It’s hard to believe another year has passed. I must say that I am very glad to see 2009 go. This year was full of hardships and growing and joy and sadness.

I try throughout the year to keep an account of happenings which is sorta easy to do with my blog, Twitter and Facebook.
Here is a little look at SuperAngel’s 2009 Year in Review:

`January 1st Saw the first sunrise of 2009
`January 1st What Happened In The Year 2008
`January 6th Amanda isn’t here right now…
`January 14th Living In A Winter Freezer Land!
`January 20th Met Miss Julia and Family
`January 21st What’s Going On With SuperAngel
`January 26th On Moi’s 2009 Book List
`February 2nd If You Give A Girl A Camera…
`February 11th La Bella Vita USA Nvey Organic Foundation Review/Giveaway
`February 14th WON AN iPod touch!
`February 16th Vostro falls off table!
`February 18th Learning about Hell
`February 18th Vostro is BACK!
`March 9th-March 18th Online Sabbatical
`March 18-28 Super Blogoversary Giveaway Bash
`March 30 Amanda Dawn
`April 2 What A Sweetheart!
`April 4 My Dude
`April 7 Sweetness’ 2nd Birthday
`April 9 Celebrating Pesach: An Old Feast and New Importance
`April 11 The Resurrection of our Savior, Yeshua!
`April 13 We Are The Dixon Chicks
`April 15 Along This Road Original Poetry by Yours Truly
`April 22 Sharing One Of My Loves!
`April 29 Amanda or Manda, Doesn’t Matter… This Is Me!
`May 6 Vostro Has A New Skin
`May 7Am I Narcissistic?
`May 10 MAMA, You Surpass Them All!
`May 13 My New Friend “Aflac” The Duckling
`May 18 They Really Are “Grand”!
`May 19 The Feelin’ Feminine Challenge Day Uno
`May 20 The Feelin’ Feminine Challenge Day Dos
`May 21 The Feelin’ Feminine Challenge Day Tres
`May 22 The Feelin’ Feminine Challenge Day Cuatro
`May 23 The Feelin’ Feminine Challenge Day Cinco
`May 24 The Feelin’ Feminine Challenge Day Seis
`May 25 The Feelin’ Feminine Challenge Day Siete
`June 6 Redecorated Mah Room!
`June 11-16 Lirettes Here!
`June 13 Blogger Bash
`June 20 Happy Father’s Day >From My Daddy’s Girl
`June 20 Dad’s 40th birthday
`June 22 We’re gonna have a NEW baby!
`June 30 Loving My Lillie Flower!
`July 1 A Farewell
`July 7 Chicbuds Are Cool Buds Review & Giveaway
`July 12 I Think I Can, I Think I Can, Wait… Yep, I Know I Can!
`July 14 You Know You’re Addicted When…
`July 17 Feeling A Bit Skewered…
`August 1 Learning to Wait…
`August 3 Girl Of Many Trades
`August 5 Looking To The Future
`August 10 A Heavy Heart
`August 26 In so much loving memory
`August 28 Rivers and Co. Review/Giveaway
`September 3 Blast From The Past!
`September 5 Keeping Hope Always
`September 7 The Results Of My Labors
`September 10 Uh! I don’t think so
`September 25 I Always Said…
`September 29 “Let’s put a smile on that face!”
`October 2 Feelin’ Feminine Wine Day
`October 3 Feelin’ Feminine Tan Day
`October 4 Feelin’ Feminine Black Day
`October 5Feelin’ Feminine Striped Day
`October 6 Feelin’ Feminine Pink Day
`October 7 Feelin’ Feminine Orange Day
`October 8 Feelin’ Feminine Supergirl Day
`October 19 Seeing the Beloved Dawn
`October 26 Happy Birthday 20th Amanda!
`October 26 Two Decades
`November 7 SAMUEL IRA IS BORN!
`November 8 Happy Happy Joy Joy, Here’s The Boy!
`November 11 I Got You Baby!
`November 13  “I Do” Forever
`November 15 Remembering… Great Grandpa Walters
`November 21 I Miss Him!
`November 25 Cheeky Sistas
`November 27 I’m Dixie-fied Now!
`December 2 On 3…
`December 4 Got A New “Do”
`December 5 I Am The Wretch
`December 7 Samuel is One Month Old
`December 14 In Love
`December 16 My Little Boy Blue
`December 23 Mini Me and Me
`December 24 Don’t Worry…
`December 30 My Wittle Samuel

What a year!

Ecclesiastes 3:11
“He has made everything suited to its time; also, he has given human beings an awareness of eternity; but in such a way that they can’t fully comprehend, from beginning to end, the things God does. ”

I really am looking forward to where God leads me this year and what he teaches me. I look forward to the good and bad of 2010.

©AmandaDixon2010

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My very own DixieCajun’s Creations apron!! I LOVE it! it is so me and so special because Mrs. Lirette hand-sewed it with love for me. Isn’t it just too super?! I have literally worn it everyday since I got it! Definitely will have it on all day tomorrow as we prepare for Shabbat!
I’m still thinking about making my own apron… no, I haven’t actually made my apron yet… shameful, I know. But now… I really don’t have to for awhile, right? haha!

Well this apron is so beautiful handcrafted! Don’t you want one? You can now order them at DixieCajun’s Creations! So go get one! They would make wonderful gifts for any homemaker!
I really love my apron! Thank you sooo much, Mrs. Lirette!

©AmandaDixon2009

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This past week has been extremely hard for me. I lost my Great Grandpa, who I was very very close to. I can honestly say that he was THE best grandpa I’ve ever had. I am so thankful for the last 5 years of being able to grow closer to him, of course, it wasn’t as long as I wanted, but I am very glad I had them. It was wonderful! It was wonderful to grow as close to him as I did.

Over the past 5 years, he really opened up to me about his WWII experiences which he hadn’t shared them at all before. When I presented him the Armed Service album I made for him at his 65th anniversary, he was moved to tears. I knew that all the efforts and the sleepless night I spent on it was so worth it! Getting to know him was truly a blessing to me. I pray it was to him also. Since I did that for him and grew closer to him through it, I have a very important place in my heart for the armed service men. When we took him to the cemetery, they gave him a beautiful Final Military Salute with the playing of Taps and a 21 Gun Salute. I bawled through the whole thing. Knowing that his service was important to him, and that was so very important to me because of him. It was very hard to sit through for me.
Sitting in his funeral service remembering all the times we had together, the tears just flowed. We would color when I was younger and as I grew up, we would sit on his front porch and play cards. He taught me to play rummy, war, slap jack, and more. One of the last times he played cards he was 87 and got down on the floor with the Littles to play go fish with them. It wasn’t easy for him to crawl on the floor but he showed his love to his family by doing it. He truly was a family man. That was all he was worried about: his family. He made it known that his family was all that was important to him.

I truly miss him. I miss his hugs. I miss his smile. I miss his playing cards. I miss praying for him. I now found myself crying when I pray because he is no longer on my list and it reminds me he is gone. I just miss him! But he lived a full and meaningful life. A life devoted to his family. I praise God that Grandpa knew our Savior and that I have the hope to once again see him on Resurrection Day. It hurts and its hard to have to wait for that day, but I know that the day is drawing close. OH, what a glorious day that will be!

Isaiah 25:8
He will swallow up death forever. Adonai ELOHIM will wipe away the tears from every face, and he will remove from all the earth the disgrace his people suffer. For ADONAI has spoken.

Revelation 21
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will no longer be any death; and there will no longer be any mourning, crying or pain; because the old order has passed away.”

Love you, Grandpa!

Please continue to pray for us and also my Great Grandma who is by herself now, and also for my Uncle Keith. It’s been hard for them too.

©AmandaDixon2009

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Great Grandpa and Grandma on their 65th Wedding Anniversary 2006

Please keep our family in your prayers today and tomorrow as we go to Grandpa’s viewing and funeral. It’s gonna be REALLY hard for us.

©AmandaDixon2009

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My heart is heavy. My dear 90yo great grandpa fell multiple times last month with the last fall putting him in the hospital and then a nursing home. He also has cancer and other health problems.
We went up to see him yesterday and when we got to his room I was sure we were at the wrong room because I did not recognize him and when I saw his name tag on the door, my heart sank! He has changed so much since I saw him last and I’m just so sad. He is on medication that has done this to him… not only has it changed him physically, but the meds make him hallucinate and he has said some pretty horrible things that he thinks has happened! We didn’t end up getting to see him because he was out cold sleeping, but it might  have been for the better right now.

It just breaks my heart because my Grandpa has such a special place in my heart. After I completed his armed service album for him, and we talked about his harrowing experiences, he and I became very close. I am glad to know tho that he knows Jesus but its just so hard to see him the way he is and I really am so heartbroken by what is happening.

Please pray for us as we go through this difficult time and also for clear direction on being able to help them. Since Grandpa is in the nursing home, Grandma is at home all my herself. She doesn’t want to bring him home because she cannot take care of him if something happens and she doesn’t want to feel helpless. So if he stays at a nursing home, she will be alone. We don’t want him to stay in the nursing home on all those drugs that aren’t helping. We already lost a Great Grandma from mistreatment at a nursing home and we don’t want that to happen again.
We are trying to figure out how we can help them whether its having them come to our house or having one of us girls stay with Grandma.
We all are just so sad by this and could really use your prayers.

©AmandaDixon2009

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