michelle, emmer & emma

I sometimes marvel at the Lord's timing of everything.

I am glad that on some days, I am unexpectedly surprised by happy strangers that come along my way.

Some people, for whatever reason, aren't comfortable striking up a conversation with someone else. Having to come into close contact, within their circle of space, might make some people feel uncomfortable or simply not open to becoming acquainted with me. Again, there could be a multitude of reasons such as lack of time, having to be somewhere, ill, or feeling insecure. Shoot, I even feel these feelings sometimes, but mostly, i LOVE meeting new people and getting to know someone, remember George Dubbya?

These past two weeks, I've been fortunate to run across a few women who were strangers, but had a twinkle in their eye and kindly smiled at me as I was going to pass them by. For a reason, I drove backwards. I'd like to share my brief encounters with them.

The first woman I met is Michelle. I was at CVS with James, as he needed to fill some prescriptions. As you may know, I am a bargain shopper/couponer, so i had slowly passed by the haircare aisle when I saw yellow clearance stickers screaming for my attention on the shelves of select hair color. I drove into the end of the aisle and Michelle was there checking out the deals too. I saw her shopping cart to the right of her with her huge coupon binder open! I instantly got excited to meet another couponer, though she is more of an extreme, very organized couponer. 

We started talking about that and I shared with her a few couponing/deal sites I visit frequently, including Hip2save.com that she had never heard of. James came back to find me still there chatting away! I mentioned my blog and how i write about my life, including occasional shopping trips or special buys. She went on to say that she had a disability, not one that is visible to the eye. I didn't quite understand what she said about that because she spoke very low, but I do know that she has had lots of medical challenges. She is married with three sons, I believe, one who is autistic. She said she'd like to share my blog site with him to encourage him that even though you may have a disability that you can still be productive, creative and be someone you want to be. That there is still hope.

I then snapped a photo with her and wrote down my email and blog address. She took a pic of me to show her son. After 25 minutes of conversing with her, we had to go. I knew I could chat with her all afternoon if we had the time lol!

The next couple of women I met were Emmer and Emma, a mother-daughter duo I met in my doctor office building's lobby. They were definite women of God. Faith was the hot topic that brought us together.

dear emmer who led prayer

I was entering the lobby and Emmer had a sparkle in her eye that I saw through her over-sized sunglasses. I complimented her glasses, because I love big glasses too! She smiled and said thank you. I ended up easily conversing with her daughter emma too, who sat right across from her. They were waiting for their ride home, just like James and I were.

Emma went on to profess that I was healed. That I could be fully healed, that I just needed to keep my faith and trust in the Lord Jesus, because He can heal! I smiled and agreed showing her my engraved silver ring, "Saved by grace through faith"- Ephesians 2:8-9

She asked if I minded if we prayed together and of course I didn't. She anointed my head with a blessed oil and murmured words of Hebrew. She anointed the hands of Emmer and James.

James and I held grandma Emmer's hand and my right hand held Emma's as she held her mom's hand too. Emmer lead the prayer. After the 'amen', Emmer looked up at James and asked, "are you her [my] husband?"
We chuckled.
"No, I am her friend." 
"Oh, Fred! nice to meet you Fred."
"No, Mom, that's her FRIEND, not Fred. His name is James."
"Oh, well then James, that prayer goes for you too."

Emma went on to tell me that she and her husband are ministers of a small church. We exchanged numbers and I wrote my blog url and email for her too. As their rushed taxi arrived, she said hurriedly out the door, maybe we can have lunch sometime!  

I hope she reads my blog soon because I promised I'd write about our encounter and that Emmer was gonna be on the internet lol.

Have you met any interesting strangers lately?

Roe v. Wade 40th Anniversary Day of Silence

Even though this movement is for a day of silence, i feel the need to explain a bit of my personal beliefs.

Today's post is definitely a sensitive topic, but I am definitely pro-life. I know some of you may not agree, but that's how I feel. 

Honestly, I am uncertain about how I feel about abortion in certain cases such as rape, incest, or if the mother's life is in danger, but I do know and believe that if a woman decides to have an abortion for whatever reason, my heart is with her. My job is not to condemn her, nor would I or do I feel any hate toward her, only compassion & love.


One reason why I am pro-life is because I think, 
"What if my parents knew that I'd be born with a progressive muscle disease? 
Would they still want me? 
Would they still love me, even though I wasn't perfect?" 

If they knew, maybe they would have considered abortion and then if they went through with it, i would never have been here. I'd never be an older sister. I'd never be a friend. I would never be blogging. I wouldn't know you, you wouldn't know me. There would never be a Bee Littlequeen blog.

I just think of all the precious lives that could have been,  that never got a chance to be their full potential.

Plus, I believe that children are a blessing from God.

I am joining Becca of A Humble Bumble   and other bloggers to remember all the children that never got a chance or who never will. For their parents or mum's who made probably the most difficult decision of their lives.



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Tuesday, January 22nd will mark the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion in the United States. Since that tragic day in 1973, over 50 million children have lost their lives to abortion.

Since the legalization of abortion, thousands of life-saving Crisis Pregnancy Centers have sprung up across the country. These centers offer support and care for mothers (and fathers) facing crisis pregnancies. The caring workers and volunteers at the centers help the parents make a good decision for their child, starting with the choice of life.

Crisis Pregnancy Centers also offer post-abortion counseling. If you or someone you know has had an abortion and are in need of counseling, please your local center.

In memory of the 50 million plus children who have lost their lives in the horrible act of abortion since 1973, let's show our support of the Crisis Pregnancy Centers and also observe a blogger day of silence.

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"Heartbeat International currently serves over 1,400 affiliated pregnancy help centers, maternity homes, and non-profit adoption agencies in all 50 states and in 47 countries." source


Thank you for taking a stand for the most innocent of life... the unborn.

sights from today

Happy Monday and Happy MLK day for those of you who get the day off! :)

I've been busy preparing for my BIG birthday party this weekend.
I've been working on my banner and as I type this post, I am burning cd's of my 'party mix playlists'.

While I went out today with James, my neighbors down the street and around the corner were out in their driveaway. I had never seen nor met them before but I did get to today.

They have a girl horse who always hangs out in the backyard. I always see her through the chainlinked fence. Whenever I pass by her from on a walk, I talk to her from afar. Sometimes, she's eating hay and I say, "hi buddy" in a high-pitched baby voice and she just pops her head up in my direction, it's so dang cute.

Well, my neighbor happily offered to bring Tazsha out front to meet me. It was so sweet. Tazsha(hoping I am spelling her name right) is so calm and gentle. I got to feed her a carrot. Her name means "golden crown" in Arabic I think.

It was the highlight of my day to meet her and to pet her.

Also, while we were out at the grocery store, I saw this:

Pray to God

A nice reminder to me that God is everywhere, even in the strange, unknown person that wrote this on the sign. Thanks person.

In less than one hour, I'll be participating in a twitter party hosted by Radiant Cosmetics as well as Kelley from The Grant Life and other fabulous bloggers who are co-hosting. The goal is to bring awareness and hopefully an end to human sex trafficking! If you want to join, we'd love it and it starts at 7pm Arizona time, 8 central time, 9 eastern time. Use hashtag #kissslaverygoodbye and register here at kelley's.

thirty.

As of today monday, I've officially entered into a new dawn, a new decade...the THIRTIES!!

Oh halleluia! awesome! amazing! brilliant! exciting!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME and to all my fellow January babes! :)

I'll keep the post short and simple!

My mom told me that she *almost named me Nicole, but Brittany won! She wished that her newborn daughter would have straight hair because (she, my mom, had super curly hair.). What do you know, I had super straight hair all up until about 3 years ago! SO straight, that my hair wouldn't even hold a perm for more than a couple weeks! CRAZYY!

My brother Alaska's bday is tomorrow was the 15th, and I miss him, so it kinda is a bummer that we can't celebrate our birthdays together as we have ever since we were little kids! Always A & B or B & A together :)

I am *so blessed to be able to be "here" today and live each day that God gives me to become a better person, to be more kind, to enjoy all of the lovelies that he has put in my life and to learn & grow as a person.

I am allllll about celebrating birthdays, not just my own, but everyone i know!! 
So, in honor of my special birthday and it really being a miracle that I've made it this far, thanks be to God, we are going to have a giveaway this week! (i don't usually have this many giveaways going in one month, but that's just how it happened).

Here are the awesome prizes destined to go home with three of you...

prize #1

(book not included) eye pigment in "rapture"

 

 Prize #2

 Prize #3

 

There shall be three winners! 3 is one of my fave numbers! The first person that random.org selects will have their choice of which 1 of 3 prizes they'd like most!

Now, here's a slice of cake for you and you and you! Thanks for celebrating with me! 


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post-birthday

what? two posts in one day!?? hahah..i JUST HAD to share with you all  that it was my birthday on monday, the 14th! I didn't make it to my laptop long enough to publish the post I had all prepared minus the giveaway I was going to put together in celebration of my birthday!

Sooo...here's a brief run down of how my actual birthday went:

10AM: brush my teeth and hurry my makeup
1115: head to lunch w/heide to Rubio's [Delicious]! 
        James was gonna go, but he didnt feel well that morning.:(
12:15: we go shopping at Berean Christian bookstore
1: more shopping at Worldmarket
1:40: sit & chat and drink yummies at Coffee Bean
3: come home, get online to see 80+ people have emailed/facebooked me happy bday! whoa!
3:50: return my mom's phone call
4: phone my grandparents
4:30: brother alaska calls
5: dinner made speciallly for me by Sandy. 
    hamburgers & crinkled cut french fries YUM!
6:20: singing and cake
7: watch Country Strong w/James
9:25PM: go to bed. tired.

special delivery from my sweet  neighbors P & P

the best pic of me w/my eyes closed, makin a wish!

all in between this I was trying to text people back from the early morning and "like" every comment posted on my facebook wall and comment back with at least a thank you:) lol.

Now, you're invited to my little virtual birthday party! Let's meet back here tomorrow for  my original birthday post & giveaway to CeLeBRatE mY bIRtHdaY. Gonna celebrate the rest of this week with ya'll and then next saturday the 26th---partayy with all my family & most of my friends!

wishes & love.

wiw:sophisticated with firmoo glasses

I've been blessed to have good eyesight so far in my life. I do however, have some hearing loss :( i think it's hereditary because my aunt june is partially deaf in one year and i've been having hearing probs in my right ear since i was in high school..no apparent reason?

anyways, it's all the rage now to be sporting fashion glasses, even if they are not prescription glasses. I've finally gotten on trend and have a pair courtesy of Firmoo.com!

Also, right around the time I first was contacted by firmoo, my good friend Paco had just ordered his first pair of red framed-nerdy glasses for free! He was so excited to receive them!

What is Firmoo you may ask? 
Firmoo is an online eyewear store that is becoming quite popular these days. Their website also features a virtual-try-on station so you can visually see how certain glasses will look on your face shape.

There are many different styles and color to choose such as: harry potter-esque , or these classic brown & ivory beauties or maybe these tortoise aviator style glasses are your thing?

Most of the glasses I've seen on their site are pretty affordable ranging from $8 to $56 where most fall in the middle range..not too shabby at all!

Did you know that Firmoo has a FIRST PAIR FREE program? According to their site, new customers can snag their first pair of glasses for Free, just needing to pay shipping! So you can wander over to their site and pick out some fashionable, durable glasses for free! Their prescription glasses are filled with 1.50 index single vision lenses FYI. And if you're not satisfied, you'll be refunded.

Now, let's get chatting about the ones I was sent!!

the pair i chose were unisex and without prescription (as i mentioned above, i've been blessed with good eyesight). 
I really wanted sunglasses but they were out, so these were my 2nd option.

They have a gray frame and black arms. The frame itself is very sleek and has a modern look to it. They are pretty light weight. I definitely wanted to try these out because of how fancy and sophisticated they seemed, plus,the whole wearing kinda nerdy-but-not glasses as a fashion accessory is all in right now. I thought I'd happily give em a try.

glasses: firmoo / shirt: American eagle outfitters/ earrings: along for the ride

Now, I have a really wide head, so i was really hoping that these glasses wouldn't be too tight. I was wrong. 

When i opened the package, i was so dang excited, but tried them on and were a bit tight. The glasses themselves are very strong as they were able to stretch a bit without breaking while I had them on. I felt like I could only wear them for less than an hour before indenting the sides of my face lol. It's not their fault, it's just that I have a really wide face!

Although, when I did have them on, I looked like a more mature, grown-up person, which made me smile because I look like I am 18 and I am really 30 now! hahaha.  I said to myself, 'wow! you look good in glasses!" haha.

Plus, I was so impressed with the quality and standards of this company. The glasses came with their own sturdy sunglass case with a soft, light blue cleaning cloth to clean the lenses!

If you decide to order a pair of prescription glasses or sunglasses or even just fashion glasses and have any questions about shipping or ordering contact firmoo and they'll be happy to assist you!

*product was given in exchange for a review. Opinions and reactions are compeltely, 100% honest and my own.