OK - so I haven't blogged in quite a while. I have just not been inspired. I think that NOW, I am. It is December the 16th - actually, I just looked at the clock and it is the 17th at 12:01.
Life is changing and I'm not sure about it. Mickey is working again and that is good. He traveled last week for the first time since re-employment. I turned 50. Just thought I would sneak that in. I went to Muldrow, Oklahoma to sit with my sister-in-law for a few days as she began recovery from a broken hip. Now we are both home - me and Mickey, that is. Today was Matt and Teela's wedding. It was beautiful and the reception was fun - lots of dancing! ALSO, a lot of work! I am tired - but not sleepy. Does anyone hear me? I think I'm too exhausted to sleep. Jackie went to India yesterday and didn't quite make it there. She got stuck in Bangkok. That was pretty tense. Now she is in a hotel where she will stay for another day and a half. At least, Lacey said she is laughing about it now. Her trip over there is turning into a 5 day adventure. Oh, well, at least she will have a good story to tell. My house is a wreck!! We have been coming and going for about 2 weeks and just dropping things where ever they land when we come in the door. Kelly, Aaron and Asher are coming for pre-Christmas this year. They will be here on the 20th and leave on Christmas Eve-Eve. Guess it will just be me and Mickey and Mom and Dad for Christmas this year. I'm ok with it, I think. My hip is a little out of whack - it happens when you get old. I found my wedding dress at the bottom of a barrel at Mom's house - yellow as a pumpkin and all wrinkled. I just couldn't throw it away. Now...what am I going to do with this crumpled up, discolored mess that I am calling a wedding dress? All in all, God is good. He is my Rock and my Salvation. I am going through Psalms and underlining all of the verses that point to the nations and God's glory in bringing them out of darkness into His light. That really is what it is all about - not me. So, with that, I think I can sleep now - and I'm out of here.
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Friday, November 10, 2006
LIfe's twists
I am a "myspacer" and a "blogger", too. I spent some time this morning just sitting at the computer doing those two things. I love to follow the "comment" trail. It is fun when I find people whom I had lost and read about their lives. Sometimes it is joyful - sometimes not so much. Anyway, I have observed something that I would like to discuss here. In my searching, I have found at least two young Christian men who have made dramatic lifestyle changes since I last saw them. They are of different generations and don't know each other. I would love to sit long and talk much with them. These young men were very actively involved with their local church as young people - sold out to Christ, if you will. As they grew up and had different experiences, they began searching for something more. In the world, both found what they felt they had always been looking for. They are both now, out of the closet and living in gay relationships. One is what I would call, almost a "militant" gay man and the other embracing his new found life in "extravagance". Both have left the traditional church setting yet neither has renounced his relationship with Christ. Not that it matters, but I do believe that each of them made a commitment to Christ and that it can not be ripped away because of the sin that they have allowed into their lives. I believe we are saved by grace and that actions can not change that. (I know some will disagree with me - but so be it) The thing that has astounded me the most is that both young men have a circle of Christian friends who apparently support them in their life decision. I am just trying to figure out if tolerance has crept into the world and sneaked into the hearts of Christians without our being aware. I am not suggesting that these young men should be ostracized or abandoned, I just wonder if any Christian friend has confronted, in love, what they are choosing as sin. It breaks my heart that on their blogs and myspace page they boldly portray their new found lives and loves and everyone is commenting with "good for you's" and "hope you're happy's" and "I love you, anyway's", but I don't see any comments of "I'm praying for you" or "let's talk". I hope there is more accountability than what I am seeing in these comments. Yes, love them - also, love them enough to pray for them and let them know you recognize their choices as sin and hold them accountable. I really don't think that blogging or myspace is the place for deep conversation. Hopefully, I am barking up the wrong tree and in the privacy of personal conversation that has been done.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Little Eliot
If you really like blog reading, I have one for you. Kelly and Aaron have friends, Matt and Ginny Mooney, who created a blog - mostly dedicated to the story of their son's life, Eliot. Eliot was born with a chromosome disorder called Edwards Syndrome. The prospect of him living very long outside the womb was slim. Eliot just went home to be with Jesus a couple of weeks ago and was 99 days old when he went. Anyway, his story is so moving and the way that his young parents have cared for him and trusted our God for every moment is precious and I recommend that you spend some time there. Ginny is a jewelry designer and she has designed a necklace that she calls "Eliot". You can read more about it on their blog. www.mattandginny.blogspot.com
Monday, November 06, 2006
November 6 - Answers
This morning my mother had surgery. We have been waiting about six weeks for the answers to our questions surrounding the procedure. We are praising our Father for his care and his awesome loving kindness to us. The doctors were able to remove a large cyst from her abdomen with few complications. It appears to be benign. I was so pleasantly surprised to watch her "scoot" from the gurney onto her hospital bed with very little help when they brought her to her room. I know she is not completely out of the woods, but she was sitting up and drinking when I went in to see her a while ago, tonight. She is eighty-one and I am so grateful for the good report so far.
Mickey is very close to officially having a job. The company who bought his former company is preparing a written job offer as we speak. Hallelujah! In a short few days he should be out and about combing the country again. For those of you who have wondered - at least we discovered that his real job didn't include selling drugs or being a hit man after all! (It is an old joke with the young people who have graced our house in the last few years!) Any way, we are grateful for this news, as well. Now it will be up to us to be faithful to continue following and obeying our Lord's directives. He definitely has our attention.
Mickey is very close to officially having a job. The company who bought his former company is preparing a written job offer as we speak. Hallelujah! In a short few days he should be out and about combing the country again. For those of you who have wondered - at least we discovered that his real job didn't include selling drugs or being a hit man after all! (It is an old joke with the young people who have graced our house in the last few years!) Any way, we are grateful for this news, as well. Now it will be up to us to be faithful to continue following and obeying our Lord's directives. He definitely has our attention.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
My Single Friend
Ok - so I said I am not a match maker because I am terrible at it, but I will tell you about my friend and you can check him out, if you want to. He is one of mine and Mickey's dearest friends. He is tall and dark complected with a killer smile and kind eyes. He loves the Lord more than he will ever love anyone else and serving Him is his life. He is an associate pastor of our church where he serves with youth, college and singles. We have gone on several trips together - Passion a couple of times and 3 mission trips plus one family vacation and a lot of little family trips. He is so much fun and is looking for a mate who is fun. He loves to play games of all kinds. He is not highly athletic but is very hard to beat at racket ball - one of his big interests.
He sings very well and plays the piano well, too. He is highly creative and a huge ideas person. He is 36 years old and has never been married. He is looking for a single, never married girl who wants to work beside him in ministry. He is loyal. He is financially secure and a good steward of his money. I'm not going to tell you any weaknesses because if you decide to visit him on myspace and get to know him and then start to date him, you would be mad at me for saying he has faults of any kind. Ok - so that is all. Now you can go to my myspace page and try to figure out which friend I'm talking about and go to his page and leave him a comment - if you are a single woman!
He sings very well and plays the piano well, too. He is highly creative and a huge ideas person. He is 36 years old and has never been married. He is looking for a single, never married girl who wants to work beside him in ministry. He is loyal. He is financially secure and a good steward of his money. I'm not going to tell you any weaknesses because if you decide to visit him on myspace and get to know him and then start to date him, you would be mad at me for saying he has faults of any kind. Ok - so that is all. Now you can go to my myspace page and try to figure out which friend I'm talking about and go to his page and leave him a comment - if you are a single woman!
Friday, October 27, 2006
Whew! Last 10 - Here goes!
1) I prefer my water to be straight from the tap with no ice and to stand at the sink while I drink it
2) When I doodle, I draw question marks
3) I appreciate a-symmetrical objects more than symmetrical
4) My biggest pet peeve is people who leave shopping carts in the middle of the parking lot. I will return mine even if it is so cold I can't stand it or I get soaked by rain. I also retrieve others from the parking lot.
5) I hate tongue pimples (inflamed taste buds) and to burn my tongue.
6) I am writing a story, "Journey of a Journeyman's Mother".
7) I love four and five year olds - they are great people with whom to chat.
8) In general, I am not very competitive, but give me something I care about and I can dig my heels in
9) I like to hold hands and to hug people. I don't mean just romantically - but with people for whom I care, just because I like being near them. I think touch is very important.
10) I am happy to be done so that I can write better and more interesting things...
See Ya' 'round!
2) When I doodle, I draw question marks
3) I appreciate a-symmetrical objects more than symmetrical
4) My biggest pet peeve is people who leave shopping carts in the middle of the parking lot. I will return mine even if it is so cold I can't stand it or I get soaked by rain. I also retrieve others from the parking lot.
5) I hate tongue pimples (inflamed taste buds) and to burn my tongue.
6) I am writing a story, "Journey of a Journeyman's Mother".
7) I love four and five year olds - they are great people with whom to chat.
8) In general, I am not very competitive, but give me something I care about and I can dig my heels in
9) I like to hold hands and to hug people. I don't mean just romantically - but with people for whom I care, just because I like being near them. I think touch is very important.
10) I am happy to be done so that I can write better and more interesting things...
See Ya' 'round!
Thursday, October 26, 2006
20 and counting!
1) I am married to a man who spells his name like a mouse!
2) I function very well with a lot on my plate - seasonally.
3) I am thinking about cremation as an option for disposal of my body when I am dead
4) I think there is nothing wrong with Halloween and it is a fun holiday. I like ghosts and goblins in the make-believe world. I don't like demons, however, in reality - and I do believe they exist.
5) If I had to choose between having a privacy fence or an open back yard - I would choose open - it is just freeing to see for miles and watch the snow fall in the distance.
6) Some people I miss - my Grandma and Grandpa, my Aunt Violet and Aunt Joan, my Aunt Bessie. My mother is the only sibling (including her brothers-in-law) left in her family and my father has only one sister left besides himself (including his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law) - she lives in California.
7) I am a list maker - just not necessarily a list follower.
8) I am cell phone illiterate.
9) I had my ears pierced with needles by my neighbor after she had frozen them with ice cubes
10) I take some time every Christmas just to sit alone in a quiet, dark room and watch the lights on the Christmas tree blink - and reflect on Christmases past
JUST 10 more!!!
2) I function very well with a lot on my plate - seasonally.
3) I am thinking about cremation as an option for disposal of my body when I am dead
4) I think there is nothing wrong with Halloween and it is a fun holiday. I like ghosts and goblins in the make-believe world. I don't like demons, however, in reality - and I do believe they exist.
5) If I had to choose between having a privacy fence or an open back yard - I would choose open - it is just freeing to see for miles and watch the snow fall in the distance.
6) Some people I miss - my Grandma and Grandpa, my Aunt Violet and Aunt Joan, my Aunt Bessie. My mother is the only sibling (including her brothers-in-law) left in her family and my father has only one sister left besides himself (including his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law) - she lives in California.
7) I am a list maker - just not necessarily a list follower.
8) I am cell phone illiterate.
9) I had my ears pierced with needles by my neighbor after she had frozen them with ice cubes
10) I take some time every Christmas just to sit alone in a quiet, dark room and watch the lights on the Christmas tree blink - and reflect on Christmases past
JUST 10 more!!!
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Likes and Dislikes and one admission!
1) I could spend an hour just smelling of candles or bottles of lotion in the store.
2) I could eat my weight in raw peanuts
3) My favorite childhood book was "Arty the Smarty", a tale about a fish that didn't want to go to "school" and was always swimming in the opposite direction from everyone else.
4) Although I am not "hooked" on it and don't watch it every day, I like to watch Judge Judy and eat popcorn
5) I cried when Michael Landon died.
6) I despise having to buy new blue jeans. I'd like to keep my broken in ones forever.
7) I love cats. Mickey and my sister, Jo, are very allergic to them so I can't have one.
8) I didn't realize it but I have a broken watch collection. I don't know why I can't throw one away - but I just keep saving them as if someone might want them some day. They are not even expensive or unusual - just broken.
9) This is an admission - I admit that I am a terrible photographer. Every picture I make is shaky and out of focus with the exception of one or two out of about every 20 but I still keep making them.
10) I enjoy people who are story tellers. I would never be bored with them.
Twenty more and it is a good thing because I am running out of things about me.
2) I could eat my weight in raw peanuts
3) My favorite childhood book was "Arty the Smarty", a tale about a fish that didn't want to go to "school" and was always swimming in the opposite direction from everyone else.
4) Although I am not "hooked" on it and don't watch it every day, I like to watch Judge Judy and eat popcorn
5) I cried when Michael Landon died.
6) I despise having to buy new blue jeans. I'd like to keep my broken in ones forever.
7) I love cats. Mickey and my sister, Jo, are very allergic to them so I can't have one.
8) I didn't realize it but I have a broken watch collection. I don't know why I can't throw one away - but I just keep saving them as if someone might want them some day. They are not even expensive or unusual - just broken.
9) This is an admission - I admit that I am a terrible photographer. Every picture I make is shaky and out of focus with the exception of one or two out of about every 20 but I still keep making them.
10) I enjoy people who are story tellers. I would never be bored with them.
Twenty more and it is a good thing because I am running out of things about me.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Again - More about me
1) I don't like watching scary movies - I peek through my fingers to watch the scariest parts.
2) I scream from the moment a roller coaster leaves until the moment it stops - at the top of my lungs
3) I can not move mattresses - it make me laugh and I am useless. Really, I don't know why, but it makes me laugh. It makes Mickey mad and so he just tells me to stop and he does it by himself - it is easier.
4) I really can not think of an earthly possession that I could not do without.
5) I love to lay on a blanket and look at the stars.
6) Purses are such a great accessory - so why do I ALWAYS carry the same one? Lazy I guess.
7) Speaking of accessories, I love pins. I always look at pins in the jewelry section.
8) Have I mentioned that my feet are numb? I miss feeling with my feet. That is definitely one of the things I look forward to in Heaven some day
9) I have all of the love letters that Mickey wrote me when we were dating. I think I want them to be buried with me.
10) If I had time for a new hobby, I would want to learn how to throw pottery.
Just 30 more - 3 more postings. Won't you be glad when it is over??
2) I scream from the moment a roller coaster leaves until the moment it stops - at the top of my lungs
3) I can not move mattresses - it make me laugh and I am useless. Really, I don't know why, but it makes me laugh. It makes Mickey mad and so he just tells me to stop and he does it by himself - it is easier.
4) I really can not think of an earthly possession that I could not do without.
5) I love to lay on a blanket and look at the stars.
6) Purses are such a great accessory - so why do I ALWAYS carry the same one? Lazy I guess.
7) Speaking of accessories, I love pins. I always look at pins in the jewelry section.
8) Have I mentioned that my feet are numb? I miss feeling with my feet. That is definitely one of the things I look forward to in Heaven some day
9) I have all of the love letters that Mickey wrote me when we were dating. I think I want them to be buried with me.
10) If I had time for a new hobby, I would want to learn how to throw pottery.
Just 30 more - 3 more postings. Won't you be glad when it is over??
Thursday, October 19, 2006
One liners on the downhill side of 100 things
1) Sometimes I bite my nails
2) I sleep with earplugs almost every night
3) If I have to choose a favorite number, I choose 7 - but I don't mean it.
4) I would like to learn Spanish
5) I have always thought that I will die young. (Guess that didn't come true!)
6) At one time, I had a Dr. Pepper addiction.
7) I hate to procrastinate, but I do.
8) I have "address" OCD - can't throw one away, even if I have multiple copies.
9) Mickey and I think people think we are the "Information Station".
10) I think laughing cures almost anything.
I'm out of here for a couple of days!
2) I sleep with earplugs almost every night
3) If I have to choose a favorite number, I choose 7 - but I don't mean it.
4) I would like to learn Spanish
5) I have always thought that I will die young. (Guess that didn't come true!)
6) At one time, I had a Dr. Pepper addiction.
7) I hate to procrastinate, but I do.
8) I have "address" OCD - can't throw one away, even if I have multiple copies.
9) Mickey and I think people think we are the "Information Station".
10) I think laughing cures almost anything.
I'm out of here for a couple of days!
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
50 - Almost my age!!
1) My favorite things when I was growing up were paper dolls, Barbie Dolls, and stuffed animals
2) I just had a flash back - when I was little, me and my next door neighbor and best friend used to love a TV show called "Honey West". She was a secret agent. We played like we were secret agents all the time. We couldn't both be Honey West, so we made up Connie West (that was me) who was her side kick. Wonder why I wasn't Honey?
3) I am crafty - I like to scrapbook - wish I had more time for it
4) If I ever go bald, please don't look at the mole on the side of my head
5) I like to work jigsaw puzzles - especially at Christmas and when I feel stressed out
6) I am the only grandchild on my father's side that my grandmother never knew about. She died before I was born and I am the youngest. I hope to meet her and talk a long time with her in Heaven.
7) I really like rainy days when I can stay in doors - and thunderstorms
8) My favorite vacation was to New York City last year with my girls, son-in-law, Mickey and our friend, Mark. I think I could vacation there and never get tired of it.
9) I don't like rap but I love Toby Mac concerts - "...ticket to ride..."
10) I totally avoid alcohol and with the exception of an accidental drink of a strawberry daiquiri (I don't even know how to spell it!) in High School and trying a sip of champagne at a wedding after I was an adult (which I hated, by the way), I have never partaken of it. I think it is a bad decision for the most part, but not necessarily a sin.
OK - next time I will be on the downhill side of 100 and maybe I won't take the liberty to preach so much!! Catch you then.
2) I just had a flash back - when I was little, me and my next door neighbor and best friend used to love a TV show called "Honey West". She was a secret agent. We played like we were secret agents all the time. We couldn't both be Honey West, so we made up Connie West (that was me) who was her side kick. Wonder why I wasn't Honey?
3) I am crafty - I like to scrapbook - wish I had more time for it
4) If I ever go bald, please don't look at the mole on the side of my head
5) I like to work jigsaw puzzles - especially at Christmas and when I feel stressed out
6) I am the only grandchild on my father's side that my grandmother never knew about. She died before I was born and I am the youngest. I hope to meet her and talk a long time with her in Heaven.
7) I really like rainy days when I can stay in doors - and thunderstorms
8) My favorite vacation was to New York City last year with my girls, son-in-law, Mickey and our friend, Mark. I think I could vacation there and never get tired of it.
9) I don't like rap but I love Toby Mac concerts - "...ticket to ride..."
10) I totally avoid alcohol and with the exception of an accidental drink of a strawberry daiquiri (I don't even know how to spell it!) in High School and trying a sip of champagne at a wedding after I was an adult (which I hated, by the way), I have never partaken of it. I think it is a bad decision for the most part, but not necessarily a sin.
OK - next time I will be on the downhill side of 100 and maybe I won't take the liberty to preach so much!! Catch you then.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Only 10 more to the halfway point
1) I get into the water slowly - no jumping in for me
2) My favorite thing to wear is a new warm sweatshirt and a pair of jeans
3) I hang up on telemarketers - immediately - don't even respond or say a word - just hang up.
I used to try to be nice, then I started lying - I decided the best thing to do is just hang up.
4) It looks like I (actually, we - Mickey is going, too) will be moving back in with my parents soon - never thought that would really happen - but it is a life cycle. They are excited. I am ok with it.
5) I need to memorize more scripture - I am bad at it.
6) If I could change two physical characteristics about me, one would be my teeth and the other would be my poochy-out stomach (thanks mom and grandma!)
7) I like to watch Westerns, Make-overs of all kinds, Court TV shows, Antique shows, and HGTV. I don't like "Reality" shows. BUT I do like The Office
8) If I could live at any other time in history, I think I would choose the 1800's. But I would want the option to return to modern day times at any time.
9) If I could have one super-power it would be to teleport from place to place
10) If I had the chance to be 20 once again, I would finish my college education and I would get a degree in Writing or Religion. I would write article for magazines and other publications,
OK - that is 40 - just 10 more to go for the first half - Are you bored with me yet??
2) My favorite thing to wear is a new warm sweatshirt and a pair of jeans
3) I hang up on telemarketers - immediately - don't even respond or say a word - just hang up.
I used to try to be nice, then I started lying - I decided the best thing to do is just hang up.
4) It looks like I (actually, we - Mickey is going, too) will be moving back in with my parents soon - never thought that would really happen - but it is a life cycle. They are excited. I am ok with it.
5) I need to memorize more scripture - I am bad at it.
6) If I could change two physical characteristics about me, one would be my teeth and the other would be my poochy-out stomach (thanks mom and grandma!)
7) I like to watch Westerns, Make-overs of all kinds, Court TV shows, Antique shows, and HGTV. I don't like "Reality" shows. BUT I do like The Office
8) If I could live at any other time in history, I think I would choose the 1800's. But I would want the option to return to modern day times at any time.
9) If I could have one super-power it would be to teleport from place to place
10) If I had the chance to be 20 once again, I would finish my college education and I would get a degree in Writing or Religion. I would write article for magazines and other publications,
OK - that is 40 - just 10 more to go for the first half - Are you bored with me yet??
Sunday, October 15, 2006
More things about me
1) Even though I only have biological daughters, I have several young men that I count as almost sons
2) Mickey makes me laugh more than anyone!
3) I wish that I would not stink - I would NEVER take showers if I didn't
4) I would like to make a whole pan of Rice Krispy treats and eat them all in one sitting
5) I have never been snow skiing - and have no great desire to go
6) I hate coffee - but I am discovering a new love of cappuchinos
7) I love to have my back and neck rubbed - the harder the better
8) I have never been skinny dipping and think that I will probably never go - way too modest for that
9) I detest communication to India!!
10) My favorite color is purple!!
2) Mickey makes me laugh more than anyone!
3) I wish that I would not stink - I would NEVER take showers if I didn't
4) I would like to make a whole pan of Rice Krispy treats and eat them all in one sitting
5) I have never been snow skiing - and have no great desire to go
6) I hate coffee - but I am discovering a new love of cappuchinos
7) I love to have my back and neck rubbed - the harder the better
8) I have never been skinny dipping and think that I will probably never go - way too modest for that
9) I detest communication to India!!
10) My favorite color is purple!!
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Second try-Second posting of ten things about me
1) I can whistle REALLY loud - to get a crowd's attention
2) I don't have a college degree, but I think they are very important!
3) I have zebra stripes in my bathroom and I have one leopard print pillow on my bed.
4) If it were socially acceptable for someone my age, I would have my hair cut really short and died bright blue - I did it once, and I really liked it.
5) I would like to attend a multi-cultural church
6) Ozlem is our "international" daughter - she is a Turkish/German girl.
7) Johnnie Johnson, the debated Godfather of Rock-n-Roll, (of Chuck Berry's "Johnny B Goode") entertained at a private Christmas party in Houston, which I attended. I sat on the piano bench with him as he played. My only claim to fame.
8) I broke my toe about six weeks ago. Will it ever heal??
9) Once, when I was dating - way back when - I snapped a clip on tie on my lip! Stupid thing to do. Don't try this at home.
10) I LOVE Settlers of Catan and Cities and Knights of Catan. My main two opponents are Mickey and Mark. We have a whole host of players and you can almost always find a game going at our house!
That is all for tonight!
2) I don't have a college degree, but I think they are very important!
3) I have zebra stripes in my bathroom and I have one leopard print pillow on my bed.
4) If it were socially acceptable for someone my age, I would have my hair cut really short and died bright blue - I did it once, and I really liked it.
5) I would like to attend a multi-cultural church
6) Ozlem is our "international" daughter - she is a Turkish/German girl.
7) Johnnie Johnson, the debated Godfather of Rock-n-Roll, (of Chuck Berry's "Johnny B Goode") entertained at a private Christmas party in Houston, which I attended. I sat on the piano bench with him as he played. My only claim to fame.
8) I broke my toe about six weeks ago. Will it ever heal??
9) Once, when I was dating - way back when - I snapped a clip on tie on my lip! Stupid thing to do. Don't try this at home.
10) I LOVE Settlers of Catan and Cities and Knights of Catan. My main two opponents are Mickey and Mark. We have a whole host of players and you can almost always find a game going at our house!
That is all for tonight!
Monday, October 09, 2006
Newly Inspired
I have been inspired to write a series of blogs about myself. I was inspired by Jennie when I read an old blog of hers - "100 things about me" or something like that. Now I don't think that I have enough time at one sitting to write 100 things so I decided that I will write a series of "10 things about me", beginning today. So here goes...
1) I grew up on a "half" street. I lived at 513 N. 7 1/2 Street in Paragould, Arkansas.
2) I had a couple of hiding places that I really liked growing up. The first one that I remember was a closet in my bedroom which was piled with blankets in the floor. I would go in there with a flashlight and read. The other one was in a mimosa tree in front of my house. In the summer, no one knew I was there. My dad knew that I used it as a get away and so he would keep stray branches from growing up in my "seat". The last time I sat in it, I was 17 and we were moving away.
3) I am a TERRIBLE match-maker (scarred because the only one I really think I had any thing to do with, divorced!). I talk about it, but would really NEVER do it.
4) I am not a very good long distance friend - in fact, I am NOT a long distance friend. I never keep in touch, even though I never forget people.
5) I like white, clean, new socks
6) I get bored at night when I am bed and everyone else in the house is asleep.
7) I hated math in school, but I am actually pretty good at it.
8) I discovered that I get satisfaction from doing very odd things - such as, folding paper with a nice sharp crease.
9) The sound of a train passing by is comforting to me - I remember listening to the distant trains pulling through Paragould after I had gone to bed as a child. I also enjoy the whirring noise of an eighteen-wheeler passing by on a lonesome highway - it reminds me of nights at my grandparents' house.
10) I am afraid of - alligators, grizzly bears, and sharks (stupid because we don't live near any of them - too much Discovery Channel, I think.
OK - that is all for today. I sure wish someone else would get inspired and do the same on their blog - and let me know. I really like reading blogs! (Oops, I think that was 11!)
1) I grew up on a "half" street. I lived at 513 N. 7 1/2 Street in Paragould, Arkansas.
2) I had a couple of hiding places that I really liked growing up. The first one that I remember was a closet in my bedroom which was piled with blankets in the floor. I would go in there with a flashlight and read. The other one was in a mimosa tree in front of my house. In the summer, no one knew I was there. My dad knew that I used it as a get away and so he would keep stray branches from growing up in my "seat". The last time I sat in it, I was 17 and we were moving away.
3) I am a TERRIBLE match-maker (scarred because the only one I really think I had any thing to do with, divorced!). I talk about it, but would really NEVER do it.
4) I am not a very good long distance friend - in fact, I am NOT a long distance friend. I never keep in touch, even though I never forget people.
5) I like white, clean, new socks
6) I get bored at night when I am bed and everyone else in the house is asleep.
7) I hated math in school, but I am actually pretty good at it.
8) I discovered that I get satisfaction from doing very odd things - such as, folding paper with a nice sharp crease.
9) The sound of a train passing by is comforting to me - I remember listening to the distant trains pulling through Paragould after I had gone to bed as a child. I also enjoy the whirring noise of an eighteen-wheeler passing by on a lonesome highway - it reminds me of nights at my grandparents' house.
10) I am afraid of - alligators, grizzly bears, and sharks (stupid because we don't live near any of them - too much Discovery Channel, I think.
OK - that is all for today. I sure wish someone else would get inspired and do the same on their blog - and let me know. I really like reading blogs! (Oops, I think that was 11!)
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Waiting and trusting
We are coming to the end of two months of "waiting". We have been waiting on so many things in our lives as of late. Some of those things have come around and the wait is over - Asher was born, my broken toe is getting better, we are home now, Perspectives will survive even if we must leave - all those are good things. Other things are still hanging out there - job hunting, my mom's health, the means by which I can participate in reaching the nations. Yesterday, God added a word to what he has been telling me about "waiting". It is "trusting". So I continue - "waiting and trusting".
Monday, September 25, 2006
More About Asher...
Well, the Parks family had their first "outing" today. Asher went to see his new pediatrician. He is 7 lbs and 5 ounces - just about right for his expected weight loss and regain. He is a little "pumpkin" colored - but I think he is just trying to be seasonal. Actually, the doc said it was fairly normal for newborns and the jaundice will begin going away in the next day or two. SO, he got to sunbathe a little today - not that he needs it for his tan (he looks very much like his mommy and appears to have her beautiful skin tone). His coloring puts ME to shame! He sleeps almost all the time and only fusses a little when he is hungry. He doesn't cry and scream a lot - yet, any way. So Dundee and I will be here for a few more days and then leave him in the totally capable hands of his parents. It has been wonderful to get to be here and get to know him. We will make it a more traveled path, I'm sure! Mickey and some great friends are playing for the FCA Mini-Conference in Batesville this weekend, so we need to go home for the event. I am looking forward to that!
Friday, September 22, 2006
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Asher Everett Parks
Asher and his Nanna! Isn't he beautiful?
Asher and his beautiful mother, Kelly! She did so well - like a champ!
Asher and his Dundee - that's right, Dundee!!
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
My grandson ...
He is finally here! And he really is beautiful! His name is Asher Everett Parks and he was born on Sept. 20 at 8:13 pm. He is 7 lbs and 9 oz and 21 inches long. We went in to see him and found him in his mother's arms, all bundled up and sucking his thumb! He has a lot of hair and it is a little wavy - dark, but I don't think as dark as Kelly's was when she was born. Kelly thinks his eyes will be blue, but I think it was like looking into her eyes as a newborn - they are blue, but not a really blue blue - so who knows. One thing for sure - he definitely has Kelly's nose!! He was alert and very happy. Asher was one of the tribes of Israel and means "happy" and Everett means "strong warrior". We stood and watched them weigh him in and give him shots and measure everything possible. Aaron is such a proud father, protector, and gentle, loving husband - my God ordained, son. I want to post some pictures, but that will have to wait until tomorrow - I'm about to crash and want to go see him early tomorrow!!
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