What A Weekend

This weekend The Dawg and I headed to Asheville, NC for an Everybodyfields concert with Michael Holland opening. We had a great night, and ate wonderful food.

As I mentioned before, I would be buying yarn on behalf of one of my children that saw fit to cut some yarn I was using during a crochet project. I found some amazing wool for $7.50 and bought 2.

The Dawg and I returned Saturday around 12:00 and received a call from Grannie that our middle child was in the ER with a possible broken arm. We went straight there, and were in the ER with him for 5 hrs. He did indeed break his left forearm in 2 places. Clean break, and will most likely heal just fine.

Saturday night I went to a friend's house where 5 other girls I grew up were gathered for fun, food, and fellowship. There were gals in from SC, VA, MD, and WI. I spent the night. We stayed up until 4:00 a.m. watching videos of ourselves from our youth, laughing ourselves sick!! I had a great time, and know I'm getting way too old to stay up like that.

A great weekend, for sure!!!

Newbie

Ames, Clumsy Ox, and Co. came over Saturday night. We went to dinner, then came back to our house and I received a long awaited knitting lesson. I've been working on a small scarf this week just using the knit stitch. I will begin a scarf using a knit/pearl (I think that's how you say it) next week, assuming I finish this project this weekend.

I like knitting so far. I long for the day I can create groovy socks!

What The Heck???

I ran to Lowe's to look over their flowers. Just air out a bit. As I was riding through town, on 2 corners there were families out "preaching". Something about all of this made me cringe. It made me feel angry if I'm totally honest. Behind my anger, I'm sad. They were waving posters with flames, and screaming about sin. I have no clue who these folks were, or what they are about, I just hope that during the rest of the week their lives are drawing folks that don't know Christ TO him, especially their children and youth.

I think I had such a strong reaction, in part, because I have loved many people whose lives have been negatively impacted by the misrepresentation of Christ and all He is about. Something of beauty, and life made into dysfunction, schism, angry bigotry, dishonesty, and hate, all in the name of God. It can take a lot of time to unlearn all the lies about who God is and what He's about. It most assuredly takes courage to challenge your belief system.

Maybe those folks on the corner today are dead on and I'm way off. At this point in my life I'm just wanting to live in such a way that makes people want to know the risen Lord. Most of all, I want my children to be absolutely clear what we're FOR, and what the business is that we are to be about. If they are clear that worship is vitally important, we are to Love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, strength, might, love our neighbors as ourselves, and keep a clear conscience before God and man, I'll be one happy gal when I depart. For now, that is enough and keeping me quite busy.

Valley of the Shadow

An assignment was sent out over the blog sphere to write your own eulogy. I've thought about it, and worked at it, and simply can't do it the justice done by others. The best I can present you is my hope, and if less is more, I'll do just fine.

She loved the Lord, and She loved us passionately...

If that's all that is said of me when I die, that will be enough.