LAUNCH OF THE CHARLOTTE DONAHOE'S FAMILY BLOG PAGE

Hi Sweet Family,
Welcome to our blog page. OK, I need everybodies help. This is Mom's first attempt at pulling together an opportunity for us to keep up with one another as a family. So take a few minutes once a week at least, or when it strikes your fancy (WE WOULD LOVE LOTS OF POSTS) to update one another on what is happening in your lives. Words from scripture, prayers, poems, pics, whatever you want this is our spot. I have to learn how to update pictures. This sight is for immediate family. Let me know how you feel about opening it up to extended family, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.
Quick updates from Charlotte: TODAY - C.J. is making his first attempt at getting his drivers license - GO C.J.
Jill - has her first fall fastpitch game with MSA against Mint Hill (the tall :) girls)
Mom - is recovering from laryngitis, off all week to be at home and with dad :)
Dad - has been working on evaluating his sleep issues: He has a severely deviated nasal septum, so on Thursday he is scheduled for outpatient surgery to fix the septum. He will be at home recovering for 5-8 days, you know how to pray :). After he heals we will be evaluating its effectiveness and praying for improved sleep.
Chris - starts his first day at the institute.
Kath - CONGRATULATIONS ON THE HALF MARATHON!!! - is back in CH and to class
Annie - had a good visit with friends in Atlanta and is back to CH and to class

NOW MY FIRST TWO QUOTES: Keep perspective, we are thrilled with where He has placed each of you, and though we miss you much, we don't expect you to call home everyday - we understand the pace you are keeping. That said this is still a sweet quote:
Imagine this: Your children are grown and gone, and you miss them terribly. Much to your sorrow, they call home only once in a blue moon (my kids do great :) -- or not at all. This is loosely akin to the relationship that many of us have with God. There are some who check in with Him regularly, and some who never bother to call Home.
We know how we feel when our children don't call, and I believe it matters deeply to God when we fail to connect with Him in prayer.
As Father Tim says in A NEW SONG, "God wishes to be as near to us as our every breath there's simply no way to have a relationship with Him unless we talk to Him -- and also listen.
St. James said, "Draw nigh to God and He will draw nigh to you."
King David said, "The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth."
Oswald Chambers said this: "Prayer doesn't fit us for the greater work, prayer is the greater work."
I hope you'll call Home right now. And whether we tell Him everything or merely utter His name, God is longing to hear the prayer that's in our hearts." MITFORD BEDSIDE COMPANION, Jan Karon author

OK bear with me one more:
"Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting father who cares for you today will take care of you tomorrow and every day. Either He will shield you from suffering, or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace, then, put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations, and say continually:
"The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart has trusted in Him and I am helped. He is not only with me... but in me... and I in Him." ---St. Francis deSales, from A Continual Feast: (Also quoted in the Mitford Bedside Companion).

WOW! I know, a little long, but I can't talk so it has to spill out some how! I LOVE YOU ALL LOTS OF HUGS and lets have Fun with this site! MOM