This Memorial Day

This Memorial Day has been one for the books. Daddy, Todd and I got up early this morning with rakes, shoves, grass seed and a beautiful black stone. A story I must tell, lets go back to 1944 Daddy was a member of the Air Force and as a bombardier in WWII we have listen to the stories of many missions during the war, but never the bad times my daddy went through and to this day he doesn’t talk about it. When the movie pearl harbor came out he could not bring himself to watch it. Each mission he flew was always a chance he would not survive. But he did. While he was in the air my mother was doing her part singing in the USO, where her mezzo soprano voice would ring out across the airwaves and danced for our soldiers. No she didn’t fight in the air, on the water or in the ditches, but she made life a little better for all the service men as they came home. Well the war was over and everyone came home my dad flew one of the last missions in WWII. He came home to Fayette Alabama where he met a lady that was in town visiting her cousins. They knew they would be together the rest of there lives. The love lasted until death, you see momma his sweetheart past away March 20th 2012 after being married for 64 years. He misses her everyday as we all do. But for him it is a different kind of miss. He finds himself looking for her and she is gone as he reminds himself of all the good times they had. To love each other the way they did is beautiful within it’s self. Hold someone that is dear to you and remember them in all things. I stand and give Thanks to my parents for what they did to keep our America’s going. Happy Memorial Day to all who have fallin and all that are still with us. Take time to find someone that served our country and sit down and really listen to what they have been through for you and I to be safe. They really need you and I more and more. I write this to My Mother and Father Thank you for who you are, what you went through, and what you are going through. I love you so! Written By: Melanie Howard Taylor

Thank You

I have found myself in the most blessed life anyone could have. No I am not rich, I am not one to travel, I am not one to have lots of material things, I live from day to day. You see these things really don’t matter to me. I am rich because I have Christ in my life, along with the most wonderful family anyone could ever have. I have a roof over my head, I have food to eat, I have love in my life, I have you to comfort me in my time of need, and I have friends that pray for my life and what I am going through. Thank you Lord for loving me no matter what the circumstance may be, Thank Lord for what you have done in my life, Thank you Lord for what you are doing in my life, and thank you Lord for what you will do in my life. You are great beyond compare. You are my heavenly Father that I care for and love each day that I have left in my life. So if you feel you are alone look toward the Heavens for He will comfort you any circumstance you may be in. Love will be there just believe and you will see! Written By: Melanie Howard Taylor Photo by: Brian K Howard

Mothers Day Letter

Dearest Momma; Mothers Day is just a few days away. I miss you so, sometimes I can’t quit crying now that you are gone. The last few days of your life, you held my hand and said it would be alright. You were ready to go home. To be with your mother, sister and brother too, but to see the Lord was what you wished to do. As you laid there in pain, I watch your life slip away. I miss you so, I miss your arms that held me tight, I miss the smile when you looked at me, I miss the joy you brought into my life, you understood my fight. I miss your prayers you prayed for me. Oh Lord I miss my mother’s touch, please hold her hand tight on Mothers Day for me. Please give her white roses as I did each Mother Day. Please give a kiss on her cheek and let her know it was from me. Tell her I will see her one day this I know for sure, cause you see momma you taught me well, I am who I am, because of you. I love dear momma and miss you so much. Your loving daughter, Melanie

IT IS A GRET DAY!

It is a great morning, why you may ask? You got this morning, you have one more day to be who you are. As you get ready for work., children off to school, cleaning your house, or just picking up the computer to see who has sent you an email or posted on your wall. But my questions is before you do all that, did you stop and talk to Christ. Through Christ you will find strength and comfort in any situation. Praise him from the mountain top, praise him in your kitchen, praise him in your everyday life. He is worthy to be praised. Take today as if it was the first day of your life and start it off as a good one. Love with all your heart, be careful what you may say to others, be an example for others to see Christ in you. He will lift you up and place you on the mountain tops, there is nothing My God can’t do. Written By: Melanie Howard Taylor Photo By: Brian K Howard

Where does you heart lye!

Give thanks where thanks are do! So today and everyday there after I give Thanks to my Lord Jesus Christ. For without him I could do nothing. Where does your heart lye? Does it lye on material things that you think you can not live without. Do you put those things before Christ? Put Christ in front of everything and everyone and see what happens. He said he would never leave you. He sits at the right hand of the Father, he is waiting on us to give our life totally to Him. Believe on Him as a child believes on his Mother and Father that they will take care of them no matter what may come their way. We all have battles or valleys that we will travel through, but we will not always be there. We will climb to the mountain tops through the strength that Christ can give us. So if things look difficult now, tomorrow maybe a whole different world. So again I ask where does you heart lye! Praise him from the mountain tops, praise him when you are at you lowest, praise him because he care enough to come to this world and suffer the pain of everyday life not to mention he die so we might live! Written By: Melanie Howard Taylor Photo By: Brian K. Howard

Life is like a puzzle!

Life is like a puzzle! You never know what the picture is until you put all the pieces together. Have you every tried to put a puzzle together when you did not have the picture on the box. Well when your health is failing you are like that blank box. You just try and try again to put all the pieces together the best you know how. Everyday we look at things differently not knowing what may come or go in our lives. We do our best with what we have and try to continue on. It is not easy, but who said life was easy anyway. Look at your self in the mirror and find what you are really looking for. Talk to those that love you, hold the ones that are the closest to you. This will give you strength to go forward. If you work on it the pieces will fall into place. You just have to work on it and continue and never give up. You see I was giving up until I reached out to the ones that love me the most and they are helping me to put the puzzle together. God said we were not perfect yet, but we must have faith that we will get there. A wise man told me that if everyone only did what was best for their self there would be nothing left except you by yourself. Reach out you may be surprised at the out come! Written By: Melanie Howard Taylor Photo By: Brian K Howard