I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER  GOD,

INDIVISIBLE, WITH  LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!  

KEEP IT LIT!!  KEEP IT LIT!  For all of our other military personnel, where ever they may be.  Please support all of the troops defending our country.

And God Bless our Military who are protecting our Country for our Freedom.
Thanks to them, and their sacrifices, we can celebrate the 4th of July.  We must never forget who gets the credit for the freedoms we have, of which we should be eternally grateful.

I watched the flag pass by one day. 
It fluttered in the breeze.

A young Marine saluted it, 
And then he stood at ease.

I looked at him in uniform; 
So young, so tall, so proud.

With hair cut square and eyes alert, 
He'd stand out in any crowd.

I thought how many men like him 
Had fallen through the years.

How many died on foreign soil; 
How many mothers' tears?

How many pilots' planes shot down? 
How many died at sea?

How many foxholes were soldiers' graves? 
NO, FREEDOM ISN'T FREE!

I heard the sound of Taps one night, 
When everything was still.

I listened to the bugler play 
And felt a sudden chill. 

I wondered just how many times 
That Taps had meant 'Amen.'

When a flag had draped a coffin 
Of a brother or a friend.

I thought of all the children, 
Of the mothers and the wives,

Of fathers, sons and husbands 
With interrupted lives.

I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea.

Of unmarked graves in Arlington. 
NO FREEDOM ISN'T FREE.

Enjoy Your Freedom and God Bless Our Troops.  When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our servicemen.  Of all the gifts you could give a U.S. Soldier, prayer is the very best one.

HI Everyone!  I hope you are doing well!

I ran across this short video of Arthur Burke describing what happens to people with Disassociative Disorder.  He does it using 2 girls as “props” to help explain what happens with them.  However, I see the picture has a great similarity to how denial works in people who are wounded, afraid of all hurt and pain, and/or who feel their emotions very deeply.  I think it would be helpful to watch.

If you adjust the video just a bit to be about how denial works in us to block us from dealing with the difficult things that happened to us in our past which in turn has messed up our thinking/emotions, the video does a good job. 

It’s how denial comes to cover up the real truth about issues in our lives.  It’s how our hurts from the past have caused us pain which in turn makes us fearful of dealing with things, so we end up with distortions and denial in our thinking.  It becomes patterns that carry over into the present and future. 

When we have a high expectation on someone, a situation, or how we think things should be, we tend to get very focused on that person/thing and see it as the only truth there is and the only reality we want and will accept.  It becomes a “need” or a “must have”.  Anything less than that illusion/perfect thing we are striving for is ignored and/or pushed away through denial even though the fruit of circumstances and life are telling us something very different. 

We also tend to overly focus on this good thing to the point of almost idolatry, because we want it so bad and want so desperately to “block out the bad” - what we see as “bad emotions” or as hurt and pain.  Denial comes along and blocks us from the real truth of the matter keeping us in our illusions, blocking the negative emotions that need tending to, and the truth of what God is trying to say to us to set us free.

I hope this helps some of you get a picture of how denial and even deception can work against you, so much so that you miss the truth and what God is saying to you over and over again – hence the cycles we get into.  Click on the link below.

A Simple Picture of D.I.D.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4r12kyYq0o&feature=relmfu

Dear Friends~

Many of you know how personal Breast Cancer is to me.  I started my business because of my own person fight for healthy breasts!  I am proud to announce that I am the Co-Chair for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, Mt. Airy.  My business, Beautiful Faces Salon Permanent Makeup, LLC, is also one of three Flagship Sponsors.  

I am asking for you to donate to my team, Faces of Courage, or I invite you to join me October 21, 2012 at Watkins Park to walk.  If you would like to donate please do the following:

• Go to www.stridesmountairy.org
• Go to donate
• Select Team (mine is Faces of Courage) and donate.
• You can also register to join my team!

If you would like to form a team, under my team, please call me.  We are having a Kick-Off Brunch at Sara Valley Farms in Mt. Airy on August 12, 2012 at 10 am for team leaders.  You must RSVP to me as soon as possible to attend.  Please no more than two people due to limited space.

Thank you for your support!!

Blessings!  Theresa

Your support in 2011 helped the American Cancer Society make huge strides toward creating a world with less breast cancer and more birthdays! Do you know how great of an accomplishment that is?! We are so appreciative of your contribution to our first Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event in Mount Airy and we hope you take great pride in all you’ve enabled us to do to make strides to end breast cancer. We hope you’ll join us again next year as it just wouldn’t be the same without you! MARK YOUR CALENDARS!  Our 2nd Annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Mount Airy will take place on Sunday, October 21, 2012 at Watkins Park! Our 2011 event was planned by a wonderful committee of volunteers and we want to thank them once again for all of their hard work.  This event would not have been possible without them.  We hope you will consider joining the committee this year to help us make our 2nd annual Making Strides bigger and better.  We will be having an initial planning meeting for the event in February.  If you are interested in learning more about the committee and receiving details about the planning meeting, please contact Jen Burdette at jen.burdette@cancer.org or 410-781-4316. Thank you again for contributing your enthusiasm and energy to our 2011 Making Strides event. You really helped make our first walk in Mount Airy an amazing and memorable day for everyone involved!  Without your help, the walk wouldn’t have been the success that it was and we are looking forward to seeing you again in 2012! Sincerely, Jen Burdette, Community Manager Your American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Mount Airy Tip of the Week: Turn your 2011 donors into repeat contributors by asking them to donate again in 2012. Or even better, ask them to join you as a Making Strides participant and fundraiser! The American Cancer Society combines a never-ending passion with the wisdom of nearly a century of experience to save lives by helping you stay well, helping you get well, by finding cures, and fighting back. Learn more at cancer.org. American Cancer Society, Inc | cancer.org/stridesonline | 800.227.2345 250 Williams Street, Atlanta, GA 30303 Unsubscribe | Forward to a Friend | Legal & Privacy | State Fundraising Notice