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Christams gifts
I got a good head start on christmas this year. I have no idea what to do for my mother. Basically she likes clothes and jewelry. My two favorite holidays are Thanksgiving and Easter. mostly because they are about family, God, and celebrating. I love cooking a big dinner for everyone on Thanksgiving. I like the parts of Christmas that focus ( Read more... ) -
Dad
My dad is looking at an anuerism. He may just drop dead any second. No warning no nothing. What do I do? He could be fine for months. The thing is, I will really miss him. If you had told me that when I was a kid I would have laughed at you. My dad was a drunk. Alcoholic is too nice a word. My dad was falling down drunk all the time. My ( Read more... ) -
Lazy
I'm supposed to be cleaning the house before a bunch of guests arrive tomorrow. The truth is, I don't care. I'd like people to think I'm a together, clean, tidy, organized human being. The problem is I'm nothing like that. I've never been very neat. My first husband was a clean fanatic. I had to clean the floors daily and everything had to ( Read more... ) -
Freedom
So last week I was sort of whining about that nagging feling that I had done something wrong or not done something I should have etc... I said I wondered what it would be like to wake up free. So yesterday I'm sitting in church and I hear a verse I've heard literally thousands of times before. "If the son makes you free you shall be free indeed ( Read more... ) -
Cleaning
I get a strange sort of pleasure from cleaning. It's that point when you quit stepping over that pile you have been purposely ignoring and actually dive into it. My heart is something like that. I have a tendency to just ignore the junk in there. You get so used to it, it's a part of you at least you think it is. Then one day you take a look at ( Read more... )