The Velvet Box

07/20/2023

Selling lots of handmade wrap bracelets ($15) earrings ($7) necklaces ($12) many of them are made with gems, opals, jade, tourmaline, Swarovski, acrylic, glass, and/or acrylic beads.
If interested please email me at [email protected]
God bless and have a beautiful day!

07/18/2023

Shake it two times if you like. I hope and pray that people will be attracted to the energy you put out. It’s been working! We’ve got our Battle Group as living proof. Am I right? ~dix PTSD

07/18/2023

You can reap rewards if you put in the work. Dixon PTSD

07/18/2023

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07/18/2023

07/18/2023

My younger kids have been attending VBS this week at a local church. They have been bringing home information about food they are collecting for a local homeless ministry. My son, in particular, keeps reminding me about it.

This morning he sent me this picture. He’s gathered his own personal snacks and change in a ziploc bag. I was away from the house at the time so he used our family phone to send me this picture with one small message “is this good?”

“Good for what?” I responded, completely unaware of why he packed a bag with a few granola bars and money.

His response was a voice message, three little words that brought this mama to tears.

“For the offering.”

This is what an offering looks like. The purest form of goodness and innocence. A tiny 8 year old boy who owns nothing in this world gathers all that he has and stuffs it into a ziploc bag. In his mind- this little bag of stuff is going to change the world.

So my answer to “is this good?”

I’ve never seen anything that more aptly defined “good.”

God bless little ones who understand love and generosity so much more than adults ever could.

Yes, baby. This is so so good. 🤍

07/18/2023

When Hobo Dave Brown told Andy he should just let Opie "decide for himself" how he wanted to live… Andy had these words of wisdom.

"No, I'm afraid it don't work that way. You can't let a young’n decide for himself. He'll grab at the first flashy thing with shiny ribbons on it. Then, when he finds out there's a hook in it, it's too late. Wrong ideas come packaged with so much glitter that it's hard to convince ‘em that other things might be better in the long run. All a parent can do is say 'wait' and 'trust me' and try to keep temptation away."

Somehow... we have lost this basic truth.

06/10/2019