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Tuesday, 15 December 2009

  • The hunt for a nativity.

    The hunt for a nativity.

    This will be my 3rd year of "married" Christmas. On my first year of Christmas I decided that being a married woman constituted a need for a nativity. I mean you just can't own a house and not have a nativity for Christmas. So I began my quest to purchase just the right one.

    Unfortunately that was not as easy as you might think. Due to the fact that I am incredibly picky and I planned to purchase one that I could continue to use for the next 20 or 30 years. :)

    1. I didn't want one with a blond hair blue eyed Jesus. (Sorry Jesus was a hebrew child born 2,000 years ago in the middle east.  I guarantee you he looked nothing like 90% of the nativities you see here in the US)

    2. I wanted it appropriately proportioned. (Jesus does not need to be the size of Mary, I don't know why this seems like an unreasonable request)

    3. I am not independently wealthy so it needed to be reasonably priced.

    After two years of hunting I of course was frustrated this year beginning the search yet again.

    I had promised to decorate a table for our church Christmas Banquet so I was determined this year to find one before that deadline.  After looking at several stores I made a last ditch effort the night before I had to decorate the table and I FOUND THE PERFECT ONE!!! While they have lighter skin than I would like, they are not blond haired and there are no facial features so it's more generic.  The colors are lovely and it even came with a Wood Charger to place the set on.  Hopefully I'll post a picture soon but I just had to share.

    Jesus is obviously the reason for Christmas and now I feel like I will be able to appropriately show that.

Wednesday, 09 December 2009

  • Drive Slowly

    Sorry I haven't posted since August I believe. There's probably not anyone reading this anyways.  I'll link it to FB and hopefully a few people will see it. 

    This morning while driving to work in the beautiful 27 degree weather Mary (the lady I carpool with) and I saw the warning sign that said there was ice on the freeway ahead.  As a result I took the next exit in an effort to avoid the possible ice isssues. We took a well traveled road that leads to an intersection just about a block from where I drop Mary off. 

    There was a small noise to my right and when I looked over a white pickup truck was speeding out of control across the three lanes of traffic to my right. I was in the left hand lane and the truck hit the curb just feet from my vehicle. After hitting the curb it began to roll.  It rolled at least 2 full times across three lanes of oncoming traffic landing half on the street and half on the shoulder of the other side.  Watching the truck wheeling out of control I remember just wishing I had the power to stop it to somehow cause it to slow and stop rolling. Wishing that I could reach out through some invisible power and stop the accident unfolding before my eyes. 

    Looking back I realize there was an invisible force controling the vehicle.  The invisible force caused the timing to be just such that none of the other three vehicles (including my own) hit the out of control pick up. The invisible force caused there to be absolutely zero cars to driving in the oncoming lanes. (despite the fact we were in the morning rush hour) The invisible force helped the truck roll in just such a way as to avoid the huge light pole in the center median.  This invisible force was God and His angels.  I look back now and believe that angels held my car back from hitting the truck.  It seems as though as the truck hurled out of control my vehicle was providentially slowed. God is here and is working in our lives. Please know that if you don't already. A truck does not just cross 6 lanes of traffic and roll 2 to 3 times with out hitting someone durring rush hour at 7:45am.  Praise God for keeping us safe and pray for the driver of the vehicle. We called 911 and there were plenty of witnesses to wait with the driver until they arrived but even still  we wished there was more that we could have done.  I'm afraid it will be a long time before I'm able to purge my memory of those horrific moments.

Monday, 21 September 2009

Friday, 28 August 2009

  • Things have been going well.  I'm sad to say I've spent more time on FB than here in the last couple months.  However I don't do a ton on FB either so don't feel as though you are missing anything if you haven't been keeping up with me via FB.

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

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  • Wife, Sister, Daughter, Aunt, UMHB Grad, Executive Assitant, Nursery Director, all for our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  • Well I found time to plan VBS and it went really well 3 out of 5 nights which isn't a bad ratio. Now on to the count down to Washington!
  • I am no longer drowning in personal responsibilities but now I am focused on finding time to plan VBS! You have to love this time of year!
  • I just realized I haven't updated this. I'm off the desk and now doing well but drowning in personal responsibilities.