another Thanksgiving!

     Well another Thanksgiving Day has come and gone since our sweet Tyler left us. I miss him so much and so many others do as well, yet we cannot live in the past. Our Tyler is celebrating every holiday with Jesus now! For that I am most thankful and I will see him again one day!
      We have so very much to be thankful for,  our God is faithful, He covers us with His wings of love and carries us through each day of this life! We are only passing through this world on the way to meet our Maker, this is not our home. If only we all could live in this mind set each and every day, then and only then would we truly know peace.
     Sometimes we place too much emphasis on a day like, Thanksgiving. The media would have us believe that it is so very important to be with lots of family and friends on this day. That our life would be complete if we have a huge family dinner together with everyone on this day. Well I believe that Thanksgiving is something that should live in our hearts everyday of the year and that our Lord Jesus is the only One Who really makes everyday special in this life. I love my precious family, all of them, but I know that I am truly never alone even when I am not with them,  He is my peace, my comfort, my only help in times of trouble!
     So wherever you are today, and were on Thanksgiving Day, remember that it is only one day of your life that you should be thankful for! You did not miss out on anything if your were not with a huge family, the God of the Universe was and is with you! Now that's something to be thankful for!
     Today and always, be extra thankful for our military, our SEALS, and all of our troops. They spend many special days away from their families, friends, loved ones,  just to keep us safe at home. We get turkey and all the trimmings in peace and they get cold, damp grounds, fear, pain, worry, loneliness, along with having to do things they sometimes can not live with, just for us to be free and safe! And we think we have problems!  Thank them, and pray for them, send cards and packages to bring some comfort far from home this year! Enjoy your freedom!
         Giving thanks always, in Jesus!!  HOOYAH!  Thanks for the special phone calls from our guys on Thanksgiving! Tyler's brothers! Now that's family!

Jesus Bring the Rain!

Always praying for our guys, our SEALS, Tyler's brothers at 6pm, 1800 hours  HOOYAH guys! You're being watched over by the King of Kings and Lord of Lords!!

Thank You to true men of valor!

HOOYAH! Tyler's brothers!

Happy Birthday Tyler!

     Today Ron and I spent a wonderful lunch with Tyler's brother, Harry Meiners, his wife Ashley and 3 beautiful children! They drove a long way just to be with us, just to share stories about Tyler, laughter and tears.
      Tyler was blessed with such special friends, many who loved our son and enjoyed life with him. Friends who also share the same Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and will one day see Tyler again! What a special God we have, He loves us, He saves us, He blesses our lives and He daily bears our burdens! He sends special gifts of love through others just when we need it the most! Thank You Lord, please kiss our boy for us on his 29th birthday!
     Harry and Tyler were so very close, such great friends, true brothers of the very best kind! They got each others jokes, talked long hours about everything in life, laughed and enjoyed every moment together. Tyler would have loved today, too! Harry and Ashley went to the cemetary to spend time with our Tyler this afternoon, they talked about him to their little ones. They took doughnuts and had a birthday party there together as a family! Oh Lord, Tyler would love that! So sweet, we are still wiping tears! No greater love than that.........Thank You Harry and Ashley!  God bless you all!

Birthday eve....

29 years ago tonight........Ron and I had gone out to eat with my parents...after getting home I awoke in the middle of the night, our baby was on the way! We called my mom and dad to come to our house and stay with Sumer so we could drive to the hospital. When we got in the car we noticed it was almost out of gas, so my dad followed us to the truck stop on I40 to make sure we made it and he went back to our house.
      Ron and I went on to Asheville to Mission and our beautiful baby boy, Tyler, was born at 10am, on October 7, 1983! I do believe he was smiling when he came into this world! He had kicked so hard before he got here that I just knew he would be a great soccer player, and he was! Always a happy baby, so loving and full of smiles! He looked alot like Ron's dad when he was born so much that Papaw claimed him as his own, sent from God to him! He was a precious gift from God to everyone who ever met him! But Tyler was Mama's little man! Happy Birthday to our baby boy! We all love and miss you Ronald Tyler Woodle!!

Tyler's birthday week 2012

Our God is so awesome! This is not news, He always has been and He always will be. This week once again He reminds me of how very much He cares for us and how He comforts us in our pain and grief.    God sent 12 of Tyler's brothers to visit us, we shared a wonderful evening and had a birthday party together for Tyler! Thank You Lord Jesus, for giving us a wonderful son, our Tyler, for giving him wonderful brothers, true friends and for sending people to love on us when we need it!  Last year his precious friend Harry came to spend the night with us so we would not be alone on Tyler's birthday, thank you! Once again God reaches down into our hearts to bless us! We cannot praise You enough!! We have many of Tyler's brothers on our hearts and in our prayers right now as they serve in hard circumstances, far from home! Please join us in prayer at 6pm. or 1800 hours each day for our guys!      HOOYAH Tyler Woodle!  Your mom and dad sure do love and miss you!

May you feel the arms that hold the universe holding you tonight, He's holding us! And our precious Tyler is with Him, our comfort! 

Happy Birthday!

Happy 1st Birthday in Heaven to the best little brother a girl could have!
 I love and miss you Johnny Hyatt!! Mollee misses you too!!