Last night watching LifeClass on OWN, I met Iyanla VanZant. She is an inspirational speaker who I felt was speaking to me. She talked about pain (Pay Attention Inward Now) and how people are masking the everyday pain we go through to make it normal. And in order to fix the pain, one must feel the pain, deal with the pain, and work to heal the pain.

After watching the episode I googled Iyanla and she has written over 8 books and I am obsessed with good quotes. I came across this one and I decided to share it.

"Challenges come so we can grow and be prepared for things we are not equipped to handle now. When we face our challenges with faith, prepared to learn, willing to make changes, and if necessary, to let go, we are demanding our power be turned on."

How awesome is this? I look forward to her show on the OWN network this summer.

spring training

We drove to Phoenix Thursday evening and stayed with our friends in Goodyear. We met Jake and Tay at the Spring Training game in Surprise. It was cool to see the players but in a more relaxed way. The fans were still
Loud and proud and the prices of the beer did not change...
The weather was amazing. Sunny everyday with some breeze. Kyler
Got the typical desert runny nose and has been fighting a cold for two days.
Jake didn't have to play or suit up the last day so we were able to go eat at paradise bakery and then we went bowling. It was a great visit and we are glad we got
To see everyone in Arizona.

On our way home we got the news that Matt doesn't have to go on det next weekend and that is even better news.

Uncle Jake showed us around the Texas Rangers field.


Keegan and Steph drove up from Tucson and went to a game with us!


Dinner night at the Sigovich's.


We stopped at Cabela's.


Bowling on the Last day. Lol




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something to think about...

This was written by a Metro Denver Hospice Physician:

I was driving home from a meeting this evening about 5, stuck in traffic on Colorado Blvd. , and the car started to choke and splutter and die - I barely managed to coast into a gas station, glad only that I would not be blocking traffic and would have a somewhat warm spot to wait for the tow truck. It wouldn't even turnover.

Before I could make the call, I saw a woman walking out of the quickie mart building, and it looked like she slipped on some ice and fell into a gas pump, so I got out to see if she was okay. When I got there, it looked more like she had been overcome by sobs than that she had fallen; she was a young woman who looked really haggard with dark circles under her eyes. She dropped something as I helped her up, and I picked it up to give it to her... It was a nickel.

At that moment, everything came into focus for me: the crying woman, the ancient Suburban crammed full of stuff with 3 kids in the back (1 in a car seat), and the gas pump reading $4.95. I asked her if she was okay and if she needed help, and she just kept saying 'I don't want my kids to see me crying! ,' so we stood on the other side of the pump from her car. She said she was driving to California and that things were very hard for her right now. So I asked, 'And you were praying?' That made her back away from me a little, but I assured her I was not a crazy person and said, 'He heard you, and He sent me.'

I took out my card and swiped it through the card reader on the pump so she could fill up her car completely, and while it was fueling, walked to the next door McDonald's and bought 2 big bags of food, some gift certificates for more, and a big cup of coffee. She gave the food to the kids in the car, who attacked it like wolves, and we stood by the pump eating fries and talking a little.

She told me her name, and that she lived in Kansas City. Her boyfriend left 2 months ago and she had not been able to make ends meet. She knew she wouldn't have money to pay rent Jan. 1, and finally, in desperation, had called her parents, with whom she had not spoken in about 5 years. They lived in California and said she could come live with them and try to get on her feet there. So she packed up everything she owned in the car. She told the kids they were going to California for Christmas, but not that they were going to live there.

I gave her my gloves, a little hug and said a quick prayer with her for safety on the road. As I was walking over to my car, she said, 'So, are you like an angel or something?' This definitely made me cry. I said, 'Sweetie, at this time of year angels are really busy, so sometimes God uses regular people.'

It was so incredible to be a part of someone else's miracle. And of course, you guessed it, when I got in my car it started right away and got me home with no problem. I'll put it in the shop tomorrow to check, but I suspect the mechanic won't find anything wrong.

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Sometimes the angels fly close enough to you that you can hear the flutter of their wings...

Psalms 55:22 ' Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee. He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.'