LOOK FOR THE LITTLE HEART AT THE END OF "EVERYTHING ELSE THROWN IN" when there is something special associated with the header.
A few months ago when I was struggling with the best name for my blog, I was really torn between Arkansas' Child, (which is the name of a story I wrote in 1992 and also really describes me because I deeply love this land we call Arkansas and the dear people who make their home here) and "Everything else thrown in." It is from a quote by C.S. Lewis which is the last line in Mere Christianity and reads, "Look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in."
Because, over the years, I have found that last statement to be utterly true and because I had so many "different" things I wanted to share on this blog. I decided on the latter for the title.
In my mind at that time was the dream of rotating headers to show the many "rare and beautiful treasures" (these treasures are the people I love the most, relationships and experiences) with which God has blessed me. These rotating headers became a reality just recently and I wanted a way to identify them to any one who is interested.
I have never seen this done although I am sure it probably has been (there is nothing new under the sun), I had the idea of placing a small heart at the end of Everything Else Thrown In," to designate it as a special header, one in which I share one or more of these rare and beautiful treasures.
If interested you can read about each designated header in this post.
The header below is me and my three daughters-in-law. Dree, I have an individual picture of you somewhere but I misplaced so many things in those 4 moves. I promise I will find it. They all three are precious to me. They stole my heart along with my sons'.
This next header is my mother-in-law. I think she was still in high school when this picture was taken. Alsi pictured in the header is a small Christmas compact that her husband gave her one Christmas early in their marriage, and a glass paper weight given to my mom and dad by my Aunt Jessie in the early 1940's.
This is the front cover of an old Bible my father-in-law gave my mother-in-law in 1941, although I realized I could not put a little heart on it without taking away from the impact of it. You will see it periodically on Sundays.
This front porch belongs to some great friends, J. and N. However welcoming it looks in this picture, you feel even more so when you are there. The first time I ever visited them at this house, I was there about three hours. After sitting and visiting for that length of time, I felt like I had been on at least a three day retreat. A very special place!
This is a picture of my grandmother's family. She is on the far right end in the white with a huge bow in her hair. Her father, Hugh, is on the front row, second left. She is standing beside her grandparents--I did not know them. My Aunt Ethel and Aunt Edith are the other two females in the picture. I really did not know my grandmother's brothers. I have a first cousin who was the exact likeness growing up of my grandmother in this picture. This picture was taken just about 100 years ago--about 1909.
This is the ship my father was on coming home from WWII. He is on there somewhere. I just don't know where and it rips my heart out to type that. This is Pier 88 in NYC. I saw a live news report from that pier the other night on television and it brought tears to my eyes.
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