Be Nice to Your Children

I'm just sayin'....they are the ones that will take care of us when we are old and decrepit, right? Oh I hope so, because my day is coming. I'm just on the downside of 30, and I have the worst memory ever. It scares me sometimes. My mother would say that I get it honestly, but I doubt she was near this crazy when she was my age. (not that she is now, but you know what I mean...)

My sister (my dad's daughter) is getting married in two weeks. She had her bridal tea this weekend. Saturday 4-6 to be exact. Too bad that I show up Sunday! I could not have felt any worse. I wrote it on my calendar. The bad part is that I thought it was Sunday from 2-4 and then went and looked at my INVITATION to check the time. STILL not realizing it was Saturday. So I showed up the right time...wrong day. How stupid is that? It's not like I miss major events often, but it does happen to me (obviously). But I do have memory lapses during the day constantly. I walk in the kitchen and stand there wondering, "what did I come in here for?" I have to come up with tricks to help me remember birthdays and anniversaries. Thank goodness for the phone calls the doctor's office gives to help me remember appointments. AND thank goodness for my husband that will drive me crazy reminding me of something over and over, because he knows I will forget! I can only imagine how crazy I drive him by forgetting things.

This is just a "heads up" for anyone that ever wants me to remember something important. Call me, email me, tape it to my forehead. And remind me to be nice to my children too. So they can take care of me..... soon.

Answered prayers and ugly stipulations...

I know it is time for a new look on my blog. Isn't that some sort of rule...that you shouldn't have flip flop pictures on your blog after Labor Day? Oh well, I'll have to wait on that. I just wanted to say hello. I have been in one of my anti-social moods lately. Isn't that awful? I know it is! But it is the truth. I definitely go through social stages. I will want to be around my friends all the time, and then I just want to stay home and do nothing. Weird, huh? Well, today is actually the first day since Mother's Day Out started that I am planning on staying home all day by myself. No running around like crazy because I have some time alone. I have plenty to do around the house. I'm really looking forward to it.

Did you hear the great news about Jason and Anne Marie's friend, Dan Waid? We all feel like it is definitely an answered prayer! It is sad how we really do not expect our prayers to be answered. That's the way I am anyway. But, WOW, when He answers our prayers it is so incredible. Please be praying that God will use this experience in Dan's life to draw him closer to Christ. Jason was able to share the gospel with Dan, he seemed very receptive.

I have been down on my faith this past week. I do not like that feeling, because I know it is nothing but my own flesh revealing my own weakness. I do not put my faith in Christ as I should. I pray for God to increase my faith, and yet I put stipulations on it. "Increase my faith, but please don't mess with my family....increase my faith, but don't give me too many hardships. " I truly do this! Does that mean I really don't want to put my faith in God alone? I look at the hardships different people have experienced, and I am amazed at the faith and strength God has given them. I wonder if I would have the same? I guess it all goes back to what I said in the beginning. I am weak. I know we all are. The strength that others have can come from one place alone. Therefore, my prayer today is that God would increase my faith. Only He can do that.

Have a wonderful day. Maybe I'll get rid of the flip flops soon! :)