Marriage Mondays

I have been asked by several people if I would do a series on Marriage, so I thought about it and I felt led to do this.  It will begin April 28. 

I am going to post some Marriage advice, my love story, marriage tips, date ideas, ways to keep your marriage alive etc. 

Would you like to help me with this?

I am looking for some people to share your Love Story with us? 

I would appreciate it so much, drop me a line 

terrigrothe@gmail.com 

or leave your email in the comment section and I will get in touch with you. 

Weekend Recap

Friday: 

Last day of work, glad the weekend is ever! 

I had a lunch date with a beautiful friend, we had chinese food, it was nice to see her, she is one of my old co workers. 

I got a call from my brother around 4 pm advising me to call home immediately, well I called and he had to give me the news that my mom was in a car accident in which she totalled the car, she had some bumps and bruises but she is a lucky person to still be with us, she had angels with her that day.

I left at 5:45 for Ladies Conference.

It was a beautiful first night- the speaker was a lady from Texas- she spoke on as women we need to let things go more, it is so true, why is it that women keep things bottled up inside

I love being a part of the Atlantic District Ladies Ministries

Some of the people, it was a sold out event, and it can seat 600- it don't look like a lot here, but there was people all around me 

I love the decor- there were shoes on all those white tables on the stage- they were gorgeous shoes #imayhaveownedsome

blurry but the tables had big fluffy flowers

After service, myself, Altenna and Katie who were staying together went to eat Chinese food, we had such a great time laughing, it was incredible.

Saturday:

Day 2 of the conference

Early rise for Breakfast- we were at the restaurant at 7:30, i truly enjoy a delicious pancake breakfast- it was pancakes with fresh fruit, so good. 

Here are some photos from the conference Day 2

some of the ladies from our church who went

Joyce, Donna,Me and Altenna

Love this lady so much

Katie ( Altenna's daughter)

Mom and Daughter

Cynara ( Pastor's wife), Me and Altenna

We grew up together and here we all are living in the same province, it was so nice to see them both

Anna Marie- Me and Denise ( her and I were pen pals when she moved away for college and she was the best penal- she wrote letters that were 8-10 pages long, I loved reading her letters. 

After I got home from that,  I had to go get groceries, and i came home and crashed, i was exhausted. 

but it was a beautiful weekend filled with 

Great teaching

Great Singing

Worship

Food

fun, and laughter 

Sunday:

My phone rng at 7:45 am- I knew something was up.. 

it was  my mom, My grandpa is back in the hospital with another heart attack.. pray for him please 

We had a friend over for lunch, i took a nap then we went to East Side Mario's, we had wings and nachos, it was some good. 

Have a good weekend 

Confessional Friday

Linking up with Leslie for Confessional Friday 

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It's Friday Finally, it feels like it was a very long week 

1) I am looking forward to a fun Ladies Conference beginning at 7 pm tonight

2) I am so glad Winter seems to be gone and it is Spring time temperatures. 

3) I fell at  the mall last night , it hurt to know how many people were around and saw it.. i did hurt both legs but my pride was hurt more. 

4) I got my first pay cheque since beginning my new job and it was SWEET

What are you Confessing?

Truthful Thursday- Favourite Social Media Platform

If you want to find out more about Truthful Thursday, head over here 

What is your Favourite Social Media Platform?

What was life like before all the popular Social Media Platforms, I really don't remember what we did before Facebook..
I am not a big user of a lot of social media, right now I LOVE Instagram, i love posting pictures, and looking at pictures, after IG, it would be Facebook, I wish I could get rid of it, i want to close it out but I don't have the will power...


Instagram has the coolest shops- people take pictures of items and post it for sale, and i love shopping on there; )
Feel free to follow me on the below Social Media platforms

Instagram 
Facebook ( Personal)
Facebook ( Blog) 
Twitter

thats really the only ones i use besides blogger and if you are here, you know that already

What are your favourite ones?

Wednesdays for Women- Week 3- Peace

{To Inspire and Encourage}

For the next few weeks I want to share a little study about the Fruit of the Spirit. 

^{Week Three: PEACE}

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

Since I have been diagnosed with IC, ( although I find out it was a misdiagnosis, read about it under my IC story on the home page)

I have had to make a lot of visits to the Emergency room.. 

The nurses and the doctors have been GREAT to me, incredible really.. 

that is until Jan 7th when I left work to go there because the pain was so incredibly bad.. 

I waited 5 hours in the emergency waiting room, I have never had to do that before, they normally take me right in and get me settled in a bed because it helps the pain.. 

after waiting for 5 hours, I got a room... 

the Nurse was a male ( Nothing against male nurses), he came in asked some medication questions, updated the list etc... 

then he looked at me and said:

"You have been here 16 times in the last 6 months"- I was taken aback... why Yes I have been because I do not have a family doctor here , he then said... you know you are wasting our time because there is nothing we can do for you... 

I was shocked, i had no idea what to say to him, so I said Trust me, it isn't my idea to come here that much,  I have other things that I would much rather be doing then waiting it out here...

he then left the room, came in with medication and was giving me a look, loud sighs, it was evident he had no desire to be at work that night.. 

I did not say anything to him that night because I was in so much pain and just not in the mood to argue... 

I saw my urologist a few days later who informed me I need to submit a letter to the hospital administrator, so I got the contact info ...

But 

I never did send the letter.. 

Well why, you may ask.. 

I prefer to keep the peace... 

a few weeks back I had a situation at work ( still at my old job) , where something I said was taken out of context and blown out of proportion and things got really ugly between me and another employee... but ya know what.. 

I kept the peace, in fact i with drew myself from conversations,  I didn't talk a lot at all, people knew why, they didn't like this Terri, but after a week things worked them selves out, things are all good between this person and I now..

I kept the peace

what about you? Do you enjoy causing a fight, winning an argument, get the last words in, say nasty ugly words in hope that it will make this person to lash back at you....

I always go to the person and apologize for it, even if I know I did nothing wrong, to them I did, so an apology helps the situation. 

We live in a very violent world, imagine how great the world would be, if we are wanted to be a peace maker, give up the wars, fightings, to be honest I am so tired of the news about sorrow and pain. 

Yet we are called to be peacemakers. Fundamentally, choosing to be peacemakers is an act of trust. 

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   Make Peace not War 

To My Daughter

5 Things I Want My Daughter To Know

Your body is beautiful, gorgeous, and healthy.

You can tell me anything, anytime.

                      You don’t have to have the newest or priciest things.I adore you.

Your virtue is precious. Save yourself for your husband.

Always be gracious. Your level of gratitude reveals your character.

Take your worries to God. He cares.

Modest is hottest. You don’t need to show everything to look like a million bucks.

 Take the advice of Henry Eyring, a religious leader, “Trust in the Lord, get some sleep, and wake up happy.

I Love you sweet girl <3