The date of the creation of the universe was October 23rd!
See, God creates really special things on that date!!!!!!
http://www.holysmoke.org/cretins/martya.htm
Leo is 3 months today :)
14 years ago
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Happy Birthday Universe!
The date of the creation of the universe was October 23rd!
See, God creates really special things on that date!!!!!!
http://www.holysmoke.org/cretins/martya.htm
Saturday, October 21, 2006
"The Best Is Yet To Come....
And then there's more to follow!"
My mother broke her pelvic bone a week ago today. Because of that I have spent the last week at my parent's house caring for them. My dad has alzheimers and somehow has latched on to this statement and repeats it often during the day.
Amazing! Many times an alzheimer patient becomes someone who curses even if they never cursed before.
I thank God that this is what my dad says and reminds us of the positive side of life! He is soon to be 94 years old, both knees are in bad shape, bone against bone. Yet he goes around whistling one hymn after another. He has pretty much lost his voice...it is VERY soft when he speaks...but his whistle is as good as it was when I was a little girl.
I am so grateful to have such a wonderful Dad!
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Vote For My Boys!
Jeremy and Jonathan have both made it into the finals for a Zest Soap "Adventurous MEN" contest.If they win, they get to go to on a $15,000.00 trip somewhere amazing in the world!Please go vote for them- be sure to rate them as "3's" in all categories, then rate 3 other individuals as "1s" in all categories to help their prospects. In all you must rate 5 men.Thanks for the help
Vote NOW! The voting is over in nine days! Be sure to ask friends and family to vote too.
http://zestforadventure.com/contest_voting.html
For more explanation go to www.jonathandy.blogspot.com
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
We Just Don't Know Who We Are Dealing With!
A few years ago I got a sub assignment that turned into a seven month assignment. It was not the greatest assignment for sub/student relationship in that it was study hall and absolutely no talking was allowed the whole hour. I had one student who was a great challenge. She was a talker, she was defiant, she was angry and explosive and it did not take much to get her there. She hated me because I stuck to the rules. In due time I wrote a little proverb for her that more or less went like this. "My name is........., which means queen. I will learn to respond, not react to people who upset me, because that is what a queen would do." We did become friends, and across the few years I have known her since, she comes up and hugs me.
Today my assignment was in a behavior disorder class. She was the guest speaker in the Social Development Class! I knew she had a rough background, but I had never heard the story!
She and her little brother were sexually and physically abused by their dad on a daily basis. When the police came to their home to take them away from their dad (their mom had disappeared to get away from the abuse) she was 5 years old, weighed 16 pounds(Jonathan weighed 18 at three months!) they were both tied to the bed by their necks, they were naked, their legs and arms were broken, and her lungs overlapped because of having been kicked in. They were in the hospital for months, were placed in 87 different foster homes. The dad gave up his parenting rights and the mom could not be found. They were given up for adoption to two different families. She was given to a family in Australia where she lived for a year and a half. The Mom came back and claimed her children, thus making the adoption an illegal adoption. Eventually the children were given back to their mom, whom they did not know. She does not have parenting skills at all. The little brother was born normal, but due to the abuse he has become what is officially called retarded(her words). He is a senior this year and is a very dear person.
As you can well imagine I did not do a good job of holding back the tears today! I wish I would have brought her home back in her sophomore year! Actually, I remember having wanted to do just that.
She talked about praying a lot when she was little and asking God what she had done to deserve this life. She was sure she did not deserve it. God never did answer her, so she quit praying.
She works two jobs now, is taking on line courses for college credit and her boyfriend has proposed to her.
Her job today was to encourage the kids in the behavior disorder class to stick with it and graduate because "people like us can do good things too."
She gave Mr. Kruger a lot of credit for where she is today. Several times over she said she would not be where she is today had he not been "in her face" making her finish school.
I have spent the last two days in this class as a sub. I have been in there many times in the past. This teacher has to deal with kids who feel it is just fine if they do nothing at school....most are on drugs....many adults have no hope that these kids will graduate.
Not Mr. Kruger! He will call them to get them out of bed and to school!!!!!
Gratitude? This man rarely gets that! Yet, I have seen him in this position for 6 years and I am sure he has been there more than that!
This man has definitely been Jesus to these kids!
Today my assignment was in a behavior disorder class. She was the guest speaker in the Social Development Class! I knew she had a rough background, but I had never heard the story!
She and her little brother were sexually and physically abused by their dad on a daily basis. When the police came to their home to take them away from their dad (their mom had disappeared to get away from the abuse) she was 5 years old, weighed 16 pounds(Jonathan weighed 18 at three months!) they were both tied to the bed by their necks, they were naked, their legs and arms were broken, and her lungs overlapped because of having been kicked in. They were in the hospital for months, were placed in 87 different foster homes. The dad gave up his parenting rights and the mom could not be found. They were given up for adoption to two different families. She was given to a family in Australia where she lived for a year and a half. The Mom came back and claimed her children, thus making the adoption an illegal adoption. Eventually the children were given back to their mom, whom they did not know. She does not have parenting skills at all. The little brother was born normal, but due to the abuse he has become what is officially called retarded(her words). He is a senior this year and is a very dear person.
As you can well imagine I did not do a good job of holding back the tears today! I wish I would have brought her home back in her sophomore year! Actually, I remember having wanted to do just that.
She talked about praying a lot when she was little and asking God what she had done to deserve this life. She was sure she did not deserve it. God never did answer her, so she quit praying.
She works two jobs now, is taking on line courses for college credit and her boyfriend has proposed to her.
Her job today was to encourage the kids in the behavior disorder class to stick with it and graduate because "people like us can do good things too."
She gave Mr. Kruger a lot of credit for where she is today. Several times over she said she would not be where she is today had he not been "in her face" making her finish school.
I have spent the last two days in this class as a sub. I have been in there many times in the past. This teacher has to deal with kids who feel it is just fine if they do nothing at school....most are on drugs....many adults have no hope that these kids will graduate.
Not Mr. Kruger! He will call them to get them out of bed and to school!!!!!
Gratitude? This man rarely gets that! Yet, I have seen him in this position for 6 years and I am sure he has been there more than that!
This man has definitely been Jesus to these kids!
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Dove Soap and Parenting Skills
I am just about to use up a bar of Dove soap I have at my tub. I smile as I use it and think of the reason I have it. My mother gave it to me a few weeks ago as a form of apology. I had made a joke about her and her Dove soap. The joke was not a joke to her!
You see, when I was younger my parents were rather poor. Evidently Dove soap was on the expensive side and my Dad bought some for my mom. No one was allowed to use it except my mom.
As I joked about it now (40 some years later) my mom was horrified that they had ever made such a rule and does not recall having done that.
I reassured her that it was not a bad thing at all. The way I see it, it was a very simple way of teaching us to honor her. My dad bought her something special and we were to honor her by not using it! She always had us honor my Dad at the table by having us reserve the biggest piece of anything...for him.
They have been married for 67 years and they still honor one another. My Dad has alzheimers and very bad knees, but he still holds the car door open for my Mom. My mom still gives him the biggest piece of whatever at the table. They still celebrate their first kiss, their first date.
"Honor your Father and Mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the LORD your God will give you."
That is one of the ten commandments! It must be pretty important to God that we honor our parents! I am sure glad my parents found simple ways to teach us to honor them!
You see, when I was younger my parents were rather poor. Evidently Dove soap was on the expensive side and my Dad bought some for my mom. No one was allowed to use it except my mom.
As I joked about it now (40 some years later) my mom was horrified that they had ever made such a rule and does not recall having done that.
I reassured her that it was not a bad thing at all. The way I see it, it was a very simple way of teaching us to honor her. My dad bought her something special and we were to honor her by not using it! She always had us honor my Dad at the table by having us reserve the biggest piece of anything...for him.
They have been married for 67 years and they still honor one another. My Dad has alzheimers and very bad knees, but he still holds the car door open for my Mom. My mom still gives him the biggest piece of whatever at the table. They still celebrate their first kiss, their first date.
"Honor your Father and Mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the LORD your God will give you."
That is one of the ten commandments! It must be pretty important to God that we honor our parents! I am sure glad my parents found simple ways to teach us to honor them!
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