funniesDecember 9, 2005 3:47 pm
I swear the writers of this strip live in my house. Click for a laugh.
quotes, in my opinion 1:43 pm
I am, yet again, loving something over at Emerging Grace. The entire post is great, but I’m going to steal this one quote, for a teaser. For those of you who may struggle with this thing that seems to be happening in the modern church. For those of you wondering if there is more. Should there be more. And for those of you who may not understand, and are uncomfortable, even critical, of the emerging conversation. I want to shout this from the mountain tops.
While some folks (who shall remain nameless) want to assign you to the religious scrap heap, believing that you’re just “backslidden” or part of the prophesied “great falling away,” some of us see something else happening. Something frightening and at the same time encouraging and hopeful.”
I like it.
miscellaneous chatter, news 12:12 pm
Hey. I will say it. My mood is directly related to the number on the scale when I am trying to lose a few pounds, which, is, say, most of the last 5 years of my life (and I know Trace, this is a small, small effort here, but what can I say, I’m a bit OCD). So, today, despite the Bunco Debacle, I seem to have lost a total of 1.5 pounds. Whoo. Hoo. Not big in the grand scheme of things, like my friend SmockMama who has recently been seriously impacted by Hurricane Katrina and the impending pressures of a Reverend Husband who is paid painfully too little for his leading his flock. Or compared to dear, dear Moreena, who’s baby girl is hanging in the delicate balance of life and death and very probably looking at a 3rd liver transplant. Or compared to countless others who know real struggle. A stinking meager and extremely vain goal of attempting to lose 10 pounds is nothin’. But in my universe this morning, as relatively struggle free as it is this week (thank you, God, for the current luxury of even being able to think about such tiny things) it makes me happy. And, I accidentally fell back asleep after Mr. Tango left for the office, and was not awakened, by bickering, needs for food, or anything, until 11:00 am. Now that’s reason to be deleriously giddy. When does a Mom get to do that? I may think my babes were precious, drooling and hanging over cribs early in the morning when they were so little, but man, I love this new found independence they’re developing. I may survive this afterall. Especially if I can fit back into my favorite jeans.
(Please forgive the blatantly self indulgent nature of this post. I know there is more to life. But this was a nice little perk this morning.)
