How did i get here and where am i anyway?

ok .....getting old sucks!!! no matter how much i fight it my body is taking a turn for the worst ( and i might add it didn't have far to go)....i need to walk daily, eat healthier, be more active, eat only organic, stay out of the sun........etc....etc....etc.... but when you feel like your in a 300 degree oven most of the time and your emotions are so outta whack you find yourself in tears daily and you seem to be forgetting things like where you left your purse, keys, glasses, did you lock the house, the car, close the garage and you find yourself leaving the stove on, the straighter on, the iron plugged in...... ( i still cannot believe i have not burnt down the house YET and i cannot tell you how many times i have to turn around to "JUST CHECK" and find that i indeed needed to turn around, THANK GOD!!!!) and worse yet i am starting to forget appointments (my hairdresser has moved me onto her keep an eye on list as i have misssed two appointments in the past 6 months, the only thing i got going for me is she is mel's childhood friend...and that only goes so far...and i'm pretty sure were there)) i also forget what i went to the to the store in the first place for only to have to hit another on my way home and still not get what i needed ( list you say-yeah i make them only to forget where i put them).....it is hard to do the things you know you need to, or should i say REMEMBER to do the things you know you must do to keep father time from running you over. He is on my track and in hot pursuit.......i gotta RUN!!!!!! or as DORI ( i used her because this is whom i feel like lately)would say in nemo......"just keep swimming...just keep swimming, swim, swim, swimming" What as opposed to.....Sinking.....yeah not so much...i gotta lotta swim left in me and a lotta ocean to cover to get to Maui, yes Maui ...that i know is my destiny.........


JUST SAYING!!!!!!!

where or where did the weeks go? really where? my last total recollection was the thursday before good friday before we all got hit by the tidal wave of winter sickness's......one after another....it seems i am finally able to get to the surface and inhale some air without gulping in some more nasty sickness...ok so officially i'm sick of being sick and all that comes along with it.
Checking out from this party and moving on. Spring is here.........pollen and all.

It's in the cross!!!!

yesterday on my way back to the condo to pack for home i saw a very old asian man running like the wind carrying a wooden cross in one hand and lifting the other in the sky and running as fast as he could possible run , as if he was almost running for his very life............not sure what to make of him i made a comment to mike that it was really odd to see that in kapalua where all you usually see are tourist out for their morning runs........ he said"yeah...crazy", so i dismissed it as odd and filed that picture somewhere in the back of my mind and thoughts of packing came rushing back in, after all i had an airplane to catch and all that goes along with that, even forgetting that good friday was tomorrow........well tonight the picture just popped back into my very tired mind as i was heading off to bed, and it is at the foot of the cross i now find myself this hour, reflecting on a savior who loved a sinner like me and took my place on the cross, a death i know i deserved, as he himself was sinless...me ...not so much......i have a life time of shame on my plate, my cross to bear no more, i just cannot get my mind around it, but i know that i know in my heart and soul it is the truth. i have never been one to believe something without question, but the fact that Jesus died so a wretch like me could be saved, this i do not find myself ever questioning , it is the truth, not because it benefits me, but because i feel the love that surround's me, a love that fills a hole deep in my heart that no other love has ever filled and my heart tells me that i am forgiven by a loving father who created me and that i have a purpose in life, just like that asian man who was running with that wooded cross, his purpose you ask.....well ...he got my attention and lots of other's ......THE CROSS!!!!! .
my purpose........well, that i am not so sure of, but i know we all have one, so until i realize just where GOD wants to use me and i let go and let him ...i will remain in his grace captured by his love and washed in the water and saved in the blood..............IT IS FINISHED!!!! JESUS DID THAT FOR US ALL!!!!!!

OMG!!!!! almost 3/4 of this family vacation is over and i can honestly say i don't know where the time has gone, oh except the 4 1/2 mile walk...(yeah right...up hill hike) chad scammed me into yesterday ...that seemed liked it took FOREVER......when he said it was going to be fun i believed him...forgetting he is a insane when it comes to exercise...but trust me i will never make that mistake twice......it seems we dreamed and planned and saved and dreamed some more and now as we are here and enjoying it to the fullest, it is flying by.....we have ate, played and relaxed with the best of em.........i have gotta figure out a way to make Maui ...home....:) aloha! living by grace....

Aloha!!!!!!


Yes it's true, Maui is within our grasp...... God willing, Tomorrow we will be (once again) next to that breathtaking ocean recharging our soul's. Oh Yesssssssss!!! Mom and Tony we are ever so thankful you so generously share your Maui Homes with us unconditionally....and we know you sacrifice $$$$$ Bank for us to enjoy it....but that is how you have always been with everything and we all are amazingly blessed by you generosity.......All our Love, Mahalo !!!!The Taylor Crew :)

Nothing compares to the promise I have in you, My Jesus, My Shelter, Tower of Refuge and strength!!!!

I am filled with thoughts of the three families who were struck with the loss of 14 family members and in an instance the family they held so dear has left this life and is in heaven. All day today, it keeps playing over and over in my head ,as I am packing to leave on our own family vacation with (3) complete families and the impact loss would bring. I am wondering just how could those families possible go on, where could they find the strength to deal with everyday life. I let panic set in and I begin to play out scenario's in my head of how I or my family could possible deal with more loss, that is when God spoke ever so softly to my heart and for the first time in a long time I was still . I know God is saying that this life is fleeting but as believer's we have the promise of eternal life spent with a Father who's love is unimaginable and that we are no longer of this world, we have died with Christ and are born again and that is where we need to place our hope, heaven not earth, in gain and not loss. I can choose to live in constant anxiety and worry about things that are of my control and let my mind become a place where Satan will get a foothold or I can Rest, assured that the battle has already been fought and Christ my savior has won, God will be there every step of the way, just not in my way, but His. I choose GOD'S way!!!! whole heartily.


I am Sending up prayer's for all those affected by that terrible plane crash and for Baby Mc Muffin who is fighting for his very life, Father God may your will be done and may they find their hope in the shelter of your wings . I am praying that we will all remember to live each and every moment to it's fullest and to emanate God's love always and to remember to tell the one's that mean the most to us just how loved they are. I Love you family, each and every precious one of you!!!!!!! Glory to God in the Highest !

Talk about tot's with the "it" factor, don't mind if I do, This little heart stealer is quite an amazing 14 month old and the apple of his Omi's eye...fo-sure! He is ever so serious and he never ever gives up when he has his sights set on something it his way or the highway. Having spent the last 6 plus years hanging out 24/7 with the youngest generation of this family I am kinda an expert when it comes to what goes on at what age and all I have to say about "easy E" is he is amazingly skilled and God has blessed him with a supernatural talent for entertaining us all, not to mention a smile that melts hearts and eye's that sparkle like the world's most brilliant cut diamond. Oh Yes! this little guy's is the whole package..........and looking for a Band, but not available to tour just yet!