tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52996381498692785542024-03-12T20:29:24.582-04:00Route 30-The Scenic Route"No matter where you go, there you are."Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299638149869278554.post-33349957703385345722011-08-20T15:14:00.000-04:002011-08-20T15:14:48.718-04:00You are not your pain...Hi There. This is about to be the most personal thing I've ever shared in public since I started writing this blog, so I'll admit I'm a little scared. But I feel like I'm not alone here, and maybe I can help somebody else.
Two years and 4 months ago I suffered a miscarriage. The tragedy for me though wasn't just the loss of the child, but I lost a great deal of trustAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299638149869278554.post-86334732536003516022011-08-06T21:20:00.006-04:002011-08-06T21:33:58.616-04:00Say what's on your mind?"Before you speak, ask yourself: Is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve the silence? " - Sai Baba
Wow! I think that quote just revolutionized my whole life!
As only a child (and many people who have not known me my whole life may not believe this) I am an introvert by nature. It is actually natural for me to stay in my cozy shell where I know I am Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299638149869278554.post-72848927716818127332011-05-05T20:51:00.000-04:002011-05-05T20:51:34.492-04:00If you loved me...well, you wouldn't change a thingRunning alone gives you a lot of time to think. You can experience the full spectrum of human emotion if you give yourself space to actually FEEL. One of the emotions we probably spend the most time trying to figure out, justify, analyze, is love. And most often the thoughts are concentrated on how we are getting love, how we can get more love and why what we already have is notAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299638149869278554.post-40085281536009711152010-12-16T19:43:00.000-05:002010-12-16T19:43:35.527-05:00Let Go...Think of your unhappiest moments. Think about your discomfort, your anxiety and even anger. When I think on those moments I realize that they have one thing in common; the person or thing that was making me unhappy was someone/something I had no control over. I wanted to will a different outcome than what I got and it made me miserable. I felt that somehow wanting meant I Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299638149869278554.post-66562940909221021972010-10-09T16:27:00.000-04:002010-10-09T16:27:09.353-04:00In LoveI am missing
My hand in the palm of another
I am missing
Fingers running through my hair
I am missing
Wanting and longing stares
I am missing
Sweet nothings traced on my back
I am missing
Warm air at the nape of my neck
I am missing
Anticipation and day dreams
And long talks about nothing and everything
I am missing
Falling hopelessly, desperately,
With no rhyme or reason
In LoveAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299638149869278554.post-88542336409125986262010-07-02T08:13:00.000-04:002010-07-02T08:13:52.074-04:00Where is My Burning BushWhere is my burning bush
Where is my writing on the wall
Where is my knight in shining armor
I've been foresaken of them all.
Where is my road less traveled
Where does my treasure lay
Where is my talent buried
I cannot find it anywhere
There is no booming voice from Heaven
There is no book being written
There is no staff
To part the way
I have but one refuge
I have but one gift to give
My Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299638149869278554.post-78187149219700264402010-05-02T16:05:00.001-04:002010-05-02T16:08:32.982-04:00But who are you?"Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye', when all the time there is a plank in your own eye. You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." Matthew 7:3-5 NIV
Today Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299638149869278554.post-23319502313183801632010-04-01T22:48:00.001-04:002010-04-01T22:49:24.048-04:00Created in Love"No, in all things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8: 37-39 (NIV)Well, Paul pretty much covered itAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299638149869278554.post-26009312029015435142010-03-14T18:26:00.002-04:002010-03-14T18:31:42.950-04:00“All the single ladies…”
Here's something I should probably do more often, especially considering the premise of this blog, but I would like to give a special dedication to all the single ladies out there.
At the ripe old age of 30, I'm beginning to wonder when my journey in singledom will be over. Not so much because I decided I was ready for it to be over, but because co-workers I barely know ask me why I'm not Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299638149869278554.post-14395813572764922052010-03-08T06:02:00.003-05:002010-03-08T06:26:22.451-05:00I am what I am
Have you ever noticed that some of the most famous, most valuable works of art are not perfect? Actually the imperfections seem to add to their overall worth. We praise the Venus de Milo as one of the most famous Greek pieces of arts in history and the chick is missing arms!
Imagine yourself on display every day. People come into your life and at first you seem beautiful and they praise the Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299638149869278554.post-71428337181973198602010-01-31T19:38:00.003-05:002010-01-31T19:49:53.236-05:00Diamonds and Clay
In March of 2005, Ashley Smith was living an otherwise uneventful life. She had no idea as she walked up to her apartment that she was going to encounter the man that would change her forever. Brian Nichols was a man on the run and with good reason. He had just viciously killed a superior court judge, wounded a deputy and killed a court clerk. He appeared to most watching, including myself, a Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299638149869278554.post-20188252069530645482009-11-27T22:24:00.006-05:002009-11-28T09:04:25.730-05:00The Key to Success is believing YOU have the key
What if a tree was to decide one day that it didn't have what it took to be a tree, or that it changed its mind and only wanted to be a seedling for the rest of its existence; what would you think of that? Well, you would think that was ludicrous being that trees don't reason and if they could reason, why would they deduce that they should be anything other than trees? It sounds crazy that Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299638149869278554.post-91160464982523192862009-11-16T20:03:00.005-05:002009-11-28T09:17:02.414-05:00Summed up in this one rule....The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Romans 13:8-10
"Summed up in this one rule..." It sounds so simple, but if it were the history of the world, and most of our individual lives, would be much different.
Today I went to visit Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299638149869278554.post-55824195128161689392009-11-12T21:01:00.006-05:002009-11-28T08:57:44.971-05:00"It doesn't hurt you any to be good to other people"
My Granny said this to me tonight while I tried to help her get ready for bed. She said, "I just want you to know I appreciate you and I want you to know that it doesn't hurt you any to be good to other people....the Lord loves for you to be good to others."
She then presented me with a hypothetical situation. She said "suppose I ask you to go find my dentures. You might thinkAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299638149869278554.post-19654889943346537532009-11-07T09:04:00.000-05:002009-11-07T09:04:20.157-05:00Living in ColorThey say most people dream in black and white, I think a lot of people live in black and white also. What does it really mean to live/dream in color? It means reading in between the lines of what people say. It means seeing the silver lining in every situation. It means recognizing the many dimensions of everyone you come in contact with and respecting and loving them for Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299638149869278554.post-25946004957893870922009-11-03T09:45:00.002-05:002009-11-28T08:53:39.309-05:00When it rains....it floodsIt's amazing how the seasonal events in nature mirror our own lives.
Spring: the beautiful time of rebirth. The world is brand new, the air is crisp and clean, everything is brighter, somehow stronger. Birds sing louder, they seem happier. Ducks and geese have returned to their favorite spring destination, and wade happily in shallow waters. It's a Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299638149869278554.post-84162274026318547082009-08-24T18:11:00.000-04:002009-08-24T18:34:16.896-04:00What was I afraid of?Hello There, living, breathing beings of the universe. It has been a minute hasn't it? Over a year ago I set-up this account, threw my thoughts out there and then never looked back again to see if anyone threw back. I am flattered to see in that year at least one person felt I had a legitimate gripe.So, I read my thoughts and realized that although a lot has happened, not a whole lot has changed,Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299638149869278554.post-38977527901828938302008-03-05T12:11:00.001-05:002009-11-28T09:03:40.421-05:00I changed my mind, I want a cheeseburger
Monday morning at 6:45 a.m. my alarm goes off. I fumble around aimlessly because I fear opening my eyes will rob me forever of the beautiful black mute world in my eyelids. My hand finds it's way to the alarm and I turn it off and quickly halt any brain activity of my upcoming day so I can reclaim that place in my brain that only works when I'm sleeping. I briefly drift off and dream of being...Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01559914075682021726noreply@blogger.com1