Twelve Days Of Love Letters; Dear Elizabeth

I was happy to join in with Kellie and write a letter to Elizabeth.  This is an excerpt from my letter as well as one from Kellie’s post should you be interested in getting involved in this campaign.  There are more people out there who need to see a little love, especially during this time of year.  Although Kellie’s particular commitment ends today, you can sign up to write one for another day/person.  Be a blessing to someone this Christmas season, it only costs you a stamp and a bit of your time

Dear Elizabeth,

Oh my dear young woman, right now you are suffering a pain of enormous magnitude and only you can understand what that is.  I am so very, heartily sorry for your sorrow.  This time of the year is the worst for a loss of any kind, whether a divorce, break-up of a friendship, death or whatever. 

When everyone around you is full of joy, singing Christmas songs, wrapping presents, decorating and all you want to do is hit something or someone!  Seems you are crying all the time, or sleeping to get away from crying, but that doesn’t work ’cause when you wake up it starts all over again.  All you can do is keep asking yourself why, what you did wrong, if you weren’t good enough, etc.

A broken heart seems, at first, that it will be impossible to heal.  I could write a lot of platitudes, famous quotes, or Scripture verses that would all be applicable, helpful, comforting and totally ignored by you because, at this moment,  you just don’t want to hear it.  The pain is too great to pacified in such a manner as that.  Those things will help later, after the rawness isn’t so fresh.

Sound like I know what I’m talking about?…

I wrote you a poem:

ELIZABETH”S SONG

My God, my God
there’s so much pain
how could he do this to me?

My God, my God
Your silent refrain
echoes through my ears endlessly

My God, dear God
if there You remain
tomorrow I may not see

For God, oh God
my heart can’t sustain
the sorrow that’s killing me

Oh God, oh God
I’ll make it plain
I need Your sweet serenity!

Teresa Marie   12/7/11

This is an excerpt from Kellie’s blog post :

Elizabeth is in her early 20’s and got married a couple of years back. Without warning, her husband recently decided to leave her.

Her close friend wrote, “Elizabeth was strong for a long while but has been shutting out all those who have been supporting her, loving her and trying to point her in the direction of God. Elizabeth is a highly creative individual who is multi-faceted and full of potential. She has been through the ringer and is resisting her true life’s calling.”

Hannah Brencher over at The World Needs More Love Letters, asked me if I would  join her in the 12 Day’s of Love Letter Writing campaign which has been featured in Oprah Winfrey’s blog as well as The Wall Street Journal. Of course, I was thrilled and happily accepted.

What is the 12 Days of Love Letter Writing?

We are creating 12 Love Letter Bundles for 12 individuals (all requested secretly by someone in their life that cares about them) across a 12-day span. From December 5-17, we will highlight an individual in need of some extra encouragement in the form of handwritten notes and encourage people to script a letter and send it to our PO Box to be bundled up and mailed off the person.

Shortly after agreeing to be a part of this beautiful effort, Hannah sent me my request letter. A caring friend of Elizabeth’s is concerned and hopes to guide her toward healing by seeking God, friends, family and her creative passions rather than continuing to push people away, as we sometimes do in times of heartache. My heart went out to Elizabeth as I read her story. Having suffered almost every possible loss you can imagine, I was eager to try to connect with her on a personal level; assuring her that “I am just a girl who has had my heart ripped out of my chest and trampled on…more than once.” I also included the following quote in my letter to Elizabeth:

“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.” -Buddha……

12 Day’s of Love Letters; Dear Elizabeth

Posted by Kellie Elmore in Letters

Here is Becca’s Letter to Elizabeth: http://beccagivens.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/dear-elizabeth/

My Wednesday Thoughts – Some Update Tidbits

If God is on your side, who can stand against you, right?

We went to court last week for an emergency custody hearing on Sara (details at a later date – still under my gag order).  The judge, in all fairness, ruled that Sara needed to be placed in a neutral home until our January final hearing.

So she is now staying with her sister, my eldest daughter.  We will take our small victories as God sees fit to give them.  She is happy enough with that outcome and seems to be getting along fine.  Beings that it is only for a month, we can all celebrate the fact that she is safe and with people who love her and not in a foster home for Christmas.

And I, thank You Lord, am beginning to feel much better now.  Not back to my norm quite but getting much closer.  I wanted to thank everyone for the prayers and get well wishes, I truly do SO appreciate them!!

Thanks again and God bless,
Terri

Another Laugh For Your Day – Too Cute To Resist!

Sneezy was a bear cub
I’ll bet you didn’t know

When he got a sneezing
on and on he’d go

And he’d sneeze so hard
that from his seat

That it did literally
knock him off his feet!

Teresa Marie  12/7/11

 

Quacking Through The Rain

I was outside today
standing underneath my umbrella

And saw the cutest sight
well just let me tell ya’

I crossed a mama duck
there quacking through the rain

And in tow behind her
was a little duckling train

A row of miniature versions
giving out their mini quacks

As all through the air
my laughter peals and cracks

Wish I’d had a camera
for a picture of that mother

But in my mind’s eye
I’ve already snapped the shutter!

Teresa Marie  12/7/11

 

 http://bluebellbooks.blogspot.com/2011/12/short-story-slam-week-16.html

 

 

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Sharing a Story With You – Inspiring, Comforting And Truly A Blessing

I hope that I am doing this right, but I wanted to share a story with you that a reader shared with me.  It brought tears to my eyes and peace to my heart.

You all know my love of angels and God, if you feel the same read this story – I promise you won’t regret the few minutes it takes.

 

THE ANGELS DANCED

http://womenofspiritandlight.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/angels-on-high/

 

Rainbow Angel

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 Did I see an angel
sitting in a rainbow?

This got me thinking
and wanting to know

How many you suppose
does a rainbow contain?

Just how long there
does an angel remain?

In each and every
different shade and hue

Is there an angel
looking down on you?

  From God’s holy covenant
whence the rainbow came

A Divinely made promise
in His Most Holy Name

So why wouldn’t angels
travel through a rainbow?

Think next time I see one
I’ll search for their glow!

Teresa Marie  12/7/11

Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda

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I coulda, shoulda, woulda
 something we’ve all said

But don’t be the one
saying it ’til they’re dead

I coulda, shoulda, woulda
is easy to say

When we allow regrets
to sweep us away

I coulda, shoulda, woulda
people do often groan

But those are thoughts
to be left alone

I coulda, shoulda, woulda
is about the past

And if living there
remorse is wide and vast

When coulda, shoulda, woulda
goes through your head

Get rid of it
before you are dead

Take it to the Lord
lay it at His feet

Don’t go to your grave
broken down in defeat!

Teresa Marie  12/7/11

Just A Little Child

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I’m just a little child
why doesn’t anybody see

That almost every day
I go to bed hungry?

While I live here in
the land of the free

Seems that nobody cares
one bit about me

I think that I am
though you may not agree

More important than those animals
on TV that you see

When so many here in
the land of milk and honey

Donate to their welfare
huge amounts of money

I just have to wonder
“And what about me?”

Guess nobody really cares
that I go to bed hungry

Yet I know that Jesus
my stomach pain does see

For He is the One
Who truly does love me!

Teresa Marie  12/7/11

 

 

A Drink – Wednesday’s Limerick

Little Bobby grabbed the hose
while spraying his clean clothes
just taking yourself a drink
isn’t as easy as you think
when the water goes up your nose!

 

Wednesday Morning Animal Laughs

The lion was out walking
and a snake did see
thought it might be a snack
but the snake didn’t agree

 

 

Doggie fell asleep
in the wrong place
and got woke up
with water in his face!

 

 

There was an armadillo
who loved to play football
when you throw one out
onto it he will fall!