#resound11 Prompt 16: Ordinary Extraordinary

Have you ever heard the expression "God is in the details?" Or, perhaps, "the devil is in the details?"

In college, I had an instructor who would circle the most minuscule omissions in red pen and write that phrase: God is in the details. Accidentally double space after a period when the rest have single spaces? Red pen. God is in the details. Barely noticeable typography goof-up? Red pen. God is in the details.

Annoying, right? Right, but insightful. At the time I was annoyed because I had five classes of nothing but writing and creating and the last thing on my mind was a tiny, forgotten detail. When you think about it though, it is the details that make up our lives: little, seemingly insignificant details, choices, and moments that make up our life, make up our story.

Sometimes the most ordinary, mundane things can turn into extraordinary moments. What was one of your most extraordinary ordinary moments this year?

Our story is in the details ... How will you resound?

My most extraordinary ordinary moment this year was going to a Weekend to Remember marriage conference with my DH. It was energizing and emotional but extraordinary.

Here is an email that I sent out after that weekend, it defiantly shows God in the details: 

Hello! and happy Monday to you. :) Hope your week has had a good start!
I just wanted to drop you a quick note of love and thanksgiving for your thoughts, prayers and encouragement over the weekend! David and I both had a wonderful time; we both felt comfortable, encouraged and we learned a lot to bring home into our marriage. We learned a lot of what we were doing right, and even what we could be doing better on. We both have a new commitment and sense of excitement in our marriage and future together.
Our time together was Spirit blessed for sure! Thank you for your prayers for us both, they were answered and felt by both of us. We can't share our thanks enough that each of you are in our lives, we are soooo entirely blessed to have friends and family like you!
We'd also like to encourage each of you to take the same step, invest in each other. It doesn't matter where your relationship is, good or bad, this time and training will be well worth it. The time together is amazing, and we'd love to share in it with you. Because we believe so strongly in The Weekend to Remember's power to strengthen, we've created a Group Code that you can use to get 50% your registration. We challenge you to take the next step- if we can do it... so can you! :)
Use this link to be directed to our personal Group Page, in order to join our group and take advantage of this special discount!!! http://www.familylife.com/groups/djEberhard

#resound11 Prompt 15: Discovery

Today's prompt is brought to you by Krissie from Questions for Dessert and @krissieb.

We learn new things every day. Processes change at work. We meet new people. We cook new recipes. We are constantly learning and growing.

But sometimes we learn something that qualifies as a discovery. A piece of new information - a feeling, a song, a place, an event, a book, a random fact - can sometimes change our view on the world and our place in it. Discovery can bring on positive change, but sometimes discovery is hard. Sometimes it causes conflict. But after a discovery, something about you just isn't quite the same.

What discovery did you make in 2011? What kind of impact did it have on how you view the world today?

How will you resound?

A discovery for 2011...that if you have no plan nothing happens. That I want a strong and Godly marriage, that DH wants the same thing. THAT I love my ipad. :)

#resound11 Prompt 14: Home is ...

When did you feel most at home this year: in your life, in your space, in your career, in your skin? What factors make that situation feel like home? Do certain comforts make your space feel like home? Does being with certain people make you feel complete? Is there an activity in which you excel that makes you feel like you're doing what you were meant to do?

This is your life. Where do you live? Where is home?

How will you resound?

I felt most at home... at my home. I feel like DH (dear husband) and I are finally getting the house to be ours. I've been comfortable at work, but not in my skin. Another year where I have failed in health class. :( I am at home at my desk at work, it's a place where a lot of things get done, so I like being here. The desk in my home office, maybe not so much. It gets cluttered and forgotten easily. I also feel at home on the couch next to DH watching movies. A simple yet, comforting part of the week that I enjoy and look forward to. An activity...cleaning the house, when it's done and I have time and I make the time, I actually enjoy it, although it can be very hard to consistently find the time. I also know that I am supposed to be an encouragement to others, to help them find what they are looking for.

#resound11 Prompt 13: Best Gift

Today's prompt is brought to you by Krissie from Questions for Dessert and@krissieb.

The holiday season is typically a time we focus on others, sometimes at the expense of ourselves. I can get so caught up in the expectations of the season that I have a hard time remembering to enjoy the peace and wonder of the season. I can forget to take time to care for myself. So lets look back on how we cared for ourselves. Maybe we'll inspire each other to take a few minutes for ourselves today.

What was the best gift you gave yourself this year? Did you buy big, fluffy towels? Did you have a massage on a day when you really needed it? Did you forgive someone and give yourself the freedom from that grudge?

How will you resound?

Best gift I gave myself... a new bathroom. Not that it's done yet, but it's quite the gift (and headache) of remodeling. Other than that, I guess I won't really know. I enjoyed going along on a birthday adventure with my friend JG, to a Russian Spa! Nice!
I haven't recently had to purchase towels as that is what I've been asking for at Christmas for the last couple years. I don't remember my last massage and I am trying to live grudge free. That is a gift! :)

Resound 12

Take today to talk about 12 things you would like to accomplish in 2012. These 12 things can be 12 resolutions, 12 changes in your life, 12 wines you'd like to drink, 12 cities you'd like to visit, or 12 monthly goals. The decision is yours. Good luck and have fun!


How will you resound?


Wow that's a wild list to make.... I like it but wow, I might need some time to think about it to get it complete.
1 - run a 5k
2 - lose weight to be a healthy stance and size
3 - baby?
4 - get one term ahead with wgu classes
5 - control spending
6 - de-clutter house on schedule
7 - pay off bathroom that we are refinishing now
8 - raise $100 for Light the Night
9 - make date nights with friends
10 - clean out closets
11 - blog weekly on schedule
12 - keep on top of yard work

Any Beginning Starts With the End

It feels like recently I've had a lot of new beginnings in my life.

I'm officially a college student again. It feels good to be back in school, to have a new start - and a new future. One with a degree, which makes me happy, and the student loans that go with it, which makes me not so happy.

This new beginning can only start with the end of other parts of life.
Beginning to plan out study time ... ends with unplanned days with no schedule.
Beginning to complete classes ... ends with random house chores.
Beginning to thinking in dreams ... not in goals.

I remember so clearly...

I remember the day so clearly, when David and I found out that Joe went to the hospital for a couple of scans. Scans? Scans for what we thought!? We had just hung out with Joe and Sue a few days before that and the didn't mention anything. Biopsy? Biopsy for what?!

I remember so clearly Joe's laughter and smiles, even after he began the chemo treatments. We were hanging out regularly on the weekend days that he felt good. He made us feel like nothing much had changed, I think we made him feel that way too.

I remember so clearly Joe's words in his care page emails - the floods of responses that he would get. He was trying to be honest with all of us, and give US the encouraging words and hope.

I remember so clearly going to dinner with Joe & Sue, watching movies and feeling like nothing in the world would change the four of us.

I remember so clearly celebrating the word remision!! The life that had been in "pasue" could begin again. And the defeat that rang through my heart, with the words "it's back."

I remember so clearly our special trip to Mexico. Planning the trip with Joe, hoping that Sue and David would be fine with our decisions, and the realizing that they didn't have a choice in the matter. :) Talking on the beach, a deep sea fishing trip & the best chicken mole of my life along with a chocolate fountain dessert!

I remember the words that spoke of the end. Wanting to scream, cry and kick.

I remember so clearly not knowing what to say, what to do or how to help. I remember wanting to help, but not be in the way. I remember not saying enough, not doing enough and not feeling enough.

I remember so clearly telling Joe that I loved him for the last time, and getting a very sleepy "I love you too" in response.

I remember so clearly the pain that made me numb. The phone call. The deva ju of the week before losing David's Grandpa Ted.

I remember so clearly knowing that my heart was not the only one hurting, not the one hurt the deepst. Emotions feeling like slivers rocking through our worlds.

I remember Joe., so clearly. I miss Joe so much.

I remember that's why I walk. I walk so that I remember.

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You Have Cancer...

It's cancer. You have cancer.....

What if you were to hear those words.... what next?

What if your family was to hear those words..... how long?

In fact, I am sure most of you have already been in one of either of these positions.

In just a couple of days, I will be walking in memory of one of my favorite people that had to deal with just those words.

I know it's important to know where your money goes when you donate it to such special causes, so here is a breakout for what our donations do for Light the Night.

Funds raised by teams and individual walkers provide:

• • • Lifesaving blood cancer research
• • • Free educational materials and events for patients and their families
• • • Local programs such as Family Support Groups and First Connection, a peer-to-peer counseling program
• • • Comprehensive, personalized assistance through our Information Resource Center

Light The Night Walk events are evenings filled with inspiration. During this leisurely walk, walkers carry illuminated balloons - white for survivors, red for supporters and gold in memory of loved ones lost to cancer - thousands of walkers - men, women and children - form a community of caring, bringing light to the dark world of cancer.

I think the biggest and best information to hear is this:

• • A donation of $25 provides patients and their loved ones with FREE booklets that contain up-to-date information on their disease and help them make informed decisions about their treatment options.

This touches my heart so much, that our donations - help people who have just heard those fightening words, " You have cancer..." and gives them back the power and the hope, by getting them FREE information to help them decide "what's next"?

Click here help me in my fundraising efforts today, not really for me - but for the people that have had blood cancers, the people the do have blood cancers, and most importantly the people that will have blood cancers......

Jennifer

Do you think it's wrong to display two cross bars that cross together in a cross form, from one of the 9-11 twin towers, at Ground Zero?

I think not, I think it's a beautiful display of HOPE- same as the first-responders felt when they saw it standing there during the tragic clean up from the hate that was expressed on 911. But of course, there is a group saying that a cross doesn't belong at Ground Zero. It amazes me what simple things people fight against. They say that the Christian symbol does not belong at Ground Zero. And yes, myself being a Christian, there aren't many places that I wouldn't like to see the beauty of a cross displayed - shoe stores, Target, King Soopers, or dog parks- bring it on, I don't care. :) And yet for me this cross isn't a symbol of Christianity, it's greater than that. To me this cross stands as a symbol of LOVE, HOPE and HONOR. A symbol that many of us can look at (pictures attached) and know exactly where it's from, because these such pictures are burned into our memories of Sept 11th, 2001 and the many tense days that followed. 

A symbol that allows us to remember the LOVE that everyone involved in all events that day showed from walking into obviously falling buildings, to caring for people in the streets, feeding and caring for tired and overworked emergency responders in many US locations, sharing a hug with a nervous co-worker as you watch the event unfold on the television, and the love that many many of those families will never feel again because their family members lost their lives in the many tragedies of the day. LOVE.

A symbol that allows us to feel the HOPE that this fateful day is not the end. Hope that we will carry on as a country. That a new generation knows what it feels like to be attacked on our home soil and the hope that we can now understand and strive to share with other countries as well. The hope of rebuilding. The hope of tomorrow being better for our children, not darker. HOPE.

A symbol of HONOR the lives lost, to the work that was done, and the work that continues. Honor for our country, as we stood together for one cause. Honor for those that continue to give their lives of blood, sweat and tears to careers of service. Honor for those families who have to go on living without their loved ones. HONOR.

But beyond that - this beautiful building crossbar cross, the history, the emotion it carries - belongs there at Ground Zero. That's where it's from, that's where it belongs!! Let 9-11 be remembered for the people that showed love, hope and honor, and not the fighting that took place ten years later as we bickered on how they should be remembered. 

Read and click the link below if you would like your American voice - not specific to Christian or any other religion, nor man or woman, not white skin, black skin, pink skin, orange skin, brown skin, green skin or tan skin, nor republican or democrat, not conservative or liberal - nothing - just your proud and loud American voice to be heard, that this cross should be allowed to stay at Ground Zero. 

If you disagree with me...great! Email me, call me and lets talk about it, least of all delete this email - but please there is no reason to delete me in your email/phone or send back any hateful "I'll never be your friend again" kind of message. That's the fun of the United States' First Amendment to the Constitution, we both get to have opinions and co-exist at the same time. 

And to those of you, that I haven't seen for a while - HI! I've missed you. :) 

Proud to be an American (maybe not of my government) but of the PEOPLE who have long ago and just today gave their lives, who are still giving their lives to service and even to those who will still someday give their lives to this great nation- so that I can live free, have my strong opinions (on anything) and still be heard. :) 

Jennifer Eberhard

1 Corinthians 13:4

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Jar of Hearts

Another sluggish heart pick me up...  Jar of Hearts by Christina Perri

Who do you think you are? Justified? Really? Leaving scars.....

I know I can't take one more step towards you 
Cause all that's waiting is regret 
And don't you know I'm not your ghost anymore? 
You lost the love 
I loved the most 

And I learned to live, half-alive 
And now you want me one more time 

Who do you think you are? 
Runnin' round leaving scars 
Collecting your jar of hearts 
And tearing love apart 
You're gonna catch a cold 
From the ice inside your soul 
So don't come back for me 
Who do you think you are? 

I hear you're asking all around 
If I am anywhere to be found 
But I have grown too strong 
To ever fall back in your arms 

And I learned to live, half-alive 
And now you want me one more time 

Who do you think you are? 
Runnin round leaving scars 
Collecting your jar of hearts 
And tearing love apart 
You're gonna catch a cold 
From the ice inside your soul 
So don't come back for me 
Who do you think you are? 
Dear, it took so long just to feel alright 
Remember how to put back the light in my eyes 
I wish I had missed the first time that we kissed 
Cause you broke all your promises 
And now you're back 
You don't get to get me back 

Who do you think you are? 
Runnin' round leaving scars 
Collecting your jar of hearts 
And tearing love apart 
You're gonna catch a cold 
From the ice inside your soul 
So don't come back for me 
Don't come back at all 

And who do you think you are? 
Runnin round leaving scars 
Collecting your jar of hearts 
And tearing love apart 
You're gonna catch a cold 
From the ice inside your soul 
Don't come back for me 
Don't come back at all 

Who do you think you are? 
Who do you think you are? 
Who do you think you are?

The Wreck of Myself...

Found a new song today...I like it. I feel it. It makes me wanna cry at work. :( 

I feel like within a couple simple questions, everything can turn into a wreck.

I know that within a couple awful minutes, everything is a wreck... I feel like giving up.

Wreck of the Day by Anna Nalick

Driving away from the wreck of the day
And the light's always red in the rear-view
Desperately close to a coffin of hope
I'd cheat destiny just to be near you
If this is giving up, then I'm giving up
If this is giving up, then I'm giving up, giving up
On love, On love

Driving away from the wreck of the day
And I'm thinking 'bout calling on Jesus
'Cause love doesn't hurt so I know I'm not falling in love
I'm just falling to pieces

And if this is giving up then I'm giving up
If this is giving up then I'm giving up, giving up
On love, On love

And maybe I'm not up for being a victim of love
When all my resistance will never be distance enough

Driving away from the wreck of the day
And it's finally quiet in my head
Driving alone, finally on my way home to the comfort of my bed
And if this is giving up, then I'm giving up
If this is giving up, then I'm giving up, giving up
On love, On love 

What Goes Around... Comes Around

Yes it does..... doesn't it. What's coming back around to you? me? Love this whole video: Justin, song, Scarlett, theme- everything....

I don't believe you about much....

I don’t mind it
I don’t mind at all
It’s like you’re the swing set
And I’m the kid that falls
It’s like the way we fight
The times I’ve cried
We come to blows
And every night
The passion’s there
So it’s got to be right
Right?

No I don’t believe you
When you say don’t come around here no more
I won’t remind you
You said we wouldn’t be apart
No I don’t believe you
When you say you don’t need me anymore
So don’t pretend to
Not love me at all

I don’t mind it
I still don’t mind at all
It’s like one of those bad dreams
When you can’t wake up
It’s like you’ve given up
You’ve had enough
But I want more
No I won't stop
Because I just know
You’ll come around
Right?

No I don’t believe you
When you say don’t come around here no more
I won’t remind you
You said we wouldn’t be apart
No I don’t believe you
When you say you don’t need me anymore
So don’t pretend to
Not love me at all

Just don’t stand there and watch me fall
Because I, because I still don’t mind at all

It’s like the way we fight
The times I’ve cried
We come to blows
And every night
The passions there
So it’s got to be right,
Right?

No I don’t believe you
When you say don’t come around here no more
I won’t remind you
You said we wouldn’t be apart
No I don’t believe you
When you say you don’t need me anymore
So don’t pretend to
Not love me at all

I don’t believe you

http://www.elyricsworld.com/i_don't_believe_you_lyrics_pink.html

I'm Fine.

It's hard to share everything that you've been through, it's hard to believe that anyone cares to know. So how am I? I'm fine. Nothing more, nothing less - what do you expect from me the truth?

It's hard to think through all of it every day, it's hard to wonder what would have been. So how am I? I'm fine. No smile today, just getting through; I'm not frowning either, so back off of me. What do you expect the truth?

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It's hard after you've been lied to, kicked down, beaten and abused. Your heart is in little pieces and your life feels so empty. It's hard to know that anyone cares. So how am I? I'm fine. I'm still getting up and living, even though my heart is in shreds because of you.

It's hard knowing there was life and now there is none. It's hard knowing what was there, is now gone.
So how am I? So how am I? You haven't even asked. But I'm fine.

Today's Song

I'm really feeling this song today - it speaks to me on so many different levels of life. It speaks about me on so many different levels.

I don't know if I can yell any louder

How many times have I kicked you outta here?
Or said something insulting? da da da da-da
I can be so mean when I wanna be; I am capable of really anything; I can cut you into pieces

When my heart is....broken

Da da da-da da
Please don't leave me; Please don't leave me; I always say how I don't need you
But it's always gonna come right back to this; Please, don't leave me

How did I become so obnoxious?
What is it with you that makes me act like this?
I've never been this nasty
Can't you tell that this is all just a contest?
The one that wins will be the one that hits the hardest
But baby I don't mean it
I mean it, I promise

Da da da-da da
Please don't leave me
Da da da-da da
Please don't leave me
Da da da-da da
I always say how I don't need you
But it's always gonna come right back to this
Please, don't leave me

I forgot to say out loud how beautiful you really are to me
I can't be without, you're my perfect little punching bag
And I need you, I'm sorry.

Da da da da, da da da da
da da da da-da da

Please, please don't leave me
Baby please don't leave me
No, don't leave me
Please don't leave me no no no

You say I don't need you but it's always gonna come right back,
It's gonna come right back to this.
Please, don't leave me.
No.
No, don't leave me

Please don't leave me, oh no no no.
I always say how I don't need you
But it's always gonna come right back to this

Please don't leave me
Please don't leave me

[Please Don't Leave Me Lyrics On http://www.elyricsworld.com/ ]