Me

My blog my amazing escape. I love writing I could do this all day or work in a charity shop and raise money for an organization I believe in or work some where in Wells Next the sea my bit of Heaven. You know those times in life when you feel that everything is caving in well this is my life at the moment. My family is facing major challenges and major changes. It is so sad that the time in England is swept away with the mess of what we face. At times I close my eyes and I just hold onto every moment of the time I had in Norfolk cherishing the times I had. It is like a tsunami coming I am running with all my might exhausted holding on to the fact that God has kept me going through everything in my life yet wanting the wonderful time I had in England to be reality not just a moment in my life. I always have felt I am very black and white honesty is everything to me but a lot of people I know that is not the case. I have always tried hard to not spend much and be careful and thankful with every penny, but sometimes I sure would like to go mad and just splurge. At times it is easy to wonder has all this trying hard added up to much. I feel like just crying and crying yet it is true I hold onto a cross believing that God surely will not forget me. A friend posted a song by Steven Curtis Chapman on my faceBook wall saying that it was my song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIfdDLXuuUg I claim it for all of you that are so holding out for a miracle and my prayer truly with all my heart is that the end will be amazing for you. I am no one special just a woman who has tried very hard against all odds and who so believes that honesty and God is everything and that one day God makes all things new and all things right. It is not a church that makes you, many are just large buildings with few if any caring people they forget the human factor of loving and caring for people a call a hug they are caught up in the politics. Yet in my world listening loving and caring for people you don't know is what God is all about. A church should be like a warm family full of love so if you don't have that then become that yourself and lets reach out to those people just like us who need a loving caring family. God surely I know held me as my heart raced at work today I held my hand on my chest as my chest had massive pains today and I so wanted to cry so I just prayed and said to God you have to help me through all this pain. So to all of you don't let go of God just if anything hold onto God alone because I tell you sometimes that is the only person you need. I am so believing for a better tomorrow for you and me.

Norfolk Federation Women's Institute

While I was in England I went into some lovely bookstores that were in some stately homes. While at Felbrigg Hall I found a wonderful book. Norfolk Countrywomen's Year since coming back to the United States I have so loved reading it. The memories of home flood through my mind and I am transported to a world I love and miss so much. Norfolk England is like no other. It is a world where time has in parts stood still. The Women's Institute really is the very foundation of what England is about raising money to help many amazing causes. It is a group of women who soldier together to make a difference in their communities not wanting the praise but wanting to touch and change lives. As a child I remember the many Women's Institutes' bake sales and the wonderful smells from the cakes. You can find out more about them by clicking on the links below: http://www.thewi.org.uk/become-a-member/structure-of-the-wi/england/norfolk/about-us You should take the time to look into them and if you are able to join them, you should become a part of their history. Making a difference, young and old can be a part and join forces to change and help their community. I really suggest you read the book I bought I love it. It will transport you to the England I love and one day hope to return to live. The stories are true and allows you to see a small part of the wonderful Norfolk that I love and grew up in. http://www.amazon.com/Norfolk-Countrywomens-Year/dp/B001ID9D8S Enjoy.

American Airlines lessons to be learnt from them

Greed can take over all of us and I have seen it from kids fighting over a toy to trying to get up the cooperate ladder. American Airlines and US Airways, the mega company: once a company that perhaps cared about their passengers and now many people who work for them have perhaps lost what customer service is about. When flying home to England in March 2015, the first time in eight years, after raising money through yard sales and countless people donating to our yard sales, I found that the airline I had flown on eight years ago was not the same. I asked many customers who were flying with me and since have researched that many people feel that the customer service is no more. More that passengers have to put up with it because they do not want to do a connecting flight. Over six hours of Curt staff is enough to make anyone kiss the ground at London and sit for a moment and reflect that perhaps it was all a horrible nightmare. Why are there rules of the age limit of watching PG13 movies in theaters if the airlines allow themselves to not abide by them and play them while children under that age merrily watch them on the plane as their parents fall asleep. I asked this very question only to be laughed at and told that "Surely you do not expect us to play just G-rated movies?" I wish to God they had played movies that brought laughter. With turbulence the whole way and movies that needed only to go into the bin, my flying experience was awful. Customer service has gone. On my arrival back, I talked to a supervisor that informed me that "The job of the stewards is safety, not like years ago when they can talk to you." Yet as normal human beings, shouldn't we care about people? Has the dollar sign or whatever currency taken over our lives so much that we forget to treat others with respect? I remember years ago flying with British Airways and Virgin Atlantic: I was treated like I was Royalty. Indeed they truly knew how to make sure that customers came back. A smile does not cost. But in this world we live in, have we forgotten what it is like to be polite to care? It is in moments like these that we can learn that bigger is not always better and that taking the time might not make you a millionaire but it might gain something to your life that money cannot buy like knowledge, compassion, and to learn about another person: what price can be put on that! So although many of us out there do not appreciate how we are treated by the new mega US Airways/American Airlines, we can learn that we do not have to be like them rather we can value people and care about others around us.

Lisa K Butler on Amazon KDP

I love writing, it must be in my genes so to speak and for several years I have put my books on Amazon KDP. You do not need a Kindle to download them, just a computer and then google how to download the Kindle app for free. Over the past probably ten years I have come up with stories for my children. Many I have recorded and kept for the future either in the hopes of being published or as wonderful memories. I even inspired my younger daughter to write a book and her sister to do the pictures. We might not be in print at this moment in a bookstore. In this house we dream big and just keep dreaming. On April 16th-April 18th Lisa K Butler's books a few of them will be free for you to download including a sneak peak at Behind the Closet Doors it is not a scary book at all, not about what we think as a child of what lurks in the closet, indeed it as about three generations and how they are trying to escape their own closet doors of life. Certainly a good read. Other books that you can read are "And God Gave Katie Tomatoes," a book of inspiration to any child who may want to garden. "The Cockroach and the Spider" is a book to make you see both insects in a different light that may inspire children and adults alike, to see what God has created has some good. There are many more for you to enjoy. So take your time read and write a review. I know you will not regret it. http://www.amazon.com/Lisa-K.-Butler/e/B00DXOCI3M

Crossroads of life.

I loved going home to England in March loved most of the time I spent in my amazing home. Seeing places that I had seen as a child that had not changed. I found myself more and more wanting to go back. I sat at the airport crying not wanting to board the American Airlines plane which had brought us there. Half dreading the flight as the flight over was horrific with rude staff and turbulence all of the way yes all six plus hours.To be honest when I got of the plane I sat thanking God that we had landed and prayed to God that I did not have to deal with horrible attendants again. As I sat at the airport in London heart broken I realized somethings I was not the same woman as I was who boarded that plane a few weeks ago. Indeed I had found a part of me. Although at times on the trip I felt like there was sabotage to ruin my time in England and our dear little dog got very ill, after four plus years of raising the money I was not going to be defeated. No I realized I loved England even more loved the smallness of the villages, loved walking along the beaches loved the charity shops and not paying full price loved being around people that loved me. Perhaps in truth I found a part of me again. I was in tears for four days on my return not knowing when I would go home again. My ex lost his job and our little dog went to Heaven. It is these times that I recall more and more the wonderful hope I found in England it is like a crossroads and a deer crossing that road with the car lights glaring at it's eyes will the deer run and be hit or take a chance to live and walk slowly across the road. I choose to take a chance to live. It is in the times as a friend said those times when you are talking about something and your heart and soul and your face beam that you know that you are on the right path. The picture by Impactbydapperchap clearly depicts the crossroad we all so often face.

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Photographs can captivate us and bring us into a world that allows us to be ourselves. I am over three thousand plus miles from England. I miss the wonderful serenity of the villages the peace that is found on walking along the beach. The family and friends that hold me dear in their hearts and captivate me to believe that I can do anything. Impact by Dapper Chap is an amazing photographer who captures the wonderful world that I call home. His pictures show us that there is more to life, that there indeed is beauty to be found all around us. That if we look closely we can see the amazing beauty in this wonderful world. A snowdrop lifting its head to welcome spring,a sheet of ice can be transformed into a piece of art, an old side road covered in snow can lead us on an enchanting adventure. All are very real, all exist, and all can be a part of your life. Impact by Dapper Chap is run by three generations. Their story would captivate your heart and is indeed inspiring to all who dare to believe. Please join me and help Impact by Dapper Chap get off the ground. The amazing photographs can be found on: https://www.facebook.com/ImpactByDapperChap http://wwww.impactbydapperchap.smugmug.com/ ImpactByDapperChap@hotmail.com impactbydapperchap@gmail.com All can be purchased. These are a small part of my wonderful England and I so encourage you to think where you could put these wonderful photographs in your home,office or beach house maybe you own a business. These photographs capture life in a way many of us just dream of but this is not a dream, these places exist and can be brought into your home.

Free indeed.

A friend of mine said something very life changing to me." It is the things that when we talk about them that brings a smile to our face and makes our eyes light up that we should pursue" Those things that when they come to your mind life stops and for a moment you are transported to another place. I never viewed that the things that made me smile could indeed be the very passage to change my life. Perhaps it is the impossible things that God says not impossible but possible. My trip home to England was sure impossible in so many ways it was as if every twist and turn there was something going wrong. If I look back it was a time to think for myself years ago I thought of going beyond my fears and reaching out to people who I needed to just say sorry to but others told me not to. This trip allowed me to think for myself.It is amazing the freedom and empowerment it is when you face your fears. It is embracing when a person cares enough about you that your fears to them do not matter that they just love you for you. A hand held by someone is often so not genuine but when someone holds your hand because they truly love you it is indeed a heart changing moment. It is so true the smile on my face when I think of my trip home says it all I found me and I want to be that person. Away from the hectic life of America and back to a person I found. We all should think what makes the smile come across our face what makes you feel you can climb a mountain and indeed what can you do to make your dream come true. Don't let any words hold you back I did for 22 years and I am beyond thankful that after all those years I got to be Free as the Bible says "who Christ has set free he is free indeed."