Bad for Them, Good for Us

The past few days remnants of Hurricane Manuel blessed us with rain showers followed by scattered sprinkles with torrential traffic stopping cloud bursts that actually filled up gutters and caused streets to resemble muddy rapids here in south central Texas.  Rain is a good thing. Unfortunately it has been so dry the road rivers and sudden yard ponds  ment for tadpoles and puddle jumping youngsters disappeared within the hour as our thirsty Texas soil soaked up a good 3 inches with one big gulp and asked for more.  Mexico on the other hand is devastated. What was bad for them is good for us.  I guess once again proving some good can come from even the worst weather, or something like that! Have a great Sunday, church day.  kisses

Perplexing Adult Talk

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Good morning! It is a sunny, hot, end of the 5 day work week, school week and the very first Friday in September 2013.  Do you remember when you were a child wondering about adults and feeling especially perplexed about how they communicated?    I remember my Mom, trying to explain how she knew what we were up to, telling us she had eyes in the back of her head. I could not wait to grow up and be a Mom so I could have eyes in the back of my head. I was more than a little disappointed when I realized the 'eyes' she spoke of were metaphorical.   I think the worst was when I was in the middle of a group of ladies talking about how one of them had 'lost' their baby. I was horrified. How could we all be at this dinner party casually cooking and talking? I wanted to run right outside and start looking.  Why wasn't everyone looking for her lost baby and how in the world did she even lose her baby in the first place? When I burst into tears my Mom apologized and explained to me, in age appropriate language,about miscarriage. I cried again.
Gheez!  How will I ever learn all this stuff and why do adults have to talk so different anyway?  
I guess I did and adults still do.  So it goes. Have a happy, sunshine, funtime Friday. 

Thank you Heather for the pic of your beautiful daughter. Amazing how all that personality fits in such a small package!

When Nightness Lasts Too Long-Turn on the Light!

Happy hump day, Wednesday, smack dab in the middle of the week day.  The sunshine was knocking so loud on my living room windows I just had to throw back the sheets that are nailed above and watch with wonder as lovely happy, morning light playfully chased out last traces of nightness.  I know it might sound silly but the concept that you cannot turn darkness on and off has always been amazing to me. In fact I have read Genesis 1:3 Then God said, "Let there be light", and there was light. (The New King James Version) about a million times.  Maybe it is the same concept God means for us to apply to our own life.  Maybe God wonders why we mere mortals  spend precious time trying not to do, not to be judgemental, not feel anger towards our neighbor, not to over eat, over sleep, or taking steps to stop undesireable habits. I  wonder if He just ment for us all along to simply be kind, be a blessing to others, think good thoughts, focus on the positive, the upside, the bright side, have a little faith.  kisses