lovely

i know there has been some controversy down in blogsville
about the concept of awards, but nevertheless,
because we are all trying to raise soldiers for Christ,
living and loving our faith, being the women who love truth that we are........
we are all lovely and so i am going to pass this lovliness around,
just the same way it was passed on to me by shelly who btw,
has a very lovely blog!
so, in honor of the march for life:
if you were a teen mom,
like i was, and you kept your baby, like i did,
or you did all the right things
and then you welcomed your babies into the middle of it all,
or for some reason, our LORD has given you the cross of not
being able to be a mama, but you're still faithful
well then i think YOU are ALL lovely,
so grab this award for you blog and leave me
a comment letting me know you did and why.
hope you all have a lovely day.
and i am sorry if i've used the word lovely too much.

ps. don't forget to pass the lovliness around!!!
pss. shelly, i hope i didn't break any rules. i just don't want to hurt any feelings.

the i gave octamom an award and it took her two years to post it award

now i don't do very well with praise. i greatly appreciate it, but it is never the reason that motivates me to do what i do. maybe it is partly because i never feel very worthy and partly because i feel like any good that i do, comes from God anyway therefore i don't really deserve the credit....

however, juli, was kind enough to bestow this award upon me and so here it is. it has taken me a few weeks to post it-not 2 years-for i tried a few times, but i just couldn't get the words out. and since this award involves serious chocolate eating, which i will be giving up doing so much of due to my newest resolution to start watching what i eat a little more-for spiritual and health related reasons-the addiciton to ghiradelli's peppermint bark candy has outstayed its' welcome-and so i thought now would be a good time to post this. (the night i received the award i did eat some rocky road icecream to celebrate and today i'll have a few chocolate chips-please don't judge me..........)

it is with great joy that i pass this award to the following ladies........there are so many wonderful, holy "moms to a multitude", but today i chose these:

~Kimberly at catholic family vignettes (she was my very first catholic blog, bella dia being my first blog ever-to read)

~Jessica at a shower of roses

~Barbara at praying for grace

and last, but certainly not least, a newly discovered gem:

Laura at our house of joyful noise

and so the rules(which i think have been changed by some choco-holic along the way) go like this:

-You must eat a piece of chocolate in honor of accepting the award

-You must eat another piece of chocolate when you put it on your blog

-You must visit Debi B. who designed the award for the original Octamom

-You may add or subtract to the rules as it suits your fancy!

so, with this final rule, i add the following rule: since us moms to a multitude are quite often busy, please do not feel pressured to post or pass this award on. if it gathers a bit of virtual dust, i completely understand. there are many meaningful things in my life which gather dust occasionally, but since i am no loger superwoman, it is ok with me!

p.s. please try and visit the ladies i have passed this prestigious award to.