From Lucy with love.

Lucy: I drew in an extra hour at the bottom of the chart.

Ethel: Where did you get the extra hour?

Lucy: From the next day.

Ethel: From the next day?

Lucy: Yeah. It'll work out fine until the end of the year, and then I'll be two weeks short.


Dont look for the extra hour just work with what you have and enjoy it .....

Go make a splash!

When your day comes to an end and all is quiet in the house do you count it a successful day and simply close your eyes?
Or do you spend hours trying to take back the things that have been done or said.
I do both.
There are those days where I walk through each of the children's room and let out a sigh of relief that they are asleep and all went well.
Then there are the days when I feel I failed. At what I'm not sure, but just that the day seemed to have slipped away from what it could have been.
But I have to remind myself that what I may count as a successful day is not the same as what the Lord and even my kids count as successful.
The extra long back scratch, that favorite book read twice, a smile, the simplest of gestures from a heart that loves is success. Its not all the stuff we do its how we do it that makes the biggest splash in the lives of those we love and meet along the way.

Ode to a childs day

Im sitting here watching two of my four children play frisbee by themselves. Let me give you a visual. Ryan is throwing a frisbee and Brookelynn is throwing a frisbee but not to each other just in the air for themselves. I have sat here for at least fifteen minutes wondering if they might ever think to play together. I guess that is fun defined by children.

As for Luke well he is lamenting over the fact that he can not find his Ipod and has homework to do. What can I say a day in the life of a child is no fun or lots of fun indeed. It's all how you look at it.

9/11

Six years ago I awoke for the day to send Luke and Leandra to school. I saw what most of us in the world saw, something that was so horrific that all I could do was sit there and hold my kids with my mouth open in such disbelief. I even found myself watching the footage over and over again, I didn't want to but yet somehow I guess I just hoped that this was not happening.
But as we all know Sept. 11Th 2001 did happen. In my opinion it happened with such vengeance and such rage that I still find myself dwelling on that day, not just today but other days as well. I can watch my children and think someone',s mom,dad,aunt,uncle,brother,sister and so on wont get the chance to see what I'm seeing: they wont come home to a home cooked meal, go to "back to school nights" or just tuck someone into bed EVER.
I don't reflect on this tragic day to be somber, but to remember that I am not promised tomorrow. I have been given today so what am I going to do with that? Will I choose to serve, to say I'm sorry, to go the extra mile.
"After this Jesus went and prayed, 'Father, the time has come Glorify your son,that your son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him" John 17;1-2
This is the extra mile. This is the life that I choose- to ask that I may have the chance to glorify the Father.
May the lives of those changed by 9/11 get the chance to live for Jesus.

At what cost are we willing to pay?

As I sat watching a show called "I caught" about things caught on the Internet and early in the morning I was listening to the "View" and one of their hosts talked about taking "You Tube" dates with her husband. She stated that they love to watch all the funny bloopers from weddings or pranks. So before the day was done I tried it, I tried to watch You tube and then watched that show "I caught". You know what, I don't get it. I don't get why people plaster themselves and family members across the Internet where anyone and everything can be done. Where rules and boundaries seem to be non existent. Where the depravity of man comes through loud and clear. And the worse part is when something does go wrong or things that are posted are used for the wrong reasons the people who posted act so surprised and offend that it happen. Man is depraved we live in a selfish sinful world. We can not utilize the things of this life time with such reckless behavior and then throw our hands up with no responsibility for what has happen. We have a responsibility to take care of what we have. We need to protect the purity of what is true and right. Or better said like this Philippians4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable-if anything is excellent or praiseworthy-think about such things. Think about the impact we would have on those we come in contact with if our minds and hearts were filled with those such things as mentioned in Philippians. The depravity of man will continue on but lets just try not to fuel the fire anymore.