I forgot to write about another car event that I had about a week ago so here it is
OK, Mom and Dad went out of town so grocery shopping was my job. I had also had a meeting after work to go to that had taken longer then I had hoped. Then I forgot my list at work. Of course I didn’t figure that out till I got to the first store on the list. I had to go all the way back to work pick up the list and restart my shopping experience. I could tell that it was turning out to be a not so very great ending to a great day. It took an even longer time to shop then it normally takes me. Thank God my cousin was helping me and did part of the shopping for me. I had finely gotten done only to not be able to find my keys. Now if you know me at all you will know now that this is not something new. I lose my keys regularly, most of the time they are still in the car after I lock and close my car up. So I called my cousin and ask her to meet me at the front of the store (which by the way was right next to the one I was shopping in) and let me use her keys to get in my car. Just a reminder, I had just finished shopping for my family of 9, my shopping cart was full and I had no were to put the groceries because I couldn’t get in my car. So I pushed the still very full cart to the front of the other store and took one last look in my purse and what did I find in my lovely purse, my KEYS!!!!! So I called my cousin and told her thanks but there is no need for her keys and I would see her at home. On the way home the FUN really began for me. I was one exit away from being home an hour after I wanted to be there when I got a flat tire. I was not a happy lady at the moment. I wanted to be home. I wanted to eat. And AAA said that I was on top priority and would be out within an hour to help. What a comfort! I would hate to see how long it would take if you weren’t on top priority!!!! So there I sat hoping to not get hit by someone as they whizzed by me. I then had to take all the groceries out of the trunk and put them in the back seat of my car so the spare could be gotten out when it was time to change the flat. You might be asking “Why didn’t you just change it yourself?” Good question and I will answer it for you. I have never had a flat before when I was by myself and I have only watched a tire be changed a few times in my life I was not going to get out by the side of a dark road and attempt to do something I had never done before when it was light and my parents pay for AAA for me so I won’t have to do things like that. Yes, if I needed to I could change a tire. But as you can see I didn’t need to because this man stopped and helped me change my tire. It was a bit scary at first to have a man who is a complete stranger come up and help me. I just prayed and asked God for protection and got out to help him as best I could. By the way I am very good at holding a flash light for someone. I invited him to church and hope that some day he will come. That night I was so glad to be able to get off the side of the road and get home. I will say for my family’s defense that my cousin and brother pulled up as we finished putting the tire on the car. My brother had some to rescue me by changing my tire for me.
I said all that to say this thank you to all the men that stop and help us women that need all the help we can get!
Have you ever been standing and talking to someone and heard a sound that didn’t belong where you were standing? Well I have!!!! Today in fact! I was standing and talking to the ex-music teacher and I heard this noise that sounded like someone pouring something out in a sink. The only problem with something being poured out in a sink is that there was no sink where I was standing. I turned to see the leftovers from the drink of one of my student pouring out of her book bag, down the wall, and on the floor. It was RED fruit punch! Yes, I got the lovely job of helping her clean up her mess. Thank God the lady I was talking to went and got me the mop and bucket to help me. I hope the wall doesn’t look like it had red punch poured down it.
By the way, I have been saying “Good morning!” to this girl that goes to my school every morning that I see her. Today she finely answered me. It wasn’t a very nice answer but that is coming I just know it is. I hope it comes soon. Thank God she is still nice in music class. It doesn’t bother me how she treats me but it will effect the attitude of the rest of the class.
It is nice to see more then the sad thing that have happened in my life the last weeks. I’m glad I can say that I did that today. O ya, Mom and I were talking today and figured that we have known six people that have died in the last two weeks. Talk about sad! No wonder I was having a tough time seeing the happy side of life.
Hi again! I tell you what some times life gets away for you. This last week felt just like that. I had a dear friend pass away unexpectedly on Monday night. We spent the week helping the widow get ready for the funeral. My dad then had to preach the funeral for one of his best friends. Mom had to watch and help her friend burry her husband. I must say the funny things in life that have always happened to me are still happening but they don’t seem as funny any more. I know they will someday soon again but for right now they aren’t. I hate loosing friends to death. You have a hole in you that was filled by someone. No one can fill that place for that person only that person and when that person is gone that that hole takes time to heal. The bad thing is the hole never goes away. I hate that!!!!! I set and think and wish for one more time to talk to him and ask him questions and listen to him talk to my dad and feed him all his favorite foods (he loved my cooking!). I will never get that chance. I also never get to fulfill the dream of going and working with him in Uganda for a short time. Yet as all these feeling surge through me I know that God had a plan and everything that has happened is a part of that plan. I wish that I knew the plan but I think that if I did I would be freaked out! I keep thinking about this poem. It’s called The Weaver. I would like to share it with you.
The Weaver
My life is but a weaving,
between my God and me,
I do not choose the colors,
He worketh steadily.
Ofttimes he weaveth sorrow,
and I in foolish pride
Forget He sees the upper,
and I the underside.
Not till the loom is silent,
and the shuttles cease to fly,
Will God unroll the canvas,
and explain the reasons why
The dark threads are as needful
in the skillful weaver’s hand
As threads of gold and silver
in the pattern He has planned.
He knows, He loves, He cares,
nothing this truth can dim.
He gives His very best to those
who leave the choice with Him.
Maybe next time I will be able to share more happy things that happen to me. Thanks for reading.
Have you ever wondered where all your energy goes as you get older? Today I did!!!! At lunch recess I had three kindergarteners playing tag with me. I don’t think I ever was able to get any of them, although every thing was base for them. I would just get to them and then they would touch some thing and say BASE!!!!! And I wouldn’t be able to touch them. I tried to convince them that you can only have one base. Let me tell you, you can’t convince a kindergartener on anything that they don’t want to be convinced about. I did get my exercise today because of those little ones.
Music was fun today as well. I am about to teach them the actions to one of the songs that we are singing for the Spring Spectacular. I can’t wait to see the High School’s face when they find out that ,yes they are doing them too. Yes, they don’t know yet that they will be doing this. It will be so much fun to tell them! Maybe next week we will get started on that. Don’t worry about it will tell you all about how it goes with them if it is worth the telling.
