A Few of My Favorite Things
I appreciate and bask in God's love, friendship, family, creativity, and enjoy traveling, reading, peppermint tea with orange blossom honey. I have a passion for people, sharing my testimony, oceans and other bodies of water; music like ambient-jazz-r&b-alternative-latin jazz-contemporary Christian-waterfalls and other sounds in nature-crickets on a hot summer's night; pancakes, waffles, ice cream, spinach, seafood; walks in the park, museums, horses, and beta fish. I love laughter, sunsets and sunrises, mountains and sandy shores, popcorn, and corn on the cob...hot dogs on the grill, amusement parks, Discovery, A&E, Sundance Channel and Book-TV. Twizzlers, Dell computers, God's promises, people, and stories of the Bible, reading out loud, singing, and microphones. I'm energized by the smell of salty oceans and the clarity of the Caribbean Sea, conversations with Vincentians, and the nothingness of silence. The possibilities of a blank page, the probabilities of a finished manuscript. Yes, these are a few of my favorite things.© 2005, Stanice Anderson
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I am new to Maryland...just packed my car with computer, clothes, and family pictures...after 31 years of physical and emotional abuse. My daughters are grown and I felt it time! But I got here and had no job, no money, and lived with cousin for 3 months. Now I have a job I hate, a 3 room apt (downsized from my 9 room house), and a smile. God is with me, I know he is...but I need more money. I am making $12,000 less than I was making in Massachusetts...I am a licensed addiction counselor there but could only get "trainee" status here and I have a masters degree. I feel bad about that sometimes and sometimes am tempted to just go home..but to what? A man whose idea of love is to have no conversation or intimacy with me...a big house...with no love? I cannot get all of my love from my daughters and one grandchild. God's love is good and never ending...but pray for me..pray that I can land a better paying job.
I love Twizzlers too! And I just read your book that I ordered used from Amazon. I've been reading it over the entire 4th of July weekend. Though not in recovery from drugs or alcohol I feel I AM in recovery from years of abuse which led to low-self esteem, self-doubt, and self-loathing. I'm okay now and books like yours inspire me to move forward. I lived in Suitland, Md. for 3 months with my cousin but now am in Baltimore County working and living in a teeny apartment...but every day praising the Lord that I can keep paying my rent and car payment. Thanks so much for a book that I place right up there with "Maximize the Moment" by Bishop TD Jakes that catapulted me to get my you know what in gear and leave all my material things for peace of mind!
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