Clara's Corner: Find Joy.......

Friday, March 28, 2008

Find Joy.......

I have a dear friend who lives in Flordia. She sent me a check for 50.00 and told me to go buy whatever I wanted for myself. I headed straight for Cranberry Lane. That is a store on State Street in Bristol, and everything in that store, I would just about die for...(well, not really) but this above is what I bought. It is bigger than it looks her....about 40 inches long and 8 inches wide. I hung it on the wall behind my dining room table. They have some small pictures that I am going to get to hang underneath. I look at it all of the time and I am following its instructions. We can find joy in something everyday!

2 comments:

Marci said...: I love it Clara. I am so glad that someone chose to bless you!!!; 10:12 AM
Cathy said...: Hello Clara

How true the words on your plaque are :))

Take care
Cathy; 5:24 PM

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WHERE I'M FROM........

I am from hayfield and blackberry patches, gathering eggs and selling them to my Daddy in his store. I am from a house with no bath....but a path. I am from cherry trees where I climbed and ate more than I carried home.....from digging potatoes in the rich earth. I am from skinny dipping and swinging on grape vines, two room school house, sitting on the front porch while my Mother played the guitar.....wringer washers and wash tubs. I am from playing the piano, the accordian and making playhouses in the woods....hide and seek, jumping rope and May I. From: Raleigh's Liniment, Cracker Jacks and Castor Oil.....Revival Meetings and Baptisms in the river....catalogs and feed sack skirts. From: "Pretty is only skin deep" to "Always mind your manners." I am from Methodist, Baptist, Wednesday night prayer meetings and shouting Hallaujah. I am from the Volunteer state of Tennessee with lakes and mountains, race cars, beans, cornbread and red eye gravy. We always called it "God's Country." I am from family get togethers, dinner on the ground, singing with my sisters, a Mother with a heart of gold and a Daddy with a strict hand. A grandfather who always looked to see if I had my fingernails painted and a Grandmother who could squeeze your heart out! Yes, I came from a family of seven siblings and I have told you where I came from. It was wonderful and I wouldn't change a thing if I could. Now let me tell you where I am going...."To Where The Streets Are Paved With Gold." Some days, I can hardly wait!