oooooooooooooooooohhhhhhh myyyyy gooooooodddnnnneeeessssss.

today i had a GREAT day at work. i think it is mostly because i got to spend the day with a class-full (mostly) of kids that i have taught over the past 4 years. i know those guys. i know how they are, their quirks, their humors, their bathroom habits...too much? okay. i will NEVER get tired of hearing a kid delightedly yell, "MISSS AAAAAMY!!!!!," run toward me, and fling their arms around me in the most honest hug ever. never, ever, ever.
today i heard everything from, "why did YOU come back?" to, "oooh, miss amy...i LOVE the sparkles in your hair!" (ha! gray. :) ) to, "i missed you so, so, so, so, so, so much...wanna play UNO?"
it was fun. and i hope i get to do it again tomorrow. :)

Day 20: bonus
today i was thankful for all the crappy days at work i have had over the past four years. hearing a 6 year old say to a younger kid who i never had in class, "rhyming words have different beginnings but the same endings. you know...word families? didn't you learn that in miss amy's class??" made me realize that some of them were actually listening. :)

this is what makes me smile:
remembering. (wow...never realized my artwork displays, etc. were hung in such an OCD manner! yikes!!)

i didn't realize it was tuesday already. well...that's something for me to be thankful for in a week when i get to see my far away family on wednesday!

Day 18:
i am thankful to have the freedom to worship or not worship any god i choose. and i am thankful that the God i choose, chose me first.

Day 19:
i am thankful for employment. wait..did i already say that?

Day 20:
i am thankful it's tuesday already and i get to see my far away family in one day! (i KNOW i already said that.)

this is what makes me smile:
not realizing i had my shoes on for over 16hrs. today. they are comfy.

guess i've missed a couple of days here...things have been kinda nutty around & i've been not feeling so great. blah blah blah excuses..

Day 13:
i was thankful for plumbers. septic problems are no fun. no fun at all...

Day 14:
i was thankful for clean clothing to wear.

Day 15:
i was thankful to have a job.

Day 16:
i am thankful for modern medicine, even though i think it is WAY over used...sometimes it's really helpful.

Day 17:
i am thankful that i have a lot of cleaning and things to do today, because it's in preparation for a visit with my sisters and their adorable kids.

this is what makes me smile:
surprise banana cream pie.

i am not good at being a friend. it happens over and over. i find a friend, we get a long really well, have fun together, learn to trust each other. time goes by, we grow. we change. our friendship does the same. we over look one another's faults, help each other to change if we can, and accept help when we need it. we are honest. we talk, we listen, we advise, and even admonish. we argue, we apologize, we forgive. friendship. that is what i wish i could be thankful for today.

Day 12:
today i am thankful for honesty. even when it comes way too late.

this is what makes me smile:
being real, even when real is unusual.

Day 11:
today i am thankful that it's Veteran's Day, so i have something to feel thankful about. i mean, if i didn't feel thankful for the brave men and women who put their lives on the line for my greater good, what kind of human would i be, anyway?

this is what makes me smile:
my daughter. and not a whole heck of a lot else today.


God bless all our Veterans.

whoopsie. yesterday was a day full of ups & downs...i woke up refreshed, because i was so grumpy day before that i'd made myself go to bed early..got some nice news in the morning, saw some people i hadn't seen for months & received a few heartfelt hugs, had a rather easy morning at work doing some office-y type work for most of the time..and then i got a call that literally caused my breath to catch, and my heart to crumble. noone died. but i got some terrible news, and thought the rest of the day was definitely sunk. nope. the afternoon was revived after spending some sweet quality time with my kiddo, and then spending some more time with my kiddo. had a good talk with an old friend, and forgot to update this blog.

Day 9:
yesterday i was definitely thankful for the caring teachers and staff at my daughter's school. those people are great, and it's awesome when you are blessed with people as educators and support staff who genuinely care about your child's welfare.

Day 10:
i am thankful for the beauty of a sunset.

this is what makes me smile:

today was not my favorite. i want to yell and whine about the insanely crappy afternoon i had, but then i start to feel guilty because many people have much more to complain about i do. seriously, though..it sucked.

Day 8:
today i am thankful that even when i am in a foul mood, i am reminded that things could always be much worse.

this is what makes me smile:
looking at really old stuff.

i am not, under normal circumstances, a diva. or anything close to a diva. but today i totally was. and it sucked. i actually may have been less "diva" and more "actually standing up for myself and what i want"...but i felt like a diva, nonetheless. i am not a fan.

Day 7:
today, i am thankful to have good health. so many people who i grew up knowing have passed away in the past few weeks, that it has left me kind of reeling. people younger than my parents-who are relatively young compared to parents of most people my age. some who didn't take care of themselves, and fell into disease because of poor self-maintenance. some who were in that boat, but worked hard to turn their lives around...just a little too late. and some, who, despite respecting their bodies were eaten alive by cancer. i am really thankful that in heaven, there will be no disease. 

this is what makes me smile:
longevity.

Day 6:
thankful to live in a country where i have amazing rights, privileges, and freedoms.

this is what makes me smile:
exercising my civic duty.

Day 5
today i am thankful that after tomorrow this ridiculous presidential campaign will finallly be over. then we will get to hear the winner say "neener, neener." and the loser will cry foul & demand recounts and investigations of voter fraud, etc...i hate politics.

this is what makes me smile:
reflections.

woohoo. the sun came out today. for the entirety of the daylight hours. it was fantastic, because the past 11 days were full on clouds. tropical clouds for about half that time.

Day 4
today i am thankful to live close to a town, but not IN a town.

this is what makes me smile:
kittens.

aaand i missed a day already. heheh. i have a decent excuse, though. i spent the afternoon/evening/and well into the night making my niece's birthday present. she is a huge disney princess fan...what 3 year old girl isn't?? so, i decided i was going to make her a rapunzel wig, "Tangled" style. i went out and found all the supplies i needed (it is ridiculously difficult to find yellow yarn. i ended up with a pale yellow textured "baby" yarn), came home and got busy. about 10 minutes into the project i made a grim discovery. someone, at some point while i was away for the summer, spilled something very sticky on my sewing machine. no good. i am now sewing machine-less with a few previously promised projects coming due in the next couple of weeks. i am facing a bit of a conundrum. anyway, because of the death (no fixing that sticky mess..i tried for nearly an hour.) of my machine, i was forced to do the sewing by hand. blarrrgh. there was a whole lot of yarn cutting, untangling, gluing, sewing, untangling, braiding, untangling, re-braiding, and decorating. hot glue really hurts...this was the end result:

and now on to the thankfulness..

Day 2
yesterday, i was thankful for rice. it is so very versatile. 

Day 3
today i am thankful to have a place to live. i have friends who don't, and it sucks to not be able to do much to help them. it also makes me think about how close i am to being in the same situation.

this is what makes me smile:
it was a winner.

i have been meaning to get back to this...

to get back into the swing of things, i am going to hop onto the "22 days of thanks" bandwagon. that's right, i'm going to post one thing i am thankful for every day, right up until the "Big Day" when i will celebrate all these blessings around a table piled high with delicious food, and in the company of a group of crazies. i do love Thanksgiving. 

Day 1

i am thankful for my family. yep...took the easy way out here, but it's true. i love each and every member of my family, and i wouldn't have a different set of strange individuals to call my clan if i was offered the world in exchange.

this is what makes me smile:

weirdos to call my very own.

O LORD, You have searched me and You know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise; You perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down; You are familiar with all my ways. 
Before a word is on my tongue You know it completely, O LORD.


You hem me in-behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me. 
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.


Where can I go from Your Spirit? Where can I go to flee from Your Presence? 
If I go up to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in the depths, You are there.
If I rise on the wings of dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there Your hand will guide me, Your right hand will hold me fast. ♥


If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me and the light will become night around me," even the darkness will not be dark to You; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to You.


For You created me in my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place.
When I  was woven together in the depths of the earth, Your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in Your book before even one of them came to be. ♥


How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with You.


If only You would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloodthirsty men! They speak of You with evil intent; Your adversaries misuse Your name. Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and abhor those who rise up against You? I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.


Search me O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. ♥


Psalm 139




This is what makes me smile:
flowers.

some things of note that occurred this week (in no particular order):

• a huge turkey waddled across the road in front of me.
• thunder shook my house at night.
• i found out that the road closure which forced me to re-route my drive to and from work never actually happened, so i've been going "the back way" for two weeks for no reason.
• my sister and her family came for a visit. ♥
• i saw a swan, a great blue heron, a bald eagle, a bluebird, a sparrow, and a hawk...all in the same day.
• my daughter cleaned her room without being asked. !
• a deer snorted and pawed the ground in my general direction...like a bull. i have never thought a deer was about to kill me before. it was an interesting experience...and one i don't want to repeat.
• while i was walking, an f-15 flew over, escorting a small plane to a local airport..loud.
• i found a HUGE four leaf clover...and i didn't pick it. i want to see how big it will get.
• i wrote a really boring blog post.
• on friday (today), i thought it was thrusday all day..until around 7:30 pm..then i had the greatest evening ever. well maybe not ever, but it was a good one.
• there was a cloud that looked just like a scorpion hovering above the sun at sunset.
• i was blessed to wake up every day and to serve a faithful God who loves me with an everlasting love.

Colossians 3:15

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

this is what makes me smile:

little girls + flowers. 

have you ever stood on the edge of a 2 foot drop off, and imagined that the weeds you saw below you were really trees, the drop was actually a 100 ft cliff, and instead of a man made lake, you were looking down at the ocean?
if not, you should give it a whirl. it's pretty cool to feel like a giant. :)

the picture doesn't do the moment justice, but here it is, none the less.

"The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice!" Psalm 97:1

so, i have a bit of a temper. there have been times in my life when i have let my ill temper get the best of me. anger clouds my judgement and my actions become most uncivil. i have a pile of scraps of paper and post-it notes with various bible verses and other words of wisdom scrawled on them. i think half the book of proverbs is filled with words that implore us to be slow to anger, have self-control, and to just chilllllll out. you would think all those verses calling people like me foolish, senseless, and evil would be enough to set me straight. i cannot tell you how many times i've repeated "in your anger, do not sin"...through clenched teeth.
when i am not feeling angry, i don't understand it myself. what in the world could possibly cause me to feel so full of AAARRGGGH that i just blow off all of those great reminders of being peaceable, gentle, and calm?
anyway, the taming of the temper is one thing i am really working on right now.
yesterday i got kind of upset..not really at any one thing, but just some things that have built up over time, and i felt like having a freak out.  instead, i went for a walk. this is not unusual...i often take a walk to try to blow off some steam, but yesterday i took a different route and just after i'd turned around to head home, i came across this:

it gave me a giggle..cleaning up my trash on a walk with Jesus, down a road maintained by the Lamb of God.
heheh good stuff.

"His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and goodness. Through these He has given us His very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption of the world caused by evil desires. For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." 2 Peter 1:3-8

with apologies to Ed McCurdy, "last night, i had the strangest dream.."
it was really stormy, and huge claps of thunder kept interrupting my dream cycle, so it was like one big dream, in vignettes..

in the first part, han and i were getting off a plane, carrying satchels, and wearing long flowy skirts. the wind was blowing, it was sunny but sort of hazy, and we were walking down the plane's stairs, directly onto a tarmac. i don't know where we were going to or coming from, but we were happy, and i felt fulfilled.
next, we were at my father's house. it was new, and huge. there were two ENORMOUS trees in the front yard, and one was dead. i was standing on the front porch, watching my father as he was making plans to cut the tree down.

at this point, i think i woke up completely, and when i fell back to sleep i was dreaming that i was at a picnic with some friends, at the place where we went when i was very young to have our church picnics. there were a bunch of kids splashing around in the stream where i used to catch water skippers..i remembered how cold the water was. my friend was telling me that her husband wouldn't be joining us because he was at home enjoying his newest pastime...taking a dust bath. like a chinchilla.

back at my father's house, the huge dead tree was cut down, except for the massive trunk...i suddenly thought, "we should carve a house out of that!!" so i ran to where my dad was standing with an axe in front of the trunk, and started to tell him my idea. he just kinda nodded at the tree..and suddenly there was a door in the trunk, and i could see that someone had already made it into an awesome little cottage.
inside the trunk house there were three levels that kind of spiraled up toward the ceiling, which was made of what looked like moss or something..on the inside and the outside. there was one stairway in the middle, really more of a ladder, which you could use to climb up to any of the levels if you didn't want to walk through the rooms that made up the spiral. it was freaking awesome. it sort of reminded me of something you'd find in the shire, except that it had a washer and dryer on the lowest level, and i'm pretty sure that hobbits hand wash their clothing. haha.

i explored this awesome little cottage some more, and upon exiting, my father handed me a big, wooden skeleton key.

insert incredibly loud, house-shaking thunder...
i was disappointed to have been so rudely excused from that dream. i totally wanted to move in and make it my home. i tried to fall back to sleep quickly, but that was one whopper of a storm, so i reminded myself how much i love thunderstorms and i'm pretty sure that i eventually fell back to sleep with a smile on my face. :)

unfortunately, the last part of the dream that i remember was not pleasant at all..i won't go into details because it disturbs me, but it involved one of my sisters becoming angry about the tree house, and trying to throw herself down the stairs. :/

what impresses me most about this odd little collection of dreamlets is that, aside from the last part, i remember feeling very peaceful and happy. normally, i guess i have feelings in my dreams, but i don't always feel so vividly. the other thing that is very interesting to me is the trunk cottage. i kind of consider myself to be a bit of a vagabond..not to the extent that i would be if money was no object and hannah didn't like her school so much..but a wanderer and explorer in spirit if not in flesh. though i have often daydreamed about having a little farm or cabin somewhere, it's never been one of the pressing urges guiding my life. i kind of like the idea of being able to pick up and go. i guess i could be happy either way..but have always felt kind of drawn to the idea of moving around and seeing "the world"...... but i am jabbering here.
the thing about the dream is that i had a house. and i was super excited about it. i think there's some obvious symbolism in the house being made of a huge tree that literally had roots. also about my father preparing a place for me that exceeded anything i could have dreamed up on my own.
when i was thinking back about this dream during the day, it brought to mind when Jesus said,
"in my Father's house are many dwellings, if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." John 14:2
i've always loved this passage of scripture when Jesus told the disciples that He was leaving, but only for a little while, so that He could get a place ready for us...♥.."and if I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto Myself; that where I am , you may be also." John 14:3

i had a really good idea for a blog post a few hours ago...
then i ran around outside for a while and got really tired and accidentally fell asleep for a few hours.
now, i have a crick in my neck from sleeping unexpectedly in an unusual position, my clothes that were in the dryer are wrinkled beyond un-wrinkling without rewashing (i sooo don't iron), my hair is in the same state as my clothing because it was wet when i fell asleep, and i can only remember that my awesome writing idea started out with a thought i had while applying 7 band-aids to different spots on my feet.
new seasons=new shoes=blisters. a life lesson. heheh. there were going to be thoughts on the process of blisters eventually becoming seasoned areas that can "take the pressure" over time..there was going to be a reminder that Jesus is the balm to our aching, bloody feet, and where we are too weak to walk alone, we can remember that He walks before us.   it was good, i'm telling you. heheh
as it is, i am thankful for my wonky, spontaneous nap. it was oddly refreshing in its unplanned-ness. sometimes i get caught up too much in needing to know things. what's going on, when and how it's going to happen..etc. for someone who is so not-so-great at making plans, i surely like to be in on them. you know, get a glimpse of that elusive "big picture." ...so my nap changed my plans? it's cool. i can roll with it.
i am actually kind of a pro at rolling with it. hahahaa.
and when i am NOT feeling like a pro at rolling with it, or that rolling with it is even OKAY...there's this:
"for i am confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:6

and this is what makes me smile:
chicks.

i really  hope my daughter never outgrows her love of playgrounds.
some people lose their youthful glee much too early...in fact, i don't see why you have to lose it at all.
something magical happens inside of me when i see a swing, a slide, or a merry go round. haaha
when i think about how rickety the playground equipment was when i was a kid, i am almost amazed that so many of us survived. some of those climbers were INSANE!!, and would never be considered "up to code" today...then again, my favorite climbers were trees, and i doubt those would be considered safe either.
while the kiddo & i were out and about we came across this beauty:

that's right, folks...a genuine "QUALITY ZOOM SLIDE"
now, i don't know how many of you have had the pleasure of zooming down one of these babies, but let me tell you...they are just as fast (or not, if you're wearing shorts) as they were in 1986.

today, the kiddo and i explored a part of the park we've never visited before. we were in search of an old meeting house and cemetery...it was kind of a spur of the moment decision to go there, it was such a nice day after a string of cold, rainy ones..i had to be outside! anyway, if i'd thought about it earlier, i would have looked up the park map, and would have been able to easily find the church. instead, i relied on my memory of what i'd viewed a while back...and ended up taking us on a nice ramble through the woods. instead of a straight 1/2 mile or so down a gravel path, we tromped along the mountain bike trail..we saw a bunny, lots of bees, and two does, who looked less surprised to see us than we were to see them. we never did end up at the meeting house..i guess we'll do that another day. :)

"God saw everything that He had made, and indeed, it was very good." Genesis 1:31

don't worry, i actually have pretty mediocre self esteem.

who can clear a nasty bathtub clog, replace a shower head and make a killer coffee cake, all in the same afternoon? yeah, it's me. no need to fret, i washed my hands. 

i really can do all things, through Him who strengthens me. :) ...even when clearing that clog made me almost toss my cookies, i pinched my finger while tightening the shower head, and almost burnt the coffee cake. heheh 


mmmm...

today i am thankful. i am reminding myself that i am thankful...i am in a rotten mood. probably because i haven't been sleeping well, allergies are kicking my butt (or my head), and things that i can normally just let bounce off me are piercing my armor. 

i am thankful for my family. most especially my awesome kiddo who i am blessed to enjoy spending time with. working with kids (and parents), i see so many people who genuinely love their children-but don't seem to really like them very much. my daughter has always been highly entertaining at the very least, and i am really enjoying getting to know the young lady she is becoming. she is w-e-i-r-d. and i am soooo glad. there wasn't much hope for her to be otherwise. haha. i'm also thankful that my sisters keep having cute babies for me to cuddle and spoil. being an aunt rocks my socks.

i am thankful that it rained today and washed some of the pollen out of the air and off my car. 

i am even thankful for the pollen. 

i am thankful for my job. and that my boss seems to like me. and that she asked me to come back in the fall.

i'm thankful that, even though i DO enjoy my job (for the most part), i have only FIVE more weeks of work until i get to take a break and spend the summer helping my sister out with her crazy little monster. :) BLESSED!!!!!!

i am thankful for my friends. especially the ones who make me laugh...also thankful for laughter. i need it. i think i am addicted to it. 

i'm thankful for the guy who held the door open for me at the dollar store this afternoon, and also thankful that the bag i was carrying didn't break until after i got to the car. 

i'm thankful for Ephesians 6:10-18 because it gets me through so much. what a blessing to have all those powerful tools. ♥ as soon as i am finished here, i am going to go read it again...even though i've been able to quote it since i was 6. on that note, i am thankful for junior bible quiz...even though it used to make me have anxiety attacks and i never actually competed because i was too busy throwing up in the trash can. heheh  the only question i ever answered because even practicing made me ill..."what does Golgotha mean?" and i am thankful for kenny brown, who whispered the answer to me. heheehh. 2 points to you, reader, if you know the answer without googling.

i am thankful for the crazy beautiful sunrise this morning, and that i was driving to work so i could see it. 

ok i am feeling slightly less grumbly now.

this is what makes me smile:

kids who run up to me and ask, "Miss Amy!!! Can I draw your FACE???" :)

i am so frustrated with people who are mean and nasty and who stereotype and judge others because of their physical appearance, intellect, social status, etc.
i have to repeat to myself, "in your anger do not sin." so often that it seems like i am shouting it at myself in my mind. reacting to situations that hurt other people in a right way is soooo hard for me sometimes. :/ especially when the people being so hateful claim to be followers of my Jesus.
i know that "beating" people with the Word is not the proper response but sometimes i just want to scream...

"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
Matthew 22:36-40

"You have heard it said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your Father is perfect."
Matthew 5:42-48

"Love suffers long, and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, it is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; it does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails..."
1 Corinthians 13:4-8a

sometimes it's good to remind myself, too. i need to have love for these meanie pants people. and not grumble at them in my heart. or outloud....or on my blog, i suppose. i am so aggravated. grah. and sad. and that makes me mad.
how hard is it, really, to treat others with kindness and respect?!? i know i have been guilty of unkind words...so i will go shout to myself what i feel like shouting at others. and i will pray for them. and for me. and for all the people who were hurt by words or deeds today. :c

oh the joys of getting new toys. :)

i have never been a fan of putting apples in smoothies-they just don't break down the way most fruits do. (same with carrots.) so, upon opening my shiny new NINJA blender, i threw in 2 apples, 2 clementines, some oj and a banana. the result was sublime. there were still some bits of apple about the size you think of as in applesauce..but not many, and none as big as typical oj pulp. i was pleasantly surprised.

i am often overcome by the crazy intricate creations all around us. when i was taking anatomy and physiology, along with health and nutrition...it was ridiculous to see how perfectly we have been provided for. nearly every ailment can be aided by enjoying a fruit, vegetable, or other plant/nut/seed that contains whatever it is your body is lacking.

for example, my spur of the moment smoothie-there is a wealth of health benefits in that 30 oz pitcher..i'm just going to keep my fruit praise to the banana for now, or i'll be here writing all night. bananas are full of vitamin B6, vitamin C, potassium and magnesium..as well as fiber.
B6 deficiencies can cause insomnia, irritability, and fatigue, eating just half a banana can help to boost your energy, and supposedly, your mood.
Potassium helps to regulate blood pressure and also helps to reduce any muscle cramping you may have after the spur-of-the-moment jog you enjoyed after that boost in energy you got from the banana.
Vitamin C is probably the most common vitamin you think of when healthy supplements come to mind. It is widely known for its ability to help strengthen the immune system, but C also helps to detoxify our bodies, and promotes cellular healing, removes heavy metals, destroys "bad" bacteria and viruses, and much more. One of it's most important and overlooked jobs is to aid in the body's absorption of iron, which is essential in proper oxygenation...oxygen is important. heheh. low iron absorption/anemia can cause fatigue, anxiety, irritability, sleepiness, tinnitus(ringing in the ears), constipation, heart palpitations, mouth ulcers, depression, hair loss, and more. no wonder Vitamin C is such a popular guy.. and i haven't even mentioned scurvy!! :)
Magnesium aids in body temperature regulation, detoxification, and helps to form healthy bones and teeth, by assisting in the absorption of calcium. Magnesium is also beneficial to many women's health issues, and works together with B6 to aid in the prevention of insomnia, constipation, high blood pressure, migraines, kidney stones, gallstones, and more. Magnesium is believed to prevent cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, and may treat diabetes and depression. !!

it seems like beans aren't the only magical fruit out there. :)

"He makes grass grow for the cattle, and plants for people to cultivate-bringing forth food from the earth..." ps 104:14-16

today i am thankful for fruit.
and this is what makes me smile: