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World Ballet Day 2021

  • September 28, 2021 5:19 pm

https://www.facebook.com/WorldBalletDay2021Visit rehearsals and classes from all over! Always fun!http://www.worldballetday.com

Retinopathy Perspective, Diabetes Anniversary

  • August 27, 2019 1:16 pm

August 2019:  It’s my 49’th anniversary of my diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. I’m currently facing some challenges with retinopathy. Having had two hemorrhages since November, and two injections and some laser…well, nothing much has improved. I’ve recently won two art classes and these I hope to make use of, vision or not! Retinopathy is not fun to deal with, and in my case does not ever resolve quickly. When the laser failed this time around, I was sent for Avastin injections. Those have not worked well either. I can’t really drive and I have numerous things I need to be out doing.

My 49’th Anniversary? Wow! A lot has changed since my diagnosis in 1970. No more urine testing, injections (I use an Omni Pod insulin delivery system), and much more technology. If you are dealing with diabetes and its complications, feel free to leave a comment. And blessings to all of you!

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It’s World Ballet Day 2018

  • October 1, 2018 10:33 pm

Stop by to see classes and rehearsals from some of the world’s finest. (Note: this year’s presentation was nearly impossible to follow.  Each link provided on the Facebook event page was confusing as you had to translate each event into time zones etc. Some of us saw very little. Hoping for an improvement in 2019).

World Ballet Day 2018.

World Ballet Day 2017

  • October 4, 2017 11:25 pm

Yes, I know I remind you every year of this event and this year I am late with the post.

As a former ballet student and teacher, I love this glimpse into major dance companies. It so reminds me of my days in class.

Visit the link for more…….

#WorldBalletDay

October 4, World Ballet Day

  • October 2, 2016 9:35 pm

It’s a theme of this blog, and it’s a reminder of my past. Ballet. Tuesday October 4, is World Ballet Day.  If you have ever been a dancer, or just love dance, this event is one not to be missed.

Dancing.  It has always been one of the most colorful, beautiful things in the world to me. And though I can’t quite participate like I used to, I just love watching these classes from some of the world’s best companies and I’m dancing right along with them.

Psalm 149:3-4 (NKJV)
3  Let them praise His name with the dance; Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp. 

 

World Ballet Day

  • September 30, 2015 10:48 pm

Hard to believe a year has passed since the last event, but here we are again! Enjoy live rehearsals and classes from some of the world’s leading ballet companies.  It will make you long to dance again, if you have ever danced before.  If nothing else, it will give you a real taste of the ballet world. World Ballet Day!

 

Psalm 119:77 (MSG)
77 Now comfort me so I can live, really live; your revelation is the tune I dance to.

Really? Are You Questioning God’s Direction?

  • October 17, 2014 8:40 pm

Really?

Look around, and listen. The latest expression, which may be getting old already, is really.

Everyone is using the word, from celebrities, to newscasters, to friends and family. Really, is the new buzzword. Online definitions state that really means you are surprised by something someone has said. However, for our purposes, let’s go back to the slang term that everyone is tossing about. Essentially the word means, “are you kidding me?” “You have to be kidding!” “Are you serious?”

And such is the expression I myself used when I felt God telling me to start writing again. As a teenager, I had taken journalism courses and creative writing courses in school. My father’s uncle was the creator of a small publication based on gold mining in the Wild West. Though I was not thrilled with the subject matter, his work inspired me to pursue writing. He shared insight on tools and resources, and he gave me inspiration. The inspiration paid off. In high school, I won a state sponsored creative writing award. Really.

I don’t know why I ever continued to be attracted to writing. Ballet and crafts were the things I cared about. Perhaps I tucked this into my back pocket for a day when ballet was no longer physically possible for me. For such a time as this. The craft addiction is still there, but the writing interest has returned after being set aside.

As I start focusing on writing again, I have been reflecting on writing as a gift from God. It’s something He has been asking me to do, and this is just one part of a journey of obedience. It has taken me a year or better, just to get this blog off the ground. Really. I did not want to let Him down, but I did not want to be unauthentic either. As a small business owner, I spend far too much time on mindless paperwork, and too little on following after Him. I seek to use His gifts so much more than I currently do. I don’t want this to be a meaningless, mindless blog. I hope to move from my frustration with mindless living, to a purposeful place where a simple, faith based life of creativity thrives. I hope you join me in this journey.

I’m wondering what God has asked you to do, that makes you say “really?” He may be asking you to buy a meal for a disadvantaged family. Really. He may be asking you to speak to someone in the grocery store, someone who needs to hear what He has to offer. Really. Anytime we are asked to do something out of our comfort zone, really becomes the key word. It can be an excuse, or a jumping off point to get moving and start sharing, caring, and helping. Try changing your tone from the slang really (“you have to be kidding God!”). Change it to, “really?” Joyfully accept what He is asking you to do.

So next time you feel God asking you to do something, share something, follow a certain path, even if you find yourself saying “really?” know that He never asks us to do what He does not equip us to do. Jump in, with a preliminary prayer for wisdom. Keep seeking Him along the path as you journey into the actual doing of the thing. It may be a very short-lived task He is asking of you, or it may be a very long journey. After all, I pretty much shelved my writing after junior high and high school, and here I am forty years later. I’m feeling the slang really, but prayerfully, thoughtfully crossing to the other side of the word. If it truly is His direction for me, soon I will be saying “yes, really!” with a definite conclusion and confident determination.

Help me Lord, to seek the path You have for me.  To glorify You through the use of the gifts You have given me, every day.

 

It’s World Ballet Day

  • September 30, 2014 9:11 pm

 

Classes from all over??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????, bringing back lots of memories of days gone by.  Simply beautiful.

Simple Living?

  • August 22, 2014 4:06 am

1 Thessalonians 4:11 (NLT)
11 Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands, just as we instructed you before.

This verse has always captured what I am trying to do with my life and in my family. Unfortunately, it isn’t as easy as it looks. I’m hoping to use this blog to zero in on these qualities. Now, I am plugged in to social media, Facebook and Twitter with my various technological tools. I’ll probably even subject my writing to spell checks, and grammar programs.  If I must.  Maybe that’s all the polar opposite of what I’m trying to say. Maybe not.

I want to delve into crafts of all sorts. I want to read and study. Not just the Bible, but literature. I want to lead a quiet life with the husband God has blessed me with, my four adorable critter children and my praying, Godly Mom. I don’t want a bucket list. I want a God-centered Word driven daily to-do list.

I’ve just ordered a book that I think may help along those lines. Lysa TerKeurst’s The Best Yes. #TheBestYes. I’m trying quite hard to say no, not necessarily to people, but to demands that waste my life and time. I don’t necessarily see those things in people, I see them in time wasting endless mounds of paperwork. I see them in taking business calls after hours when it’s time to shut the office door. That’s the plight of the self-employed. I see distraction from the best path, coming in the form of anything that takes a focus off God and puts it on man. He is the ultimate goal of our adoration, time, money and resources. He is that perfect yes. He is the one the prowling lion seeks to keep us from.

1 Peter 5:8 (NLT) 8 Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.

Is this simple living? Is it possible? Again,  I don’t like the bucket list idea. I prefer that  “live a quiet life, mind your business, and work with your hands” stuff. Put your home and family under His care. Love the ones He has surrounded you with. Even the furry children. Dance in His simple plan for your life and walk in faith.

If any of this resonates with you, feel free to share.  Is it even possible to live a life like this? It does seem that my efforts are thwarted at every turn.  How about you?

 

 

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Your Revelation is the Tune I Dance To

  • July 27, 2014 11:21 pm

lightstock2Psalm 119:77 (MSG)
77 Now comfort me so I can live, really live; your revelation is the tune I dance to. 

 

Feeling a little tattered lately?

Unravelling?

World in turmoil?

It’s all about joining the dance of simplified living, with a walk of faith. His Word is the foundation. Stay tuned for the journey…….Laura Lynn, dancer, author, blogger, believerdreamstime_s_5373580[1]

Psalm 19:7 (NASB77)
7 The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. 

Psalm 119:130 (NASB)

130 The unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.

Psalm 30:11 (NLT)
11 You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing.