OOOUUU... AAAHHH...WOW!

                   I am always trying 

                  to capture a picture that makes, you say 

           OOOUUU.......

                           AAAHHH........

                                              

WoW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                    

           Or just laugh,

                                    

                 Or just Smile

          Or cry ( a "good" cry )

              

These pictures

make me feel 

truely blessed

Beyond measure.....................

A Light and a Sparkle

This Christmas my 16 month old 

Grand Daughter lit up my home

brighter than any strand of lights 

any where on earth with 

LIGHT AND LIFE, 

as we celebrated the 

Birth of the Christ child,  JESUS. 

Christmas really sparkles 

through the eyes of a child. 

My whole family experienced 

"Tidings of Great JOY!"

Thankyou Jesus

Another Year Of Being Cute Together...

Today marks a portal of time 

for My Husband Bill and I,,, 

today we have been married 35 years.

The cards we exchange are always an important part of the day for us. For the past few years we have both

looked for the

"cute" cards, 

with the 

Children Kissing. 

Ahhwwww! 

I found one this year to, 

but I also found one that

expressed some things 

after 35 years, that I felt, 

so I bought them both. We don't give gifts to each other, after 35 years we have given, all the cool stuff, and all we could afford, so we agree all we really want is a day of Love. 

Another Ahhwww!

I would like to share 

what we wrote to 

each other I hope 

and pray that it 

touch's your heart, 

and you are inspired 

to withstand the storms 

of life and grab onto a little bit of heaven on earth by simply experiencing an unconditional love that 

Bill and I have found. 

I hope you enjoy these pictures of 

" My Man", 

and the "Boy" 

I saw at a teen club dance in 1969, he was the guitar player in the band, I picked him out and I wanted to meet him. Little did I know he had picked me out too, 

and God put us together. Forever.... 

My 4 ever Mona,

Our Lord Jesus meant for us to be together before we entered time. I have been the most happiest man since I met you. I know I don't say it enough, but I Love you, I will always Love you and we will be together forever.

                All My Love, Your 4 ever Bill

My Bill,

The first time I saw you... you made me Dizzy-and I surrendered my heart and soul. With all I know... God must have arranged our marriage. (35 years today) The years that have followed have gently blessed us with a love so immense it is eternal. I love you more than you will ever know. You are the poem of my Life. Your the

Masterpiece I longed to paint. Because of your 

smile you have made my life more beautiful. 

Because of you... I have exquisite moments of 

tenderness. Because of you... My life has been fulfilled with moments of Joy! 

Because of you... we have a lifetime of days 

filled with ordinary miracles. 

Because of you... My life has been filled with a rare dazzling and priceless Love. You are my Gift of Time...

Time IS...

To slow for those who wait 

To swift for those who fear

To long for those who grieve

To short for those who rejoice        

but for those who Love...               

Time is Eternity                          

I am blessed to have spent time with you. 

I'm over-joyed to have you as My One and Only. 

Because of You... 

My Heart has Love

Us, Two, We

Always and Forever

Your Mona

I know its mushy stuff, but,,,, I pray you are bless with a little mush in your life, too.

For God "SO" loved.... he gave His Only Son.( John 3:16 )

Silent Love

         Us + Two = Wee little one

 Wrapped in Love

What's in a name?

Do you have one of those name's ? 

You think to yourself ?

What were my parents thinking?

I don't. 

I know what my Mother was thinking.

And my Daddy honored my Mother,

by agreeing with her desire.

I like my name.

But even more I like the reason 

I have been blessed with my name.

Here I am Mona Fay:

Here is Mona Fay 

and her Mommy Rita Gay,

(yes our name's rhyme) 

Sleeping in my mother's heart,

she knew a name that was a part of her

before she ever held me in her arms.

I don't know the moment she decided

I would become a child swaddled with 

a name that would be me for eternity,

but

here I was, unlike any other,

but;

like two who Mother loved.

And who I have come to love.

This is my Mother with her two sisters

Ramona, and Sondra Fay.

This is My Aunt Mona 

with me as a baby in her lap, 

and my cousin Judy a little girl.

This is my Mother 

and My Aunt Sondra Fay 

when they were Little Girls

This is two Lady's I Love 

My name sake

My Aunt Mona 

and 

My Aunt Sondra Fay.

Now that I am grown; 

I Thank you for the precious gift

Of a beautiful name;

I will be a part of you both for eternity;

through the endearing love you

share with my Mother 

who looked into my eye's

and 

called me

 Mona Fay. 

We have love between us

 This needs no explanation

This is what I love today

Admonish the young women to love their husbands,

 to love their children.

Titus 2:4

This is what I love today

I Love my Husband,

I love my Children,

I love my home,

I love the sprinkle of colors 

God puts in every season,

I love it when I laugh 

and someone is laughing with me,

I love to hear 

the heavenly voices of my children,

I love God 

for answering my prayer to be a mother,

I love my children, 

they are everything I prayed for,

I love my children exactly the way they are 

there is nothing about them 

I would ever change,

 I love to get a surprising squeeze 

from my husband,

I love it when my husband looks into my eyes,

I love that little bit of heaven I feel 

when I look back into his, 

I love to talk to Jesus and ask for a miracle,

I love it when a prayer is answered, 

I love to sing,

especially when I know the words to the song,

 I love the memories of my mother's hands,

I love how her touch comforts me,

I love my mother's eye's, 

I love the way they glisten 

with approval of my life,

I love my mother's smile,

I love that her smile is a surrender 

to a happiness we share,

I love that my life 

made a smile come onto her face,

I love holding my grand baby,

I love the way it feels 

when my grand baby and I embrace, 

I love the feeling 

of being gently toughed by an angel 

when my grand baby falls to sleep in my arms.

I love the tears that fill my eyes 

when I feel the blessing of being loved, 

I love hugs,

I love kisses, 

I love that I don't know 

what tomorrow will bring,

but 

I love knowing through Jesus 

I will have eternal love.

I love my husband  

I love my children

I love my mother (daddy too)

I love my grand baby's embrace

Why? moms work at home

WHY? do I call this blog " moms work at home".       

{ I call it the Art of Living now, but, this is why I first chose "Moms work at Home"}

 WHEN I became a "Stay At Home Mom" the day I had my first child, our little sweetpea, baby Daughter. 

And I loved it, I thought I had the greatest most important and most wonderful job in the world. But like most married couples short on cash,,, after my Daughter was old enough to tell me how we would conduct our day at around two and a half years old, I thought she could handle being away from me for eight 'short' hours a day and would welcome the companionship of other toddlers her own age to converse with, and most especially to manage their day. So I conducted THE search 

for THE GREATEST, day care center and arranged for my Mother to care for her first Grand daughter one day a week and then I went back to work as a Dental Hygienist. AAAAggghhhh, from day ONE I cried, our baby girl cried and I think my husband even cried. But... we endured about TWO whole months of this "adjustment". Then one night, sitting across the dinner table eating again at 7:00pm, another terrible cooked meal, with dishes piled high from the previous nights terrible meal, with both of us hungry for something "good" to eat again, listening to our beautiful baby girl, of two and a half (who could talk as well as a Six year old), pleading and  reasoning with us asking us not to send her to day care we called, "Play School" anymore. My husband said the most lovely words I think he has ever said to me that night at the dinner table, " I what you to quit work". Oh, talk about tears,,, he went on to say " he didn't care if we ever had a new car, (which we never did, only nice used ones), or if we never had a house, (we were living in a very nice custom ordered; temporarily while we saved money; mobile home)". Today we live in a beautiful 5 bedroom 3 and a half bath beautiful home on a private lake. But... I did QUIT! working outside the home. 

We soon had another sweet sunflower baby Girl, and then another wonderful, non stop lovable, baby boy. And I never got in a car and dropped off any of my babies at a "Play School" again. Now, I know not everyone can afford this luxury and some who could, will make a choice not to be a  "Stay At Home Mom" (today labeled SAHM). But, I chose to be at home, and praise be to Jesus, I had that choice to make. I did earn some money, in small ways to help out where ever I could. I'm an Artist so I painted on tee shirts and sold them. I'm a seamstress so I sewed and gave lessons though a material shop, for smocking and French Hand Sewing. There were other various jobs I got paid for, while staying home with my children, until they were all in school. Before I knew it our beautiful baby sweetpea was graduating high school and heading for college. With our other two not far behind her. Then as an Artist, a get up and go to work job found me, when a Private School open near us and they needed an Art teacher. I when to work as that Art teacher to help with the college expenses. As rewarding as it was, Nine years later,,, I QUIT! Again,,, and I'm now a " Stay At Home Mom", Again,,, Though my Children are not living at our home and my husband and I have the "empty nest", I'm still a Mom, Mamma as my kids have always called me. Once a Mother always a Mother. I had some plans when I quit teaching to do some "grown-up art since I taught First through twelfth grade children's art for all those years. I planned to start making and to sell my grown-up art right away. But guess what? I became a Grand Mother. Now a year later I'm still planning that Grown-up Art. It just didn't seem as important as Rocking my beautiful "little" sweetpea Grand Daughter, who lives five hours away,

so that's quite a way to go to do that Rocking,,, and

holding,,, and kissing,,, and now that she's a year old I can chase her and swing her. So, I guess I'll get to "work" as soon as I can. That's one reason I have started this Blog,,, I'm planning on Working at sharing a life time of "Working at Home as a Mom" with other "Moms who work at home".  And getting paid with hugs and kisses.