More books are coming! Everyone is sold out. 500 are due to arrive on Thursday! The Window Shop at the hospital will get some and The Little Lady Bug on Thompson Bridge Rd. will too. I will have some and you can e mail your request to: asklulabelle@windstream.net and I will mail a signed book to you.
Also, there will be another book reading with music on August 5 at 7:00 at Cleveland United Methodist Church. You can purchase your book then and I will be there to sign them.
Books are $15.00 and proceeds go to the J. Michael Hosford Foundation.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Happy Fourth of July
Check out Mollie's flips on the left hand side of the video! She is a water baby. We celebrated Independence Day at Adrian's sister, Melissa's house with her husband, Steve, 4 of their 5 wonderful children, 3 sons in law and 3 (plus one on the way soon) grandchildren! We love spending time with this remarkable family. They are so full of fun and love. We can only aspire to raise our 5 children as successfully and as phenomenally as they have!
Monday, June 22, 2009
The Book
A Clock, a Coffee Pot and a Field of Lilies is going into.......(drum roll)......it's second printing!! If you want a book, e mail me at asklulabelle@windstream.net and I will tell you where to get it!
If you don't know about the story and how it came to be...where have you been?
When my father passed away last year, my heart literally shattered into a million pieces. My grief turned me upside down and I didn't know how to even breathe. I have five children to take care of and I just couldn't allow myself to fall apart.
So, I took all that horrible, sad energy and decided to create something meaningful out of it. Telling my father's story was very healing for me. Daddy was a wonderful man who was loved by so many (which is why I was able to sell so many books! I ain't stupid) and I thought people might want to know what made him so special. He not only healed folks physically, he healed people spiritually.
Daddy won the National Science Fair, met JFK, went on the Today's Show, got a scholarship to an Ivy League School, became a doctor, had quite an interesting life. But he struggled with drug addiction and alcoholism. His struggles took him on a journey to find hope and that's what the story is about.
He eventually lived a clean and sober life for the last 24 years of his life until he passed away. Even battling cancer and the terrible treatments, he did not medicate his pain with drugs. He spent his life serving others. He was selfless. He gave all he had away. He was known to trade medical services for chickens, fire wood and art.
Proceeds from the sale of each book go to the J. Michael Hosford Foundation. That way we can continue Daddy's life's work of helping others.
If you need a good cry...then a good laugh... and then to be swept up spiritually and emotionally, this book is for you!
If you don't know about the story and how it came to be...where have you been?
When my father passed away last year, my heart literally shattered into a million pieces. My grief turned me upside down and I didn't know how to even breathe. I have five children to take care of and I just couldn't allow myself to fall apart.
So, I took all that horrible, sad energy and decided to create something meaningful out of it. Telling my father's story was very healing for me. Daddy was a wonderful man who was loved by so many (which is why I was able to sell so many books! I ain't stupid) and I thought people might want to know what made him so special. He not only healed folks physically, he healed people spiritually.
Daddy won the National Science Fair, met JFK, went on the Today's Show, got a scholarship to an Ivy League School, became a doctor, had quite an interesting life. But he struggled with drug addiction and alcoholism. His struggles took him on a journey to find hope and that's what the story is about.
He eventually lived a clean and sober life for the last 24 years of his life until he passed away. Even battling cancer and the terrible treatments, he did not medicate his pain with drugs. He spent his life serving others. He was selfless. He gave all he had away. He was known to trade medical services for chickens, fire wood and art.
Proceeds from the sale of each book go to the J. Michael Hosford Foundation. That way we can continue Daddy's life's work of helping others.
If you need a good cry...then a good laugh... and then to be swept up spiritually and emotionally, this book is for you!
Monday, June 15, 2009
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Hey, y'all. If you have left me a comment recently, I unfortunately have not been able to view it or post it. I think I have finally fixed the problem. Please send your comments again!!
Here's what's new this summer:
We have been so busy. We have had lots of visitors! Adrian's sister's, Susan and Sherry came from Idaho to visit Love but I am glad they spent time with us too. We had fun dinners together. And enjoyed early summer nights out by the swing set.
We have been swimming almost every day. Mollie finally got rid of her floaties and is now an expert swimmer. Fischer learned how to do a back flip and front flip into the pool just like his Dad! Adrian always shows off for me by doing these type of tricks. Jolie and Sydney have taught Nicholas to jump in from the side and he does it over and over again.
Adrian planted our garden and it is lookin' good. I can hardly wait to eat a tomato from the vine.
My sister and niece, Jennifer and Wiley and my sister and nephew, Rebecca and Hosford all came for a visit to mama's house and we pigged out eating El Sombrero a lot! Hosford and Wiley are getting so big. All the cousins were so glad to be together. My sisters and I stayed up late talking and talking. Those moments are the best.
We participated in Relay for Life on my dad's office's team. I cried when they launched the mini hot air balloon luminaries. It was the most beautiful thing. We cheered on Uncle Bill in the Miss Relay drag queen contest and he WON!! We partied all night, I signed about a hundred books and we raised a lot of money for the fight against cancer. It was fun to be there with my whole family.
My birth mother, Nancy came for a visit. She stayed a few days to go to the book reading which was a success. About 150 people were there and we sold about 200 books. Matthew Hoyle played the music for it and it was amazing. He is so talented. I have DVD's of the show. If anyone wants me to mail them one, let me know.
Adrian and I celebrated my birthday a day early on Saturday without the kids! We painted pottery, drove to the mountains and went hiking. It was so much fun and we really needed the break. Now, it's back to craziness. I'll post pictures tomorrow. xoxoxo
Here's what's new this summer:
We have been so busy. We have had lots of visitors! Adrian's sister's, Susan and Sherry came from Idaho to visit Love but I am glad they spent time with us too. We had fun dinners together. And enjoyed early summer nights out by the swing set.
We have been swimming almost every day. Mollie finally got rid of her floaties and is now an expert swimmer. Fischer learned how to do a back flip and front flip into the pool just like his Dad! Adrian always shows off for me by doing these type of tricks. Jolie and Sydney have taught Nicholas to jump in from the side and he does it over and over again.
Adrian planted our garden and it is lookin' good. I can hardly wait to eat a tomato from the vine.
My sister and niece, Jennifer and Wiley and my sister and nephew, Rebecca and Hosford all came for a visit to mama's house and we pigged out eating El Sombrero a lot! Hosford and Wiley are getting so big. All the cousins were so glad to be together. My sisters and I stayed up late talking and talking. Those moments are the best.
We participated in Relay for Life on my dad's office's team. I cried when they launched the mini hot air balloon luminaries. It was the most beautiful thing. We cheered on Uncle Bill in the Miss Relay drag queen contest and he WON!! We partied all night, I signed about a hundred books and we raised a lot of money for the fight against cancer. It was fun to be there with my whole family.
My birth mother, Nancy came for a visit. She stayed a few days to go to the book reading which was a success. About 150 people were there and we sold about 200 books. Matthew Hoyle played the music for it and it was amazing. He is so talented. I have DVD's of the show. If anyone wants me to mail them one, let me know.
Adrian and I celebrated my birthday a day early on Saturday without the kids! We painted pottery, drove to the mountains and went hiking. It was so much fun and we really needed the break. Now, it's back to craziness. I'll post pictures tomorrow. xoxoxo
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Today is a gift
Yesterday is history
Tomorrow is a mystery
Today is a gift...
That's why it is called the present.
Tomorrow is a mystery
Today is a gift...
That's why it is called the present.
(I don't know who said this, but I heard it on Kung Fu Panda last night and it really touched my heart.)
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Today
Don't forget to mark your calendars for June 9 (Tuesday) at 7:30 pm!
At First Presbyterian Church in Gainesville, we are hosting a dessert reception to launch of the J. Michael Hosford Foundation.
I will be reading three chapters from the book: A Clock, a Coffee Pot, and a Field of Lilies. Matthew Hoyle will be playing his guitar and singing.
Here is a sneak preview of the book, taken from chapter 2, "A Pathway to Enlightenment"
I was only a little girl, but have always known his palm sized book held so many answers for him. Sometimes I would read it after he would leave for the office. I felt I was somehow unlocking a secret formula when I would sneak a peek into his private thoughts. We could ponder the same things all day and we would be together that way, even though he was going to be gone, being very busy. Sometimes I would put the book to my nose and smell it. Hints of coffee, cologne, toothpaste and fabric softener lingered on whatever my father touched.
Daddy took everything life handed him one day at a time. Sometimes he would say in order to stay sober, he had to do it "just for today." He did not worry about tomorrow. He did not dwell on the past. He focused on today. "This is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it," was the scripture we chose for his funeral. How fitting. Today was all he ever had.
At First Presbyterian Church in Gainesville, we are hosting a dessert reception to launch of the J. Michael Hosford Foundation.
I will be reading three chapters from the book: A Clock, a Coffee Pot, and a Field of Lilies. Matthew Hoyle will be playing his guitar and singing.
Here is a sneak preview of the book, taken from chapter 2, "A Pathway to Enlightenment"
I was only a little girl, but have always known his palm sized book held so many answers for him. Sometimes I would read it after he would leave for the office. I felt I was somehow unlocking a secret formula when I would sneak a peek into his private thoughts. We could ponder the same things all day and we would be together that way, even though he was going to be gone, being very busy. Sometimes I would put the book to my nose and smell it. Hints of coffee, cologne, toothpaste and fabric softener lingered on whatever my father touched.
Daddy took everything life handed him one day at a time. Sometimes he would say in order to stay sober, he had to do it "just for today." He did not worry about tomorrow. He did not dwell on the past. He focused on today. "This is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it," was the scripture we chose for his funeral. How fitting. Today was all he ever had.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Fischer's Fshing Trip by: Fischer C.
This is a fishing trip I went on with my dad. It was at Lake Oconne. I walked on a train trestle. I went camping in bear infested woods!! I burned my hand on the lantern. The first time we went, my dad had bad gas.....in the motor! The motor wouldn't work so my dad had to paddle like for 30 minutes to get under the train trestle. Then we put minnows on our hooks and went fishing in the dark. We did not catch anything except some "stick fish." The second time we went my dad got a big tug on his pole!! It was a big bass!! The fish broke the line. That's why my dad says it is called fishing and not catching. :[
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