As of 2 days ago:
Elliot – 5 ft. 6 in. tall
Audrey – 5 ft. 4 in. tall
Katy – 5 ft. 2 in. tall
Amy – 4 ft. 1 in. short
I wish Amy can stay little for me, just for while longer!
But I also love to see them grow, discovering themselves…
Year: 2004
Today Amy turns 9 years old. Yesterday she had 3 friends over for a small party. Today, I will buy her sashimi for dinner, a special treat.
I took my van in to the mechanic this morning. I needed to fix a piece of plastic cover that came off. Then the front tires are bald…
“Bitterness is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die”
I’ve learned, as I have gotten older (and more mature?), life is too short to hold on to offenses. As ICorinthian 13 says, love keeps no record of wrongs.
Following God’s word is the best way to live afterall.
Amy asks, “Mom, what do you like best about your life?”
My answer: Freedom. Freedom to worship God publicly; freedom to have any number of children I want; freedom to work anywhere I want; freedom to learn anything I want; freedom from the guilt and shame of sin; freedom to act against my sinful nature; freedom to go directly to God’s presence without a human intermediary.”
“Why is crossing the street like music?”
“Because you will B flat if you don’t C sharp!”
The lilies are so pretty, I hate to put anything negative on my blog!
A friend just told me her doctor’s son died in a tragic accident. He just graduated from Harvard with a Ph.D. and was hiking in South America. He was on malaria pills as it was recommended. They made him dizzy, hence he misstepped and fell off a cliff.
“He lost every election, except for the one he won.” – Elliot
That was Elliot’s response when I told him how Abraham Lincoln lose every Senate and Congress election, and yet won the presidency.
You would never know what you could’ve done if you give up.
Amy is memorizing the Beatitudes, Ten Commandments, Lord’s Prayer, Fruit of the Spirit, and I Corinthinian Chapter 13. She is motivated by a trophy from church for her success.
While helping her, I was struck by how the Beatitudes’ way to live is radically different from what we pursue in life. Who wants to be…
Things I found interesting yesterday:
The lady at the windows department at Lowe’s can mark anything down that she wants to to clearance and put any price she wants. A man came up to tell her he wanted 8-foot moldings, but they were not in stock. There were only 12-foot in stock. She said she…