Today has been interesting to say the least. Within the first few hours of my day today I had decided that the day would pretty much suck and that I had it pretty rough at the moment. Boy oh boy did God have some stuff to show me:) It was a me, me, me kind of morning. Thinking about all I had to do today, tomorrow and next week. It all seemed to be overwhelming. School starting, work schedules, house projects, prescriptions to pick up, dinner to cook, friends to call back, bills to pay, dance schedules to rearrange, the list goes on and on. I got myself dressed...war paint and all. Let me tell ya, my attitude had seen better days:) Off to work I went. In between clients I managed to run the errands I needed to run and now I'm home in my sweats writing to you. However, in between I managed to talk to a heartbroken man with a wife slipping slowly away from Alzheimer's, a cancer survivor, overheard a political conversation that reminded me of how diabolically opposed we are as a nation, got to spend a short time with two precious girls who have watched their daddy lose two parents in the last few months, saw my sweet daddy for a few precious minutes and remembered the two cancers he has beaten, two heart attacks and one stroke he has survived, and then looked over at my precious baby girl that he had brought to my work for me and it hit me...I have absolutely NO reason to be anything but estatic about my life. I have SO much. Why is it that we always think we want more??? More stuff, more cars, more activities, more everything. We live in an incredible country and all we think about is consumption. I'm as guilty as the rest! It is easy to fall into this way of thinking. But I encourage you to look around and be grateful for what you DO have instead of always wanting more. Do you remember what all of us were like 10 years ago when the horrible attacks of 9/11 happened? Why does it take something that horrific to get our attention? I met quite a few folks in my short day that had it a whole heck of a lot worse than I do. I am grateful for that. It made me stop and realize and remember that I have SO much. I bet if you stop and look you will find you have a lot too:) Hug your people and squeeze your babies. Smooches xx
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Come on Irene..or Aileen:) or whatever the heck your name is!
First of all...I promise I will not blog everyday. But how could I resist such an opportunity:) I am born and bred in this wonderful place called North Carolina. I love, love, love (Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice) this place. Our beaches are precious to me and my family. I have gone to them for 38 years and the thought of them damaged and eroded makes me really sad :( HOWEVER........I did have to check myself during my visit to Costco today.
FYI people...we live inland. I know "Greg and Mike" (love 'em both) have told us we will get some wind and one to three inches of rain...but that is no reason to freak out! I was seriously confused and had to take hold of my surroundings. There were people EVERYWHERE! Lining up for gas, lining up for gas for the grill, every line at the front of the store was heaving with people. I'm sure there isn't a drop of water within a 60 mile radius of me! And on my way around the store I spotted Christmas decorations....REALLY??? It is August for goodness sake. Come on cletus! How can we justify buying Christmas stuff now? Don't cha think it takes ALOT away from the true meaning of Christmas if we start it now? Between Costco being at it's maximum capacity and decorations everywhere I was startled to say the least. Anyway....I am a firm believer in being prepared (to the best of your ability) for whatever anyway. Ya'll should already have water, batteries, candles, tarps, gas for everything, important papers etc...Why wait until the last dang minute and have to take the day off work? What do you think my clients would say if I said..."sorry, I have to hit the Costco because if this storm is bad then Ella will starve and we will all stink to high heaven!" Alright, I'm done ranting. Irene is scary. Let's focus on praying for the precious peeps in her path and be thankful that she missed us in the large scheme of things. We have had an otherwise good week..Earthquake and all ;)
Praying for all to be safe and sound!!! Kiss kiss xx
FYI people...we live inland. I know "Greg and Mike" (love 'em both) have told us we will get some wind and one to three inches of rain...but that is no reason to freak out! I was seriously confused and had to take hold of my surroundings. There were people EVERYWHERE! Lining up for gas, lining up for gas for the grill, every line at the front of the store was heaving with people. I'm sure there isn't a drop of water within a 60 mile radius of me! And on my way around the store I spotted Christmas decorations....REALLY??? It is August for goodness sake. Come on cletus! How can we justify buying Christmas stuff now? Don't cha think it takes ALOT away from the true meaning of Christmas if we start it now? Between Costco being at it's maximum capacity and decorations everywhere I was startled to say the least. Anyway....I am a firm believer in being prepared (to the best of your ability) for whatever anyway. Ya'll should already have water, batteries, candles, tarps, gas for everything, important papers etc...Why wait until the last dang minute and have to take the day off work? What do you think my clients would say if I said..."sorry, I have to hit the Costco because if this storm is bad then Ella will starve and we will all stink to high heaven!" Alright, I'm done ranting. Irene is scary. Let's focus on praying for the precious peeps in her path and be thankful that she missed us in the large scheme of things. We have had an otherwise good week..Earthquake and all ;)
Praying for all to be safe and sound!!! Kiss kiss xx
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