sorry i haven't emailed back, life has been nuts. jack had an ear infection and now brad's parents are visiting. it's fan-FREAKIN-tastic. and the house thing fell through, so there goes that idea. i miss you. last night we were all sitting around chatting (the woods, kelvin, amber and livia) and there was an empty space where you belong. come home.
It is HOT out here now. The beautiful green state is turning brown. Kathleen celebrated Canada Day by getting up at 4:30 in the morning to prepare for the town pancake breakfast which she was in charge of. Why a pregnant woman with 3 small boys is put in charge of a town breakfast I do not understand... I celebrated by eating a bowl of peaches with heavy cream--the real stuff. I work tomorrow and on the 4th we will celebrate The Union by going to a rodeo and enduring a fireworks display; then possibly staying for the street dance. Whooee! I got a speeding ticket yesterday. The policeman had to follow me 10 blocks before I even noticed his flashing lights. Thankfully, I was just going to the post office; if I had been going across town, he would have had to use the siren to get my attention...lost in thought, I was, so I totally deserved the ticket. It was an expensive trip to the post office, and I've been pretty much just generally feeling like a loser the last couple of days...not just because of the ticket but just because of my general lack of abililty, intelligence, charming good looks, savvy, etc. So last night I read Isaiah 61 and was reminded I may feel like a loser, but logically I can not totally be one in the true sense of the word because of my position in Christ. Also, this lady at church picked today to give me a copy of a book called "My Beautiful Broken Shell" by Carol Hamblet Adams. It was just what I needed to hear: that "there is profound beauty in our brokeness when placed in the hands of the Lord". Sheldon is at work today. Next weekend we are going camping. Our church goes to a place basically right next to the ocean every summer. Sounds wonderful, and it is if it doesn't rain. Usually, it rains profoundly. So I can't say I'm looking forward to the trip, but it'll be interesting at the least. Mom just had a serious incident with her one eye. As far as I understand it from afar, she had a sudden bleed into the vitreous, the clear gelly of the eye, that blocked her vision in the one eye almost completely. So Wednesday she had a surgery to remove the bloody gelly and replace it with a synthetic but clear material. Sounds awful, and I was quite worried, but it seems she has come through it well. She says she can see faces with that ey now; we are praying she will regain all of her finer focusing ability so she can see well enough to read again. She loves to read. It would not be easy, of course, to give it up. So pray with me for her in this, for her healing following surgery. Thanks to Sheldon I now own an Ipod. The best use I can come up with is to load up some good workout music. Any suggestions? I need stuff with a good get your butt movin' kind of beat. Well, this is getting a bit long...I wish you well, dearie. I hope you celebrate every day the best you can. Soon you will be home for a short rest and another adventure as the Lord directs your steps.
3 comments:
wow, do i know that feeling! I'm right here girl! AND reading your blog everytime you post!
I'm praying for you as you are coming to the latter part of your journey there...
I'm wearing this really cool Canada t-shirt today... made me think of you! hmmm wonder why?
Have a great day CJ! Talk to you soon.
sorry i haven't emailed back, life has been nuts. jack had an ear infection and now brad's parents are visiting. it's fan-FREAKIN-tastic.
and the house thing fell through, so there goes that idea.
i miss you. last night we were all sitting around chatting (the woods, kelvin, amber and livia) and there was an empty space where you belong. come home.
Cheryl,
It is HOT out here now. The beautiful green state is turning brown. Kathleen celebrated Canada Day by getting up at 4:30 in the morning to prepare for the town pancake breakfast which she was in charge of. Why a pregnant woman with 3 small boys is put in charge of a town breakfast I do not understand... I celebrated by eating a bowl of peaches with heavy cream--the real stuff. I work tomorrow and on the 4th we will celebrate The Union by going to a rodeo and enduring a fireworks display; then possibly staying for the street dance. Whooee! I got a speeding ticket yesterday. The policeman had to follow me 10 blocks before I even noticed his flashing lights. Thankfully, I was just going to the post office; if I had been going across town, he would have had to use the siren to get my attention...lost in thought, I was, so I totally deserved the ticket. It was an expensive trip to the post office, and I've been pretty much just generally feeling like a loser the last couple of days...not just because of the ticket but just because of my general lack of abililty, intelligence, charming good looks, savvy, etc. So last night I read Isaiah 61 and was reminded I may feel like a loser, but logically I can not totally be one in the true sense of the word because of my position in Christ. Also, this lady at church picked today to give me a copy of a book called "My Beautiful Broken Shell" by Carol Hamblet Adams. It was just what I needed to hear: that "there is profound beauty in our brokeness when placed in the hands of the Lord". Sheldon is at work today. Next weekend we are going camping. Our church goes to a place basically right next to the ocean every summer. Sounds wonderful, and it is if it doesn't rain. Usually, it rains profoundly. So I can't say I'm looking forward to the trip, but it'll be interesting at the least. Mom just had a serious incident with her one eye. As far as I understand it from afar, she had a sudden bleed into the vitreous, the clear gelly of the eye, that blocked her vision in the one eye almost completely. So Wednesday she had a surgery to remove the bloody gelly and replace it with a synthetic but clear material. Sounds awful, and I was quite worried, but it seems she has come through it well. She says she can see faces with that ey now; we are praying she will regain all of her finer focusing ability so she can see well enough to read again. She loves to read. It would not be easy, of course, to give it up. So pray with me for her in this, for her healing following surgery. Thanks to Sheldon I now own an Ipod. The best use I can come up with is to load up some good workout music. Any suggestions? I need stuff with a good get your butt movin' kind of beat. Well, this is getting a bit long...I wish you well, dearie. I hope you celebrate every day the best you can. Soon you will be home for a short rest and another adventure as the Lord directs your steps.
Susan
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