Things have been going OK here in the city. The drama from a few weeks ago has cleared up, to be replaced by drama from the church secretary who feels that she can not only boss my husband around, but take him down a peg or two in the Theology Department.
Rob is amazing and kindhearted [...]
Archive for the ‘Do Unto Others’ Category
29 Jul
Alive Alive Alive Forever More!
18 May
Blown Completely Away
Rob wrote this to me while he was away this weekend. I was blown away and I want to be a better wife because of the same reasons.
Saturday, May 16, 2009 3:20 PM
Dearest Jay,
I am reminded, as I have been apart from you for some 77 hours, that I can be fine when I am [...]
6 Apr
Lucy in the Sky
Oh sweet Lucy girl.
When last you heard from me, I mentioned about having too many kids to fit in my car, so Rob and I were both going to drive a car-load of kids to church today. That did happen. We brought 8 of the 14 which were there. One of those children is Lucy, [...]
7 Dec
MySpace Parenting
Stormy had Saturday School (detention) today. We used the 4 hours to finish up Christmas shopping. We’re all done except for getting gift certificates for a month of guitar lessons for Stormy and Mindy. They are psyched about it. I am psyched that the shopping is finished!
I sent the following message this afternoon to Stormy [...]
4 Dec
This is What Stinks
What stinks is when one of your closest friends COMPLETELY misinterprets something you said, and then says you are angry at them, and then says that it was completely unnecessary for your anger to have flared, and accuses you of browbeating them and others with the Bible, and surrounding yourself with “only the worthy.”
And this [...]
18 Oct
Cool Friend Jayleigh
Noon today at work, I received a call from our Social Worker. She had a 15-year-old girl, Stormy, who needed a placement. After hearing the particulars, I said I’d call my hubby and get back with her ASAP.
Hubby called the Social Worker and asked 100 questions, then called me back and reported that the parents [...]
19 Sep
Failure
I am a dud. And not of the Milk variety.
It seems that if there’s problems with your coworkers, your boss, your niece, and then your husband, that the problem, Jayleigh, is not with THEM but with you.
Did I need to shout at my husband for not putting away the flowers like I asked him to?
Was [...]
22 Jul
Canon in D (or Rainbow in the Rear View)
This is not me playing, but it’s the version and the song I am working on.
Is life so bad when Canon in D is stuck in your head? No, dear friends. It’s reminding me of something I saw today that I don’t think I have ever seen before: a rainbow in [...]
10 Jul
Sweet Duet
I’ve never kept secrets that I don’t really get along with my m-i-l. Don’t get me wrong please. I love her because she gave birth to the most wonderful man in the world. And usually my patience runs thin with her.
But tonight I had the peace that passes understanding. We were having a later dinner [...]
9 Mar
The Good Samaritan – #1
I was driving into town today when I noticed a truck parked on the right side of the road and two men walking with a gas can toward the station just a mile down. I once picked up a guy with a gas can in the same spot, and my co-workers and friends flipped out. [...]
16 Feb
Prayers and Deep Breaths
Mindy flipped out today.
She lied about completing several homework assignments and then she got really sassy-mouthed when I took her to the school to retrieve her books at 3:30. As we left the school, she mumbled a bunch of stuff that I didn’t hear. To comfort and calm her, I laid my hand on her [...]
