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Month: September 2001
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Good morning! I had nightmares all night long. And am dragging this morning. But at least not grumpy like yesterday.
Church ended up being good yesterday. (What I caught of it--before I ended up in the nursery) And Sunday school was good as well. We talked about the people God saved during WTC. He had people who missed their flights at the last minute, whose alarm didn't go off, etc, etc. Entirely too many died, but he also protected some. I bet those he protected are wondering why????
Today is our Saturday. And all the laundry I did not do Saturday do the sore ankle is STILL waiting for me--along with extra of course. I guess I'll be puttering on it for the next couple days. *SIGH*
I really want a miracle to happen today. Just a small one. I want my brother to be able to come over and help my husband work today. Just an hour or two even, and then he would be able to see much accomplished in a short amount of time. Pretty much he can't work until he can come.
Father God, I pray today no matter what we end up doing that we honor you. That we show you love, and we do not fight amongst ourselves. I ask that you would help me to shake the nightmares & focus on my family. And that you would bring love to our family today. In your sons name, Amen
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Good morning. Mommy's cranky this morning.
Not sure why. Gotta do some breathing, before I deal with my kiddos again.
Church today. I'm not overly eager for it today. I don't think I can deal with anymore emotion. Is that wrong? I want to stay away. And yet, usually when I want to stay away is when I enjoy it the most.
Can we say mommy has a 'tude this morning???
Father God, I'm so not in the mood for anything this morning. I'm feeling icky, and grumpy. I ask that you would touch my heart and bring me peace. I NEED you today, please God. I love you. Come in and give my heart peace today.
In your son's name Amen
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Samuel has taken over my blog. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey mommy, you know that big brand new Family size tub of margarine you bought??
It makes the worlds most awesome finger paint. You know the stairs. I thought their wood color was boring, and they needed some pretty yellow stuff on them. And Midge's hair--it needed to be slicked down. And the fridge door---it was boring with all those pretty magnets on it---so I covered it in margarine too.
And you know my nice blanket. I was tired of it being red...so I painted it too.
And I didn't paint just one stair--I painted them all--one would have been boring. Oh yes, and the floor in the kitchen--I figured it was dirty already so I painted that too.
Oh and mommy you know our kids trampoline. It was ugly black--so I put some pretty yellow stuff on it too.
And our bedroom floor it needed spicing up as well. I'm such a good painter.
I knew you were trying to get the house clean for daddy to come home from work---so I was helping by painting it for you. And I knew you sprained your ankle and needed extra help. Sooooooo...........................................
Didn't I do a good job??
Love, Handsome Dude -
Good morning! Well the clutz was at it again. Last night I stepped outside to take pictures of my candles burning. And then head to the baby shower. I took the pictures took two steps off my deck, sprained my ankle, and banged up my knee. NOT serious, but achey. UGH! I'm glad I was not more pregnant, because then I would have been worried about the baby--instead I'm just worried about my kids bumping it.
The shower was fun--not a huge attendance but it went ok. Kinda anticlimactical on a week like this. But the babies birth STILL needed to be celebrated.
Thoughts for the day.
Daniel 2:20
"Praise the name of God forever and ever,
for he alone has all wisdom and power.
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He determines the course of world events;
he removes kings and sets others on the throne.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to the scholars.
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He reveals deep and mysterious things
and knows what lies hidden in darkness,
though he himself is surrounded by light.
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I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors,
for you have given me wisdom and strength.
You have told me what we asked of you
and revealed to us what the king demanded."
Daniel was a man who'd had his whole country destroyed. Removed to a different country. Most of his family destroyed--and forced to serve the King who did it to him. And yet. He still Praised God! How incredible.
"We bring the sacrifice of praise, into the house of the Lord."
Father thank you for my family. for the cheer they've given me this week. Thank you for my husband going back to a job he's not thrilled about. Thank you for the gorgeous weather outside. Thank you that I wasn't holding the baby when I fell. And didn't do serious damage to myself. Thank you for your love for us. Even when we don't understand it. In your sons name Amen.
On a different note. A friend from New Zealand sent these to me--to show that New Zealand grieves with us. This is the Chalice statue in Christchurch, New Zealand. Thank you Tracie for these. I know that you are behind us.
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Good morning. A miraculous thing happened last night...Kaylin slept through the night. I was in shock. LOL
But man she made up for it this morning. I thought she was never gonna be done nursing.
We move on a little further from Tuesday each day. Somebody asked me yesterday if I felt guilty about that. No, I'm working hard to move on. I need to. My family needs me to. We can't give into the terror.
I keep quoting this verse. "God does not give us the spirit of fear, but of power, of love, and a sound mind!" 2 Timothy 1:7
I claim it!
My kids were so oblivious to any disasters yesterday. Last night at dinner they were regular cards. Samuel banged on my arm and pointed to get some more garlic bread. He knows he's supposed to use his tongue. So I looked at him, and said use your tongue ask for it please. He did. He got the garlic bread. And for the rest of the meal, everytime I got into my meal, He'd bang my arm--I turned to say "don't bang" and he'd look at me with the HUGEST grin you've ever seen as if to say--got you again mom, and then go back to his meal. He'd been grubbing in this huge dirt pile all day--so was filthy--but yet was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
Kaylin while eating her desert (leftover B-day cake) got the giggles. The loud contagious kind. We all joined in with her. And that made yesterday seem worth living. My two angels, reminding me life moves on!
Today, we continue to work on the lean-to. The babies are still coming some day, we need to focus on that some. Poor Rob has had a horrible time moving on. Its supposed to be his vacation. And the last thing he wants to do is focus on that. UGH!
Today, I think I will run into town and deposit checks. We got our $600 from the government....need to put it in the back before its revoked. We need it for our endless building project.
Father God, I pray for peace. I pray for Love, I pray for joy. I pray for unity. I pray that the U.S. will NOT in fight. I ask for my family today, that we continue to live and enjoy. In your sons name Amen
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What is wrong with this picture??? Taken today. NOTHING
The sky is the clearest I've ever seen it. Because, there were no jets in it.
Again the empty sky. So beautiful. And so eeery. We finally heard a jet this afternoon. And that was eery too. UGH!
The color blue of freedom. But today, it represented fear a little bit too. Have you ever seen a sky so blue? So empty? So BEAUTIFUL. God Bless the U.S.A!
And one more patriotic gesture. I JUST can't let go...........
Graphics came from here. http://members.tripod.com/~AnnesPlace/CreditsPg.html Pictures are mine.
