thread for middle age to older Christian women.

bandwoman1234

Happy Father's Day to all the men in you life dear sisters.

Angie, good to hear from you. You have been on my mind and heart for a while. I hope you are doing well.

I am an avid gardener and have been temporarily sidelined from that for a while so I can get only a glimpse of what you that are no longer able to engage in it must feel like. I am sorry that some of you are not feeling well today. I posted this banner for those especially and of course we all need to hear these words of truth as well.

Mags, I loved your story about your garden and your father. How precious to still have some of those letters. Love your pic with the butterfly.

Lita, I think somehow you are making lemonade out of lemons. I love your pic with the fire pit.

Chris, praying you feel better.

I am really disappointed that I was not up to going to church today as my insomnia has been hanging around. On a positive note Cammie used her litter box today and I can't tell you how thrilled I was with that.

Have a wonderful day everyone and praying that those who are not feeling very well now will feel better as the day enfolds.

Love you all,

Nancy

auroaya200882

Nancy, thank you for the banner the verse is encouraging and the flowers are pretty.

Aurora

zjrosenthal

My great granddaughter Valentina and I at our Father's Day family dinner.

Teka

Valentina is a cutie pie! )

Teka

Nancy,

Cammie is a handful.

I hope you're feeling greatly improved when seeing the surgeon on Wednesday. )

bandwoman1234

Thanks Aurora. I hope you are doing well this round of chemo.

Jean, what a great pic. I just can't believe how Valentina is growing up so fast.

Thank you Teka. Yes, Cammie has been a handful since day one but I fell in love with her from the beginning when many people would have given her up. I remind her of that fact every so often. LOL

She has such a great personality and is so smart. There is someone in our neighborhood that is addicted to fireworks and he starts about a month before the 4th and will go into Oct if he still has supplies. I many times wonder if this is what sets her off. We not talking just little firecracker sounds but ones that sound like bombs going off in my backyard.

My incision is still very red so I will be anxious to see what the doctor thinks on Wed. So far I am tolerating the AB which is a real answer to prayer.

Have a great day dear sisters. I have posted this banner before but some are worth repeating.

Love,

Nancy

Ade

Valentina is SO pretty! Thanks for posting.

Love the banners ~*~ saving them to repost & forward. )

Started on Tomoxafen 2 days ago - so far so good & it is FAR cheaper! Getting off the Exemestane has done WONDERS for my sleep - and that helps everything! Nancy - is insomnia a se of your Arimidex???

GOOOO Cammie! * * * * * (IN YOUR BOX!)

Happy for you who can & are making a way to garden! I have a squishy bug/worm phobia so though I love the produce & flowers I fear the crawlies.

Hugs & blessings to you all!

Ade

Ade

We need rain so badly - but the dust makes some nice sunsets!

bandwoman1234

Ade, I think anything that blocks estrogen from doing it's normal function in our bodies is going to cause insomnia just as that is a problem for women going through menopause. The difference there is that our AI's block the adrenal glands from producing estrogen so I am deducting that those of us on those drugs have less estrogen that women going through menopause minus bc . But...........what do I know........I am a musician and a budding photographer. LOL

Lita, I have three containers with begonias. I will have to take some pics of those and post for you.

Today I am using Ade's beautiful picture for this verse. I would be really talented if I could write this verse on HER picture. LOL

Have a good day dear ladies. We have had storms for quite a few days but could use the rain.

Love,

Nancy

Psalm 19[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

IntoLight

Ladies, a very good Christian friend of mine was dxd with tumors on her esophagus a year ago, the same week I was dxd with bc. She has gone through a year of difficult chemo but it has not worked. Yesterday they discovered during surgery that her tumors also involved her heart and aorta. She is in ICU today. Please pray for Pat and her family during this time. Survivor grief is real and difficult, but I have faith in a loving God that He will hold and comfort her and her precious family. I post this asking for special prayers.

Thanks. Chris

bandwoman1234

Father, we lift up Chris's good friend, Pat who is in ICU. We pray that you and your presence will be felt in that hospital room and in the waiting room especially in the hearts of Pat, her family and her friends. Lord, we do not understand your ways and we don't understand the suffering that happens on this earth but we know you have a divine plan for each one of us. I pray that if this is Pat's last days on this earth that you would comfort her in her pain and suffering and I pray that you would be right there where she can see you helping her to transition from this life to the next unless you choose to heal her instantly of this disease. I pray for Chris who is grieving for her good friend. You know our grief is hard but I pray that Chris can feel you walking her through this difficult time. I pray for her as well and I am still believing with her in her healing. I pray in Jesus name. Amen.

auroaya200882

Amen. Chris as soon as I read the post I prayed for every one affected. Nancys prayer speaks from the heart and I second her.

Aurora

IntoLight

Thank you Nancy and Aurora. Your words mean a lot to me today. This is too tough a journey to travel alone.

Faith-840

Chris, I am also saying amen to Nancy's beautiful prayer for your friend, her family and for you also. I recently lost a very dear friend to cancer and know a little of the pain in your heart. May our Dear Lord be with all of you.

Nancy, I pray your surgery site is healing well and the pain is better.

Jean, your great granddaughter is precious. What a great picture.

Ade, love your beautiful sunset pictures but I'd like to give you a little bit of our rain as it's making our mold counts go way up and doing a number on my allergies and sinuses.

Hugs and prayers for everyone,

Faith (in the future).

bandwoman1234

IntoLight

Thank you everyone for your prayers for Pat. She has been moved from ICU to a regular room but no further news.

bandwoman1234

God does not ask us to muster up this strength on our own. He is not asking us to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps. He gives us His strength through the Holy Spirit to come and lift us when our own strength has failed. Sometimes just whispering Jesus I need you now is all we need to do if that is all we have to give.

His Word is full of promises.... His strength is made perfect in our weakness. He will never leave or forsake us. He is our strong tower and mighty fortress. We can rest in the shadow of His wings.

Some of you may be hanging on now and this banner and these words are for you.

Love,

Nancy

IntoLight

Thank you Pat, I needed this. I am still praying for the healing for your wound. Getting a Zometa infusion this morning...

Faith-840

This is a prayer that I say everyday and I think it's good for everything when it's really hard to pray sometimes. Just ask Jesus to help

"Jesus help me, your servant whom you have redeemed by your Precious Blood.

In every need let me come to you with humble trust saying Jesus help me

In all my doubts, perplexities and temptations Jesus help me

In hours of loneliness, weariness and trial Jesus help me

In the failure of my plans and hopes Jesus help me

In disappointments, troubles and sorrows Jesus help me

When I throw myself on your tender love as a Father and a Saviour Jesus help me

When I feel impatient and my cross is heavy Jesus help me

When I am ill, and my head and hands cannot do their work Jesus help me

Always, always, in joys or sorrows, in falls and short-comings Jesus help me and never forsake me. Amen."

Have a good night everyone.

Love and prayers,

Faith (in the future)

Lita57

Thanks...great prayer!

bandwoman1234

Great words of wisdom from the banner Joanne posted and from Faith's prayer.

Thank you Chris. My incision started profusely bleeding yesterday so I have to be back on another antibiotic and now back on bandages where my neighbor has to come over to do that for me. I am sure God is trying to teach me many lessons in this whole ordeal. I am glad Pat made it to a regular hospital room. I am sure the family is worn out and I imagine she is wondering what God is doing in her life now. Continued prayers for Pat and her family and for you.

I have been praying against situations that can steal my joy such as people cutting you off in traffic or tailgating when someone thinks when you go the speed limit you are going too slow. I am sure we could come up with hundreds of these types of situations .

Today did not get started at all the way I had hoped so I was already annoyed at the day passing and not getting things done as I had planned. I did finally make it to the grocery store and I have to ask for help loading cases of water in my cart and then out to my car because of the incision. As this guy was helping me out and walking through the parking lot I asked him how long he had worked at the store. He said it was his first day on the job. He was in high school and a nice young man. When he lifted one of the cases into my car he flipped the rotisserie chicken in a plastic bag upside down and it came out of the bag and spilled the juice everywhere............on his pants, on my car and inside my trunk. The crazy thing is he was totally oblivious to what had just happened. I am sure he had this juice all over his pants. God was giving me another opportunity to not have my joy stolen but to see the comedy in the whole scene. When i got home there was chicken broth on the other bags, on my door knob and it was just a total mess. I said this is not going to steal my joy. This guy will learn alot from these things as we all do when we are leaning new things. I am now thinking of the whole scene and laughing about it now.

I start on a new antibiotic tomorrow and praying I will tolerate this one. I am not sure why my surgeon changed the one I was one but he did.

Have a good evening dear sisters.

Love

Nancy

IntoLight

Jo and Faith, I love your banners and words of encouragement.

Nancy, I retired from 20 years as a grocery clerk/night manager before I went into education, and can laugh with your experience. I would love to read about first day experiences for bag handlers...I hope you had enough energy to replace the chicken! I am fortunate that I can usually take my daughter with me shopping every week but of course we have a 2-year-old in tow. She provides her own antics!

I had a Zometa infusion yesterday and am going to brave the Del Mar Fair today. So far this morning my aches are minimal and I will be sure and have Imodium on hand, so I am hoping all will be well. Thanks for your prayers. They are supposed to let Pat go home today although her DH won't let anyone call. Don't know what that is about...but I am thankful for her progress and your prayers.

I read the daily blessing from Susie Larson every morning. Her words encourage me. Here is the link for today... https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#inbox/15cd433a4f1ee8d7 It ends with "Walk blessed today, because you are you!"

Blessings and prayers,

Chris

auroaya200882

Nancy praying that your wound closes up nicely and avoid any kind of infection, in Jesus name Amen.

Aurora

Lita57

Praying that you get a break, Nancy. This has been dragging on for weeks.

Ade

Beautiful prayer Faith! Thank you!

Appreciate the encouraging words Nancy and we all pray for complete swift healing for your incision. Glad you didn't take out your frustration on the kid - at least he was trying to keep a job. I think these are little character tests for us. I had a customer chew me out lately for something that was entirely her fault for not bothering to read my listing and she gave me a bad public feedback for it (I have over 9,000 - 100% - POSITIVE GOOD feedbacks til now). I have to choose not to react to this and remember Whose I am.

May actually get some RAIN (what's THAT!) today.

Blessings to you all. Jesus is near.

Ade

bandwoman1234

Good evening ladies. I am just now having a chance to post. It has been a long day but doing better.

Joanne, love the banners. Love that butterfly quote and banner. I have seen many pill containers lately and I would like a prescription for THAT one. I told my allergy nurse today that I am so DONE with this cyst drama. I said if I don't get back to my swimming I am either going to look for a very tall building or I am might kill someone! She said I am glad to see you still have your sense of humor. I have had this same nurse for 35 years so she knows me well.

Chris, the chicken remained in it's plastic container so I was still able to keep it. Instead of eating it plain it might more appropriately be used in a tossed salad. I am not familiar with Zometa but I hope you were able to go to the fair without any emergencies! Pleasant distractions are so good for our souls. I hope you had a good time.

Lita, as I was watering my yellow begonias tonight I thought I need to get my camera out here soon and take some pics and post them for you. I never got to finish the last of my planting and may not at this point so I have lots of yellow in this one area of my patio. Oh well. I like yellow!

Aurora, thank you. When are you going to get your CPAP device. I know you mentioned later in June and I am thinking this is about the time. Praying it all goes well.

Faith, praying for allergy relief and that your efforts to help will pay off.

Ade, for some reason in our human nature it is easy for us to dwell on that one tiny speck of negative in a sea of positives. I pray that the Lord will give you the grace and wisdom in processing this unfortunate situation. Whenever we are dealing with people no matter if it is in person or in cyberspace there are bound to be conflicts. One thing that helps me is realizing that this person maybe really hurting and taking it out on you...........kind of like the proverbial having a bad day at work and coming home and kicking the dog. Kudos for having so many positive reviews.

Chris I am going to check out that link in a minute. Thanks for posting that.

Have a good night dear sisters.

Love

Nancy

bandwoman1234

zjrosenthal

Good morning dear ladies. The sun is shining through the window. So beautiful. I woke at 5:30 this morning and came down as my hip was very sore. My hip replacement is going well but sleeping is still a bit of an issue. Nancy, I pray that your incision will fully heal soon and you will get some relief. I pray in Jesus name for all the ladies here who have started treatment. I pray for those in stage 4. May God need all of your needs today. Please continue to pray for my grandson Bob who has yet to get a job after having graduated college a month ago. Love, Jean

bandwoman1234

Faith-840

Good morning dear ladies, I just felt the need to share the readings that we have this weekend. They really spoke to my heart and I pray they will to your also.

PS 69, V-17. " Answer me Lord inyour generous love, in your great mercy turn to me."

MT 10 V- 26-33. This basically says, "Do Not Be Afraid, I am with you always ".

I continue to pray for all your needs here and I thank you for all your prayers also. I'm still dealing with thesecrazy allergies but some days are better than others, so I always have hope that "this too shall pass"..

Have a blessed day, everyone.

Love, Faith