My trip home to see my childhood friends was wonderful, and it reminded me that I am so very blessed to have them. A couple months later I was sitting on my computer and I get an instant message from Julie. I knew how to fix everything, how to make it right, how to make it better. But, I didn't realize it until after it was all said and done. Nine-year-old brutes are going to try to knock him to the ground, and they will succeed.
As I am walking back from the bathroom we made eye contact again. But, I could literally kiss him all of the time. Recently while he was on Spring Break and we were not was the first time in a long time we shared a car ride in the early morning. He told me that he has been ripped, torn and dragged out emotionally, financially and every which way that a person does not deserve. Our conversations actually have substance.
Instead here are three wishes. I hate that I didn't do a semester abroad and wander around some while I was young enough not to mind doing it with a backpack. But He created us creatively, and we enjoy different styles of worship. There's either a yard sale or a massive donating run in the near future. This is either a ground or a negative voltage source.
Although I do think that's important, I do not believe it really defines your relationship with our Savior. It's all too easy to get caught up in the world of social media and forget that what goes on there is pretty far from reality. But it's also reminded me often of how much I need God. Like the wind You'll guide Clear the skies before me And I'll glide this open sea. There has to be room for both; a time and a place for everything. So a couple of months after Ben got back I left.
I hope someone cleans the chimney and actually uses the fireplace. He now sees how important it is to get our house cleaned up now! I didn't get the impression that she was real happy to see me, but Ben make it very clear he was glad I was there. Lost in the shallows amidst fear and fog Your truth is the compass that points me back North Jesus My Captain My Soul's trusted Lord My allegiance is rightfully yours. I wouldn't trade it for anything. I just want him to pay me what he owes me so that I can move on from that phase of my life. Even now, while it is still cold and wintery, there are plenty of things to stop and appreciate. And now, as a mother in law, I find myself failing in many ways there too.
And in spite of my checkered past, my fabulous flops, my painful history, my deepest flaws, my boneheaded screw-ups, and yes, even beyond my own beliefs about myself, I am God's beloved. I've said things that hurt my friends, that were not intended to do so, but still did. As I always did, Karl and I went to dinner. I asked him who I was supposed to be with, Karl or Scott the father of my baby. She imposed a curfew on me, and I was not to spend anytime alone down in Ben and my's room with Karl. Seemed married life wasn't everything it was chalked up to be.
If God desired us to worship all the same, he would have created the desire for the same type of worship in each of us. I pointed them out to my daughter and she was amazed at the night sky, sparkling and brilliant, and all she had to do was look away from her Ipod and turn her face to the sky. My assistant for the last two years did not go to college…her family could not afford to help at all. I talked in the about how Marie Kondo suggests that you go through your belongings by categories, instead of rooms. Do you truly know that there is someone who understands you, even when no one else does? It has been 8 months since I met Danny Myers. I always wanted to, but never got around to it. They have both expressed their excitement at being able to find their toys when they want them.
I really wanted to see him again. I no longer try to change adults into someone they aren't. I spent my Twenties expounding on anything and everything. All of these people are people who I love so dearly, yet I have made mistakes. I have never seen him before in my life. We strive to be fair and accurate in our reporting. Comments should be relevant to the topic at hand, factual and thoughtful.
So unplug and take a walk, with your spouse, your kids, your friend, your dog - whomever you can get to go outside and appreciate the wonderful place where we live! It had been a long time since I had been in the company of 7th grade girls. Then because I was young I actually let him date us both at the same time. We've tried a new recipe for Thai chicken that everybody but TeenDiva loved. Or hammer twenty nails in a circle leaving a hole in the middle where you place your Jello. The local gravity will hold the jello in place. Now Ben and Karl were not really friends again! Do you find yourself getting caught up in the comparison trap of social media? I wanted to know if that spark really does exist between two people.