Innocence

I spent a few days this past week with my niece and nephew, Rachel and Drew Herman, my sister's children from London, Ohio. Drew will start Kindergarten on Monday, and Rachel will be in second grade. These two are so free-spirited and full of life--in the best way! Both are curious and confident and bright and funny and independent and demanding and BEAUTIFUL... and they LOVE LIFE!

Rachel wants to be a veterinarian (and, trust me...she WILL). And I am sure Drew will be a salesman of some sort....this kid with his convincing talk and good looks could persuade me to do just about ANYTHING! They love singing our rvcc Bible School songs and doing motions--especially as we go down the road in the car! They love nature walks through the creek with their new cousin, Jennifer (Troy's Jenn). They love spending the night with Baw-Baw (my mom) because they can do just about anything they want! Ahhh...the innocence of youth...how I long for those days.

He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:2-4

Over My Dead Body

The Cadaver Calculator. This is hilarious. If I died today and gave my body to science, Bill could collect $4200! I am not sure if that's good in relation to anyone else, so some of you should take the quiz below as well.

The site says: "Cadaver values are primarily based on overall health and the level of interest your corpse holds to the medical research industry." I'm in BIG trouble...

Perhaps I should deduct $4200 from my current life insurance policy.....lol

$4200.00The Cadaver Calculator - Find out how much your body is worth. From Mingle2 - Free Online Dating

i missed the lake....

Our little Lake White was really just a small pond this summer. No riding in boats, no jumping in to cool off, no knee-boarding behind the speedboat, no jumping the wake, no watching the boys ski...I missed the lake this summer.

Hopefully, it will rain enough between now and May, 2008, to raise it up a few feet. Surely, Lake White will rise...Summer will come again.

Summer Days

My summer break has ended. Today is my first day back to work for the 2007-08 school year. (I know, those of you who work 12 months do NOT feel sorry for me...) I will be setting my clock for 6:00 a.m. or thereabouts for the next 202 school days...until somewhere around June 15, 2008. Summer, how I love you! .....I will miss you so.

Last summer, during our family vacation to Nashville/Memphis, we were lucky to meet Nancy Moran and hear her great folk songs live in the very small, crowded Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. It was so cool.....up and coming artists relaxing as they sat in-the-round (that's actually what they called it) and took turns performing original music for us. Bill, Trent, and I particularly loved Nancy's voice, her creative songwriting, and her ease of using an acoustic guitar to provide such a full sound. One of her fun and creative songs (complete with harmonica and superb harmonies) comes to mind today....it's Track 4 on

her CD "Something Old, Something New" available on iTunes. I love the feeling I get when I listen to "Summer's Day"... (even though I don't have a front porch swing and don't like sleeping with cats)...

Summer's Day

It's just another summer's day
And, Lord, I am thankful to be here today
Tomorrow may not come at all, (Well you never know)
How I live for summer days!

In the morning I like to sit outside,
And wave to all the passersby
Listenin' from my front porch swing of all the carryin' on
And I hear barkin' dogs and ridin' mowers
And children on their bicycles
Going down the street, and back again
Laughin' all the while
And in the middle of the afternoon,
Construction sounds fill my livin' room
As the house next door is going up faster than we thought.
But that won't stop me from takin' a nap
On the couch, curled up, between the cats,
'Cause all this fresh air, sun, and heat
Can be a tiresome thing.
It's just another summer's day
And, Lord, I am thankful to be here today
Tomorrow may not come at all, (but that's ok)
How I live for summer days!

It's just another summer's day
Lord, how I'm thankful to be here today
If tomorrow never comes at all, (well that's ok)
'Cause I'm alive for this summer day!

Indescribable

Indescribable, Uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky
And You know them by name.

You are amazing God...

All powerful, untamable,

Awestruck we fall to our knees
as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God



Incomparable, unchangeable...


You see the depths of my heart
And You LOVE me the same

You are amazing God...

You are amazing God...

little bit of heaven

hello from sunny southern california! bill, trent, and I are in san diego for a week....and it's MARVELOUS here! the weather, the people (so far), the relaxed atmosphere, all kinds of stuff to do, (did I mention the weather?) Anyway, I am in a place called Cafezee...30 minutes of high-speed internet for $3....what a deal! we are heading to La Jolla this evening to explore life there. as soon as i figure out how to post a picture from a computer that isn't mine, i will share some images with you.

great song from 1972...Albert Hammond...all I remember is the title... "It never rains in southern california." i was ready to jump on the albert hammond bandwagon....but now that i read the lyrics, i guess he was somewhat disenchanted with this place. so far, we haven't experienced that!