"Maybe she's smoking and watching TV," the baby said, about her oldest living great aunt, when I informed her that she and her Irish twin might go over there today while Mommy went out.
Is that really how she sees Aunt Carol? Granted when we go over there in the evenings, to drop something off, she is winding down with some black and white show and a cigarette, but still. What about the singing Aunt Carol we see all dolled up at church? Nope. Maybe we need to go over there more during the daylight hours so she can get new images of Aunt Carold
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
We love you, Will!
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TTT's swim coach was murdered on Friday night. I can't stop crying. What a great man. He loved God, loved his wife, daughter, step-son. He was a hardworking man.
Today, I was annoyed with him, I'd been leaving him messages and he hadn't called returned them. I thought maybe he hadn't paid his cell bill, so I called his wife to get a hold of him and instead the news that greeted me was this.
Pray for his wife, his parents, his children.
When I was crying in the car, Jory said to me, "Don't cry, Mommy. You'll see him in heaven." Out of the mouth of babes.
I'm sad, but rejoice in knowing that I will see him again. And I feel very blessed that for the last five years he was a part of my family's lives.
I talked to his widow again tonight and she warned me that she was going to break down when she saw the kids, because Will really loved them and bragged about them to everyone. They were his kids. He loved them and was so proud of them. I feel bad that the baby and Rowan might not remember him as the years pass. But I'll do what I can to keep the memories alive.
God is good all the time. All the time God is good. While I cry for our loss, Will is having the best Christmas ever spending it with the birthday boy who was born in Bethlehem.
TTT's swim coach was murdered on Friday night. I can't stop crying. What a great man. He loved God, loved his wife, daughter, step-son. He was a hardworking man.
Today, I was annoyed with him, I'd been leaving him messages and he hadn't called returned them. I thought maybe he hadn't paid his cell bill, so I called his wife to get a hold of him and instead the news that greeted me was this.
Pray for his wife, his parents, his children.
When I was crying in the car, Jory said to me, "Don't cry, Mommy. You'll see him in heaven." Out of the mouth of babes.
I'm sad, but rejoice in knowing that I will see him again. And I feel very blessed that for the last five years he was a part of my family's lives.
I talked to his widow again tonight and she warned me that she was going to break down when she saw the kids, because Will really loved them and bragged about them to everyone. They were his kids. He loved them and was so proud of them. I feel bad that the baby and Rowan might not remember him as the years pass. But I'll do what I can to keep the memories alive.
God is good all the time. All the time God is good. While I cry for our loss, Will is having the best Christmas ever spending it with the birthday boy who was born in Bethlehem.
Monday, December 23, 2013
Happy Birthday to Me!
It's nearly 6AM, which in my world means I slept in on my birthday. Yippee! I am thankful God has allowed me so graciously to see another birthday. And not just see another birthday, but to see one with two of the world's worst sleepers next to me who are forever kicking off the covers. To know that down the hallway is my big girl sleeping away in the room with her Oma. That on the side of my bed is Jack's cradle waiting for him to come home, but is currently filled with Christmas sweaters and Christmas receipts my baby put in their last night when she was helping me clean the disaster my room had become. I am blessed we've started a new family tradition where Vandy and Aunt Brenda stay with us for the week of Christmas.
I go to an awesome church in another world that is filled with sound Biblical teaching, good music, and loving, caring congregations. I have the best friends and family on the planet. A great job with good bosses and good co-workers. I am truly blessed. And there are no episodes of the Sing-Off I get to watch, maybe even tonight. The Sing-Off rocks. Maybe TTT needs to become an acapella group. That would be hot!
Happy Birthday to me! And thank you to everyone whose prayers, love, encouragement, truth, chats have helped shape me into the person I am today.
It would take hours and days at a time
For me to sit down and write down all the things He's done
But let me say this
It's nothing I've done
It's the grace He gives freely to everyone
God's been good to me
Oh my God has been good
He is good
He was good
He will be good
He's always good
All the time He is good
I go to an awesome church in another world that is filled with sound Biblical teaching, good music, and loving, caring congregations. I have the best friends and family on the planet. A great job with good bosses and good co-workers. I am truly blessed. And there are no episodes of the Sing-Off I get to watch, maybe even tonight. The Sing-Off rocks. Maybe TTT needs to become an acapella group. That would be hot!
Happy Birthday to me! And thank you to everyone whose prayers, love, encouragement, truth, chats have helped shape me into the person I am today.
It would take hours and days at a time
For me to sit down and write down all the things He's done
But let me say this
It's nothing I've done
It's the grace He gives freely to everyone
God's been good to me
Oh my God has been good
He is good
He was good
He will be good
He's always good
All the time He is good
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