Posted in Whatever, tagged blessings, Christ, Christmas, forgiveness, Gift, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Religion and Spirituality on December 25, 2019| 4 Comments »
The greatest gift of all is God’s gift to us, His son Jesus. Thank you God, and Happy Birthday Jesus.
Remembering that He was born to give the gift of His life for our sins…that we are forgiven…let us give ourselves and others the gift of forgiveness.
It is “Time for Letting Go” https://amarquette333.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/time-for-letting-go/ and you will be richly blessed.
Posted in Articles, Musings, tagged ann marquette, blessings, Christmas, family, friends, Gift, God, gratitude, Hanukkah, heart, holiday, Inspiration, Jesus, joy, Love, New Year, peace, Relationships on December 25, 2019| 4 Comments »
Let us remember the purpose of Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
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It’s fun to give and get gifts as part of the celebration, but not at the expense of going into debt to do so.
We can find ways to give the gift of ourselves to others by helping them in some specific way, meaningful to them. Help someone in need, someone you don’t even know.
The most important part of celebrating Christmas, is by simply sharing a special time and a meal with friends and family.
Don’t get me wrong, I love giving gifts, when I can, even some small meaningful item. For parents it is hard when they can’t afford to give gifts to their children. I remember a time when me and my brother were young and our parents explained that we would only get one gift that Christmas because money was tight. I don’t recall us being upset at all, we understood.
This is my early Christmas message to each and every one of you~
I wish for all of you throughout this special time…wisdom, peace, joy, caring, kindness, love for all, and safety. I wish you many blessings this Christmas, and Hanukkah to my Jewish friends, and throughout the New Year.
Posted in Articles, Musings, tagged ann marquette, blessings, Christmas, family, friends, Gift, God, gratitude, Hanukkah, heart, holiday, Inspiration, Jesus, joy, Love, New Year, peace, Relationships on December 19, 2014| 4 Comments »
Let us remember the purpose of Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
Image via Wikipedia
It’s fun to give and get gifts as part of the celebration, but not at the expense of going into debt to do so.
We can find ways to give the gift of ourselves to others by helping them in some specific way, meaningful to them. Help someone in need, someone you don’t even know.
The most important part of celebrating Christmas, is by simply sharing a special time and a meal with friends and family.
Don’t get me wrong, I love giving gifts, when I can, even some small meaningful item. For parents it is hard when they can’t afford to give gifts to their children. I remember a time when me and my brother were young and our parents explained that we would only get one gift that Christmas because money was tight. I don’t recall us being upset at all, we understood.
This is my early Christmas message to each and every one of you~
I wish for all of you throughout this special time…wisdom, peace, joy, caring, kindness, love for all, and safety. I wish you many blessings this Christmas, and Hanukkah to my Jewish friends, and throughout the New Year.
Posted in Poetry, tagged ann marquette, blessings, Gift, postaday 2011, Valentine Day on February 14, 2014| 4 Comments »
Heart
No matter what, we can be grateful. I wrote this in 2007 before Bear passed away.
My heart is filled with joy
Knowing
You walk with me
You love me unconditionally
Knowing
You have blessed me
With a wonderful Brother
Who fills me with joy
With a wonderful companion
My pet, Bear who fills me with joy
Knowing
That You bless me
With beautiful experiences
By brining special people into my life
Thank You, Dear God,
For Your son, Jesus in my life
And remembering these blessings
Is my Valentine Blessing
© February 10, 2007
Posted in Whatever, tagged blessings, Christ, Christmas, forgiveness, Gift, God, Inspiration, Jesus, Religion and Spirituality on December 19, 2013| 8 Comments »
The greatest gift of all time is God’s gift to us of His son Jesus. Thank you God, and Happy Birthday Jesus.
Now remembering that He was born to give the gift of His life for our sins…that we are forgiven…let us give ourselves and others the GREAT GIFT OF FORGIVENESS.
It is “Time for Letting Go” https://amarquette333.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/time-for-letting-go/ and you will be richly blessed.
Posted in Whatever, tagged blessings, Christmas, forgiveness, Gift, God, Inspiration, Jesus on December 25, 2012| 2 Comments »
The greatest gift of all time is God’s gift to us of His son Jesus. Thank you God, and Happy Birthday Jesus.
Remembering that He was born to give the gift of His life for our sins…that we are forgiven…let us give ourselves and others the gift of forgiveness. It is “Time for Letting Go” https://amarquette333.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/time-for-letting-go/ and you will be richly blessed.
Posted in Musings, PostADay 2011, tagged ann marquette, Christmas, Gift, Hanukkah, Jesus, New Year, postaday 2011 on December 19, 2011| 10 Comments »
Let us remember the purpose of Christmas is to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
Image via Wikipedia
Even my card giving/mailing has had to be reduced big time…mostly just to those who don’t have email. A few I deliver by hand.
We can also find ways to give the gift of ourselves to others by helping them in some specific way, meaningful to them. Help someone in need, someone you don’t even know.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to celebrate the birth of Jesus more like Thanksgiving, sharing a special meal with friends and family. Let’s dream of a better way to celebrate this special occasion.
Don’t get me wrong, I love giving gifts…at least when I was able to. It makes me sad at this time of year that I don’t have the money to buy gifts. For parents it is even worse when they cannot afford to give gifts to the children. I remember a time when me and my brother were young and our parents explained that we would only get one gift that Christmas because money was tight. I don’t recall us being upset at all, we understood.
This is my early Christmas message to each and every one of you~
I wish for all of you throughout this special time…wisdom, peace, joy, caring, kindness, love for all, and safety. I wish you many blessings this Christmas, and Hanukkah to my Jewish friends, and throughout the New Year.
Posted in Poetry, PostADay 2011, tagged ann marquette, Bernice Angoh, dedication, Gift, Inspiration, Poetry, postaday 2011, purging files, writings on August 11, 2011| 2 Comments »
This coming Saturday our local recycling center will have a shredding truck available for free shredding.
I’m almost finished going through boxes of old files setting aside those to purge and shred. The rest is being re-organized.
Today I began going through all my writing files. It is fun to see some old writings, remember book signings, and read notes from readers of my writings especially my first book.
Among the files was a copy of another author’s poem which she wrote and dedicated to me in 2007. I was so surprised and honored. I read it again today and it warmed my heart. I decided to share the link to her page so you can read this poem “In the Palm of His Hand” by my friend Bernice Angoh. She is a wonderful writer and I recommend you read some of her other work as well. http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewpoetry.asp?AuthorID=67474&id=218065
Thank you Dear Bernice for your gift of words, and love in your heart.
Posted in PostADay 2011, Whatever, tagged ann marquette, Child, Gift, God, Inspiration, Ireland, Michael Ende, Neverending Story, postaday 2011, writing on July 23, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I love this gift God has blessed me with later in my life. It all began while living in Ireland. I don’t remember which of these came first, and not sure it matters.
One day I started writing the story of my life! Of course, I don’t think I was going to write it for anyone else to read it. Anyway, after struggling with it and feeling the pain of some of the memories I decided not to go on. I wasn’t sure of the point of it anyway. Hummmmm! Why would anyone want to read it.
I read the book “The Neverending Story” by Michael Ende and it is my favorite story to this day. The book is so much better than the movies. I read it five times within a couple of months and each time noticed something new. In addition to the amazing details I love the many underlying positive messages.
I read the information about Michael Ende. He wrote it for children, but it became so popular with all ages that it was published in many languages and reprinted several times. I thought “what an amazing legacy to leave behind.” I began to think about my life and not only did I have no children, but had not done anything of value with my life.
One morning, after my then husband left for work, a story began filling up my brain to overflowing. I had to sit down with pen and paper, and wrote all day. I couldn’t stop. My imagination took me to other places, different ways the story could be told other than as a published book. At that time I don’t think I actually imagined it would ever be published. Another great gift was the day, several years later, when I held my published book in my hands.
Little One book cover (property of Ann Marquette)
Posted in Musings, PostADay 2011, tagged ann marquette, Gift, learning, postaday 2011, research, strengths finder, Survey on April 12, 2011| 4 Comments »
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Today’s exercise…just one of the ways to look within myself.
Recently I received a gift of the book Strengths Finder 2.0, by Tom Rath, which includes a code to take the online survey to find our strengths. I took that survey today. It always amazes me how the various personality and gifts surveys come out pretty much spot on. Even when they show traits/gifts/strengths we might not have realized we have until we read the descriptions.
As soon as the survey is completed it runs the report which shows the top 5 strengths, a brief description of each (the full descriptions are in the book), and 10 ideas for action for each strength. Interesting stuff.
Have you taken this survey or any others?
Posted in Poetry, PostADay 2011, tagged ann marquette, blessings, Gift, postaday 2011, Valentine Day on February 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Heart
No matter what, we can be grateful. I wrote this in 2007 before Bear passed away.
My heart is filled with joy
Knowing
You walk with me
You love me unconditionally
Knowing
You have blessed me
With a wonderful Brother
Who fills me with joy
With a wonderful companion
My pet, Bear who fills me with joy
Knowing
That You bless me
With beautiful experiences
By brining special people into my life
Thank You, Dear God,
For Your son, Jesus in my life
And remembering these blessings
Is my Valentine Blessing
© February 10, 2007
Posted in Poetry, PostADay 2011, tagged ann marquette, Gift, hands, hearts, postaday 2011, Valentine Day, White ribbon on January 30, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Here is an early Valentine Gift from me.
You now live far apart
Yet very close in heart
You are asleep
To what lies ahead
Soon you both will wake
As dawn breaks on a new day
You will look up
To see the moon
And watch the sun rise
Only you two will see
A door open in the morning sky
A soft light and in my hands
A beautiful white box
Tied with a shimmering white ribbon
Your hearts smile
Your spirits light up
I whisper to you
“This is My Gift to you
treasure it always”
“Let your spirits see…look”
The box is now translucent
Your hearts and spirits see
Two hearts together
Beating as one
You see your names
Written on those hearts
“This is My Gift to you”
Love ~God
October 9, 2004Copyright
Posted in Whatever, tagged Christmas, Gift, Holidays, kindness, Love, peace, wish on December 18, 2010| 2 Comments »
Christmas
It has been busy and sometimes crazy the last few days. Today will also be busy getting some things done for the Christmas holiday.
I do wish for all of you this week before Christmas…wisdom, peace, joy, caring, kindness, love for all, and safety.
Blessings to you all.
Ann Marquette 