February 2007 - Page 2 of 2 - Trinkets of Thought

(Ange, I was inspired with all your nostalgic photos)…

I Love my family…

I’m a big picture girl–love looking at pictures (that’s what drew me into Xangadom, anyway!)–maybe it came from working at a photo lab in high school, I dunno. Whatever the reason, I LOVE PICTURES. Recently, I’ve found a few pictures of my family throughout the years. Just thought I’d share with the Xanga world, even though I don’t think anyone browsing here will remember ANY of these stages except the skiing picture from Dec 97.

I am so thankful for my family…

And a favorite poem from around that time period…

Smart, by Shel Silverstein from Where the Sidewalk Ends

My dad gave me one dollar bill

‘Cause I’m his smartest son,

And I swapped it for two shiny quarters

‘Cause two is more than one!

And then I took the quarters

And traded them to Lou

For three dimes—I guess he don’t know

That three is more than two!

Just then, along came old blind Bates

And just ‘cause he can’t see

He gave me four nickels for my three dimes,

And four is more than three!

And I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs

Down at the seed-feed store,

And the fool gave me five pennies for them,

And five is more than four!

And then I went and showed my dad,

And he got red in the cheeks

And closed his eyes and shook his head—

Too proud of me to speak!

***Sigh*** I loved being a kid. Minus the fact that I no longer ring my neighbor’s doorbell to ask them to play, often times, I still exhibit many characteristics of a kid. I think, at heart, I’ll always be one.

Recently, my life has been non-stop with “stuff.” Good stuff, but crazy. Last week, the only day that I sat down and relaxed was Saturday. By then, I’m so used to the busyness that I don’t like relaxing! This week is equally as insane with stuff every night except Wednesday. Thankfully, for me, there’s fun involved and I’m a sucker for fun!(For instance, tonight is sushi with Michael and a friend.) Being busy is a good thing for me, so the busyness that I’m experiencing is positive…however, oddly enough, it just it doesn’t provide excitment in the realm of xanga posts.

Last evening, we went to a Super Bowl party and cheered the Colts on to a victory. Having lived in Indianapolis for several years, you can’t help but root for them. While Michael was a youth pastor, several of the teens as well as several of my former students are fanatical Colts fans , so I couldn’t help but think of them as the Colts won last night.

Church plant wise, there has been some encouraging things recently. God is so faithful to send encouragement at just the right time, and I’m so grateful to Him for that. Thursday nights, we have a Bible Study at our house, and recently, I’ve been encouraged in our group–I love hanging out and “doing life” together, and it has been very good. Church planting is a slow road, but as mentioned, God has been encouraging me recently through various ways. One of the books I’ve recently finished encouraged me to perservere! The book reminded me of the verse “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” He continues to be good!

I’m flexing a day towards the end of this month and going skiing at Paoli peaks. I know it’s not the ideal skiing experience, but it’s close in distance, and will be a fun experience. I think I may have some CEDARVILLE visitors who will be joining in the experience and making it EVEN MORE FUN and I’m a sucker for FUN. ***hint *hint *hint…don’t back out on me now***

Okay, I’ve said enough. Stop yawning, anyhow.

Archives for February 2007

Reminiscing of days gone by…

And the craziness continues…