Teresa's Treasures

I've been so busy getting our house on Claiborne Court ready to go to auction that I've written hardly anything over the past month, so this is just sweet and simple, yet so profound. Listen with God's voice in mind. Bella loves steps, so this week I helped her go up a new one..........just one. I knew the step was larger than she had been used to , because I had seen her take other steps. I knew if she climbed it, she'd have to hold onto my hand. So I waited and I watched until she did. I knew if she was determined, together, we could climb the step, and I knew even beforehand that she would. I just knew that helping her climb the step would show her that she could. I knew there was only going to be one step and I knew this was going to be the one, but I knew if she successfully climbed it, she would want to climb more. I knew if she wanted to climb more, she would have to continue holding my hand. SO She looked up at me as if to say "I'm ready&qu

I just want to write to let you know life is sooooooooooooo busy for Phil and me, right now, so I haven't had the time to blog lately. I actually have at least 2 blogs up my sleeve and I'm anxious to share them with you...pictures and all. Our house on Claiborne Court is going back on the market this week-end and I am pleading with everyone reading this to pray for it to sell quickly. We plan on listing it for 4 months and then after that auctioning it. You almost always lose in an auction, so we'd like to go with selling it soon. Last week I trimmed the hedge in the front and Phil and I put down 1500 pounds of mulch. Gwynn Stewart showed it this week-end and it was in the top 3 of a couple that ultimately bought a house in the Briarwood area. Tomorrow I am going to attempt to take the wallpaper off of the dining room walls and will paint it sometime before Saturday, which is when we're listing it. The burning bushes in the back are about 12-15 feet tall, now, and I ne