CHRISTMAS 2009

HI,

I JUST WANTED TO TYPE A SHORT STORY ON HOW GREAT GOD IS TO ME AND MY FAMILY…INCLUDING MY EXTENDED FAMILY.

THIS CHRISTMAS I WILL ADMIT THAT MY HUBBY AND I WERE SHORT MONEY TO BUY FOR OUR KIDS. THANK GOD MY FAMILY WAS PICKED THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HERE TO BE A FAMILY THAT THEY WOULD BUY FOR. THEY CALLED ME ONE DAY EARLY DECEMBER AND ASKED ME WHAT I WOULD BUY FOR MY KIDS IF I HAD THE MONEY TO DO SO…I CONTINUED TO ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS FOR EACH CATEGORY THAT THEY ASKED ABOUT. I WAS SHOCKED BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THANKFUL TO GOD THAT HE PROVIDED THIS SERVICE TO US.

MY KIDS ENDED UP HAVING A GREAT CHRISTMAS:)

IN ADDITION TO MY FAMILY BEING BLESSED…I FOUND A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS THAT MY SIS-IN-LAW DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING FOR HER KIDS NOR THE MONEY TO BUY THEM ANYTHING. WELL WITH THE BOAT WE WERE IN, WE WERE NOT IN THE POSITION TO BUY FOR HER HOWEVER, MY I CALLED MY FRIEND THAT NIGHT AND EXPLAINED THE SITUATION AND SHE OFFERED TO LEND ME SOME MONEY TO BUY FOR MY SIS-IN-LAW’S KIDS. I WAS SO THANKFUL TO HER AND GOD …ESPECIALLY GOD, THAT HE ENABLED ME TO BE A GIVER ONCE AGAIN.

I TOOK MY SISTER SHOPPING LAST SUNDAY (A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS) AND WE GOT EACH OF HER KIDS 7 GIFTS EACH. WHEN WE WALKED IN THE DOOR WITH ALL OF THE PRESENTS THE KIDS WERE JUMPING AROUND WITH SO MUCH JOY IT MADE MY HEART MELT.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE ALL HAD A GREAT CHRISTMAS AND I THANK GOD FOR THAT

JL ADAMS

PASSIONS

Have you ever had a passion so strong within yourself that you just can’t ignore it?

Have you ever followed that passion and dream?

I have. I have three very strong passions in my life. My passions are writing, photography and scrapbooking. For the longest time i have been writing and have enjoyed it very much. It was within the past two years that I decided that I would turn that passion/dream of mine into reality and start to publish my work. I have published two books thus far UNKNOWN LOVE and THE LIGHT WILL SHINE THROUGH. I have also written three children’s books and have recently had my 11 yr. old daughter illustrate them for me so that they can be published as well.

The second passion of mine is photography. Ever since I was a child I have always loved to take pictures. i can still remember the day where I took my mother’s camera and my sister posed for me while I snapped shots of her (not realizing that there was actually film in the camera until my mom developed the film) and the pictures turned out great for a child of my age at the time. Ever since that day, I have become what I call myself to be a picture/camera freak. I love taking pictures and keeping them for all of the memories to have always and forever. This brings me to my last passion which is scrapbooking.

Scrapbooking is a huge passion of mine. As a child I would keep all of the photos that I had taken in plastic storage bins. That seemed fine enough for the time because they were organized according to category and events. When I became a young adult I decided to take my photos and scrapbook them into an album so that they would be more easily accessible to me. That is when I started scrapbooking. I started with new pictures of my daughter and then switched to old pictures that I had taken as a child. I now have been scrapbooking for years and absolutely LOVE it. My husband laughs out of love saying ” hehe you are a scrapbook freak…you are addicted to srapbooking”. The thing is, I am. I love scrapbooking so much that I can’t wait until the next event in our lives, the next time i can develop more pictures or the next scrapbook order so that I can yet again scrapbook.

Passions, sometimes can be so strong in our lives yet many times we do nothing about them. I would encourage you to follow your passions as I did. They will bring you joy and keep you content.

thank you,

Jana Adams

I WILL RESCUE YOU

I WILL RESCUE YOU

In the depths of darkness I will shine through

In the depths of darkness I will rescue you

Through your times of weakness

And your times of hopelessness

Call upon me and I will carry you through

I will rescue you.

When all else around you seems to be failing

When the rays of sun sound like they are hailing

Call upon me and I will carry you through

I will rescue you.

When you feel like giving up

And never drinking again from my cup

When you feel there is no one there for you

And feel as though all hope has left you

Call upon me and I will carry you through

I will rescue you.

When the light, it seems, has left your side

And it seems you have lost all your pride

When you feel there is shame to your name

And nothing will change, yet forever be the same

Call upon me and I will carry you through

I will rescue you

Call upon me and I will carry you through

I will rescue you.

MY FRIEND’S NEW WEBSITE

JUST WANTED TO PUT A POST IN HERE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT CUSTOM MADE TEMPLATES FOR THEIR WEBSITES. MY FRIEND HAS A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN ORDER CUSTOM MADE WEBSITES…

THE SITE HAS AN ORDER FORM ON IT WHERE YOU CAN PUT IN SPECIFIC DESIGNS THAT YOU WANT. SOON THE SITE WILL HAVE UPDATES ON IT OF TEMPLATES THAT HE HAS CREATED.

ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT HE IS AWESOME IN WHAT HE DOES BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN HIS WORK…SO I YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ORDERING A CUSTOM MADE TEMPLATE WEB DESIGN VISIT vonstruve.com

PUT YOUR REQUEST IN UNDER THE CONTACT SECTION

THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY

JL ADAMS

SCRAPBOOKING SLIDE SHOW

HERE IS A SLIDE SHOW OF SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF SCRAPBOOKING PAGES I HAVE DONE…FOR MORE AND TO PLACE AN ORDER FOR ME TO CREATE A ONE OF A KIND SCRAPBOOK FOR YOU THEN VISIT MY WEBSITE AT  SCRAPBOOKS BY JANA

WHAT DO YOU SEE?

WHAT DO YOU SEE

Null and void I walk around

An empty shield

Hesitant to yield

I try so hard to listen for the sound

Yet all I hear is the cracking of the ground

It’s hard to show emotion

It’s hard to show devotion

I know not how to show it anymore

For through the years, my heart has grown sore

It’s so hard to release my emotions and let you in

For it goes much deeper into a life of sin

It goes much deeper than what is felt at this moment

It goes much deeper, into a heart that has been, for so long dormant

Many days I feel like breaking

I feel the cracks edging

Afraid of the day, that surface, the cracks they will

In fear of that day, I get a chill

Broken thoughts of an innocent child

Broken thoughts of that innocence defiled

Trust of loved ones, was trust in sin

And now it’s so hard to let the downpour of trust rush in

You say you see an angle

Yet I am no angle

If you only knew of the things that I have done

If you only knew what was present in this life that had begun

You say you see a rock

Yet what lay before you is a being in shock

Scared to let go

Scared to let show

This woman, you say you know.

You say you see before you a woman on innocence

A woman with an illuminating presence

Yet a mask covers her face

This woman of a different race

She beats to a different beat

Her body filled with much heat

Before you, stands a woman of disgrace

A woman tainted in the most unsuspecting of place

A woman abused in every way

A woman who struggles to start fresh with each day

You see before you, a woman who is strong

Yet, this is a woman who feels she has done everything wrong

With nothing but pain

With nothing but despair

Do you see a woman who goes by a different name?

Do you see a woman who has discerning care?

This woman that stands before you is trapped in a cage

This woman is a black-panther ready to pounce with much rage

Ready to divulge what is seen

Ready to make what is past, what is present, a vague dream

For every time this panther is set free

It is hard to conceive in the mind what is seen

You see a rock

Yet what lies in-front of you is a round block

Inside is a child that caresses each side

A child is trapped inside.

A child of confusion

A child full of delusion

A child born into a panther

A child who would rather

Have lived a life of peace

A life with no physical grief

A child who was raped of her innocence

A child longing for God’s presence

A child who lived to tell the tale of her murder

A child who you now call a survivor

You see a rock, you see an angle

Yet what you don’t see is the heart that so easily did mangle

Two questions I ask of you

Two answers, I only hope are true

Do you see me for the woman I am?

Do you see me for who I am?

By: Jana Adams

December 5, 2006

HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH PAIN

How do you deal with pain?

When it consumes you like the heat of a summers’ day

When all your life you’ve hidden it away

Then someone comes along and says it doesn’t have to be that way

Says be yourself you are a flower

You let go, then in a blink of an eye your world turns sour

How do you deal with pain?

When you lye in a sea of disparity

Overtaken with thoughts of uncertainty

How do you deal with pain?

When all the acts and words you thought to be true

Turn out to be lies simply fed to you

How do you deal with pain?

When it comes to pass

That preceding days

Were filled with misguided notions

Showered with false emotions

How do you deal with pain?

When all you thought was real in your life

Ends up in strife

How do you deal with pain?

If what you feel devours you spirit

If everyday you constantly feel it

How do you deal with pain?

When expectations of the one you love

Seemed not so far out of reach

When foreseen acts of the one you love

Appeared as though they would not end up breach

How do you deal with pain?

Like spoiling a child when you spare the rod

The trust and respect once had

Turns out to be a façade

How do you deal with pain?

How do you deal with pain

When you are dismembered of your crown

And your world gets turned up-side down

When on a pedestal, you once stood

And now you find yourself hiding under a hood

How do you deal with pain

How do you deal with pain?

JUST A WORD and my new business

HEY ALL,

I WANTED TO WRITE AGAIN MAINLY BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TOO BUSY TO WRITE IN HERE FOR A WHILE. I HAVE BEEN BUSY TAKING CARE OF MY FAMILY AND GOING TO SCHOOL AND WRITING NEW BOOKS. AS YOU MAY KNOW (if you follow my blogs) I HAVE PUBLISHED TWO BOOKS SO FAR. ONE IS “UNKNOWN LOVE” AND THE OTHER IS “THE LIGHT WILL SHINE THROUGH”. WELL, I HAVE WRITTEN THREE CHILDREN’S BOOKS AND I WAS LOOKING FOR AN ILLUSTRATOR FOR THESE BOOKS SO THAT THEY CAN BE PUBLISHED. A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I DECIDED (that since they are kids books) TO LET MY 11 YR OLD DAUGHTER ILLUSTRATE THEM FOR ME. IF I DO SAY SO MYSELF, SHE DID A VERY WELL JOB IN DOING SO. AS TO GET MY OTHER CHILDREN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, I LET THEM COLOR IN THE PAGES. I WILL NAME MY DAUGHTER AS THE ILLUSTRATOR AND SOMEHOW WORK INTO THE BOOK THAT MY OTHER TWO COLORED THE PAGES.

I SENT MY FIRST BOOK IN TO A PUBLISHER AND THEY LOVED THE STORY BUT SAD THAT THE ILLUSTRATIONS WERE NOT SUITABLE ENOUGH FOR PUBLICATION. THIS TORE UP MY HEART. IN MY MIND THEY SHOULD LOOK LIKE A CHILD DREW THEM BECAUSE IT IS A KIDS BOOK. ANYWAY, I GOT A CALL FROM ANOTHER PUBLISHER THE OTHER DAY AND THEY ARE WILLING TO KEEP THE ILLUSTRATIONS AS IS AND WANT TO PUBLISH ALL THREE OF MY CHILDREN’S BOOKS. I AM SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS AND SOON I WILL GET THE PROCESS GOING ON GETTING THESE BOOKS PUBLISHED. I WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE PROCESS OF MY KIDS BOOKS.

AS FOR WHAT ELSE I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT ON TOP OF TAKING CARE OF MY FAMILY, GOING TO SCHOOL AND WRITING, I LOVE CRAFTS. MAINLY SCRAPBOOKING. I LOVE TO SCRAPBOOK SO MUCH THAT I HAVE STARTED MY VERY OWN SCRAPBOOKING BUSINESS. I TAKE LOCAL AND OUT OF STATE ORDERS. I HAVE PUT TOGETHER A WEBSITE WITH THE INFORMATION ON IT AND SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF SOME PAGES I HAVE DONE. OF COURSE THE EXAMPLES ON THE SITE ARE NOT THE EXTENT OF MY WORK, JUST SOME EXAMPLES. IF YOU ARE INTO CRAFTS AND OR SCRAPBOOKING THEN CHECK OUT MY SITE. IF YOU WANT A BOOK MADE AND YOU JUST DON’T HAVE THE TIME OR THE NOW HOW THEN ORDER ONE. I WILL CREATE A PRECIOUS SRAPBOOK FOR YOU TO PASS DOWN FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

YOU CAN CHECK OUT MY SITE AT scrapbooksbyjana.com

THANK YOU FOR READING AND HAVE A BLESSED DAY

JL ADAMS

Update on my NEW book

I am writing to let you now that my second book is finally completed and PUBLISHED. I am very excited about this and wanted to let all of you know. My second book can be found at the same sites that are listed in the ‘where to find my books’ section.

thank you and have a blessed day

LOST WITHOUT YOU

LOST WITHOUT YOU

I am lost without you
For without you…
I hear not the birds singing in the morning
I hear not the crickets singing in the evening
I hear not the sweet silence
Yet the impact of sound waves so infinitely intense.
I am lost without you
For without you…
I feel not the dew upon the morning grass
Yet walk upon the deadened, brittle grass
I feel not the warmth of the sun shining down upon me
Yet the bitter cold of the absent sun, I once did see.
I am lost without you
For without you…
I see not the blossoms of the spring in the new
I see not the buds on the trees that once grew
I see not the moon shinning in the night
Yet the absence of this guiding light.
I am lost without you
For without you…
I taste not the sweet nectar of your once felt kiss
Yet taste, of everything that my lips caress
The inconsiderate sweet bitterness.
I am lost without you
For without you…
I hear the ever ringing, out of tune bells
I feel the never ending disturbing spells
I see not the gentle wind of the beautiful fall
I taste, not anything at all
For I am lost without you
I am lost without you.