How to Find Shark Teeth on the eastern shores of South Carolina.

This is how you find Shark teeth on the beach.

1. Walk along the shore, paying close attention to a section of the shore where shells are collected together.
2. The majority of shark teeth will be dark brown or black.
3. You may use a sifter or a sand sifter (like you can get with the sand toy bundles at any retail store).
4. You can use the sifter to sift sand or you can use JUST your hand.
5. The best times to find shark teeth is after high tide and early mornings.

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Awesome Site for Beach Crafts

Do you want more ideas for beach crafts? 

http://www.beach-decorating-crafts.com/p/decorating-crafts_29.html

Driftwood

Find an old piece of driftwood.....

1.  Clean and wipe off any particles on the driftwood.
2.  If wet, leave driftwood in the sun for 24 hours or so.
3.  Brush remaining particles off the driftwood with a broom.
4.  Then get some stencils and spray paint your house address on the wood. OR you can hand paint it on the drift with a paint brush.

How to make a painted shell.

1.  Find a shell of any kind along the beach!
2. Wipe clean with soap and water.
3.  Draw you a scene on the shell then paint.
4.  Let it dry for 24 hours then spray with a clear coat for protection.
5.  Enjoy!

The Angel at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, NC

So many of you have heard me tell the story, but I wanted to pass it along anyway to those who didn't hear it and for those who wanted it in email. This actually happened at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, NC.

A couple of Wednesdays ago, I got an evening phone call from the pediatric ICU at Presbyterian Hospital , where I work as a child life specialist. Usually when they call at night, it means something bad has happened. This, however, was different. My coworker told me that the most amazing thing had just happened and she just had to call to tell me.We had a patient who has really grown up in and out of the hospital. All the staff knows her and her family. She had been in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) for about a month, and had been intubated - on life support. She was not doing well. The doctors had approached mom about taking her off life support the Saturday before. Mom was okay with it, and said that she'd been through so much and if was her time to go she wanted to honor that. So they had taken her off.It was Wednesday and she was still alive.

Amazing. The doctors approached mom about taking off her oxygen mask. Mom was supportive, and began praying over her daughter. The mother of another young patient who was in the bed next to her began praying with her.The nurse practitioner went to the nurses station to chart that she had taken off the oxygen mask. While doing so, she looked up at the security monitor that videotapes the double doors leading into the PICU. It records anyone who may be waiting outside the doors to get in since it is a secure unit. She saw a man standing there, and it looked a little funny to her, so she decided to walk down the hall to open the double doors personally. When she opened them, no one was standing there.She walked back down to the nurses station to finish charting, assuming he had walked away, but saw him still standing there on the monitor. So she opened the doors with a button near the nurses station and leaned over to see him walk in, but no one was standing there.She pulled over another nurse and both stood staring at this man on the monitor and opening the doors to find no one there. The nurse practitioner leaned in closely to look at the man on the monitor and said, 'Oh my gosh. That's an angel. You can see his wings!'They said that the sun starting shining so brightly and the whole PICU was strangely filled with light. They said he was a tall man and you could see wings behind him.They pulled over all the staff of the PICU and the two praying mothers and everyone was staring at this man on the monitor and opening the doors to find no one there. Crying, everyone pulled out their camera phones to take pictures, but no one could get it to show up on their camera. The mother of the girl pulled out her camera phone and finally got a picture of the angel who was guarding the doors to the PICU. He turned out as a man of light.

I have attached the picture from her phone.

The girl was later discharged from the hospital to go home. A Miracle. This story makes me so grateful for the way that God reveals himself to us, and the how Great He is really is. We have much to be thankful for this holiday. :)