Christmas pointsettia

First I want to say Happy birthday

to my grandson, Austin, who is

15 today.  And whose grandma is

late on his card because Yahoo did

not remind her...I knew it was this

month, but thought it was at the

end of the month.  None of my rotten

kids would let me name their babies,

but I suggested Austin's name and

his mom liked it, so I kind of feel like

I named him.

Isn't this just beautiful?!  I know I've said

it before, this metallic thread is very 

hard to work with but it makes a striking

card.  I'm thinking maybe I should have

put 4 gems in the center to make it look 

round, but it looks OK this way, too.

A rainy day today and last night as well.

I'm loving it.  It could be snow!  You

won't get any complaints out of me

for chilly damp days.  I'd rather have

warm stormy days, but we can't always

get what we want.

My pastor has a blog that I recently 

found out about and today he was talking

about coincidences.  When something comes

into your mind and you just know it's

God nudging you to do something.  I call

that a "God thing".  You look up and say,

"I just know that was you, God!"  So here

is one:  I was thinking of a cousin the

other day that is far younger than me and

whom I have had little contact with throughout

my life.  I haven't even talked to her (nor the

rest of the family) in years.  She has had

a lot of problems in her life.  She has had

all of her children (I heard 7 but can't

verify that) taken away from her, one at 

least, immediately after birth.  She's had

a rough life.  So, for some reason she popped

into my head about a month ago.  Yesterday

my sister called and said one of our

other cousins was contacted on Ancestry.com

from a young woman who believes she

is a cousin and is looking for her birth

mother.  We believe her to be one of the

children taken away, but my sister hasn't

gotten all the information yet from this

other cousin.  Since her mom (If this is

her mother) is from Jackson, it's possible

that she is still in the area and I could be

in contact with her.  Last we knew, 

her mother is in MO.  Even if things don't

work out between her and her mother, 

we want her to know that she has a family

that loves her and can provide her with

pictures of her grandmother, great

grandparents, stories, etc.  So please be

praying that if this is her daughter, we

would be able to make her feel like she

has an extended family who loves her

and if not that she is able to reunite with

whoever her birth mother is.  Thanks.

Have a great Thursday!