Author: Joyful
Did you know this?
The State funds are our taxes. Why should the use of my tax dollars be tied to a social agenda? Even though I support marriage only between a man and a woman, I would not want the use of State funds to be used only by people who are married. It’s not only people of faith who should be upset. It should be anyone who does not believe that our tax dollars should be be used to force a minority group’s special interests.
This is from Gary Bauer’s End of the Day Report.
Yesterday was Amy’s first day at Suzanne Middle School. She was all ready to go – new backpack and her schedule of classes. Oh, I do wish I can turn back the time, just for a few moments, to carry my children in my arms just one more time…
Audrey passed her driving test on Friday! She can now officially drive on her own. Yesterday she drove to the library by herself. Today she drove to Sav-On.
A taste of Freedom!
Another life stage for me…
I forgot to post about this. It happened about a month ago. Today I was reminded of it an unexpected way.
Here’s the long of it.
One evening a month ago, Elliot says: My gas tank is empty. I should go get gas for my car tonight so I have enough gas to get to work tomorrow.
I started to teach the book of Luke in Sunday School yesterday.
My reasons for choosing to teach Luke are:
1. To get reacquainted with Jesus so as to live more like him.
2. The book of Luke seems to be less read than the other gospels.
If you know a person well, I bet you can figure out their passwords to things.
I was thinking of this because whenever I have to pick a password, I naturally fall into a certain line of thinking and come up with codes that I relate to. it’s so hard, near impossible, to think outside of your experiences, to look at things in life in a different way. We are limited by who we are. Do you sometimes wish you can be more than you are?
We moved Elliot back to USC today. A year ago almost to the day, we moved Elliot into USC as a freshman.
What a difference a year makes.
1. I did not cry today as I did a year ago, though I did feel a small lump in my throat.
Where else can you strike a cool pose with Spiderman except at Universal Studios? We even got his autograph!
Pictured here with Spiderman is my niece Sami (left) and Amy. We were there at Universal Studios on Thursday. The waterplay area got the kids soaked, perfect for a hot day of over 90 degrees. The Jurassic Park river ride got the rest of us wet too.
Does this happen to you?
As soon as you say you will try to do something, like be more patient, or really keep your room clean, or be nice to your brother, you are immediately tested in that area, and you fail at it more than you usually do.
I think I figured out why that is.