tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88914563899648179142023-11-16T06:34:40.549-05:00Little Misty's Big Red ButtonMisty Lynn Walker had endured a lifetime of tragedy by the time she was five years old. A missing person's case, a horrible car accident, and a losing battle with leukemia; her Mother, Father, and only sister had been taken in two year intervals. After marrying her high school sweetheart in 1991, making a family, doing a stint of stand-up comedy, and writing a book (non-fiction) "Little Misty: My Big Red Button," she continues to share her thoughts and life experiences on her blog.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-5720946116613325212011-11-14T20:13:00.002-05:002012-05-28T19:00:16.920-04:00Do you struggle with the "It's not good enough" complex when trying to find a gift for your love? This might help.
I was recently delighted with a special surprise evening. For
our 20-year wedding anniversary, my husband insisted on planning a "Johnny
Walker Surprise" that was not revealed to me until we reached the destination.
(Yes, my husband's name really is Johnny Walker)."A surprise? But, I
don't like surprises," I replied. I say that, often, yet I have never actually
encountered a surprise of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-70058083353442760962011-10-29T20:05:00.001-04:002011-10-29T20:12:49.972-04:00What is my voice again, exactly?I'm a big user of the "notes" app on my iPhone. I've had one on there for a good long while.
The title?
"Speaking Engagement (for real)"
And that's all that the note has held. Just a lonely title; nothing more.
Today, I wrote three words. "Forgiveness and understanding." Yep. That's all.
I have believed that my doing stand-up comedy was a door for me. Well, yes, it was in fact a door for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-58852500466395354402011-10-24T21:46:00.000-04:002012-05-28T19:04:56.280-04:00Consideration when choosing a family pet
You and your spouse have been discussing it, and have come to
the conclusion that you are both ready to take the plunge. It’s time to bring an
addition into your family—a pet!Whether it’s just you and your spouse or
if you have children, getting a pet should not be a decision that’s made on the
spur of the moment. Putting great thought into it, before making any final
decisions, will be Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-77252675021352260692011-10-10T00:50:00.001-04:002012-05-28T19:15:58.445-04:00October 25th - A greater significance than I knew
John and I will have been married 20 years in a few weeks on October 25, 2011.
We were "official" on this same date in high school, so that is why we chose this date to be married three years later. We were fresh out of high school. Even so, October 25, 1991 was the date the "Walker Family" began, with just he and I. Jeffrey came along not too long after in 1993, and then Chance in 1996.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-86720706898282283842011-09-22T22:44:00.002-04:002012-05-28T19:25:28.246-04:00Planning a vacation destination
When it comes to traveling, my husband and I are complete
opposites. I’m a homebody and he’s Mr. Adventure—always on the go and likes to
travel to different countries. This can cause issues, or even arguments, when we
are trying to plan a vacation destination that will suite both of our
needs.What to do? Something many couples may not even think to consider.
First, you must analyze Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-42668602791423087712011-08-30T23:39:00.000-04:002012-05-28T19:32:03.300-04:00"You don't listen." Wait... or DO you?Rewind twenty years...
John and I are eighteen years old and freshly married. We are having an argument. What about - oh, who the heck knows. But, there's one thing I do remember from this night, other than the fact we'd also recently gotten a waterbed.
But, I digress.
John was going on about something and I was listening to whatever it was he was talking about... without saying anything.
He Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-87923474693077516132011-07-31T10:17:00.001-04:002012-05-28T19:34:58.221-04:00Swimming in Emotion
Today I got in the ocean
I swam with the fish
But I was swimming in the smiles and laughter of my family
Today I swam in emotion
Being afraid of things I could not see
Had kept me from my favorite three
How many moments had I missed
From fear of touching something adrift
How many people could only dream of the places I've been and done and seen
And here I'd been,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-38821111916338545542011-07-27T19:17:00.000-04:002011-07-27T19:17:48.926-04:00PSYCHIC/TAROT READING FOR MY MOTHERPSYCHIC/TAROT INSIGHTS FOR MISSING CHILDREN /PEOPLE: DEBRA ANN WILHITE: "Missing Since: Mid October 1974 from Evansville, Indiana Classification: Endangered Missing Date Of Birth: November 15, 1954 Debra ..."I have no idea who requested this reading, but thought I'd share it on here for anyone interested.MistyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-47171958185377433962011-06-25T19:16:00.000-04:002011-06-25T19:16:32.091-04:00FAMILY DUCKSTaking time away to work on the children's book...
"FAMILY DUCKS"
Duckies, Duckies
They make their own family
Who’s the Mom? Who’s the Dad?
It’s very hard to see
Do they even know who they are supposed to be?
Maybe they know more than people sometimes do
Your family is who loves you
Your family is who you love
Your family is who takes care of you
It all comes from above
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-20592690372582244722011-06-09T23:07:00.001-04:002012-05-28T19:37:28.726-04:00"Life Boat"
Last night I had a dream that my husband and I were fishermen. We had a boat and every day we went out on the water and we fished. We even sported those long yellow slickers that were spotted with disgusting and smelly rotten fish guts.
Just describing it right now as I type on my trusty iPhone, I can smell that rank fish smell that was so obtrusive to my senses in my dream.
But, we were Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-15920199773217103872011-06-08T22:46:00.001-04:002012-05-28T19:38:17.751-04:00Creating your own rules for Marriage
My husband, John, and I were looking through our Freshman High
School yearbook a few weeks ago. He's been trying to place the name of a
specific person that we went to school with to no avail. None of the names or
pictures rang any bells, but something else chimed out very loudly and very
clearly.Buried deep within the pages of the old yearbook, we found two
pieces of school notebook Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-70356871464475732542011-06-07T22:48:00.001-04:002011-06-07T22:58:49.510-04:00BOOK SIGNING - Barnes & Noble - Evansville, INFirst book signing for LITTLE MISTY: My Big Red Button
DATE: FRIDAY, SEPT. 30, 2011
TIME: 6:30 pm
WHERE: BARNES & NOBLE
624 S. Green River Rd
(812) 475-1054
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-16153000980272999272011-05-30T16:44:00.003-04:002012-05-28T19:45:00.270-04:00PLAY DATES! (For Couples)
We see the need for our children to have "play dates" with other children. But, do we, as married couples, sometimes forget that spending time with our peers is beneficial to us, as well?
ADULTS CAN SWIM IN THE KIDDIE POOL, TOO.
"COUPLES PLAY DATES"
Gather your couples friends, pick a time/day,and mark your calendar.
Photo By Misty Lynn Walker
A special Thank Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-31576298260747366782011-05-16T21:07:00.001-04:002012-05-28T19:46:19.944-04:00Be Still...
This morning, I was given a very special gift.
A work friend of mine, who read my book over the weekend, quietly presented me with a beautiful card that included a lengthy note inside. Along with the card, I was given these three rocks.
When she laid the rocks on my desk, they were face down so they just looked like plain black rocks. After I finished reading the card, and wiped a tear or Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-16061858913360311952011-05-15T17:21:00.004-04:002012-05-28T19:46:50.170-04:00A quarter and a smile
Photo by Misty Lynn Walker and Boys
John and I went grocery shopping earlier. We shop often at our local Aldi food market. For anyone not familiar with that chain, at Aldi you are responsible for bagging your own food i.e. you bring your own bags (or you can buy bags there; disposable or reusable.)
When you first arrive, you put a quarter in a slot on a cart, which releases it from the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-45847985093887532862011-05-09T22:52:00.001-04:002011-06-05T10:13:23.839-04:00Those three words"It's a boy."
My oldest son, Jeff, turned 18 last week. On his birthday, while I was at work, I sporadically listed to my friends things my 'baby' could now do. This evening, he did one of the numerous things on my list - he bought some scratch off lottery tickets.
Over the course of the evening, I've reminisced particular things that have happened over the course of his life... And i realized Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-62172918545969512962011-04-29T19:51:00.002-04:002012-05-28T19:50:41.184-04:00Trust, Honesty, and... SillinessPutting aside the "adult" in your marriage may lead to a more open and honest relationship with your spouse.
The simple act of being married is easy. However, maintaining a
solid, happy relationship does take effort on both sides. The tough part is that
sometimes we simply don't know what to do to "maintain."Like any
problem, we first have to understand the issue before we can try to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-31085364830682840622011-04-02T11:56:00.001-04:002011-06-05T09:51:17.257-04:00My letter to the Editor of People MagazineTo: Editor@People.com
Dear Editor,
I am contacting you to ask you to please consider featuring one or more Missing child or adult in each of your issues.
People Magazine is in a wonderful and prime position to help thousands of Missing individuals. I hope that you can realize just how much you could help.
For every person who contacts you, there are thousands that are represented that could Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-85331980059625862602011-02-24T09:34:00.003-05:002011-06-05T09:51:49.238-04:00THE SQUEAKY WHEEL TOUR - Performers helping the Missing - whilst simply doin' what they doAre you a performing musician/band/(comedian, even) ? OR do you have a loved one who is a missing person?
I know, most of you are thinking "What the heck do these two things have in common?" - right? Just stay with me, and I'll explain.
Years ago, I may have thought the same thing. My mother, Debra Ann Wilhite, was a missing person, it was something I'd lived with my whole life. On Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-324038418953174282010-08-02T21:23:00.003-04:002014-08-02T11:31:45.011-04:00Right this very moment
Never fails that dates seem to still sneak up on me sometimes. August 2nd. Of course. I knew it was coming up. It crossed my mind ever so briefly one day last week. And then got to work this morning and saw my calender was still on July. Turned it to August and -bam- there it is. Always makes it so much worse when I'm already having a bad day... and then am forced to 'remember that I forgot.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-58753587379293000092010-03-24T01:46:00.004-04:002011-06-05T09:53:15.610-04:00A (very) Short & Sweet View - Base Topics of "Little Misty: My Big Red Button" Book by Misty Lynn Walker1) MISSING PERSONS CASE - My mother, Debra Ann Wilhite, has been a missing person from Evansville, Indiana since October 1974 when I was a year old.
2) LOSS OF A SECOND PARENT - My father, Jeff Wilhite, was killed in an auto/train accident in 1976 when I was three years old.
3) HAPPINESS IS HELPING ST. JUDE - My only sibling, Amy Sue Wilhite, passed away when I was five at St. Jude Children's Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-40528682326210042912010-02-04T22:43:00.001-05:002012-05-28T19:58:29.111-04:00She didn't have a Chance...Driving home from work tonight, I found myself twirling my sweetheart ring on my finger alot. Just the other day, while I was at the check out lane waiting for the cashier to ring up our groceries, the bagger that was standing in front of me commented on the ring. "Oh, what a pretty ring you have. Is it new?" It's funny to me that someone would ask if this particular ring is new. This ring that IUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-82714667461803490532010-01-06T23:56:00.001-05:002011-06-05T09:53:45.600-04:00"Why?"There really aren't alot of things I remember my teachers actually saying to us in high school, but here are two of the things that I still remember.
ONE: Mr. Wilgus saying "Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance." Why in the heck I remember that, I haven't a clue. But, to this day, John and I will recite it to each other when we're trying to make a point about something every once in a whileUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-69860769071244266722009-07-13T19:51:00.001-04:002012-05-28T19:58:50.692-04:00"Power Included" - BASE of what Little Misty, the book, is about.I didn’t like to lie, but by the time I was six years old I’d already discovered that it was easier to selectively reduce my family tree rather than trying to explain why I was being raised by my grandmother. When speaking to adults and to my peers, divulging details about the loss of my mother, father, or sister, simply sprouted too many questions. Quite often, it sprouted nothing short of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8891456389964817914.post-54477499632332843672009-07-13T19:39:00.003-04:002012-05-28T20:10:33.738-04:00Apopka Joe
A man was struck by two vehicles on May 6, 2009 on 441 in Apopka, FL. He had yet to be identified and the hospital said he would not regain consciousness. The second vehicle that struck him did not even stop. He had no ID on him. It was found he was in a CVS store on 441 just shortly before the accident. (he's on the surviellance cameras) He had a CVS card in his pocket and a customer Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0