Pray for Amelia

Amelia is very sick. In the hospital. She got an infection in her port. They're taking it out and after recovery she'll go to ICU. High fever and heart rate. Tomorrow they'll be putting in a new port. Douglas is out of town on business... trying to get the job asap so he can get home to her sometime late tonight.

Rain Rain go away come again another day!

Don't be fooled... I didn't take this picture... got it on google images.

We are getting way too much rain...I'm going to Jonesboro this weekend to see my good friend Julianne (Thank you Shelena). We're suppose to be going to the STL minor league came in Memphis with Julianne this weekend but its suppose to be raining. UGH! Either way I get to spend some quality time with Julianne --- and we're not shooting a wedding. The last few times we've spent time together were shooting my brothers weddings!

Coffee -- It's A Good Thing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Long-term coffee drinking does not appear to increase a person's risk of early death and may cut a person's chances of dying from heart disease, according to a study published on Monday.
Previous studies have given a mixed picture of health effects from coffee, finding a variety of benefits and some drawbacks from the popular drink. The new study looked at people who drank caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee.
Researchers led by Esther Lopez-Garcia of Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in Spain followed 84,214 U.S. women from 1980 to 2004 and 41,736 U.S. men from 1986 to 2004.
They found that regular coffee drinking -- up to six cups a day -- was not associated with increased deaths among the study's middle-aged participants. In fact, the coffee drinkers, particularly the women, experienced a small decline in death rates from heart disease.
The study found no association between coffee consumption and cancer deaths.
"Our study indicates that coffee consumption does not have a detrimental effect," Lopez-Garcia, whose research appears in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, said in a telephone interview. "It seems like long-term coffee consumption may have some beneficial effects."
There has been a debate among scientists about the health effects of drinking coffee, which typically contains the stimulant caffeine and a number of other important compounds.
The people who took part in the research completed questionnaires on how frequently they drank coffee, other diet habits, smoking and medical conditions. The researchers then studied the mortality risk over the period of the study among people with different coffee-drinking habits.
The study found that women who reported drinking two to three cups of caffeinated coffee per day had a 25 percent lower risk of death from heart disease than women who did not drink coffee. The researchers saw a smaller decreased risk for men but it was not statistically significant.
Drinking decaffeinated coffee was associated with a small reduction in overall mortality risk, the researchers said.
The people in the study had no history of cardiovascular disease or cancer when they entered it. The women were nurses and the men doctors, dentists and other health professionals.
Some studies have indicated coffee is a great source of antioxidants, substances that may protect against the effects of molecules called free radicals that can damage cells and may play a role in heart disease, cancer and other ailments.
Recent studies have offered a mixed picture on the health effects of coffee.
A study that came out in January found that pregnant women who drink two or more cups of coffee a day had twice the risk of miscarriage as those who avoid caffeine. Another study appearing in January found that drinking caffeinated coffee lowered a woman's risk of ovarian cancer.
(Editing by Julie Steenhuysen and Bill Trott)

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Gerald Butler. I don't know if its his accent that makes him hot or that he's just hot...maybe both!?

excerpt... Streams in the Desert

"Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe passage." Psalm 37:3

I once met a poor woman who earned a meager living through hard domestic labor but was a joyful, triumphant Christian. Another Christian lady, who was quite sullen, said to her one day, "Nancy, I understand your happiness today, but I would think your future prospects would sober you. Suppose, for instance, you experience a time of illness and are unable to work. Or suppose your present employers move away, and you cannot find work elsewhere. Or suppose--"

"STOP!" cried Nancy. " I never 'suppose.' The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. [Psalm 23:1] And besides,' added to her gloomy friend, "it's all that 'supposing' that's making you so miserable. You'd better give that up and simply trust the LORD."

The following scripture is one that will remove all the "supposing" from a believer's life if received and acted on in childlike faith: "Be content with what you have, because God has said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.' So we say with confidence, 'The LORD is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?" (Hebrews 13:5-6) --Hannah Whitall Smith

There's a stream of trouble across my path ;
It is dark and deep and wide.
Bitter the hour the future hath
When I cross its swelling tide.
But I smile and sing and say;
"I will hope and trust alway;
I'll bear the sorrow that comes tomorrow,
But I'll borrow none today."

Tomorrow's bridge is a dangerous thing;
I dare not cross it now.
I can see its timbers sway and swing;
And its arches reel and bow.
Oh heart, you must hope alway;
You must sing and trust and say:
"I'll bear the sorrow that comes tomorrow,
But I'll borrow none today."

The eagle that soars at great altitudes does not worry about how it will cross a river.

photo of the day

Aren't Lincoln and Selah adorable :)

Their going to be big brother sister real soon...