So at dinner last night we were talking about Trev’s bedtime. I said that we hadn’t gotten him into bed before 10pm all summer and that once school starts again, we’re going back to 8:30 bedtimes (yeah, right.) He kind of snorted and I explained that he is much more pleasant when he gets to [...]
Archive for July, 2008
My kiddo
Posted in Funnies, Life on July 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Posted in Poetry on July 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This was included in a birthday card and I felt it appropriate to share:
Keeping Watch
by Anonymous
In the morning
When I began to wake,
It happened again -
That feeling
That You, Beloved,
Had stood over me all night
Keeping watch,
That feeling
That as soon as I began to stir
You put Your lips on my forehead
And lit a Holy Lamp
Inside my heart.
Pictures of my most favoritest nephew!
Posted in Life on July 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Here he is!!!!
Noah David
Posted in Life on July 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
That is my new nephew’s name. He was born on July 22nd and weighed in at 6lbs, 12oz. My sister’s labor was ridiculously uncomplicated and short and I’m very jealous as that is the complete opposite of mine.
I’ve never been an aunt before. My son has been the only grandchild to my parents for almost [...]
Wow
Posted in Thoughts on July 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m a messy person. Yes, in the sense that my housekeeping skills are seriously lacking, but I am talking about the rest of me. Physically, mentally, spiritually, emotionally, I am one of the messiest people I know. I see the doc for the physical stuff, take meds for the mental/emotional stuff and look to my pastors [...]
Lesson Learned
Posted in Thoughts, tagged health, medication, side effects, vertigo on July 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Huh. Maybe you, like me, have taken your body and it’s intricate systems for granted. Maybe you, like me, believe that if you are prescribed a medication that the benefits outweigh the side effects. Maybe you, like me, trust that when your doctor says that side effects are usually mild and that your initial dose [...]
Sometimes
Posted in Poetry, tagged anti-depressants, depression, Poetry on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes
the darkness
still invades my mind.
Inventing a misery
a heartache deep and painful.
Sometimes,
like cobwebs
it can be simply brushed aside
Sometimes,
its like a blizzard
blinding and disorienting.
The drugs
clear the haze from my thoughts
quelling my emotions,
Sometimes
What is your guilty pleasure?
Posted in Thoughts on July 7, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Everyone has a guilty pleasure. This is known as (according to Wiki) a “something” one considers pleasurable despite feeling guilt for enjoying it. For some people it is watching “America’s Next Top Model,” for others it is their complete collection of Whitesnake albums. Ice cream, Godiva chocolates, Halo 3, etc. For me – it is [...]
The Helper
Posted in Funnies, tagged jokes, pastor on July 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A pastor is walking down the street one day when he notices a very small boy trying to press a doorbell on a house across the street. However, the boy is very small and the doorbell is too high for him to reach.
After watching the boys efforts for some time, the pastor moves closer to [...]
I live
Posted in Poetry on July 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I live
a circle of adversity
my bones are broken and I
am on my knees
does He see?
Sorrow engraved on my features
so hard
to let go, to let Him in
the dirty spaces of my
soul
shattered
my heart is so heavy
and cries out
does He hear?
I reach with weary arms
turning my face to the
sun
seeking His touch, His warmth
while I pray
for rain to make [...]
Dear God,
Posted in Poetry on July 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When a child passes away
does she go to heaven?
Of all my questions
this is the most pressing.
For the child in me
has died
and I hope she is resting
in blissful peace
with You.
Friends
Posted in Poetry on July 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Out of darkness
hope blooms
shining
into the deepest corners
I’m broken down
He builds me up
sending His children
to wrap His arms
around me
unbelievable love
poured onto my wounds
many shoulders
to carry the weight
drawn again and again
to Him
the surest love
I’ll ever know
Grief
Posted in Poetry on July 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The twinkling lights in your eyes
are overshadowed by your grief
as the sun is blotted
out by the impending storm
lightning breaks the sky
and thunder rolls over
your cries
the rain washes the tears from your cheek
but cannot rinse the torment
from your soul
the small box
her final bassinet
disappears under thin muddy streams
we are cold and wet, but
she is not
Pastor
Posted in Poetry on July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Often life
truth like poetry read
according to perspective
darkens to the horizon
prayer
compassion
an outside view
shifts the weight
bursts of levity
off-hand
or at careful moments bring
ephemeral smiles through tears
shepherding the dark dejected
toward the light
Dependence
Posted in Poetry on July 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Stripped
of even the notion of independence
left only with my pride
a poor armor
sheilding His face from me
but weakening beneath my need and brokenness
Stubborn saints
weilding hammers
surrounding my wall
hacking away until all my ugliness
is exposed
thoroughly humiliated I weep
Impossibly
Love embraces me
smiling into my dark
and pointing out the hidden beauty
Love holds my hand and wipes my tears
Desperately lost on my [...]
