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Monday Motivation

Posted by html404 on February 28, 2011
in Family Stuff, Monday Motivation

Ok, how did you all do in the blog hop last week? I did terrible. I have to start a new routine for this and stick with it before I start gardening.

Speaking of gardening, I attended the MOSES conference over the weekend and shared a ride with a fellow classmate of our Stateline Farm Beginnings course with whom I am going to be working with this upcoming growing season. It was great to get to know her (Mrs. A.) better. During our CSA (Consumer Supported Agriculture) course this past winter, which Mrs. A. was also a fellow classmate, we talked and came to an agreement to work together this year so that I (my family too) could gain more production/growing/market experience. This transpired due to my husband and I not getting our business plan in on time (remember all those weeks of me saying I was working on it? well I didn’t get it done :-() and the CSA planning course left me feeling like we were not quite ready to offer our own CSA this year.

Anyhoo…this week I thought I would start the week with a thankful list because I came home from the MOSES conference rather thankful after we slid off the road due to it being a sheet of ice and having a relaxing time with our two older girls and baby. Then today I was discontent over a clogged toilet and messes. Soo I am thankful for…

1. For the Kind people who stopped on Saturday night to push us out of the ditch when we were stuck.
2. Indoor plumbing (even when it malfunctions ;-o ).
3. A roof over our heads.
4. Our health.
5. The Lord Jesus Christ who is ever patient and sticks with me even when I don’t stick with Him.

What are you thankful for this week?

Monday Motivation:

~ To get ahead in blog posts.
~ To visit the blogs of our readers/commenters.
~ To do something fun with the children.
~ To try and get up earlier in preparation for spring – it’s so hard though!
~ To go to bed at the same time for at least three nights this week. (HA!)

How about you what are your motivators?

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Movie Review Monday- Letters To God

Posted by Bobbie Gould on August 30, 2010
in Movie Review Monday, Movies

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Letters To God

We recently watched Letters To God via Netflix as we had a free one month trial. And we thought that this was a really great movie. This movie is about a young boy with cancer, and how he decides to write letters to God. And how is his family learns to deal with the pain of watching their son, grandson, and brother have cancer. This movie was very moving and you will need a box of tissues. The movie was funny in parts as well as sad in other parts. I highly recommend this movie for familys and children of all ages.

Here is the synopsis:

Tyler Doherty is an extraordinary eight-year-old boy. Surrounded by a loving family and community, and armed with the courage of his faith, he faces his daily battle against cancer with bravery and grace. To Tyler, God is a friend, a teacher and the ultimate pen pal—Tyler’s prayers take the form of letters, which he composes and mails on a daily basis.

The letters find their way into the hands of Brady McDaniels, a beleaguered postman standing at a crossroads in his life. At first, he is confused and conflicted over what to do with the letters. Overtime he begins to form a friendship with the entire Doherty family. Moved by Tyler’s courage, Brady realizes what he must do with the letters, a surprise decision that will transform his heart and uplift his newfound friends and community –in an exhilarating act of testament to the contagious effect of one boy’s unwavering faith against the odds.

Inspired by a true story, Letters to God is an intimate, moving and often funny story about the galvanizing effect one child’s belief can have on his family, friends and community.

You may watch the trailer below: