http://www.pleonast.com/user/yom recent pleonast.com entries by user yom en-us http://www.pleonast.com/user/yom?l=5&entryID=559105 I know that my posting is very sporadic. Sorry about that. I'm just not very good about keeping up with this blog, but I did want to wish some special friends well on their new endeavors. This is the time of year when lots of mama and daddy's babies are leaving home. Some have been home for the summer and are returning to college, others are leaving home for college for the first time, some are home only in between school breaks for a quick visit and then leave to hit the books again. We have kids in all of those categories. It's hard to be sad for their leaving when I know how excited they are to get back to the college life or to get started with their college life. I was there once. I remember how it was. Still, we'll miss them. We have a lot of sweet friends who are leaving home for the first time this fall. Kids that are like our own...that grew up with Katie. (Alisha, Amanda, Kerri, Rachel, Emily H.) Advice? Remember who you are and why you're here. You're a child of ... 2008-08-05 http://www.pleonast.com/user/yom?l=5&entryID=453307 Oh my goodness! What a game. I'm too old for the games like Bama has been playing this year. Tonight against LSU was almost more than my poor nerves could handle. No reason to hang our heads Roll-Tiders! Bama hung with the #3 team in the nation and did a good job of it too. Just wait --- the tide is turning. Have a good one. 2007-11-04 http://www.pleonast.com/user/yom?l=5&entryID=436198 Several days ago, I decided to clean off my refrigerator. It has been the collecting place for pictures of family and wonderful friends, magnets from places we've visited, short articles, writings to teach and encourage...you get the picture. I"m sure a lot of you have one just like it. Anyway, after some thought, I took everything off. It was clean once again. Not an out-of-date picture or a magnet, or a tattered article was left on the fridge. It almost looked new. I could once again see the front and both sides and they were a beautiful, clean almond color. Then my girls came home from school and both of their reactions were exactly the same. "Mom, where did all of the pictures go? Why did you take everything off? It looks so different, so empty." That refrigerator had become a conversation place in our home. Our friends would come into the kitchen and usually the first thing they would do was look at the stuff on the fridge. That would lea... 2007-09-24 http://www.pleonast.com/user/yom?l=5&entryID=418233 It's that time of year when so many that I know are leaving home for the first time. They add to the list of those sweeties who have already left. It's a bittersweet time. It's a right of passage...a good thing that every parent wishes for and dreads at the same time. To all of you - love the Lord, remember to call your mama and always know that there are those at home who are praying for you. For others, bunches of others who are beginning their Senior year in High School - do it up right. Make it a year worth remembering! You are an awesome group on young 'uns. -hugs to all of you 2007-08-13 http://www.pleonast.com/user/yom?l=5&entryID=390092 For the last few days, I've been kind of blah. No reason in particular, just kind of blah ...until last night. We have a monthly singing for the young folks in the area that we've hosted for the last 7 or 8 years. Last night was the night. About 50 kids filled my den and staircase and half of my kitchen and sang praises to God. Then, they ate me out of house and home! (Just kidding!) They inspired me. They encouraged me. They lifted me out of my "blahs". Isn't that what we're suppose to do as Christians? Encourage one another, inspire one another to keep on keeping on toward the goal? Last night enouraged me. 2007-06-04 http://www.pleonast.com/user/yom?l=5&entryID=389238 God won't ask what kind of car you drove, but will ask how many people you drove who didn't have transportation. God won't ask the square footage of your house, but will ask how many people you welcomed into your home. God won't ask about the fancy clothes you had in your closet, but will ask how many of those clothes helped the needy. God won't ask how many promotions you received, but will ask how you promoted others. God won't ask what your job title was, but will ask if you performed your job to the best of your ability. God won't ask what you did to help yorself, but will ask what you did to help others. God won't ask in what neighborhood you lived, but will ask how you treated your neighbors. God won't ask how many times your deeds matched your words, but will ask how many times they didn't. 2007-06-01