How Sweet The Sound invites you to her blog today come on!

PINK SUNDAY PLEA for YOUR HELP! CANS for COOKIES US TROOPS NEEDS YOU!

Godd morning and God Bless you.

Here is the scoop on what's new and interesting in my life. I started a campaign for COOKIES for US TROOPS. I have a son and 2 nephews serving overseas in the Marines (my son Joey) and Ken and Andrew are in the Army. I know many of you too must have loved ones serving in this war. In acts of Peace and kindness
I am hoping to send a minimum of 50 boxes out by the end of August.

Please help me out and visit the blog and join in the fun! We are baking PINK sugar cookies for the month of August and peanut brittle too. Other items needd are books (paperbacks) journals, pens and pencils, etc.

Please pray for all our loved ones and that God brings them home soon.

As the angels watch over our men and women, please pray for Joey and my nephews.

Lance Corporal US Marine Joseph the night of his deployment to Afghanistan.

Have a wonderful Sunday!


Valrie

PINK COOKIES for US TROOPS PINK SATURDAY POST!!!

Good day PINK SATURDAY BLOGGERS!!!!!

I had an awesome post done and posted it or so I thought and it was deleted.Even the tool bar is acting up. So if the links do not work for the emails call me or email me here @ poemsmyway@yahoo.com Please PINK Ladies forgive my lateness and I request you to go visit my new blog especially for our men and women serving in the US TROOPS. Here's the link: CANS for Cookies US Troops http://cansforcookiesustroops.blogspot.com.Grab my button and add it to your blog and create a link back to here!

I have begun collecting FOLGERS coffe plastic cans and PRINGLES chips cans for sugar cookies and homemade peanut btrittle for the men and women srving overseas and stateside. FOLGERS will be sponsoring us as well. I have yet to hear from PRINGLES. I like to recycle so that is why I chose these cans. They are perfect for the cookies and peanut brittle.                      
                   

                                                                                                             Homemade Peanut Brittle

Yummy to the tummy sugar cookies stars and stripes!

Here is the scoop on this latest news: My son Joey and 2 of my nephews, Kenny and Andrew are serving overseas during this awful time of war. I want to do my part to help support their efforts only my are in PEACE! We have a goal of sending out 50 packages to either our loved ones and yours units or individual shipments. What will you do to help us GROW this event! Be a collector of cans and ship them to me. Be a local organizer or regional organizer. Get your local high schools and colleges, VFW involved, they all care. School students have to do a community learning service project before they graduate. What an awesome way to earn the credits! My local PennySaver is running the ads free to help spread the word. Churches too! I will soon be interviewed by the PennySaver and other sources to help promote this event.

Lance Corporal Joseph on the night e was deployed to Afghanistan.

Please pray for him and all our loved ones who serve so we can live free!

In addition to cookies and peanut brittle,they need books to read, journals, notebooks, pens, chewing gum, nothing soft and gooey because of temperature changes and shipping time.

 We are offering a sponsorship  for each personal soldier you want pampered valued at $15 for a can of treats and a customized embroidered camoflauge bandana with the loved one's name embroidered on it. This is a keepsake from home that is worn inside of their helmets. Check back soon to see pictures of our package you can have sent for $15. The cookies and peanut brittle treats are free of charge and will be sent monthly to APO addresses we are given.

To join and submit your requests email me at cansforcookiesforustroops@yahoo.com Include soldier's name, APO address and what armed force troop he/she is serving in and where. I will post your pics on my blog after approval, email pics to the same email...

So what will you do to help our troops? What are you waiting for? Pick up the pink phone and call me!

Oh I hear a ring! Thanks for the sponsorship!

Here I am waiting for the calls!

Visit today and let's be on our way to more PINK LINKS!  

                                       BEV our founding Leading PINK LADY SPONSOR!!!!





 Going to fill up my coffe cup and get back on the computer, without coffee I can be a real bear~

Have an awesome day! GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!

Grab this button and create your link back to this pink post and/or the first post on http://cansforcookiesustroops/.

I love you all, my pink Saturday blogging friends!!!!!

Happy Pink Saturday!

PINK SKIES

     PINK SKIES

Pink skies in the morning
Pink skies in the night
From the moment of dawning
To dusk and twilight
The wondrous rays of sun
Warm the earth, awaken birds
Glistening brightly, as we have fun
Settling down ass the crickets are heard
Painting the night sky with wonderful hues
Softly sinking under the horizon
Not only in pinks, also in blues...
And taking the hands of my companion,
Homeward bound we shall go
Inhaling the fragrance of a new night's fog
Cherishing the tweets of the birds
And the ribbets of frogs.
Until another morning sky
Dawns, painting a new masterpiece
Leaving us to wonder why
In all its splendid glory not one repeats...
Each sunrise, each sunset
A single feat of artwork for us to see
No author need sign, yet  do we forget
Each belongs to God, and is Heavenly!

poems my way Valrie 07/31/2010

Link to photo here!

A beautiful pink morning sunrise!

God's glory in a perfect rainbow!

Here's the scoop on my life lately!

On July 4th I was in a critical car accident that should have taken my life butdid not...

PRAISE BE TO GOD AND MY GUARDIAN ANGELS!!!

July 5th we sent ny son off to Afghanistan and he has called home twice to his fiance, he is doing fine and missing us all. He wouild love to receive books from whomever would like to mail him something to read. He loves Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, action packed novels.

If you would like to be a penpal of encouraging words to him or his Marine Unit, email me

and I will send you the address. Even 1 book per blogger will help create aan availabale library for our brave young men and women serving our country so we may remain free!

The 5th I was admitted for severe potassium depletion, at risk of a heart attck, and multiple kidney stones. Five days later they sent me home thinling I had passed the stone. Not so.... I flew to Chicago for my doctoral residency, had an awesome time except for dealing with the pain from the kidney stones and muscle spasms from the back injury in the accident.

Got violently ill during the last day of residency, my roommate asccompanied me to the terminal for United and they were so compassionate, got me on the next available flight out with NO upcharge.

My sweetheart picked me up at Albany airport, we traveled the 2 hours home to Cooperstown, and by 2:30 AM we were off to the hospital. I was immediately admitted, and put on IV, pain injections, yuck, heavily sedated to alieve the pain pf passing stones. Four days later I was about to go home and passed the third stone. I would not wish kidney stones and their pain on anyone!

Now for the funny part, during this time I had over 8 papers or projects due for my doctoral classes. Each one I submitted has been graded and I have received 100% on each of them. Maybe Edgar Allen Poe knew what I know now! Seriously though, I hated the way the meds made me feel.

The best part is yet to come... I was Beating the Clock to be released on Thursday as a local college had contacted me for a final interview as an adjunct professor. I got out in the knick of time (I admit I gave a lot of people HUGE nudges...told them if they didn't have it tohether by 9AM that I was signing myself out... LOL, ROFL, LOL)....

Yes I nailed the interview with the Dean, was given 2 sections to teach, with the possibility of a third. Guess what? WHEN I was cat napping with CARMEL

the dean called me an added another section...now I am teaching the maximum number of classes allowed without being a full professor. A big PINK WOO HOO!!!

Need I say I AM ECSTATIC as these courses are directly in my major... Developmental Reading, Developmental Writing, and Critical Thinking Skills.

Thank you to all of you who have said prayers for me. I especially thank BEV for rescheduling me for a Saturday feature spot, as I knew the one I am working on would not be done in time.

This says it all...

So between getting caught up with my summer literacy position working with migrant workers, and being hired for the college starting August 12th, writing my papers, creating email lists for my colleagues from residency, getting my head screwed on right, catching up on my bills, and my swaps,

cleaning the house, loving a very angry kitten (CARMEL), and reading volumes of research, I decided to take a break and share my chaos with you all.

PLEASE JOIN MY CANS for COOKIES!

I am starting a monthly care package to my son's unit in North Marja, Afghanistan. He is a Lance Corporal in the US MARINES! Go Joey!

I would love to have you join in the campaign and send monthly packages filled with homemade love...aka COOKIES. I am using the plastic coffee cans (FOLGERS) and Pringles cans.

If you would like to be a member of CANS for COOKIES please email me

ALSO if you have a son or daughter ( or other loved one...)serving and would like to have their name added to this event please email me.

ALSO, thanks to Heather, who just left a comment! Please feel free to grab my

CANS for COOKIES button and post it on your blog or share my email for other bloggfers to join in this year long event!

I need your name, email, name of person who is serving, state side or abroad and their address as well.

Please email me your blogspot too. Once I have peolpe join the event,  I will create a page on my blog to follow the armed forces who are serving our country.

 If you have any questions please include them in your email!

I got up a little late today, having slept for 24 hours straight, you never get sleep in a hospital!

So I am going to refill my PINK coffee cup, kick back and relax and come visit you all!

I am also conducting a phone campaign to my customers!

ANY one who visits my Pink Bubble this weekend please email me

and I will give you a 50% discount on your entire purchase.

Buddy up with a girlfriend and order too! SHE will receive the same PINK discount!

PINK lipsticks/glosses, eye shadows, and blushes are BOGO

(buy one get one free)

AND always free shipping anywhere in the USA!

GO To PINK BUBBLE

LOVE TO YOU ALL PINKS!

Please go see the other Pink Links!

AND to our founding PINK LADY...

Bev, I love how full of love your heart,

You are truly a PINK blessing to us all!

Love and BIG PINK HUGS!!!

XXOO