In this issue
• I knew she was having a Blonde Day when she thought Eartha Kitt is a set of gardening tools.
A Beautiful Garden
Life is like a beautiful garden...every day a rare budding flower...Unfolding at the sunrise dawning...Closing at God's sunset hour...Our life is like a garden hue...Where we may sow our seeds...Of happiness, friendships and perfect faith...By kind and steadfast deeds...Make us like a gaarden, Lord...to grow as fertile as the sod... Where we may know our blessings...With the help of a loving God. ~ Fenwick Sanford
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I love hearing from all of you, enjoy the spring!
"Karan offers Love and Laughter to women who need Hope."
Karan Gleddie, Writer/Speaker
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"Spring is in the air"
It must be spring, the doctor just made an appointment for me to have my annual mammogram. Now, I don't know about you, but it is not my favorite procedure. I thought you might enjoy these mammogram preparations.
PRACTICE FOR YOUR MAMMOGRAM
Many women are afraid of their first mammogram, but there's no need to worry. By taking a few minutes each day for a week preceding the exam, and doing the following practice exercises, you will be totally prepared. And you can do this right in your own home!
Exercise 1: Open your refrigerator door and insert one breast between the door and the main box. Have one of your strongest friends slam the door shut and lean on the door for good measure. Hold that position for five
seconds (while you hold your breath). Repeat again, in case the first time wasn't effective enough.
Exercise 2: Locate a pasta maker or old wringer washer. Feed the breast into the machine and start cranking. Repeat twice a day
Exercise 3: Situate yourself comfortably on your side on the garage floor. Place one of your breasts snugly behind the rear tire of the family van. When you give the signal, hubby will slowly ease the car into reverse. Hold for 5 seconds. Repeat on other side.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Now you have nothing at all to worry about when you go for your Mammogram
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Spring reflections from Karan:
I have been in California for almost a month, and have been appreciating the warm weather, and admiring the beautiful flowers. I learned this week that there are over 230,000 to 270,000 species of flowering plants according to David Bramwell (2002), each one beautiful and special in its own way. Do you know how special you are?
For years, I was desperately trying to bloom where I was planted to gain love and acceptance from others. In my world things were never as they might have appeared, I was afraid if people saw the real me, they would not love or accept me. I hide behind a mask, which I called a smile, and I learned to become whatever I thought other people wanted me to be. You know, Perfect Mask—Perfect Life
Although I had a husband and family who loved me, my concept of love was flawed. I thought it had to be earned: If you were good, drove the right car, had the right friends, or joined the right country club, you were loved. If you did not have all those things, or were not in the right social group, you were not loved. I thought love and acceptance could be given and taken at a moment’s notice.
Do you step into the arena of life everyday wearing masks, striving for the right appearance and performing your best for love, acceptance, and approval? I have news for you.
God sees us without the masks and thinks we are beautiful, he loves and accepts us just the way we are, no conditions. The Bible says:
Has anyone by fussing before the mirror ever gotten taller by so much as an inch? If fussing can't even do that, why fuss at all? Walk into the fields and look at the wildflowers. They don't fuss with their appearance—but have you ever seen color and design quite like it? …If God gives such attention to the wildflowers, most of them never even seen, don't you think he'll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you? Luke 12: 25-28, the Message-
His love is forever, unchanging, and constant, it is unconditional!
Lovingly,
Karan
There is no magic wand to take away the pain of our trial and tribulations, through humor, however, we can hasten the healing.
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