Brothers don't Shake Hands...Brothers gotta hug!!!

So, I am part of the Naughton Plant NEAT team (Naughton Emergency Alert Team). For the past few days I have been taking HazMat training. Chris Farley sang the immortal lyrcs, “Fat guy in a little coat…” much to everybody’s amusement. Well, here’s a little girl in a big suit…every time we had to have someone suit up…sure enough my name came up. So…for your laughing pleasure…here are some pics (which have already been distributed to all Naughton employees…lovely!!!).

I feel Him all around me

Throughout my whole life, I’ve always heard how people say that they are never closer to God than when tragedy or sadness befalls them…up until about three years ago I honestly could not relate to that. I always felt closest to Him during times of heightened happiness…it was those times that I felt part of the plan- the plan of HAPPINESS. I feel lucky that until that point in my life I had never felt the type of sadness that causes someone to feel despair to the point where they either self-destruct or look to God for truth, comfort, love and a sense of understanding for why things happen the way they do.
While sometimes it seems so much easier to have a life without that kind of sadness…I know that I chose long ago to accept all that I would experience in my life, believing that it would all culminate into a life filled with understanding, knowledge, happiness, sadness, pain, that I would grow from each experience to be more like the person He wants me to be and ultimately joy in knowing that I played my part faithfully.
I am thankful to have a Heavenly Father who in moments of unexpected sadness envelopes me with His love. I feel as though I see Him all around me.
I am grateful for all the blessings I have been given in my life, I am thankful for all of you.