One picture...worth a million

YAY JORDAN & CONNOR!!!! YOU"RE BIG BOYS NOW!

rain

Rain Rain go away.... for a while ....I'm trying to have some fun in the sun!
I want to garden!
I want to walk in the park!
I want to sit thru a Tiger game and be DRY!
One day a week for rain seems fair to me....preferrably on Monday...
so that by the weekend things are dry again.

Women's Bible Studies

I have been attending Women's Bible Studies for a loooooooong time. Probably since 1978 at Kathy's house! YAY! They were the best! Now I lead them...Here's some thoughts.

I think they are a wonderful tool for a church...it brings women together...and women need to be "together" Let's face it, we no longer all gather at the river...to wash...or talk over the fence while hanging out the clothes..like our mom's did.
It's a different world now, but this remains the same...women need to be in fellowship with other women...it's how we process life, and learn to parent , and get encouragement to go on.

Today we encouraged a mother of a teen...who wanted her mom to drop everything and bring her lunch to school. The mom said no, she was at our gathering. She handled it beautifully & with love..."are you leaving me here without a lunch?"-
"No, you left yourself without a lunch when you left it on the table this morning...." She hung up and we praised her! That's great parenting! I said.

She sighed...really? I 'm reading Kevin Leman's book about raising responsible kids, and I'm changing how I do things-
SO I told her a few of my own stories...
then she asked, but did you feel guilty?
I said sometimes....at first...you have to retrain yourself as you train them.
but this is for their good.

See what I mean? she had read the book, she believed it was right, she was doing it...but she needed to hear from another Mom, "you're doing it right."

APRIL, LORI, KERI, NINA
YOU are doing it right!!!
I read your blogs and am amazed at what FABULOUS mothers you all are!
I cannot wait to see what this generation ( your kids) does for Jesus...
I know it will AWESOME!!!

ALL you other Mom's who have been there and done that, like me....Please encourage the younger Mom's around you- your words will lift their spirits and spur them on to continue the good work....the great work....the BEST work...of raising children.

what?

OK so this morning...A consumers power truck and a bulldozer show up and tell me there gonna rip out my sidewalk and grass to fix "my neighbors" problem. ok.
Then I see they've parked across my driveway...guess I won't be going anywhere fast.
Next another knock at the door..."Hi, I'm from the water dept..we gotta problem down the block and we're turning off your water in a few minutes...
so tell me, how am I suppose to clean my house today for my bible study gathering tomorrow morning? What's next the electricity?
:(

A GOOD MOM!!!!

YAY JENI!!!!!

woohoo! BOOYAH! AND YIPPEEE KY YAY!!!!!!
AND OH YES...
HAVE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY....WORK AND ALLL....
WE LOVE YOU


al & ub

change...

sometimes fun and sometimes painful
why?
do i like it when I change things, but hate it when others do?
am I that inflexible?
or is there a limit to what I can handle in the change department.
Is it change that changes MY PLAN that upsets?
Is it that change...alters my perceived outcome?
Or do I see it as an inferior way of doing things?

God spoke to me a while ago...he said,
LISTEN...LIFE CHANGES.
simple.
why don't I remember that when I get surprised
why am I surprised?
Shouldn't I, after 50+ years of change...
AND A WORD FROM THE LORD...
understand this concept and accept it?

you would think. lol