Belated Christmas Wishes

This sweet little face has brought so much joy and love to our entire family! Jacob celebrated his first Christmas this year at 9 months. After seasons of loss this sweet new life makes my heart happy, my first grandchild has renewed in me the magic of the season. My husband and I were truly blessed this year having all five sons, their wives and girlfriends here for Christmas Eve. Of course this little angel stole the show and everyone's heart. Knowing that all my boys have their own lives and new families and in-laws to share these holidays with I count myself truly blessed that this year they were all home. I know that this won't always be the case, families grow, traditions change and new ones are made and I am ok with that. After all I raised them to do just that, move on, make their own homes and families and I am so happy that they are happy. What more could a mother want for her children! That said I know that this year was a gift I will always cherish. My prayer for each of you is that you experience this same love with your own families and friends. Whether near or far these connections are what matter most, embrace them, tell folks you love them, spread love and joy as you move through your days. Sometimes family is what we are born into but sometimes it is those we surround ourselves with, so no matter who you consider family I wish you all a new year filled with many shared and loving moments!

Where the BLEEP have I Been???

Not sure where the time has gone, or why i decided to check out this blog. It's been some time as you can see, I haven't posted since my sister passed away. It was such a life changing time for me, so huge that I seemed to fall down 'the rabbit hole' as it were. Life continued as it does but I seemed to be viewing it through some distorted lens. Slowly the passage of time and the life changes that occurred over the last two plus years have lifted me out of that darn hole. Don't get me wrong, the pain of my sister's abscence is still with me but not nearly as raw as it was.

I spent some time checking into some blogs I followed and see that some of you are still here and that some of you stopped posting as well. It would seem that the ebb and flow of life affects us all. I hope and pray that any of you still here reading these words are well, that God continues to bless each and every one of you. I am not sure if I should continue on this blog or perhaps start a new one. So many changes have taken place over the last two years. I guess it will depend on if anyone is still reading so perhaps I'll check back and see if there are any responses over the next week or so. In the meantime, love to you all!

Guest Book for Cecelia Gunick – Online Guest Book by Asbury Park Press and Legacy.com.

Guest Book for Cecelia Gunick – Online Guest Book by Asbury Park Press and Legacy.com.

Author Unknown

There's always a little truth behind every 'just kidding.'


A little knowledge behind every 'I don't know.'

A little emotion behind every 'I don't care.'

A little love behind every 'I hate you!'

A little uneasiness behind every 'I'm okay.'

A little pain behind every 'forget it.'

A little fear behind every 'leave me alone.'

A little hope behind every 'goodbye.'

And a little 'something' behind every 'nothing.'


Author Unknown

But Very Much Appreciated!

Heart to Heart with Holley Devotional

This devotional from 'heart to heart with Holley' stuck a cord with me today so I decided to share it with you...


The Best Kind of Rest


I sit across the table from my husband on a cold morning. Snow spatters the streets outside and coffee steams from my cup.

“I’ve been trying to rest,” I say, “And I don’t think it’s working.”

He looks up at me, “Maybe what your idea of rest isn’t really rest.”

I nod. I’ve been thinking about that too.

When I felt like I needed to start slowing down a few months ago, I took that literally. I spent more time on the couch. I crossed items off my to-do list.

And I felt worse.

You’re a dreamer,” my husband goes on, “You need to be free to chase ideas, move toward the future, try new things. That’s what renews you.”

He’s a wise one, my man.

I realized what I’d been missing more than I realized…

God-sized dreams.

I’m coming to see that when God asked me to rest it was actually more about my heart.

Learning to trust instead of strive.

Learning to enjoy rather than push so hard.

Learning to focus on the moment instead of results.

I think of the verse God put on my heart when all this began…

“Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me. See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. The fig tree forms its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come, my darling; my beautiful one, come with me.” Song of Solomon 2:10-13

Rest is an intimate invitation—

not to step away from life but to embrace the Giver of it.

Words to Live By

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there can be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.


~William Penn

Don't Worry...

If a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry.
If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.

Tenzin Gyatso

14th Dalai Lama of Tibet