WE STILL SHINE~Hanukkah 3rd Night; Coalinga-CA

Holland drove 🚘 into Coalinga this afternoon - his prescription ⚕️ came in, he traded an old propane tank in for a new 💰 model (it still cost him, but the old one was taken off his hands to be disposed of by the store); and he came home with gifts 😊

New propane tank; this little heater really puts the warmth out. There should be a winner in this handful, somewhere.

While he was gone, I had rinsed my hair with warm water & cider vinegar, to cut hair product build-up and restore shine; I also tried a leave-in hair conditioner which left my hair shining soft 😊 - cut my bangs back ✂️ a bit … and admired the white stripes threaded through my gray 😉

Trimming my bangs back; I really need to visit a salon to get my ends tidied.

I like this hair treatment - it's not heavy in the hair at all. Big + with me … and I'm still liking the white  'skunk stripes'.

Later on, as the day slid into the night, I listened to a peppy, introspective Hanukkah song 🎧🕎🎶 shining some holiday joy ✨  into my little home; and worked up a beanie and some "knee high" socks to complete the little pink sleep gown I finished last night:

Drawstring Hemline.

Matching Beanie & Knee-high Socks; Preemie-NB~Same dye lot … different lighting throughout the Day.

Hanukkah “We Still Shine” Song 🎵 Emotional Jewish Worship Music | English & Hebrew | Am Yisrael Chai 

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U514mwATfEM&list=RDU514mwATfEM&start_radio=1)

This 3rd Day of Hanukkah 2025, I was happy to note the shining white stripes that add some natural glitter to my gray hair 👍; I've been happily pleased to locate a pro-pregnancy center where I can shine a little joy into strangers' lives 👭❤️🎁 with the little handcrafted designs I enjoy working up; and I am purposefully bringing my messianic faith ✡️✝️ back  to the forefront of my life - I am not pushy about it … but I am not going to be bullied anymore into hiding it, either - in my home 🏰, in this short period of Life I am blessed to continue living, my Life will shine ☝️💥 with Elohim's 👑 faithfulness to me: and my observance candles 🕯️ will shine brightly in my mind's eye, even if they cannot yet openly shine with my new man's presence in the home we are building together.

We are very different, but Elohim has paired us - I believe that eventually my husband will bow to Elohim's Will & I can worship my God openly without rebuke. 1 Corinthians 7:14, says the unbelieving spouse is "sanctified" (made holy/set apart) through their believing partner; the believing spouse acts as "salt and light," making the home environment holy and increasing the chance for the unbeliever to hear the Gospel and be saved personally, as faith isn't transferable but a personal choice. In every way - except in religious choices - my husband treats me very well: his horns only come out when my Faith comes into the Day, which is pretty much all day, every day. I honor Elohim, I love Yeshua, and I lean into the Ruach's wisdom. This is how I live my Life. My husband will have to adjust.

This Hanukkah I will remember what has happened to Jews 😟 worldwide - and the cowardly silence 😑 (even from those calling themselves Christians) that echoes across every continent in every city, town, small community that has allowed the hostility 😡🤬, the shaming 😈, the shunning 😵‍💫, the harassments 👹👺 , and the blatant murder of Jews 🥊: simply for breathing air.

This Hanukkah, this Jew (moi), will continue to stand 🗽 with Israel; I will continue to join the Jewish hearts and voices that boldly say, "I am here. I will not hide. We still shine🕯️"