Sincerely,
Lisa M. Johnson
(Administration asked that I not include the students in the video since it is posted on a public website. You can hear their beautiful voices, though!)
Finding humor, beauty, and grace amongst the trials of motherhood, while always remembering to dance in the kitchen!
"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be, and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming."
~Johanne Wofgang Von Goethe, German poet, playwright, novelist, and natural philosopher 1749-1832
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A.B. Simpson said: “God is preparing His heroes. And when the opportunity comes He can fit them into their place in a moment. And the world will wonder where they came from.”
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I don't want to get to the end of my life
and find that I just lived the length of it.
I want to have lived the width of it
as well.
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Speaking of Abraham...
"He didn't tiptoe around God's promise asking cautiously skeptical questions. He plunged into the promise and came up strong, ready for God, sure that God would make good on what he had said. "
Nose plugs... Check.
Goggles... Check
Wet suit... Check.
Flippers... Check.
I'm gonna plunge into God's promises!
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So, my little Brynn... The youngest of the family... The one my 17 year-old son predicts will be a Navy Seal because she's the toughest one of them all... Just won a Family SURVIVOR Contest at the County Fair!
And her big brother, Jack? He won a Hawaiian lei for being the only one who knew how to Hula dance. I have no idea where he learned how to do that.
Still laughing...
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My daughter just graduated from Army Basic Training at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO.
My son just passed all of his tests and is officially enlisted in the Air Force.
"PROUD" is a word that doesn't even come close to the emotion that is flooding my heart.
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Dear Readers,
You have probably thought I was lost, or possibly that I had abandoned ship. No, I am here, and I am well. Actually, you can blame my absence on the Dare Chair. I plopped myself down in it, took on some dares, and have been so busy LIVING, that I've had to let some things go. Writing has been one of those things.
Summer break is peeking it's beautiful face around the corner. I am so excited to see a glimpse of it! You see, I am a teacher, therefore, I get to enjoy summer vacation just like the kids. Well, not quite THAT footloose and fancy free, but I do get a bit of breathing in the sunshine time and living in flip flops! I promise that I will fill you in on the dares, challenges, accomplishments, and sometimes painful moments I've experienced. My hope is that my stories will inspire you to turn the television off, get off the couch, and fill your lives with LIFE. The days are passing by quickly, my friends. Grab on and enjoy the ride!
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You used to be much more... "muchier."
You've lost your muchness.
~Mad Hatter, Alice in Wonderland
Have the stresses of life caused you to lose your muchness? I know... You didn't realize you lost it, did you? As life took over, your muchness leaked out little by little. Mine, too.
Let's get our muchness back. Let's be "muchier" again. Let's laugh much, dream much, love much, believe much, dance much, enjoy much, praise much, wonder much, live much.
Thank you, Mad Hatter, for helping us realize we lost our muchness. Consider it, found.
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