Week 6 ~ Story

Story....Our word for the week. I love stories...reading them, sharing them, living them. I just finished reading a great book and it reminded of the power of stories. They can be an escape. They can open us to truth. They can connect us. They can move us forward. This week I invite you to reflect on story...What is your story?What stories comfort you, connect you, move you from stressed to blessed?Who can you share your story with?Whose story do you want to hear?This week let's dig into story...AMQS 

• thinking about AMQS challenge word "story" this weekend. How this word shifted a stressed to blessed moment for my family. We were at dinner after a LOOOOOONG day at Fiesta Texas Amusement Park. We were all very tired and very hungry. While waiting for food, I could tell the troops were getting stressed....so I started telling stories of when they were young. My 14 year old son used to wear his red or blue turtleneck every day for like 6 mons when he was four... WITH shorts and cowboy boots! We all laughed and reminisced on this story and others. Before we knew it, our food had arrived and we all enJOYed a lovely meal together. Yes, we were blessed by the time together and the story shared. THANKS Ann Marie for inspiring me 
• The Stories We Tellby Carrie NewcomerShe said, "Did that really happen?"And I answered,"Of course it didor at least almost.This is the way it should haveor might haveor needed to havehappened.And to the best of my knowledgeAnd by my most reliable memoriesThis is how I understand itTo have beenAnd wasAnd still is."She looked at me askanceNot sure whether to follow the questionFurther down an obvious rabbit holeOr to simply believe me,And leave it at that,Not pressing to knowif the story was realOr merely true.