Smile When You Say That, Stranger

Lisa at Antiques and More gave me the Lemonade Award and I want to give her a special thank you. It's always an honor and privilege when something like this is given and it is never to be taken lightly. I don't. I'm always thrilled to know I have special friends out there and I am so grateful. I had received it from Krista a few days before and had asked that instead of passing it on, I wanted to pass it forward. You girls responded in such a giving way and here are a list of places to visit and reach out to:

1. Sharon's------Summer Sundays JW

2. Mindy's------A Simple Country Life and Hope for the Maxeys

3. Pam---------Deck Apes

These folks need our love, support and prayers. Please try and make time to go by and just let them know you are thinking about them. In advance, I'm going to say thank you so much!

Now I'm going to give you another challenge with this award and I just won't take no for an answer. I am passing this award on to each and everyone of you with one itty bitty catch. I want you to take it and smile. Look at it. It's so darn cute, how can you not smile? I don't mean one of those little grins, but one of those big ol' show the gums, toothy smiles that lights up the room. Proverbs 17:22 says "A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones". Girls, osteoporosis doesn't need any help, so smile. There is nothing more beautiful than a smile that starts at the mouth and goes to the eyes and straight to the heart. It shows so much more than we thought we wanted to reveal about ourselves. It says you care, you love, you're fun, you're sexy! That's right, I said SEXY!!! Made you smile didn't I? Did you ever wonder why some people seem to draw others to them like honey? Well, take a look at the following photos. Look at their smiles and their eyes. Who wouldn't want to hang out with them and be their BFF!!!

photo courtesy of Garden Antiques photo courtesy of garden antiques photo courtesy of Sparkled Life

My personal favorite smiles above and below. These put a permanent goofy grin on my face.

You couldn't help yourself, could you? You were smiling before you got to the last photo. See what I mean? There's a party going on in those faces! So take my challenge. Go stand in front of the mirror and smile. When the light is coming out of your eyes, my dears you will be catnip to your cat daddy! Heck, send me a photo....I like to smile, too! Oh, I almost forgot. I did a short post on the Vintage Journal on Lillie's grand opening with a few photos I didn't include before. If you have time between smiles, please read it. Thanks!!!