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uld get this far i never even prayed those kinds of prayers it was a dream i never thought would happen so i didn t even ask for it i smiled you don t dream big enough apparently you ve forgotten how big god is he smiled back what about you do you dream big enough do you realize just how big your god is if you re thoughts are filled with lots of not me i can t it s too hard it will never happen kinds of thoughts then you have most definitely forgotten today is the day take out a piece of paper and start writing down your dreams it s about time you see with your own eyes just what it is god might have in store for you posted by joanne blessed at 9 37 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday december 6 2012 lonely at christmas moving to tennessee has had it s ups and downs the upside kind people incredible fall colors considerate drivers teenagers who say ma am and hold open doors a deeply rooted civil war history a community that loves our us military the downside the unfamiliar everywhere i go everyone i meet everything i see is unfamiliar it s frustrating when i don t know the short cut when a passing train holds our car hostage or which grocery store has the best deals or which neighborhoods have the prettiest christmas lights me and jesus have had lots of quality time here it s been so sweet but i admit i m lonely for some face to face friend time relationships are my specialty my batteries are recharged after visits to tiny little coffee shops and long conversations with friends sadly coffee shops are not a tennessee specialty and i m grieving my sweet caffe santoro s and peet s frothy mugs of heaven still i know god is up to something my little light of hope is flickering but not out i refuse to let loneliness win today i m heading out this morning to sit in a live taping at lifeway priscilla shirer is teaching and i can t wait if you happen to be there too i ll be the gal in the cute black boots talking to perfect strangers and yapping about anything and everything get behind me loneliness me and god have a date in nashville today posted by joanne blessed at 5 54 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday october 2 2012 bella rustica shabby vintage love if you can t tell by the adorable country chair in my header or my pinterest boards i love vintage things words like old broken down chipped and worn out become refurnished shabby chic and cottage worthy in my eyes maybe it s because i look at something tired and broken down and want to know who owned it and what s the story behind it i don t know maybe i think too much since our move here to tennessee i ve discovered lots of little treasures one of them was bella rustica an annual vintage barn sale about thirty miles from my home it was incredible enough of my jibber jabbering let s just let my pictures do the talking barn sale is right we stepped inside and the hay covered the floor each of the stalls was a room set aside for a vintage vendor fall decorations were everywhere these jack o lanterns were painted glass jars i wanted them all i loved the ornate frames with the chicken wire and colorful material perfect for hanging earrings or necklaces but there s some things i know i can make on my own candlesticks look great in groupings like this wow my parents put a basket like this on my bicycle when i was a kid apparently they didn t care about my cool factor this pillow was adorable scroll down for a better peek give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world almost makes me want to jump rope again almost i just had to get a pair of these candlesticks mine have french words scrolled alongside them some had musical notes adorable i have one out right now on my fireplace in our family room flower box on a car makes sense to me vintage junky the reason i was there love her blog michelle lives in my area yay this gal is gifted wish my phone camera was better her booth was packed with shabby chic awesomeness and lots of customers i bought two vintage windows from her see below can t wait to show you what i do with them the best part of this whole bella rustica morning telling my kids let s go back and check out all the booths one more time posted by joanne blessed at 7 15 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday july 2 2012 nashville update well we ve survived the hottest temps in nashville history impressive for us weather pampered californians huh what s even more impressive we re surviving in a 400 square foot hotel room all five of us making lots of family memories that s for sure the kids are enjoying the hotel pool and being able to watch more tv than we ve ever let them before just hearing icarly s voice sets my teeth on edge we had our first sunday church service in franklin yesterday one of their large churches when a police officer is handling traffic control in and out of the church parking lot that s usually a sign they re pretty big nice people but we re not much for light shows and mist machines i know some people love that sort of thing i try to enjoy those extras at broadway shows so next sunday we ll try again paul and i took a nice drive into leiper s fork after dinner at puckett s grocery store and restaurant the drive was beautiful lots of green hills and lazy creeks meandering through what you d expect a country drive to be it smelled delicious outside like warm cut grass and a light scent of flowers this here is a picture of two special greeters along our travels our waitress chelsea oren at puckett s last night is from our neck of the woods an adorable country gal who served us our delecious pulled pork sliders and fantastic sweet potatoe fries she s a cutie pie who is working hard at country music and song writing make sure to click on the link and like her facebook page she was a doll great talent too and if you re interested the blackberry cobbler there was to die for seriously it was slap your mama good i m starting to really get the hang of this country life paul likes to tell everyone that i dropped my first ya ll yesterday afternoon while talking with a gentleman from these parts oh boy i swore i d never compromise the king s english if you feel like reading more i ve included a little devotional ditty about faith over on my website last but not least my adorable daughter meghan has her very own blog now make sure to stop by her place and become one of her newest followers she s a pretty incredible writer i m biased but honest i can t tell you how much it does this mama s heart good to know my little girl is doing well on the west coast i miss her alot seeing pictures she s posted from our home ties my stomach in knots can t wait until we find a home to live in and she s out for a visit must be something in a mother s dna that wants her baby s all in one little nest in honor of my daughter s music monday s i ve included a song that has held paul and i up and encouraged us this week posted by joanne blessed at 1 48 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday june 16 2012 brilliant moments where are you moving nashville do you have family there no is there a job that s moving you there no actually my husband can t even practice law there this is usually where i envision my kids and i living in a van down by the river for months my conversations have gone like this with a shake of their head and usually much laughter many say wow you re going on an adventure good for you which i take to mean good for you you crazy fools we picked up our oldest from the airport last night she s home for the weekend to help us pack and to cheer her brother on at the county fair this morning his pig kevin bacon will be auctioned off in a few hours so why are we moving my husband would tell you it s for economical reasons he knows too much about the fiscal future here if you read a local paper or two you ll discover my beautiful home state of california is drowning in a sea of legislative failure just like my great grandmother one hundred years before me got on a boat and left her precious loved ones in yugoslavia i too want to adventure to a land where my children can have a better chance at getting through college in four years for less than 120 000 00 and where my sons will learn saying yes ma am and no sir is common i won t over spiritualize our decision the longer i m a christian the more i know he expects me to walk by faith not by sight yet i believe god has put this on our hearts given us his word to hang on to and asked like he asks each one of us to lay down our lives for him tough to do when you just remodeled your kitchen oswald chambers said we are not made for brilliant moments but we have to walk in them in ordinary ways i want those brilliant moments i crave those mountain top morsels will my grandchildren talk about their california born and bred granny moving 2300 miles away from everyone she loves for better opportunities for them brilliant moments come when you ignore fear refuse comfort and trudge through the ordinary today i ll ignore the fears of not knowing what s in store for us i ll continue to wrap my life in bubble wrap and newspaper and pray for his peace dear jesus help me to show my children adventures aren t to be feared keep my eyes off of all that i have here i m ready lord send me posted by joanne blessed at 6 58 am 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday june 15 2012 six twinkies in a ding dong world apparently i won t need this in nashville in 9 days we re moving our family thinks we re crazy some of our friends think we ve lost our mind after two years of wondering thinking researching and praying about it we re taking a leap of faith stuffing everything in a trailer and moving south to tennessee for now i will keep my blog public but in the next couple months i may go private so make sure to follow along on my sidebar or through my rss feed why so exclusive i want to be able to share more intimately with all of my family and friends blog friends too what moving 2300 miles away with no job no family and no home to meet us there looks like care to join us for the adventure of our lives oh sweet blog friends i ve missed you so posted by joanne blessed at 2 05 pm 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday april 28 2012 are you a writer what are you waiting for walking towards me i sized up the assistant manager skinny jeans lip ring black circular tattoos nicely framing his elbows hi i m barrett he reached his hand out you need some help nice to meet you i m joanne kraft i live in the area and have a parenting book coming out in a few weeks just too busy taking your family on a radical sabbatical i want to make sure the border s in my hometown has copies on hand before my book launch party i smiled handing him one of the 1 000 colorful marketing postcards my publishing house sent me walking over to a computer barrett found my book and confirmed that they already knew about it and even shared where it was going to be placed in their store general parenting section right over there sticking out his arm he pointed he went on to explain how they were willing to accommodate a local writer book signings book placement in the store etc while hip bookstore guy was mid sentence i had this pressing feeling to ask him a question are you a writer i asked looking surprised he answered yes actually i am we went on to talk about favorite authors his was john irving he shared the type of writing he loved and his manuscript left undone and forgotten a tombstone somewhere on his mac at home representing his dead work so what are you waiting for i asked what do you mean he replied barrett you work here around millions of books and sell other writer s work some of which i d venture to guess you re not all that impressed with it must be like living out some twilight zone writer hell he laughed yeah actually it is difficult i m shocked at what sells sometimes he reminisced i have thought about taking out my manuscript and working on it again maybe while my daughter is asleep but then i think that maybe i need to go back to college and get an accelerated writing degree and forgetting my manners i interrupted look at me i smiled recapturing his attention i have diagnosed you re problem you suffer from analysis paralysis looking down and focusing on some unseen object he agreed yes i think you re right what am i waiting for for the next few minutes we laughed and talked the way writers do the love of the written word a deep common bond to share so what about you what are you waiting for do you suffer from analysis paralysis do you over analyze every writer blog fiction technique and social marketing plan stop watching everyone else and take the plunge what is holding you back from your next publishing step is your greatest fear a magazine article query letter or book proposal every writer has experienced the anxiety of all of the above so what makes them so special why are they published answer they follow through what tombstones of your work are lying forgotten on your hard drive between your resume and your child s book report on president lincoln give them new life dust them off and send them out posted by joanne blessed at 3 24 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels analysis paralysis becoming a writer procrastination sunday december 18 2011 grow up church if you don t feel like listening to a bit of frustrated ranting and raving move along you ve been warned for those of you who like a bit of sass with your morning coffee put your feet up and stay awhile while visiting a church recently i about fell out of my chair the pastor was getting ready to teach when he told the congregation i m not going to put any of you on the spot if you haven t brought your bible this morning was he kidding i had barely noticed anyone carrying bibles and this was the encouragement from the pulpit attempting to befriend every person in the audience this pastor went on to explain i believe pastors shame their congregation when they ask them to raise their hands for a bible before a sunday teaching i was floored shame us what shame is there in raising your hand for a bible in church if we were taking a math class we d bring our math books would a math teacher be shaming his student by loaning him a math book before a lesson my girlfriend leads a woman s bible study and shared with me how the majority of the women don t bring their bibles to study with them and how she is going to have to address this at their next gathering really ministry leaders listen up what we draw them with we draw them to stop trying to please people in your pews with shiny lights silly whistles and pretty bells and start pleasing god 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