“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
The Declaration of Independence, 1776
Happy Independence Day, dear family & friends. Do you know how loved you are?
For many it might be hard to hang on to hope. The impacts of leadership help some, hurt others. I’m thankful for my independence and life. Although recent legislation will impact my health care, nothing can impact my freedom in Christ. ❣️
Have faith 🤍
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Thank you for your encouraging words today! I have missed you. Praying for your health and continued spirit of hope! ❤️
I’ve missed you too, Kelley. I’m so happy we’re here together. I’m thinking and praying for you and your family. I appreciate you! Thank you!❣️🤗🙏🏼
I’m glad you’re feeling better, and I hope your healthcare isn’t impacted too severely. Happy 4th of July, and thank you for inspiring us all, with your firecracker spirit!
Tippy! It’s so good to “see” you, my friend. I’m praying and staying hopeful, too. Time will tell.
Happy 4th of July! I appreciate your kind words!
Thank you for these wonderful and timely reminders, Karla. I am sad to hear that the process of your healing has been adversely affected by recent and cruel legislative actions. God is in your corner and so am I. Keep the faith!
Thank you, Russell. It’s so good to “see” you, my friend. I’m going to have hope that it remains the same. I believe in miracles. I don’t understand it all. You and I both understand and feel the same way. But we know WHO has it. I’ll keep leaning on that. Please give Joan my best, too. Happy 4th to you and yours. I appreciate you. God bless you!
i love USA.
from Indonesia.
Jhon 15:16.
Karla we are living in perilous times. But you are right – God is our refuge and Jesus is our rock and that Holy Spirit keeps hope’s light burning!! My prayers are still flowing – and the prayer warriors met last Tuesday and you were in their special intentions. 🙏🏻💙🙏🏻💗🙏🏻
We are, Val, indeed. I hold tight to the truth. This world evolves. The sun sets, the moon rises, and the world keeps turning. We KNOW who has us!
I don’t want to waste my energy and attitude on the things I can’t control.
After another hospital stay, oxygen crisis, new things,…just as you experience in day to day circumstances, the ONE thing that doesn’t change is Christ. Jesus IS our refuge.
Please give the prayer warriors lots of hugs. I’m not able to put into words an experience I recently had in the hospital….yet. But it was indeed another miracle. Love you, friend. Give Mocchi lots of hugs. I hope the fireworks don’t upset her!! Finn sends love too! 💗🤍💙🐾🙏🏼
Karla I’m so glad the crisis was averted and you are up to being on WP! I will let the ladies know that their prayers have been heard! Mochi has been a nervous wreck – her sleep schedule is flipped. She sleeps all day and is awake and nervous at night. She does some pacing but tends to hide in our closet…We gave her a special blanket to hide in in the closet that has reduced her nocturnal wanderings. Big hugs to you and Finn from all of us – especially Mochi!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💚💚💚💚
Thank you, Val.
I made the decision to publish (teary eyed doing so!) to feel part of “me” and to see all of you! ❤️
Mochi~ Finn and I are sending virtual hugs now~hang in there sweet girl. 💕♥️🙏
Even with the sound of fireworks, Mochi is sleeping next to me. She has been very clingy but hasn’t been too afraid to nap and eat – though going outside is a little dicey! I’m so glad that you have published a newsletter – I worry about my WP friends when they go silent…
Happy Independence Day my sweet Karla. With God all things are possible – even health care and the arts. Cuts can be painful sometimes, but no matter what, God is right there with us -pushing, refining and preparing us for our eternal freedom. I continue to hold you in my prayers. Hope you have a wonderful holiday filled with your ever present positive attitude. God had a plan already in place for both of us. He hears our prayers and always answers them. Love you❤️🇺🇸
Amen, Mama K. You know first hand! I continue holding you in my prayers too, sweet lady. It will be a good holiday. I’m so blessed to be here. I will never take ONE day for granted.
Thank you for being such an inspiration to me. I love you. Please take care. ❣️💙🤍🙏🏼
Amen Karla “nothing can impact our freedom in Christ. Have a great day my sister.
Thank you, dear sister! ❤️♥️🙏 you too!
Happy 4th Karla ❤️🇺🇸🎇🧨 I sure enjoy your writings. You are truly a blessing ❤️
Much Love,
Amie
Amie, it’s so good to “see” you my precious friend. Thank you for being here~praying, supporting, and cheering me on. I’m doing the same for you. You’re a blessing!❤️💕♥️🙏
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Hi Karla,
Wanted to assure you that the recent legislation will not take away from your health care unless you are in this country illegally, which I know you are not. As I am also a born again believer I felt the need to tell you this truth.
Praying for you,
Maryann
Maryann,
Thank you so much for reading and sharing,
I pray for the 10.5 million people who may be eliminated from the Medicaid/Children’s Health Insurance program by 2034. My spend-down(I’m on Medicaid) has increased to nearly 70% of my “net” which makes it difficult with the cancer treatments. No need to digress here…but this is my current situation and many more have it worse than me. I can’t imagine those who don’t even have food, faith, or hope!
I’m clinging to the truth in where my faith and belief lie~ in Christ Jesus. Thank you for your prayers, Maryann. 🙏🥰
The other side has purposely lied and distorted the truth of the bill, and we know who is the great deceiver.
The party that supports abortion on demand even after birth “is now so concerned about children”.
I’m not affiliated with a political party.
Happy Indie Day, dear lady!
Thank you, Mitch! It’s so good to be back and be….alive! Blessings to you, dear friend! ❤️
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I love that quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt. We certainly don’t have that kind of independence with the current administration as it sets out to undue all FDR put in place. But like you say, the present administration, soulless, can not touch my soul 🙂
love to you, katelon
Katelon, thank you my friend. The peace that only God can give is something I’ll never let go of again. God bless you. Much love to you!❤️
Happy Independence Day, Karla ! hope it’s jam-packed with activities; yes, we have freedom in the Lord; good health 🙂
Thank you, dear John!! I hope you’re well, my friend 🥰
sending you so many hugs. Health care should be a basic right. The UKs NHS has many faults but it’s still wonderful, helping so many regardless of personal circumstances.
we have faith, he is with us every step of the way ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Happy 4Th Karla!!
So good to hear from you. I missed you so very much. Hope you are doing well! Love you always! 🌹❤️🎶🌷✝️🤗🥰😉🕊️and many more!
That freedom in Christ will ever be there Karla. The world can squabble or dance but His love, ever an unconditional choice, does indeed set us free ❤️🙏
I hear your heart singing kind lady, even if your journey has taken you somewhere bumpy. I pray for healing on such a journey my friend, and the trust of that love He will return.
And hopefully poor Finn has her earplugs in for a few fiery local celebrations for your Independence Day. Hopefully she is a tiger and just snuggles her mom to protect her instead 😂
Big hugs to you both, and lots of love for your current path kind lady. It appears there has been some testing times so I pray for strength in your heart and plenty of your Hope and Faith to see you through 🤗🥰🐾🦓🎶🦋🕊️🐬❤️🙏
Mark, thank you, my friend. One never knows what each day will “gift”! I was asked how I handle the roller coaster ride of this cancer.
There will be some who understand; others who might think I’ve lost my mind. In practicing the WAY of Jesus, with my faith in our Lord and Christ, as well as in true surrendering to the Spirit, staying one in nature (think of Lao Tsu and the Way –500 years before Christ)–I accept what is in front of me rather than work against it. There is NO striving anymore. I’m just to “be” and allow faith and wisdom to sustain me.
Yes, I’ll use common sense. But in the not “trying”, I can stop looking for results and just….LIVE.
It was a scary crisis. But I got through it, Mark. 10 years ago, I don’t think I could.
Aww. To simply be. To let go and Let God. That’s what I’ll keep doing. I know you do too.
Little Finn wasn’t bothered at all by the fireworks! It was so funny. She just snuggled up to me and I was WIDE awake, lol.
Big hugs from us to you! We feel your love and send ours across the big ocean. Which really, isn’t that big.
Here’s to hope, faith, and friendship, Mark! 🤍🤗🙏🏼💛🎶🦓🐾🤲🏼🙏🏼🐬🤗🙏🏼💙
Thank you for showing me that Christ Walk Karla. I’d had very little experience from that side of His heart, instead healing everyone else’s except my own. Hmmm, you gave me a message to slow down and just be that love instead. His love 🤣 I’m still trying to understand fully what happened. It was like I was ‘there’ but wasn’t. I know we take many steps in our understanding so I accept gladly that message, and be open for many more ❤️🙏
Your journey has been a very powerful one my friend, and you seem to take a step, conquer it, but get asked to take another. I know it is the builder of that empathy and compassion but just a simple walk in the woods occasionally is a healer too 🤗❤️
And yes, to let go and let God. He did say to me that night on my kitchen floor when I thought I’d breathed my last…’I am the giver of life’…and that saved me. But I don’t think I stepped clearly enough, trusted enough, because your words seemed to come from another direction. A truly trustful one. I had to see your strength…His strength within you from where you were. Thank you ❤️🙏
Glad to know Finn was protecting you from all that noise 😂 She had it all under control. Big, big hugs to you both across our little pond and delivery by dolphins of course.
Oh, side note. All the flooding around here has kept the dolphins out of the lake for ages…but…yesterday four visitors chasing schools of fish wildly around the shallows brought a big smile to my face. So glad to have them back 🤣🐬🐬🐬🐬
Anyway, much love and healing coming over Karla. I hope all goes well and a little rest comes your way. Take care 🤗🥰🤣🐾🦓🎶🦋🕊️🐬❤️🙏
Your words always touch my heart, dear friend. I’ll give glory to God for working in and through me~ if you “see” him in me….well, that’s what I’m living to do with his Spirit in me! That’s my whole desire in life!
Thank you for being a light and source of love and wisdom for us!
I’m imagining your 4 visitors swimming to say hello! Finn sends her love too! 🤗🦓🙌🏻❤️🤗 🐬
And done well Karla, thank you. And lots of healing love returned to you both in kind. Hang in there my friend 🤗❤️🙏
Good morning, Karla! I didn’t know you were in the hospital. I pray your health will improve every day. Thankfully we didn’t have very much noise from fireworks. However, Henry gets angry and barks his little head off, but he isn’t afraid! I hope Finn did alright through all of it. Henry and I send our love and prayers. God loves you and watches over you at all times. 🙏💕🐾💕
“Even though I walk
through the darkest valley,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.” Psalm 23:4 NIV
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Wonderful quotes. I hope there is truth in them. I’m still coping with the lingering results of falling on my head. I do NOT recommend it at any age, but at our age, falling on your head is a terrible idea. Also, the MOST common reason for head injuries of people over 60 and even more for people over 70. I guess it was my turn.
I hope you are doing well. The world isn’t making sense to me anymore. All I hope for is that come the next election, the non-T base will rise up and vote for ANYONE else. I am past parties. I just want a real government back.
Thank you! Marilyn, I’m so happy to see you. I’m so sorry to hear of your fall! How is Garry doing?
I’ve missed you all. It’s been busy times. I’m on month 3 of a new treatment–some hiccups indeed. But overall, I’m winning.
I appreciate you and look forward to getting back here more and checking in to see how you are all doing, too. Again, I’m so sorry to hear about your fall!
Everyone our age seems to spend most of their non-sleep time coming and going to tests and doctors, trying to get used to medications, trying to REMEMBER my medications. Recovering from something or other OR in the middle of something. Life is just like that.For that matter, remembering anything is pretty hard.
The good news? It’s hard to worry when you forget what you should worry about.
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I am so glad to see a post from you, dear Karla. I just knew things were not well and I have been prying for you. God is sovereign over every thing in this world. We can trust Him knowing that He always knows best. Sending love, hugs, and prayers always, my sweet friend! 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻
Pam, I was going to call you~ I’m having difficulties commenting on your posts if I’m not on a PC, but I see and read the beauty! I love you dearly and have missed you. I hold you all in my heart and prayers! ❤️🙏♥️
Happy 4th of July! You are always in my prayers!
Thank you, Ann! Have a blessed July! I just prayed for you and your sweet family. ❤️🙏
Thank you! Very much appreciated!
Still praying here Karla. Your trust is placed on our eternal Rock. Like us you know God will work out and work through your circumstances. With eternities certainties in view as you keep reminding us. your light is high on the pole and shines brightly.
Thank you to you and my entire Fultz Family, dear friend. Let’s keep shining together. I know Tania is, too. God bless you all. My prayers will continue for her and all of you.🙏
May the researches still research and the doctors still doctor and those ill continue to receive the care they need despite the changes to the system, my dear friend Karla. Always thinking of you.
Thank you, dear friend! Thinking of you too!
Hello little sister. We’re you safe lighting off the fireworks? 🙂 I can envision you lighting them off and running back laughing.
Hello my Dear Sister. Hope you are doing well and Hope you had a Wonderful and Safe 4th of July.
Be Blessed and Continue to be a Blessing.
You Are Loved…
Inspiring thoughts! Karla, I’m catching up after being away for a summer journey to be with family and friends in Montana. Colleen and I spent the 4th in Bozeman with our youngest grandchild. God’s peace.
“Nothing can impact my freedom in Christ.” Amen, sister!! We are not of this world! His kingdom is not of this world! 💜💜💜💜💜
Thank you, brother!! Amen! Sending love and prayers to you and your precious family! 💚🙏🏻
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