Surprise, SURPRISE!!!

Guess what you guys???? Last night when I got to church ⛪️ THEY counted and then they YELLED SURPRISE when I walked in!!!

Sooooooo I got to the church ⛪️ about 15 minutes early and was wondering WHY everyone was there!!! Cuz I get to church early all the time but it’s normally like two other cars might be there but I was like whateverrrrrr… I guess everyone wanted to be like me tonight…. Bahahahahaaa 

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Soooooo I’m just messing around in my car, reading texts, etc… and I finally go in!!!! And everyone is standing there smiling when I walked I was liiiiiiike HUH???? 

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And then they did the count down and yelled surprise!!! I was liiiiiike WOWWWWWW!!!! I think I may ACTUALLY have been speechless!!!!!

My sister said while they were waiting for me to come in, everyone was like what is taking her so long???? And my pastor was liiiiiike, she just got to church you guys, she’s gotta take a SELFIE!!!! Ahahahahahahaaaa!!! 

I definitely got in a lot of selfies last night!!!

Pastor wife of the year… EVERY YEAR!!!

I definitely got lotsa selfies with EVERYONE!!!

Me and the big sista!!!

Lola Bella actually came on a FRIDAY FOR ME!!!

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Guess WHO ACTUALLY KEPT THIS PARTY A SURPRISE??? He asked me if I was proud of him and when I said yes he asked me if I wanted to get him something for keeping it a secret???

Selfie with Sister Ev!!!

Thank you Landmark for loving me, Maryness and all!!! 

I can’t imagine NOT being and LPC GIRL!!! 💕 

♥Mary Frances :)

The ONE TIME he felt bad…

The main thing John and I liked to do together was COOK, buuuuuuuuuut more than just cook together we liked to compete with each other on WHO WAS THE BETTER COOK!!! Which we ALL KNOW WAS ME!!!  Well that’s what both of us said about ourselves!!! Lol

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The two of us had absolutely 💯 NO PROBLEM COMPLETELY GLOATING in each other’s faces when someone complimented us on our own food!!!!

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Buuuuuuuuuuut there was ONE TIME, I was trying really hard to impress a certain guy with my dessert, I can’t remember if it was at church or a family get together and I actually can’t even remember what dessert I made, I just know that…

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MY BROTHER MADE A CHEESECAKE and I, Mary Frances Ginty, can NOT MAKE CHEESECAKE, well not very good anyway, and that is THE ONE THING I will give John that he made better than me, his cheesecake really was THE BEST!!! (My red gravy pasta sauce though…IS BETTER!!! I will NOT GIVE THAT ONE TO HIM Eve if he is in heaven!!!) 

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Anyways, all the guy I WAS TRYING TO IMPRESS, wanted was my brother’s cheesecake!!! I was sooooooo disappointed!!! Liiiiiiiiike literally HEARTBROKEN 💔 😭 

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And you guys, my John ACTUALLY FELT BAD!!! He even asked the guy if he wanted some of whatever dessert I had made as well and he said no, he only had room for cheesecake!!!

He actually said I feel bad, I shouldn’t have made the cheesecake than he would’ve chosen your dessert!!! I was liiiiiiiiike, it’s FIIIIIIIIINE, clearly he’s just…

NOT THE ONE!!! 

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Annnnnnnd you guys, that is, THE ONE TIME MY BROTHER JOHN FELT BAD, that someone chose his dessert over mine!!!

Buuuuuuuuuuuut isn’t that SWEEEEEEEET???? 

♥Mary Frances :)

I wish…

There’s so many things I wish I could’ve told him about before he died!!! I knoooooow he’s in heaven having a blast, soooo not for him buuuuuuut FOR ME!!! 

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I wish I had made him try my Italian bomb chicken!!! I told him about the recipe I had made up and he said it sounded good buuuuuuuuuuut I NEVER HAD HIM TRY IT!!!! If I had known, I would’ve made him try it and get his UNWANTED OPINION!!!! Lol 😝 

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I wish I had let him read my kids book 📕 Peter’s First Italian Feast!!! I told him about it!!! My kids version of Acts 10!!! He thought it was cool, buuuuuuut I never had him read it!!! I just wanted him to see the final result!!! I even showed him Celia’s illustrations of Cornelius, who btw is HOT, buuuuuuut I should’ve let him read it before it’s published!!!

This isn’t from my book but I just wrote stuff like this to make him laugh!!! Along with us rewriting in the hospital 🏥 together when he was 16, Christmas shoes, to Christmas Lopo!!!! Lol My grandpa was Joe and he was probably the loudest man I’ve ever known!!! Liiiiiiiike I’m quiet next to my grandpa!!! And he used to call me Maria when I cooked with him!!! Also my grandpa was definitely 💯 one of John’s favorite people and he was the most like him and looked like him too!!! 
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I can’t go back, I can only move forward and honor his memory and treasure the moments we had together!!!! You would’ve looooooooved the story John and you would’ve looooooooved my Italian bomb 💣 chicken… it’s spicy… Buuuuuuut I’m also sure you wouldn’t have touched the sun-dried tomatoes 🍅 and had a few tips on what I could’ve done ✔️ to make it  even better too!!!!🙄

♥Mary Frances :)

The last thing I heard him say…

The only girl he ever loved was Lizzy, she was the absolute love of his life!!! I  remember after he got married, he told me how glad he was about other girls that hadn’t liked him back because he loved her so much!!!!

The last thing I ever heard him say was Liz!!! 💕 

♥Mary Frances :)

Just a note….

I just want everyone to know that I have like 80 text messages to respond to from last week and I will respond to them, everything has just been such a blur!!! This isn’t the way I normally am, I’m just trying to catch my breath. 

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July 16th at 1:30 am I looked at my phone and read a text that I immediately wished I hadn’t read. My brother and his wife were in the hospital and my brother had a third relapse of Leukemia. My heart immediately began pounding I knew, I just KNEW he wasn’t going to make it through this time. 

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I should’ve gone and visited him in the hospital on Sunday!!! I always went on Sundays before church and visited him, we would sit together and he would have his church streaming live and we’d listen together. Buuuuuuut I was soooooo tired and I couldn’t sleep and I never went and visited him… I don’t know why!!! I think I just didn’t want to face the facts!!! I just couldn’t think about him dying even though I knew he was going to this time!!! 

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By Monday the leukemia had taken over his brain and I talked to him but I wish I had talked to him on Sunday!!! Then Tuesday came and he was weaker and by three he was gone! Two weeks prior to that Sunday his blood work came back normal and without cancer. Two weeks ago he was asking me how make my tacos and then I blinked and he was GONE!!! 

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! Part of me will forever regret not not going there on Sunday and another part of me is glad he wasn’t forced into telling us all goodbye! It was his greatest fear that one day he would break our hearts and die! I’m glad he wasn’t left with the choice of having to see the grief and pain on our faces!!! All he knows is joy now. 

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We will ofteb feel guilt about the way things happened and what could’ve or should’ve happened when someone we love died!!! If I had only known, I would’ve done…. Whatever…. Buuuuuuut just know that God already knew exactly how it would happen and when you’re living for him, everything that happens, happens within his will!!! 

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And don’t worry, Classic Mary Moments isn’t going anywhere!!! John loved my blog and would sometimes let me know if he had read something at the hospital 🏥 usually when I was bragging about cooking better than him!!! 😇! Anyways, things will get back to normal, I’m just catching my breath as I grieve!!! So it’s gonna be a lot about my brother for the next few weeks till the funeral is over!!!

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Love you all!!! Thank you for the prayers and support!!! I’m so, so, so, SOOOOOOOOO THANKFUL for the family of God!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Happy Man-Crush Monday!!!

I don’t know how many friends I’ve sent my brother’s funeral announcement to that are like, WOW, your brother is really handsome!!! I’m like, yes, YES!!! Buuuuuuut what do you expect, he’s related to ME!!!! 😘😇

Okaaaaaaaay I knoooooow we look NOTHING alike, he loved letting me know that he looked MORE ITALIAN than me 🙄🙄🙄🙄 buuuuuut still, he only got even better looking after my MY DNA!!! Lol 

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Even at 450 the ladies would gush over him!!! He was like an old lady magnet!!! At his wedding 💒 one older lady told me that if she was 10 years younger this would’ve been HER WEDDING DAY!!! I was liiiiiike, UH, try 40ish years younger!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😇

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He is VERY HANDSOME THOUGH!!! This is hard for me to say, and I’m ONLY SAYING IT CUZ HE’s in heaven, buuuuuuut I actually think he MAY  be better looking than me…buuuuuuuut idk… maaaaaaybe!!!

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I love you John!!! You knoooooow I do if I said that you may be better looking than ME!!! 

                          I love and miss you so much!!! 🥰 💕 
♥Mary Frances :)

What gives me strength???

What gives me the strength to make it through the heart break 💔 of losing my little brother within two days??? We sang this song at church ⛪️ today and this is what gives me strength!!!!

The blood that Jesus shed for me
Way back on Calvary
 blood that gives me strength 
From day to day
It will never lose its power 
It reaches to the highest mountain 
It flows to the lowest valley
The blood that gives me strength 
From day to day 
It will never lose its power 

It soothes my doubts and calms my fears 
And it dries all my tears 
The blood that gives me strength 
From day to day 
It will never lose its power 

It reaches to the highest mountain 
It flows to the lowest valley
The blood that gives me strength 
From day to day
It will never lose its power 

Songwriters: Andrae E Crouch

♥Mary Frances :)

Single Saturday!!!

Why I’m NOT MARRIED… according to my brother John…

Apparently, God is STILL PREPARING ME!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Sooooo many good memories!!!

I’m thankful to have my blog to look back and remember things that I had forgotten…

♥Mary Frances :)

What can you do to help???

Many people are texting me and asking if there is anything they can do during our time of heartbreak 💔 and there is, you can donate to his widow and three young children. 

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My brother John was unable to ever get life insurance because of getting Leukemia at 16. So the funeral cost is burdensome to his wife. 

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You all may be thinking I don’t know this guy, why should I give money? Because you love me and John loved me and I loved my little brother.

He was a really, really good brother. I spent every night in the hospital 🏥 with him when he was 16 and John always took care of me if I needed something. When he relapsed in June of 2021, he was in the hospital for months and months getting chemo treatment and then the week he got out, against his doctors wishes m, he fixed my car for me. He always did stuff like that for me! 

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Thank you for all that have already given to them and thank you in advance for all that will!!! You may not know him, but you know me, and part of me was in him. We are forever bound!!

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https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-john-ginty?utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_term=undefined

♥Mary Frances :)

Help for my brother’s wife and three kids HERE 

♥Mary Frances :)

Happy Birthday!!!

My brother made it to heaven around 3ish today!!! Sister Bishop Abbott was in the room with John and Liz and the one that realized he had crossed over and let Liz know, which was really special since she just went through this with her own husband a year ago. I’m so thankful she could be there for my little sissy as she faced the same heartbreak 💔. 

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Even though the transplant I gave him failed, the nurse said he still had 100% my DNA, so technically a part of me is already in heaven!!! 🙌 Now we will forever share the same birthday 🥳 

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And YES, I expect two cakes now for the rest of my life… one for me here and one for me that is already in heaven!!! I’ll be partying in heaven and on earth every year!!!  🥳 

♥Mary Frances :)

Please pray!!!

My little brother John’s cancer returned and completely took over his whole body almost instantly, this time it went to his brain. Two days earlier he was chasing his kids around at Walmart and two weeks ago his bloodwork came back normal, He told his wife when he went in to the hospital that he wanted to keep fighting but he just didn’t have any fight left in him!!! He is completely out of it and will soon be in heaven with Jesus! He will get his miracle when he crosses over to the other side!!!Please pray for us, for strength and peace and especially his wife and three  very young kids!!! 

♥Mary Frances :)

Happy Monday!!!

Amen, amen AND AMEN!!!!

Remember people, if you’re gonna have fat, MAKE SURE ITS REAL FAT!!! When in doubt, ALWAYS CHOOSE BUTTER!!! A stick of butter makes everything better!!! 🙌 

♥Mary Frances :)

Happy Sunday!!!

Weeeeeeeeellllllll PREEEEEEEACH!!!!

Can I get an AMEN???

♥Mary Frances :)

Last Sunday outfit!!!

I'm soooooo dramatic!!!! I have last Sunday in my 30's outfit AND a first Sunday in my 40's outfit!!! 😂😂😂

♥Mary Frances :)

I don't wanna brag buuuuuuuuut...

So one of my friends just recently said she has the best sister everrrr because she surprised her with a ticket to Disneyland!!! I was like awwwww that's SWEET.... Annnnnnnnd  I knooooooooow we're NOT SUPPOSED TO BRAG, BUUUUUUUUUUt...

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For my 40th birthday, MY BIG SISTER said I could pick anywhere in the USA to go and I chose WASHINGTON DC!!! Cuz heeeeeeeeeey, SELFIE AT THE WHITE HOUSE!!!! Woop, woop!!! and I gotta check out this NATIONAL MALL...the president BETTER HAVE SOME GOOD SHOPPING THERE!!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!

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And then she said, weeeeeellll Since we're in the area, do you wanna go to Amish country in Pensylvania too??? I was liiiiiiiiiiike SUUUUUURE!!!! Then she was like and do you want to go to Sight and Sound theatre too??? I was liiiiiiiiike, SUUUUUUUUURE!!!! Then she was like, well Hershey town is only an hour from there do you want to go there and go to Hershey park too??? I WAS LIIIIIIIIIIKE SUUUUUUUUURE!!!! 

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Soooooooooooo she is paying for all that, I JUST HAVE TO bring a A LOT OF SHOPPING AND FOOD MONEY for the trip....that's IT!!!! 

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These are 5 things I’ve ALWAYS wanted to do and I’m getting them ALL IN ONE BIRTHDAY 🥳 

1. Washington DC

2. Amish country

3. Sight and Sound Bible theatre

4. Hershey Town

5. HersheyPark

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Plus since we're NOT doing that trip till October cuz ya know it's sooooooooo HOT in JULY, she's taking me to THE BEACH IN SAN DIEGO FOR MY ACTUAL DAY OF BIRTH!!!! #Spoiled

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Sooooooooo yeah, I'm pretty much totally spoiled over here!!! Soooooooo glad she doesn't turn 50 for 7 more years!!! cuz idk what I'm gonna do for her!!! AHAHAHaHAhAHAHaHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!

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Soooooooooooo yeah, I don't wanna brag, buuuuuuuuuuuut I ACTUALLY THINK MY SISTER MAY WIN THE AWARD of best sister everrrr!!!! NOT THAT IT'S A CONTEST...I'm just sayin...I do have a pretty awesome big sister!!! 

♥Mary Frances :)

Birthday 🥳 Weight Loss update!!!

Weeeeeeellll I lost two ounces last night, soooooo only 4.3 pounds to go!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

♥Mary Frances :)

Single Saturday!!!

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!! For me it's MORE LIIIIIIIIIKE, who has come back five times to my free sample booth at Costco!!!! The woes of being a beautiful Pentecostal woman is THAT they ALWAYS remember you when you try to "sneak" back for a third free sample!!! 

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♥Mary Frances :)

Prayer request!!!!

If everyone could puleeeeeeeeeeze PRAY, I have 4.5 pounds to lose by July 18th to reach my 40th BIRTHDAY WEIGHT LOSS GOAL!!! My goal was 31 pounds annnnnnnd I'm soooooooooo close!!! I knooooooooow 31 pounds sounds very RANDOMLY ODD BUUUUUUUUUUUT, it makes PERFECT SENSE to me sooooooooo Puleeeeeeze PRAY!!!! I'd really like to get there WITHOUT cutting off all my finger nails or donating a kidney!!!!! (Wooton in DO OR DIET!!! Best AIO EVERRRR!!!) AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!! Technically speaking, I NEED to be there by MONDAY morning when we leave for our beach trip!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

SHOPPING TIME!!!!

My favorite MODEST online shops!!!

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Heeeeeeeeeeyyyy I just thought I'd share with you all some of MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE online, modest clothing sights, ASIDE from the MOST POPULAR DAINTY JEWELL'S!!! These are listed in the order that I shop at the most!!!! Annnnnnd quite a few of these sites are owned by home mission pastor wives or just in general a church, SOOOOO by shopping at their store, YOUR ACTUALLY HELPING SUPPORT THE WORK OF GOD!!!! 

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Pastor wife shops will put a ** by, and Pentecostal shops I will put a * soooo you know that your SUPPORTING THE KINGDOM OF GOD and our fellow SISTAS IN THE LORD, WHEN YOU SHOP THERE!!! Some of these shops are NOT Pentecostal like us, BUT they are promoting modesty, no pants, dresses and skirts!!!  The first five are my main stomping grounds and absolute faves!!!! 

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1.The King's Daughter-* This sight is PROBALBEY my most favorite and i've shopped her THE MOST!!! I think partially because this sista has a REALLY GREAT CONCEPT of posting 1-2 new things, EVERYDAY!!! Soooooo it's kinda like you check daily to see what new stuff she has!!!! Now, I don't buy something new EVERYDAY, buuuuut it's FUN checking what she has and it's VERY ADDICTING!!! Buuuuut I figure it's better to be addicted to THE KING'S DAUGHTER than to Burger King!!! BAHAHAHHAAAAAA!!!!

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2.Zadie B's**- I LOOOOOOVE HER CLOTHES!!! They look soooo fancy buuuuut the best part is that they are soooooooo COMFY!!! LIIIIIIIKE you look like a MILLION AND ONE BUCKS buuuuuut you feel like your wearing your night gown!!! And they're that material that can get wet but don't judge me but sometimes I wear stuff to hike or swim in because it's THAT MATERIAL buuuuut would be soooooooooo much more expensive IF it was an actual "swim" dress!!! I'm also REALLY excited because we're doing a LPC Church trip to Branson in August and all the ladies going are doing a ladies SHOPPING DAY and we're going to THE ACTUAL ZADIE B's store there in Branson!!! I'm liiiiiiiike maybe they'll give me a DISCOUNT for talking about them on my blog!!! ;))) I also want the Zadie B's brother that always answers the phone when I call about returns, to know that, THAT WAS NOT ME THAT BELCHED that one time I was talking to you!!! I was at the Library and I had to walk outside because apparently I talk to loud and as I was walking out, THIS RANDOM MAN let out THE LOUDEST BURP EVERRR...buuuuuut that was NOT ME!!!! Just feel the need to clarify that before I walk into the store!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!! And I welcome a discount for promoting you IF you feel led by the Lord to do so...no pressure...jus sayin!!!! ;) 

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3.Beautifully Modest- shop here a lot and they do a lot of great dresses, they wear dresses buuuuut are not Pentecostal but lots of great clothes and they're addicting because they model the clothes so you can see how they actually look on a REAL human!!! Also, their custom pieces on here are MADE by a Pentecostal lady! I just knew it, they have a "Pentecostal Look" to them!!! Sooooo I went and found her shop on Etsy, which ill list below as well!!!

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4.Dressed Like An Angel**- This shop is owned by younger Sister Garrett's mom who is a pastor's wife in a really small town in Louisiana I believe. I forget her mom's name, but when her dad was singing at Antioch I thought, OoooooooH, that's Brother Dress-Like-An-Angel !!!! I heard that she has an actual really big clothing store in her city in Louisiana, so IF YOUR there go on in and shop live...I mean I don't know that i'll ever be there, don't judge me, buuuuuuuuut I'm NOT really into small towns, sooooooooo IF I were to go there it would probably be 1 of 2 reasons, TO GO SHOPPING  OR because I heard there was really handsome single man in their church, buuuuuuut then again everyone would KNOW that's WHY I had gone since I just announced it on my blog so I probably wouldn't actually go for the man, buuuuut I'm jus sayin, that's THE ONLY TWO reasons i'd be there!!!

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5.Nuggles**- she's become almost as popular as Dainty Jewells and Zadie B's and I['m super excited because she just got in a whole new line of BUBBLE DRESSES!!! You guys, I looooooove bubble dresses!!! You know WHY??? Because I look SOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOD in them!!!! 

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6.Be Modest*

7.InHerit Clothing

8.KKBoutique21.com*

9.Klassy Girl*

I have NOT shopped at the shops below, buuuuuuut I have eyed stuff on them...its just ya know, i can't buy EVERYTHING, still gotta pay at least a FEW BILLS!!! ;) 

10.Apostolic Clothing*

11.www.pkccollection.com

12. U Can ONLY IMAGINE*

13. Rene's Creations*

 Etsy Shops 

1. ModestStickerCo - Etsy* -Local Pentecostal Mom

2. Skirt & Top Extenders - Please keep in mind that this lady is NOT Pentecostal and she lives in Turkey, so make sure your stuff is the way you want it before ordering! I've gotten a lot of my beautiful skirt extenders from her but remember that lace is SEE THROUGH so you have to ask her to make sure it's not see through because she's NOT looking out for it to be particularly modest, just pretty!!! However, she will make it modest IF YOU ASK her too!!! She takes custom orders as well!!! 

3. Skirt Extenders*- This lady is Pentecostal and I've gotten quite a few skirt extenders here! She does an awesome job and will let you pick they length you want and the waist inches if she doesn't have your exact size. 

4.Beautiful Custom Tunics-* Okay sooooo IDK Y buuuuut I look really bad in tunics, they just don't hang right on me without me having a prego look!!! Buuuuut this lady makes THE MOST gorgous, Apostolic looking pieces so I just wanna promote her to y0ou all that look good in them!!! She is sooooooooooo talented!!!!

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If you guys know of more only Modest clothing or Apostolic shops, please feel free to send them to me and I’ll check them out and add them to this page!!!! I’m gonna need all the free advertising I can get get when I FINALLY get my book 📚 published, so I figure, we can ALL help each other out!!! Maryfraneswriting@gmail.com 

♥Mary Frances :)

I can kinda see it….

Sooooooo our church had a surprise 70th birthday party for Sister Bishop Abbott and there was a table of pictures of her all throughout her life!!! Welll there was a toddler picture of her that looks SOOOOO MUCH like Tabitha Foster, Sister Devi Foster's youngest. 

This here is THE ADORABLE little Tabitha Foster...

So I said to her, Tabz, did you see that picture of your grandma out there? She looked so much like you, do you see it??? She PAUSED to think about it THEN SAID...

 I can KINDA SEE IT, 

in the picture of her with...

 THE GLASSES!!!

Sister Bishop Abbott Pictures!!!

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I was liiiiiiiiiiike, WEEEEEELLLL I guss there's gonna be some funKy, cat-eye glasses in this girls teen years...and I'm MORE THAN HAPPY to HELP SUPPLY THEM!!! Hee, hee!!!! 

♥Mary Frances :)

How does it feel to be…???

Sooooooo a few weeks ago, O got the stomach flu and so he wasn't eating anything and was looking REALLY THIN!!!! Soooooo I patted his tummy and said, WOWWWWW ODIN!!! HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE SKINNY???? He's like, GOOOOOOD!!!

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Then he looks at me, gives me a full body once over and says, SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE....a looooooong pause as he glances over me again...then says...UH... AN AUNT??? 

HOW DOES IT FEEL 

TO BE A AUNT, 

AUNT MARY???

I just busted up laughing!!! It feels pretty gooooood O!!! 

It FEELS PRETTY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!🙌

♥Mary Frances :)

Things that make me roll my eyes🙄

Weeeeeeeelllll I thought I'd do a summer #2

1.Wearing all black-🙄 

sorry to EVERYONE that was wearing all black at Antioch!!! You all looked beautiful, even IF I ROLLED MY EYES!!! LOL Buuuuuuut would it hurt to add at least ONE COLORFUL THING??? A flower? Purse? Shoes? SOMETHING???

2.Parking behind me so I can’t get out-🙄 

It's REALLY NOT THAT HARD TO WALK AN EXTRA TWO FEET TO THE FRONT DOOR!!!! You're gonna be REALLY ANNOYED if I back out into your car!!!!

3.Beets-🙄 

They are THE PRETTIEST PINK COLOR EVERRRR with the most absolute DISGUSTING FLAVOR!!! It's such a disappointment!!! An ILLUSION!!! Why God??? Why would you do this to me??? Why not make them LIKE ME??? Beautiful on THE INSIDE TOO!!! ;)

4.Bland veggies-🙄

There's NOTHING MORE ANNOYING at a restaurant then when you order and amazing dish of food and it comes with a side of bland, UNFLAVORED steamed veggies!!! This shows a bad chef works here!!!! Veggies DO NOT have to be blah and BORING!!!! They can be delicious, browned to perfection and BURSTING with flavor!!! They can be a healthy PARTY IN YOUR MOUTH!!!! Buuuuuuuut NOOOOO, these fancy places fill half the plate with bland, boring and MUSHY VEGGIES!!!!

5.Fluffy people that are picky eaters-🙄

There's some people that are soooooo particular about everything!!! They don't wanna try NOTHING NEW or ADVENTUROUS and I just look at them and WONDER, HOW DID YOU GET SOOOOOOOO FLUFFY on BORING FOOD?????? Now me, it's been a DELICIOUS ADVENTURE GETTING HERE...buuuuuuut your scared to try Asian food??? You got here eating plain lays potato chips and big mac with just cheese and a Diet Coke??? BORIIIIIIIIING!!!! 

6.When cars 🚗 sit behind you waiting for you to pull out of a parking spot!!!🙄

(Costco!!!)

7.When someone is taking foreverrr to pull out of a parking spot!!!🙄 (Also Costco!!!)

8.Pride month-🙄

ENOUGH SAID!!! I'm glad it's over and I'm NOT EVEN JULYING ABOUT THAT!!!

9.When someone says...

 your THE LAST PERSON I would ever confide in or trust!!!🙄

 Whateverrrrr!!!! If you can say that about me then YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME!!! You only know ABOUT ME buuuuuut you don't actually KNOW ME!!! 

10.To OLD AGE RESTRICTIONS to do fun things!!!🙄

 Your NEVERRRRR to old to have fun!!! Especially to hang out with your friends and eat good food!!!! 

11.PEOPLE THAT THINK THEY'RE TO GOOD OR MATURE FOR ADVENTURES IN ODYESSY!!!🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄YOU.ARE.NOT.MY.PERSON.

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🙄List #1 HERE!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Happy Monday!!!

It's a good thing I'm NOT a very fast runner!!!! 

(Hopefully it will catch me soon!!!;)

AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

A Mary nightmare come true!!!!

You guys, THE WORST POSSIBLE THING HAPPENED TO ME…

I lost my voice!!!

 Do you know sad that is???? It’s worst than not being able to shop! It’s worst than not being able to taste… do you know how hard it is for me to NOT BE SOCIAL??? To NOT TALK??? It’s IMPOSSIBLE!!!

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I was walking around last night, whispering at the top of my lungs to my friends, sooooooo this is what it’s like to be a QUIET PERSON!?!? And I feel very sad for quiet people!!! Lol I’m liiiiiiiiike HOW AM I AT A CONFERENCE, the first Antioch conference everrrr, with NO VOICE???

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Anyways, I sadly was too sick to go today buuuuuuut am hoping for a miracle for tomorrow!!!! For sure gonna be there tomorrow night!!! I’m THANKFUL THOUGH THAT ALL THE MESSAGES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE FREE OF CHARGE!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Happy 4th of July!!!

I’m definitely AS FREE AS AMERICA!!! 

Ahahahahahaaaa!!!!!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Happpppppy MONDAY!!!

Happy WEIGH IN MONDAY!!!! 

So on Friday after church ⛪️ prayer I was sitting there with my sister, my pastor’s wife and Brother Jason and Sister Everleen and me and sister Abbott were talking about weight loss and just out of curiosity, I said to sister Everleen, sooooooo how often do you weigh yourself??? Well she doesn’t even realize I’m talking to her… when you her size you apparently don’t think about weighing yourself… so Brother Jason stsrts laughing and says several times a day!!!

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I was liiiiiiike HEEEEEEEYYYY I WEIGH MYSELF EVERY SINGLE MORNING AS SOON AS I WAKE UP!!!

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Everyone is like REALLY???? I’m liiiiiike YESSSSS!!!! Im like let me tell you all something, WHEN YOU HAVE AS GOOD OF SELF-ESTEEM AS ME… YOU HAVE TOO!!!

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I’m liiiiiiike I wake up in the morning, look in the bathroom mirror 🪞 at my reflection and think, oh YEAH GIRRRRRRL LOOKING GOOOOOOOD!!! Definitely 💯 can do a not as healthy breakfast of my absolute FAVORITE BREAKFAST EVERRRRR…

AVOCADO 🥑 TOAST!!!

Avocado 🥑 toast with an over medium eggs and red pepper flakes…soooooo goooooood… I could eat that every morning for the rest of my life… I’m sooooo NOT EVEN exaggerating!!! ;)

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Then I step on the scale, AND THE SCALE IS LIIIIIIKE, “Naw girrrrrrl, GO GET YOUR 160 calorie, premier protein shake instead today!!! Ahahahahahaaaa!!!

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The scale is a REALITY CHECK IN MY LIFE!!! And so is PREACHING AND THE WORD OF GOD!!! Allow yourself to have a spiritual reality check this week!!! 

23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:

24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.

25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

♥Mary Frances :)

Happy Sunday!!!!

Today was soooooooo much fuuuuuuuunnnn at church ⛪️!!! We had an ice cream 🍨 social before church ⛪️ and then after that, before regular church service, we had kids church and Judah and Chris acted in a silly lesson.

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Judah was the doctor and Chris was the patient and the doctor was taking all the sinful things out and filling him with good things and I was laughing soooooo hard I was wiping away tears!!!! Seriously they were sooooooo FUNNY!!! The funniest part was when Dr. Judah was trying to put LOVE in his patient and I was trying to yell out a girls name buuuuuut I couldn’t cuz I was laughing soooooo hard!!!! 

Ladies, these two guys are HIGHLY RECCOMENDED!!! Honestly they are two of the best guys!!! Besties, buuuuuut complete opposites, but both very anointed when they preach and lead in youth services!!! I’ve seen God work through them and the presence of God fall as they led or spoke. They both are graduated from high school, college students, have jobs, faithful to the house of God, they sing, both are very musical, Judah plays the drums and Chris I believe will be helping play the organ soon!!! they are truly good, Godly men… OOOOOOH, I almost FORGOT… ;)…They’re also siiiiiingle,  aaaaaand ladies, they’ll be at Antioch… soooooooo BE FRIENDLY!!!! Jus sayin!!!  Annnnnd they did NOT ask me to say this and in fact, no one tell Chris about this… he would not like it… he doesn’t like the spotlight… I have NO IDEA WHY??? 🤷‍♀️ ! Buuuuuuuut they deserve a shoutout…. If only for making me laugh til tears came out today!!! Sooooooo yeah say hi, introduce yourself…etc..

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NEXT THING!!!

I won the mystery box 📦 game!!! Liiiiiiike I neverrrrr WIN!!!! Buuuuuuuut when I do, I NEVERRRRRRR SHUT UP ABOUT IT…liiiiiiiiike neverrrrr…AND I WON 🙌 

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So Brother Jimmy gave this riddle line by line 

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Born in 1986

I come from the rugged peaks.

I am found early in the morning. 

Some say I am no good, but I am a real sweetie

If you use me, I may give you a kick and may cause you to shake. but I’m not trying to harm you 

I’ll expand your waist a bit, but won’t change the scale

I am green, but not with envy 

When life hands you lemons, don’t be boring and make lemonade, be extreme and make me instead …

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Soooooo had guessed several things, koolaid… etc… and everyone else was guessing too… money 💰… coffee… and randomly, literally NOT THINKING I WAS RIGHT AT ALL… I said, MOUNTAIN DEW ZERO!!!

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And I was ACTUALLY RIGHT!!! Bro. Jimmy was like, what made you know it was Mountain Dew zero??? I said I didn’t really think it was right… I just said it cuz it’s green, it gives you a kick but won’t make the scale go up and I guessed it BECAUSE that’s what I drink EVERY MORNING!!! Mountain Dew Zero is soooooo much better than Diet Mountain Dew!!! Plus I loooooove coffee, buuuuuuut I can’t have sugary drinks without protein because it makes my sugar go really low and then I end up eating more than I normally would to get it back up and it can’t just be sugar cuz it will go up but then back down again… and then I’ll have to eat again… idk it’s weird!!!

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AnywayZ, DID I TELL YOU GUYS I WON???

I just happened to be wearing green to match the Mountain Dew Zero and $10 I WON 🙌 such a God thing… I almost wore something different too!!!
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Aaaaaand we had an object lesson and blessed seats and after all that AN AWESOME CHURCH ⛪️ SERVICE !!! I looooooooove my church sooooooo much!!!!! I’m sooooooo thankful that in all the Pentecostal Church Families, I get to be a part of Landmark Pentecostal Church, THE BEST CHURCH FAMILY EVERRRRR!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Single Saturday!!! (God-inpired-pickup line!)

So my brother, Abie Baby was preaching at church one evening, and in his message he was talking about Job, as he was preaching and he was talking about how his one friend just stared at him 7 days before he even said anything to him, annnnnnnnnd as he was telling this story, I was suddenly struck by an inspiration FROM GOD, yes, I said, from God!!! ;)

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After church, I went running over to my brother, I was like, GOD inspired me with THE MOST AMAZING PICK UP LINE EVERRRRR during your preaching tonight, it goes like this...

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You may NOT be Job, 

buuuuuuuuuut

 I could stare at you

 for AT LEAST 7 days!!!

HEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYY!!!😜🙌

My brother was like, REALLY??? That's what you got from my preaching???? (But he was laughing...it must be amazing to have a big sis like me!!! Jus sayin;) I was like HEY, at least you didn't read the scripture about Moses rod sprouting almonds, remember that HERE??? LOL 

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Hey you all have to admit tho, that's a pretty AWESOME PICK UP LINE!!! HERE is another amazing one I wrote!!!! If anyone uses it, PULEEEEEEZE let me know!!! Maryfranceswriting@gmail.com I guarantee you all this pick up line is a winner! If THE RIGHT guy said that pick-up line to me, liiiiiiiike HEEEEEY SISTER, I just may be liiiiiike,  HEEEEEEY BROTHER!!! AHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!

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♥Mary Frances :)

P.S. Isn't it crazy funny how when one person says something it would seem like THE MOST AMAZING AND ROMANTIC COMMENT EVERRRR annnnnnd yet someone else could literally say THE SAME EXACT THING to you and your just like, OK THAT WAS JUST CREEEEEEPY!!!! cRaZy right???