Donna Cope Sams's Blog (14)

My Top 5 Post Pregnancy Happy Thoughts

From my blog, At Donna's Discretion: This blog post is not about the obvious mushy stuff. Of course what I'm most looking forward to is finally having my little bundle of joy in my arms. Having another happy, healthy son is going to be my biggest blessing through all of this, but I'm not going to talk about the obvious here. I'm going to talk about the stuff that I didn't learn about until AFTER I became pregnant. I'm goin… Continue

Added by Donna Cope Sams on November 2, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Thankful Thursday

From my blog At Donna's Discretion: I don't know if someone else already does this, I'm hoping that I'm not the first person that has thought of it. I was just thinking about all of the things I am thankful for and realized that today is Thursday and it hit me, "Thankful Thursday." I am going to try every Thursday to post something I am thankful for. A blessing in my life that God has given me. I want to do this not only… Continue

Added by Donna Cope Sams on October 8, 2009 at 6:31am — No Comments

You've Got to be Kidding Me!!

From my blog At Donna's Discretion: Close your eyes and picture it. There I am, sprawled out on the couch like a beached whale, my eyes fixed on the TV in a trance-like stare, my mouth opened wide as I look from the TV to my gigantic stomach, back to the TV and then back to my stomach and finally, back to the TV again. What I am seeing is inconceivable to me. I am watching Discovery Health. There is program on called "I Didn… Continue

Added by Donna Cope Sams on September 25, 2009 at 10:07am — No Comments

Finding Peace and Happiness

From my blog At Donna's Discretion: I was overcome by an urge to share this. It hit me the other night. Even with all I have going on, even with stress and concerns, I feel more at peace and more happy than any other time in my life. Why? I make time. I make time everyday, no matter what, to pray and read the Bible and my devotionals. Now, before you think I'm getting up on my soapbox and beating my Bible preaching fire an… Continue

Added by Donna Cope Sams on September 1, 2009 at 4:24pm — No Comments

A letter to my son.

From At Donna's Discretion: Dear Nicholas, On Saturday, you will be four. I can't believe it. Your birthday is the day before Mother's Day this year. The year you were born it was the day after. You will always be the best gift I have ever received. My precious son, do you know how special you are? Do you know how much you are loved? Can you even fathom the amount of love and joy you yourself bring to others? Love radiates from you, a t… Continue

Added by Donna Cope Sams on May 6, 2009 at 7:49pm — No Comments

Tickle Buggy!

From my blog At Donna's Discretion I'm sure most of you have heard of or played the game "Punch Buggy!" You know, when you see a Volkswagon bug and you yell out "Punch Buggy" while hitting the person next to you? Well, I wanted to teach this game to my son, but didn't want him hitting other people. My solution? Replace "punch" with "tickle". Now, everytime I see a VW bug, I yell, "Tickle Buggy" and give him a little tickle. He loves it! H… Continue

Added by Donna Cope Sams on February 26, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

The Most Powerful Sentence I Have Ever Read

From my blog: At Donna's Discretion: I have just had the worst past few days of my life. I won't get into the details, just trust me. I have been constantly praying and asking many questions that I know will never be answered in this lifetime. I have been struggling to get through each day and found myself just going through the motions and not feeling any hope for the first time in my life. Then it happened. I was sitting in the living… Continue

Added by Donna Cope Sams on February 2, 2009 at 12:40pm — No Comments

A Fun Way to Teach Your Child About the Solar System!

My 3 year old son (Nic) and I were playing with his Mega Blocks. I asked him what he wanted to build and he said "Spaceships." This came as no surprise as he has been saying lately how much he wants to be an astronaut so he can fly to the moon. We began building spaceships and I asked him where we should fly the spaceships. He wanted to go to the moon (no surprise). Off we go. After a safe landing on the moon and checking out Neil Armstrong's footprints and the flag, I asked, "Where should be go… Continue

Added by Donna Cope Sams on January 22, 2009 at 7:52am — No Comments

Don't be the Itsy-Bitsy Spider!

From my blog: At Donna's Discretion: So, I’m wearing my marketing hat again. I know what you’re thinking; what does the itsy-bitsy spider have to do with marketing? Glad you asked. I was thinking about this children’s song yesterday when I found a frozen spider on my deck. No kidding, he was frozen solid inside of his web. This spider didn’t make it back up the water spout. I’m sure you all know the song about a very small spider that climbs… Continue

Added by Donna Cope Sams on January 21, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Reflections and Resolutions - Putting God First

From my blog: www.atdonnasdiscretion.blogspot.com : So it's time for everyone to make their New Year's resolution right? Not me, I don't really do the resolution thing. I just try to be be the best mother, friend, sister, daughter, Christian I can be on a daily basis. I do like to try to make each year better than the previous though and found some ways to do it that work for me. At this time of year I reflect on the previous year and try… Continue

Added by Donna Cope Sams on December 29, 2008 at 2:37pm — No Comments

Santa Calls Nicholas

Nicholas received a phone call tonight from Jolly Old St. Nicholas himself. I couldn't believe he took time from his busy schedule just to call Nic, I guess he has been a very good boy this year :-). This was so fun! I missed the first 15 seconds trying to get the camera to work, but Nic had so much to say that it doesn't seem like I missed anything. I was nervous that Nic would suddenly become shy and not talk to Santa...NOPE, not at all. He really loved this and I would highly recommend it to… Continue

Added by Donna Cope Sams on December 22, 2008 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Nic's first public performance....and meltdown

From left to right...Allen, Nic, Kallie and Emma in the church Christmas musical. You can find all the details here: http://www.atdonnasdiscretion.blogspot.com/ Continue

Added by Donna Cope Sams on December 14, 2008 at 1:49pm — No Comments

I want to be a Rockette when I grow up.

I saw the Rockettes perform on the Today show this morning, I LOVE them! I've been to New York City several times but have yet to see them perform live, but look forward to the day when I finally do! I remember being a little girl and seeing them on TV and thinking how much I'd LOVE to do that. I still think it would be fun, but at this point in my life, I could probably only make it through one performance, okay, let's be real, only about one routine..LOL, but my goodness, wouldn't that be amaz… Continue

Added by Donna Cope Sams on November 14, 2008 at 11:26am — No Comments

I adopted a 5 year old boy! Well...kinda..

That's right, you read correctlly! I adopted a 5 year old little boy. Only, I don't get to see him, but that's okay because I know that I'm helping him and sharing with him the blessings God has given to me, and that's what we should all do! My church, as do many churches, helps needy children and famillies at Christmas time. When you pick a child or family to help, you receive a list of what they have on their wish list and purchase those gifts for them so they will have something to open Chris… Continue

Added by Donna Cope Sams on November 2, 2008 at 10:35am — No Comments