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BIGGEST SIGN YET!

This morning, I was coming back from my routine walk with Manly🐾 around the farm. I noticed my flower bed had a new weed. I didn`t think much of it, but while I had that morning energy, I went to grab my gardening gloves and a hoe to chop this up.

When I returned to start working on it - I looked a little closer. "I recognize this plant. I`ve seen it before." I reached down and the stem and leaves were prickly. "Yes! I`ve seen this," I said to myself.

I grabbed my phone because I have an app (Picture This) that will tell you all about any plant. You just take a picture of it and it will tell you everything. I took a picture...

"WATERMELON". What?????
Yes, it is a watermelon plant WITH BLOOMS!

I don`t cry much anymore. I guess I used my allotted amount of tears over the past few years, so they don`t come easily, but today they did. I had tears streaming down my face as quickly as this plant grew its blooms.

What`s even more crazy?
Daddy never had melons in this field where my new house sits.
The only thing that I can imagine is that a bird transplanted this and God is in every part of that.

Daddy, thank you for showing me you are here in such a strong way, your way. You see me. I am going to take care of your watermelon plant, and who knows - we may be having watermelon for Christmas.

BIGGEST SIGN YET! 🍉 ...

Today is a day to vote, but have you voted for yourself lately? Grief makes us put ourselves last.
Vote yourself #1 today.
YOU are worth it.
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Thank you American Book Fest for the double surprise today! HOPE ALL THE WAY received 2 awards:
BEST Cover Design and BEST Christian Inspirational. #2026bestbookawards #hopealltheway ...

I never let a Halloween go by without this treasure from the past. My baby Reagen Thomas was only 9 months old when I dressed her as a cow for her first Halloween, and she owned it. 😂 ...

My grand-dogs Buzz (Cedar) & Woody (Griffin) are always festive. 🎃
This picture cracks me up @raygster 😂 ...

What an honor to be with HAIRY Potter of Gryffindor this Halloween. 🎃 As for me, the hat is still sorting me out. This may take a while. 🙄 @harrypotter Have a safe and happy Halloween everyone! ...

Tomorrow is Halloween.

People will dress up as their favorite characters or superheroes:
Superman, Batman, The Flash, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Incredible Hulk, Captain Marvel, and many more.

Whether you choose to dress up or simply sit on your porch handing out candy, Halloween is a fun time to see all the ways people choose to portray a hero.

Kirk Alyn, Christopher Reeve, Brandon Routh…the face under the cape keeps changing, but we never stop calling him Superman. Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale…the actor changes, the costume gets older, and the hero is still the hero.

It was October 2019, and I went back to the classroom after my family leave was up. I had been staying with Daddy since Momma’s accidental death in July, and I wanted to make sure he was going to be okay. He told me, “It’s time for you to get back to your life. I’ll be okay.” I watched him decline over the days and weeks I was with him. He worked hard to push ahead and be the man he had always been. He just couldn’t. The weight of his broken heart was pulling him down and he was drowning in his grief.

I remember walking to my classroom door that morning, reaching for my keys, and just being a complete mess. I was beyond sad. I was worried about Daddy, Momma was gone, and I didn’t know how to express what I was feeling. A few of my teacher friends came to the door to help me and kindly asked how my dad was doing. Without even thinking, the words flew out of my mouth,

“I’m watching my hero fall.”

I just started crying. That was it. I had been watching my hero fall in real time. It wasn’t make-believe. It wasn’t a fictional show on television. It was real life. It was my life.

Sometimes, we don’t realize how much our heroes carry until we watch them struggle. And even though their character may change – they are still our heroes. They are still the ones we look up to and the ones we love. They are still the reason we do what we do. Real heroes don’t wear costumes, and they don’t stay invincible.

Real heroes keep loving us even while they’re falling. ...