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Leap for Joy! This is the Day the Lord hath made!
The other day on FaceBook I watched a video of a funny little herd of kids (baby goats not to be confused with human children…LOL). Delighted I watched as they bounced across the ground stiff legged, twisting and turning as they went. My heart swelled with the sudden understanding that the “kids” were filled with the joy of simply being alive on a beautiful spring day.
The master of the flock was a young man. The “kids” would pile up around him so he could reach down and pick each one up and give them a hug. Then they would run off for the day and several others would vie for his attention until each one got a hug. Isn’t that what our relationship with God should be? Every day our hearts should be filled with joy to wake up alive in the morning and receive our daily hug from God. May God bless your day!
Our American Way of Life
Last Wednesday on my way to work on Longboat Key I was listening to a DJ interview one of our armed force heroes asking him questions about military life. The young man shared that he was 
preparing to deploy to Afghanistan. The DJ asked him, “How do you prepare to deploy?” He answered, ” I get my will and papers in order to take care of my wife and family…..” He went on with other details but his first words deafened me to anything else he had to say. Here I was driving along through paradise, heading to a high rise condo on the beach to paint furniture, one of my favorite things to do. This young man was headed to a war torn country with the thought that he quite possibly would lose his life leaving his wife and children all alone. I felt ashamed of how much I take for granted.
Unless you have been in the military or are the family of someone in the military, most of us go along with our daily lives never giving a second thought about those putting their lives on the line every day. This Fourth of July we all need to take a moment from our joyful Fourth of July celebrations and give thanks to God for the brave men and women who fight and have fought to assure our freedom and our American way of life. God bless our troops!
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Happy Thanksgiving!!! …and Bring It Home…Shop Your Local Businesses for the Holidays
Wishing you all out there a very Happy Thanksgiving! Bob and I have so very much to be thankful for this year. We experienced a terrible summer in business this year that others have experienced far longer than we did, but the good Lord, our 
family, friends and especially our client friends helped to turn the tide and so we end the year on a positive note. I am also grateful for the many business blogs, newsletters and video newsletters that helped to direct and refocus the business. Not only were they uplifting but they helped me to keep the faith in knowing we are headed in the right direction with exciting things on the horizon for 2013.
With Black Friday on the doorstep, I would also like to mention that the Buy Small…Buy Local Day sponsored by the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) is this Saturday, November 24th. The charm of Christmas will be found in the cool little shops in your historic districts…the great bike and board shop off the beaten path…an extremely unique liquor store (Brindley’s comes to mind) as well as any of your favorite artists (possibly Jane Crick?), photographers, artisans, authors or craftsmen. They can provide you with very unique and sometimes one-of-a-kind holiday gifts. The little people of business like these people are what keeps the economy chugging along in spite of what’s going on in the rest of the world. I remember as I was closing out my gallery and having the end of business sale so many people stopped in saying they had always meant to stop and never did. If you are saying that about a local business that you drive by on a regular basis or know of one off the beaten path….stop in and spend some of your holiday dollars with them. You won’t regret it!
Jane Crick Painting in Paradise 