Best Moment Award

I wish to gratefully thank Tazein Mirza Saad for nominating me for the Best Moment Award. 

RULES:

1-Winners re-post this completely with their acceptance speech which could be written or video recorded.

2-Winners have the privilege of awarding the next awardees! The re-post should include a NEW list of people, blogs worthy of the award, and winners notify them the great news.

RESOURCES:

What makes a good acceptance speech?

-Gratitude.Thank the people who helped you along the way.

-Humor.Keep us entertained and smiling.

-Inspiration.Make your story touch our lives.

Get an idea from the great acceptance speeches, compiled in MomentMatters.com/Speech.

Display the award’s badge on your blog/ website, downloadable in MomentMatters.com/Award.

MY ACCEPTANCE SPEECH:

Wow!  I am so honored to be allowed, through the love of Jesus, to be a mirror of His love for all of us.  It is at once thrilling and humbling.  To receive an award by a sister or brother in Christ for having done so never ceases to amaze me but also makes me hunger to do more and more for Him and through Him and with Him.  Thanks again for this award, Tazein!

MY NOMINATIONS:

Poet’s Corner

Revelations In Writing

Ye Shall Know Me By My Fruits

The Christian Gazette

Acts Two Six

CONGRATULATIONS AND BLESSINGS!

Awards, Awards, and MORE Awards!

Thank you so much to http://writingforfoodinindy.wordpress.com/  as well as http://creativetidalwave.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/love-letters/ and to http://iamforchange.wordpress.com/ for the MANY very recent blog awards!

I have fallen behind on preparing the many acceptance requirements for a variety of reason (busy busy busy) so please accept my thanks and blessings and know that I will catch up as soon as I can!

My Shine On Award, Beautiful Mama Blog Award, & Super Sweet Blogging Awards & Nominees!

Blessings and Greetings to my delightful readers, followers, and friends:

Though a challenge or two (health and otherwise) have slowed me down a bit recently, the Lord continues to bless me and this post is proof.  One of His friends, Cheryl, cshowers aka “Burning Fire Shut Up In My Bones”.  has honored me with not one but three blog awards which truly bless me.  Before life gets in the way, I will follow her lead and combine my acceptances in one post!  Thanks so much Cheryl.  I am so pleased and blessed.  Been to her blog?  You will want to return.  You will be blessed indeed.  Not met her yet?  Oh, you are in for a treat! Click the link at the beginning of this paragraph to learn more about her work and these awards!

 

What follows is my acceptance for the Shine On Award the Beautiful Mama Blog Award  and the Super Sweet Blogging Award  (Not a mama? There are different ways to be a mama so please do not feel unworthy if you are on my list and hadn’t thought of yourself as a mama.)

• Link back to the blogger who nominated you

• Put the Award on your blog.

• Share 7 little secrets about yourself.

• Nominate 5 – 10 other bloggers who make others happy too.

Seven Little Secrets About Me:

• My nickname, as a child, was Muffin.  It has been hard to live down, so let’s keep it between us, okay?

• I love reading children’s books with or without a child nearby!

• I love love LOVE hats, but look terrible in them!

• I sometimes SNORE.

• I LIKE IT WHEN A MAN HOLDS THE DOOR FOR ME OR GIVES ME HIS SEAT.  At my age I’m not supposed to like it.  Lol  

• I love second-hand bookstores!

• I brake for hardware stores and thrift shops!

• Click the award image, save it and use it in your acceptance post.

• List 3 things you love about motherhood.

• Nominate other deserving mamas; you may choose as many as you like. (And let them know of the nomination)

 My Three Things:

1. Obviously, I love my children, but the truth is, “my” children are not really my own.  I have not yet been blessed with any, but am Godmother, daughter, role reversal caregiver, aunt, and “aunt” to many and love them as though they were my own.  My favorite holiday memory has always been having my sweet “kids” help with baking.  Now college grad(s) but  . . .
2. Is there anything more blessed than seeing a child grow and “become” all that he or she is meant to be?
3. Oh, the things I’ve learned from my kids!  We fool ourselves into thinking we teach them!

• Answer the question listed below
• Nominate other blog friends (if you want)
• Post the award logo somewhere on your blog.
• Send a link to the nominees so they are aware you are giving them the award and/or tag game.

 

Here is your question, nominees, to get your awards:

 

Name the one thing you are grateful for today (excluding this tag game/blog award.)

 

I am so grateful that God chose me to be His beloved daughter:

“You didn’t choose Me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using My name.”

~ John 15:16

 

He delights in us!  Isn’t that the most amazing, exciting, completely awesome thing?  I could cry, I could giggle, I could jump up and down and clap my hands . . . all at once.  Hard to type that way, so will do that later.

And now, here are the five people who I would like to nominate for all of the awards above!

• Christian Coffeeshop
• Simply Charming
• LScott Poetry
• Poems From Oostburg Wisconsin
• CRUSTYBREADBLOG

“I’m a Baking Enthusiast” Award!

Have you been the the mydearbakes blog?  NO?  Oh, you simply must pop right over there and plan to stay a while.  The cakes you’ll see?  The inspiration you’ll feel?  Oh, I could go on and on, but I shall not spoil your fun.  Click the link and visit them soon and often!

I am excited and honored to announce that I have been chosen by mydearbakes to receive their “I’m A Baking Enthusiast” Award!

I thank them so much for honoring me with this award!

Top 10 Award!

I am blessed to share with you that Betty Bolden and

Jesus Is My Joy

Ministries/Devotions

has presented me with a new blog award!  I woke this morning to find that she’d nominated me for the Top 10 Award!  Thank you so much Betty!  I encourage you to visit her blog and am sure you will be blessed by her writing and her heart for Jesus!

Most Influential Blog 2012 Award!

Thank you so much to Wendell A Brown for nominating me for the Most Influential Blog 2012 Award!  His blog, Forever Poetic, never fails to bless and inspire me and his comments on my blog, other blogs I read, and his own blog, always touch my heart and reflect Christ in the most encouraging way through Wendell’s Christian love!  I urge you to read this blog.  You will want to return often!

Most Influential Blog 2012 Award

There are no rules to follow to accept this award aside from the following:  within six months you must pass the honor on to the blogs that have influenced you the most, and are deserving to receive the award, which will label them as being one of the Most Influential Blogs of 2012 as well.  Clearly this award is all about the blessing and passing it on to others!  

My nominees are listed below in no particular order.  They have greatly influenced me and touched my life on a regular basis and I thank them and congratulate them for being among the Most Influential Blogs of 2012: 

http://crustybreadblog.com/2013/02/13/potato-chips-for-lent/

http://mychristiancoffeeshop.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/can-being-a-good-person-save-me/

http://ellenolinger.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/fields-and-trees/

http://writingsistersblog.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/14-great-love-quotes-from-writers/

http://mrbnd.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/you-would-have-asked/

http://seraphim6.me/2013/02/12/some-days/

http://patromine.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/angels-of-reconciliation/

http://hodgepodge4thesoul.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/ultimate-love-is/

http://iftodaywehear.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/under-his-shadow/

http://lscotthoughts.com/2013/02/12/a-choice/

http://gegebearbear.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/daily-prompt-whoa/

http://www.aroundeverycornerat.blogspot.com/

http://revelationsinwriting.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/knowledge-to-know/

http://mrbnd.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/give-me-a-drink/

http://keziahcarrie.com/2013/01/22/just-keep-breathing/

http://womenswindow.com/2013/02/10/5336/

http://girlwiththepen1118.wordpress.com/2013/02/13/the-current-of-knowing/

http://ptl2010.com/2013/02/13/turning-things-upside-down/

REALITY BLOG AWARD

 

Well, dear friends, as I said in my last post I am so sorry to have fallen behind on things and I humbly thank Deirdre Rouse Whitfield, priest, sister in Christ, and inspiration to me personally for blessing me with this award nomination.  If you have read her blog, you know why I said that about her and if you haven’t met her and appreciated her work yet, I encourage you to do so.  You will be blessed.

The Rules:

1. Display the award logo on your blog.
2. Link back to the person who nominated you.
3. Answer the Questions
4. Pass the award onto to any other bloggers you want — and link to one of their specific posts so that they get notified by ping back

My Answers to the Questions

• If you could change something what would you change?  

Unity among churches in the Christian faith

• If you could relive one day, when would it be?  

He uses all things to our good, so I need not look back

• What’s one thing that really scares you?  

Hurricanes

• What one dream have you not completed yet, and do you think you will be able to complete it?  

Having at least one book published, and yes I believe if it is His will it will happen

• If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be?

Nobody . . . it’s challenging enough to simply live authentically as the woman God made me to be.

The nominees are:

1. http://dogear6.com/2013/01/07/some-prompts-to-help/
2. http://christianresourceministry.com/2012/11/30/to-all-our-followers/
3. http://keziahcarrie.com/2012/03/14/a-message-in-the-mailbox/
4. https://mail.google.com/mail/#trash/13c512e74d1c2e87
5. http://ellenolinger.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/january-winds/
6. http://writingsistersblog.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/how-to-read-a-book/
7. http://virtuouswoman73.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/pathway-to-purpose-remember-lots-wife-if-you-do-dont-look-back/

God bless you all!

The Bases Are Loaded! Three Awards!

Okay, I know it is the wrong season for a baseball connection to a post, but it is my favorite sport and it suited me.  lol  Life in my world is busy, challenging, hope filled, and . . . well this girl who likes to be “early” for everything is having to learn patience and to forgive herself for falling behind.  I ask this same forgiveness of you and especially for gegebearbear who presented me with these three awards.  Like her, I shall combine this blessing collection into one post!  Thank you so much for such a delightful blessing!  If you are not acquainted with her blog, or I should say their blog, as she and her hubby are quite a team, I encourage you to visit it often.  It will not disappoint!

Blog of the Year:

 

The rules/requirements for this award are as follows:

1 Select the blog(s) you think deserve the ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award

2 Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen – there’s no minimum or maximum number of blogs required – and ‘present’ them with their award.

3 Please include a link back to this page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award – http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/our-awards/blog-of-the-year-2012-award/   and include these ‘rules’ in your post (please don’t alter the rules or the badges!)

4 Let the blog(s) you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the ‘rules’ with them

5 You can now also join our Facebook group – click ‘like’ on this page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award Facebook group and then you can share your blog with an even wider audience

6 As a winner of the award – please add a link back to the blog that presented you with the award – and then proudly display the award on your blog and sidebar … and start collecting stars…

Very Inspiring Blogger Award. 

Display the award logo on your blog

* Link back to the person who nominated you

* State seven things about yourself

* Nominate 15 other bloggers for this award and link to them

* Notify those bloggers of the nomination and the award’s requirements

Super Sweet Blogging Award!

I’m going to combine my requirements in stating  things about myself as she has done.

• Cookies or Cake? Cookie, of course, as y’all know from my recipe posts, of this guilty pleasure!

• Chocolate or Vanilla? A bit of each, I think, and so many more! Life is too short to limit the flavors!

• Favorite sweet treat? Apple cider

• When do you crave sweet things the most? In the evening, though that is not a healthy time for me to do so.  lol

• If you had a sweet nickname, what would it be? My late father DID give me such a nickname:  Muffin

• My relationship with the Lord is the most important thing in my life

• I am in the midst of writing a book of poetry, one of devotionals, and a children’s book and seeking publishers

• Quiet time with the Lord daily and listening to Him is life-giving – being quiet, not too easy though

Now for my nominations:

1. http://hodgepodge4thesoul.wordpress.com/
2. http://revelationsinwriting.wordpress.com/
3. http://loopyloo305.com/
4. http://jesusmyjoy.wordpress.com/
5. http://foreverpoetic.me/
6. http://lscotthoughts.com/
7. http://womenswindow.com/
8. http://patromine.wordpress.com/
9. http://mrbnd.wordpress.com/
10. http://burningfireshutinmybones.wordpress.com/
11. http://jennyelaine.wordpress.com/
12. http://promisebook.net/
13. http://seraphim6.me/
14. http://christianfantasyforwomen.com/
15. http://iftodaywehear.wordpress.com/

Wow, it is hard to limit my nominations.  I love you all and congratulate the nominees as well as my other sisters and brothers in Him whether I listed them here or not.  You bless me so much!

Blog of the Year 2012

My most grateful thanks to Wendell A Brown http://foreverpoetic.me/ for awarding me this Blog of the Year 2012 honor and blessing!  Coming from such an amazing poet and lover of Jesus makes this extra special to me.  If you have not had an opportunity to read his verse, I strongly encourage you to do so.  My apologies to him for a delay in making this post, but it’s been a bit busy in my world and quite honestly, I am still not completely finished coming up with my list of nominees, so this post will be edited to reflect more links for you to visit and be blessed by.  The nominees I post are not in any particular order of preference.

Here are some of my nominees:

http://livingtheseasons.com/

http://patromine.wordpress.com/

http://crustybreadblog.com/

http://caddoveil.com/

http://mrbnd.wordpress.com/

http://writingsistersblog.wordpress.com/

http://womenswindow.com/

http://revelationsinwriting.wordpress.com/

http://iftodaywehear.wordpress.com/

http://seraphim6.me/

There will be more!  Again, my heartfelt thanks to my brother in Christ Weldell A Brown for this honor!

Do you know a blog that deserves an award?

Do you have special blogs that you love to read?

Which blogs do you bookmark and follow?

Would you like to give them an award this year?

Then the ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award is for you!

The ‘rules’ for this award are simple:

1 Select the blog(s) you think deserve the ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award

2 Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen – there’s no minimum or maximum number of blogs required – and ‘present’ them with their award.

3 Please include a link back to this page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award–http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/our-awards/blog-of-the-year-2012-award/and include these ‘rules’ in your post (please don’t alter the rules or the badges!)

4 Let the blog(s) you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the ‘rules’ with them

5 You can now also join our Facebook group – click ‘like’ on this page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award Facebook group and then you can share your blog with an even wider audience

6 As a winner of the award – please add a link back to the blog that presented you with the award – and then proudly display the award on your blog and sidebar … and start collecting stars…

Yes – that’s right – there are stars to collect!

Unlike other awards which you can only add to your blog once – this award is different!

When you begin you will receive the ‘1 star’ award – and every time you are given the award by another blog – you can add another star!

There are a total of 6 stars to collect.

Which means that you can check out your favourite blogs – and even if they have already been given the award by someone else – you can still bestow it on them again and help them to reach the maximum 6 stars!

Blog of the Year 2012’ Award Badges

Here are the six badges for you to collect – you can either ‘swop’ your badge for the next one each time you are given the award – or even proudly display all six badges if you are lucky enough to be presented with the award six times!

     

Need to know more? Check out our FAQ page

My “REALITY Award”

Wow, a “Reality Award” for me?

What an honor.  I previously announced this but didn’t have an opportunity to complete the “acceptance” in the way I wanted to, so here goes.  First I’d like to once again thank “My Blog” and our dear friend “loopy” for this delightful gift.

As her own post about this indicated, there are no rules, but I’m going to follow suit to some degree with her own acceptance.  I may also, given the fact of no rules, honor some with a nomination who do not usually participate in the awards due to time constraints.  If that is your situation, simply snag a copy of the award and display it on your blog.  I may also give a few now and give some later . . . since there are no rules.  So difficult to pick just a few of you since I love you all!  There were some questions she was asked to answer and I will answer the same ones myself:

1. If you could change something what would you change?

Well, I have to admit that aside from a smaller waistline, it would probably be to have said “yes” to a personal relationship with Jesus much earlier in my life.

2. If you could repeat an age, what age would it be?

If I can’t go back being wiser than I was the first time around, I’d rather stay put, thanks just the same.

3. What one thing really scares you?

 My problem with my eyesight/fear of going blind.

4. What one dream have you not completed yet and do you think you will be able to complete it.

I dream of writing a book (several actually) and having it published by an established publishing house (as opposed to self-published) and I believe it will take place . . . if it is God’s will, He will lead me.

5. If you could be someone else for the day, who would you be?

Mary, mother of Jesus while she carried our precious Lord inside her in human form.  Wow, you know? 

 

Now, my nominees for today:

 

1. 1.     http://foreverpoetic.me/
2. 2.     http://caddoveil.com/
3. 3.     http://crustybreadblog.com/
4. 4.     http://trishasflyingmeatballs.wordpress.com/
5. 5.     http://jesusmyjoy.wordpress.com/
6. 6.     http://revelationsinwriting.wordpress.com/
7. 7.     http://hodgepodge4thesoul.wordpress.com/
8. 8.     http://iftodaywehear.wordpress.com/
9. 9.     http://mrbnd.wordpress.com/
10. 10. http://keziahcarrie.com/