Amish View Inn - Our Suite

Enjoying the romantic getaway Alan planned for my 42 birthday.

You know who you are

Friends

With things I have been going through, here are a few quotes and some things that are so fitting at the moment.

Truth Is...

True friends can see the hurt in your eyes when everyone else is fooled by your smile.

Words of Compassion

“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.


If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.


If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.


If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.


The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.


Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough.


Give your best anyway.”

— from “The Paradoxical Commandments” by Dr. Kent M. Keith, seen inscribed on the walls of Mother Teresa’s children’s home in Calcutta

Truth Is...

If someone has enough courage to ask you a question seriously, then you should be brave enough to answer truthfully.

New Year 2012!

A New Year is hear 2012!  Can’t believe I have been writing on my blog since 1998.  I just cancelled my FB account.  It has been something I have been thinking about since summer. I am glad I am away from all the crazy drama on there.  There are more positive things I want to focus on.

Here is a copy of this year’s Christmas Card.  It was so hard to just choose 1 or 2 pictures so I made a collage of all the moments from this past year.  We have Brittany at her concert, Kaylee starting school, David’s Graduation from High School, Alan and I renewing our vows in Hawaii on the beach and of course little Molly and Bella.

Kaylee Graduates this year from 5th Grade.  We just had a project that we did together.   Here is a baby picture of her I found that we are going to use for her baby picture in her yearbook.  Gosh, I forget how tiny she was. She was a just a year old in this picture. She is now 11 and makes me proud everyday!

Little Baby Kaylee Rose

David is enjoying college and doing really well.  Brittany is doing well with 7th grade.  Kaylee and Brittany will be in the same middle school next year.  Looking forward to only one trip back and forth to school instead of two.

Hugs!

Great News!

I am excited to let everyone know that our daughter Kaylee Paperin, 2011 Long Island Red Cap, is now being featured on www.heart.org website under “Stories of Hope". You can go directly to heart.org and scroll down to see her story or click directly on the link below.


Storie’s Of Hope - Kaylee Paperin

Hugs!

"Letting Go"

There is such a tremendous feeling of freedom from “letting go." Knowing the only mind we can control is our own. Let other’s just "do what they do." You can’t take the responsibility for how others act, speak and behave. It is just too exhausting, stressful and time consuming. If you do, you might as well try and teach a cat to bark….just not going to happen.

“Insanity is dealing with the same person over and over again and expecting them to act differently this time.” - Patrick Mathieu